Crime Doctor (character)
The Crime Doctor is a fictional character created by Max Marcin.[1] A crook named Phil Morgan suffers amnesia and becomes criminal psychologist Dr. Ordway. He uses his expertise to solve crimes as well as to help patients.
The character was the hero of a popular CBS radio program titled Crime Doctor on Sunday nights between 1940 and 1947.[1] Dr. Benjamin Ordway was played by Ray Collins, House Jameson, Brian Donlevy, Hugh Marlowe, Everett Sloane and John McIntire.[1]
Columbia Pictures Corporation made a series of 10 low-budget "Crime Doctor" mysteries from 1943 through 1949.[2] In them, Dr. Robert Ordway was played exclusively by Warner Baxter. In the first film, as an in-joke, Collins played the supporting role of Dr. John Carey, the Crime Doctor's doctor. Baxter was in poor health much of the time while working on the series, and two years after making the tenth film, he died of pneumonia.
In March 2014, the "Crime Doctor" film series was shown on GetTV, an American digital multicast television network owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Sony acquired Columbia Pictures Corporation in 1989.
Radio
Films
- Crime Doctor (1943)
- The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943)
- Shadows in the Night (1944) (aka The Crime Doctor's Rendezvous)
- Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)
- The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
- Just Before Dawn (1946) (aka Exposed by the Crime Doctor)
- The Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946)
- The Millerson Case (1947) (aka The Crime Doctor's Vacation)
- The Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947)
- The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)
References
- ^ a b c Ron Miller. "Two Classic Mystery Series". thecolumnists.com. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ^ "Crime Doctor (1943) THE SCREEN; Amnesia Again". movies.nytimes.com. July 5, 1943. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
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External links
- Crime Doctor at IMDb
- Crime Doctor's Strangest Case at IMDb
- Shadows in the Night at IMDb
- Crime Doctor's Warning at IMDb
- The Crime Doctor's Courage at IMDb
- Just Before Dawn at IMDb
- Crime Doctor's Man Hunt at IMDb
- Crime Doctor's Gamble at IMDb
- The Crime Doctor's Diary at IMDb
- The Millerson Case at IMDb
- MP3 files of radio episodes at archive.org
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