The Amazing Nero Wolfe

Show Name	The Amazing Nero Wolfe
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Caption	Francis X. Bushman as Nero Wolfe (1945)
Format	Detective mystery
Runtime	30 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Syndicates	Mutual Broadcasting System (Don Lee Network)
Announcer	Jim Bannon
Creator	Rex Stout
Writer	Louis Vittes
Director	Travis Wells
Producer	Travis Wells
First Aired	July 17, 1945
Last Aired	November 30, 1945
Num Episodes	21

Production

The Amazing Nero Wolfe starred Francis X. Bushman as Wolfe. Wolfe's legman Archie Goodwin was played by Elliott Lewis and Charles Victor. Broadcast July 17–November 30, 1945, The Amazing Nero Wolfe was a product of the Don Lee Network, a California affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System. The weekly series may have been broadcast only in that region.

The series was produced and directed by Travis Wells and announced by Jim Bannon.

Louis Vittes wrote the scripts for the 30-minute program. Vittes had written the previous ABC radio series, The Adventures of Nero Wolfe (1943–44), which was based on Stout's principal characters but not his stories.

Although 21 episodes were produced, the series finale, "The Case of the Shakespeare Folio", is the only episode of The Amazing Nero Wolfe that has survived in radio collections.

See also

• The Adventures of Nero Wolfe, a 1943–44 ABC radio series starring Santos Ortega and Luis van Rooten
• The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, a 1950–51 NBC radio series starring Sydney Greenstreet
• Nero Wolfe (1982 radio series), a 1982 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio series starring Mavor Moore

References

• September 23, 1945, In Harness Again! Silent Movie Idol Francis X. Bushman Has New Air Role Portraying Nero Wolfe, Radio Life, 12, 3, 26–27, 2015-04-16
• Dunning, John, John Dunning (detective fiction author), On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1998, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, The Adventures of Nero Wolfe, Revised, 2019-09-10
• McAleer, John J., 1977, Rex Stout: A Biography, Boston, Little, Brown and Company
• The Nero Wolfe Programs, The Digital Deli Too, 2015-04-17, September 13, 2015, dead
• The Amazing Nero Wolfe, RadioGOLDINdex, 2015-04-19