MIKE HAMMER "Framed For Murder"

 

Larry Holmes stars as Mike Hammer in this syndicated episode from 1953.

MIKE HAMMER "Faye Durando"

 

 

1953 episode of That Hammer Guy with Ted de Corsia in title role. (Internet text: Camel Cigarettes shared the sponsorship of the initial run of That Hammer Guy. An east coast production out of Mutual's WOR, by Episode No. 43 Larry Haines departed the series when Mutual decided to take the production to the west coast and Don Lee-Mutual's new $3M KHJ/Mutual facilities. George Petrie subbed as Mike Hammer for several epsidoes until veteran tough-guy Ted DeCorsia assumed the role for the remainder of the run. Adapted for Radio by, among others, Edward Adamson, the scripts were the equal of radio noir fare of the era, while liberally punctuated with Mickey Spillane's unique brand of aphorisms, underworld slang, Brooklynese and misogynistic references to the fairer sex. Richard Lewis directed the entire run, keeping the series well-paced, crisp and compelling. With the series split almost equally between Larry Haines and Ted DeCorsia, there's an obvious temptation to compare their respective characterizations. - BoxCar

MIKE HAMMER "The Wakefield Dame"

 

This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. Aired on Mutual Radio in 1953. Ted de Corsia (as "Mike Hammer")/Jan Miner/Ed Adamson (writer)/Richard Lewis (director)/Mickey Spillane (author)

MIKE HAMMER "Velda's Brother"

 

Mutual Broadcasting System 1953. Larry Haines as Mike Hammer. The premiere of That Hammer Guy on December 30, 1952, was the beginning of a ninety-one episode series of hard-boiled Mickey Spillane mystery and adventures. The series premiered with Inner Sanctum workhorse Larry Haines as Mike Hammer, aided by Jan Miner in the role of Velda, Hammer's secretary and love interest, as well as several other roles in the ensemble cast. By about three months into the run, the series attempts--rather unsuccessfully--to rename itself, Mickey Spillane-Mystery or Mickey Spillane, Mystery depending on the outlet. Neither name ever really took, and the majority of the newspaper and magazine listings of the era continued to refer to the series as either That Hammer Guy, Mike Hammer, or Mickey Spillane Mysteries.

MIKE HAMMER "That Hammer Guy"

 

Larry Haines stars as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in the series for Mutual Radio. c1953.

MIKE HAMMER "Contract On A Dead Man"

 

Larry Haines as that Hammer guy in an episode from 1953 on Mutual Radio Network.

MIKE HAMMER "Miller Trouble"

 Larry Haines as Mike Hammer in this 1953 episode from Mutual Radio. The Barney Miller syndicate has trouble with dames in this case about Hank Busby.

MIKE HAMMER "That Hammer Guy"

 

A December 1952 to October 1954 Mutual Broadcasting System radio series titled That Hammer Guy starred Larry Haines then George Petrie and Ted DeCorsia as Mike Hammer and Jan Miner as Hammer's secretary Velda and the voice of other female characters on the show. It was written by Ed Adamson and was directed by Richard Lewis. This episode from 1953 features Larry Haines as Hammer. Michael Hammer is a fictional character created by the American author Mickey Spillane. Hammer debuted in the 1947 book I, the Jury. Hammer is a no-holds-barred private investigator who carries a Colt .45 M1911A1 in a shoulder holster under his left arm. His love for his secretary Velda is outweighed only by his willingness to kill a killer. Hammer's best friend is Pat Chambers, Captain of Homicide NYPD. Hammer was a World War II army veteran who spent two years fighting jungle warfare in the Pacific theatre against Japan. Larry Haines first became known in the 1930s as an actor on the radio crime series Gangbusters. Playing Joe Lincoln, he was the star of Treasury Agent on the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1947-48. He also was featured in The Chase, Cloak and Dagger, Inner Sanctum Mystery, The Man Behind the Gun, and This Is Nora Drake. It was estimated that he acted in more than 15,000 radio programs in the 1940s and 1950s.[7] Four decades later, he would return to radio, starring in 82 episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. His best known role was that of next door neighbor Stu Bergman on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow.