Matt Crowley Explained

Matt Crowley
Birth Date:	June 20, 1905
Birth Place:	New Haven, Connecticut, US
Death Place:	Clearwater, Florida, US
Occupation:	Actor

Matt Crowley (June 20, 1905 – March 7, 1983) was an American film, television and radio actor.

Life and career

Matt Crowley was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He was a student of George Pierce Baker at Yale University.^[1]

As an actor, Crowley had a career in radio before he moved into films, where he was best known for his roles in The Mob (1951), The Edge of Night (1956), and April Love (1957).

He died on March 7, 1983, in Clearwater, Florida, US.

Work

Partial filmography

• The Mob (1951)
• The Edge of Night (1956)
• April Love (1957)

Television

• Naked City (1958–63)
• Car 54, Where Are You?

Radio

• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century in the title role ^[2]
• Pretty Kitty Kelly as narrator (1940s)^[3]
• Casey, Crime Photographer as Jack Casey^[4] (1930s-50s)
• Dick Tracy as Dick Tracy^[5]
• John's Other Wife as John Perry. (1936–42)
• Jungle Jim as Jungle Jim Bradley (1935–38)
• Keeping Up with Wigglesworth as the announcer (1945)
• Mark Trail as Mark Trail (1950–53)
• Myrt and Marge as Anthony Link (1931–47)
• The Adventures of Superman as Batman^[6] and Inspector Henderson (1940–51)
• Perry Mason as Paul Drake (1943–55)
• Pretty Kitty Kelly as announcer and narrator (1937–46)
• The Road of Life as Dr. Jim Brent (1937–59)

Notes and References

1. News: After 10 Years on the Radio Tonsils Return Him to Stage. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 13, 1942. New York, Brooklyn. 31. Newspapers.com. June 26, 2016.
2. Book: Dunning, John . On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio . John Dunning (detective fiction author) . 1998 . Oxford University Press . New York, NY . 978-0-19-507678-3 . 122–123 . Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Revised . 2019-09-13.
3. Monday's Highlights. Radio and Television Mirror. February 1940. 13. 4. 43. February 19, 2015.
4. Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924–1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 67.
5. Book: Dunning, John . On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio . John Dunning (detective fiction author) . DickTracy . 1998 . Oxford University Press . New York, NY . 978-0-19-507678-3. September 10, 2016.
6. Krey. Brian. Echoes of the Dark Knight: Remembering the all-too-brief radio career of Batman and Robin. Nostalgia Digest. Spring 2016. 42. 2. 46–53.