Episode 673 - Double Duty Detectives: Gerald Mohr (Philip Marlowe, Nero Wolfe, & Johnny Dollar)

Episode 673 - Double Duty Detectives: Gerald Mohr (Philip Marlowe, Nero Wolfe, & Johnny Dollar)

From Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives) by Mean Streets Podcasts

June 21, 2026 · 2h 19m · Season 13 · Episode 59

About this episode

This episode explores the career of Gerald Mohr, highlighting his roles as Philip Marlowe, Archie Goodwin, and Johnny Dollar in classic radio mysteries.

We continue our look at actors who played multiple gumshoes on the air with Gerald Mohr - who, for my money, gave us the definitive portrayal of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. But Mr. Mohr wasn't only Mr. Marlowe on the air. He also put in a four-episode stint as Archie Goodwin to Sydney Greenstreet's Nero Wolfe. We'll hear Mohr as Marlowe in three radio mysteries: "The Hard Way Out" (originally aired on CBS on November 28, 1948); "The Feminine Touch" (originally aired on CBS on May 7, 1949); and "The Dark Tunnel" (originally aired on CBS on August 18, 1950). Then he's Archie Goodwin in "The Case of the Phantom Fingers" (originally aired on NBC on January 26, 1951). Finally, we'll hear his audition as "the man with the action-packed expense account" - Johnny Dollar.

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Books & works: Philip Marlowe, Nero Wolfe, Johnny Dollar, The Hard Way Out, The Feminine Touch, The Dark Tunnel, The Case of the Phantom Fingers

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