Joel Ashley

Joel Ashley
Born
Joel Thomas Ashley

April 7, 1919
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
DiedFebruary 23, 2000(2000-02-23) (aged 80)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationGeorgia Military Academy
Peekskill Military Academy
Black-Foxe Military Institute
University of California[1]
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
OccupationActor
Years active1935–1979
Spouse(s)Margalo Francis Wilson
(m. 1942; died 1960)
Erna Maria Ride
(m. 1961; died 1984)
Children2

Joel Thomas Ashley[2] (April 7, 1919 – April 7, 2000) was an American character actor of stage, screen and radio, known for his versatility[3][4]—with stage roles ranging from Abraham Lincoln[5] to Frankenstein's monster,[6] Prince Potemkin, and "Tiny" Tyler (Heywood Broun's unschooled but quick-study star ballplayer)[7]—and for a series of theatrical leading man assignments, opposite Mae West,[8] Elisabeth Bergner,[9] and, most notably, an extended period attached exclusively to Kay Francis.[10][a]

Early life and career

Born April 7, 1919, in Atlanta, Georgia,[11] son of actress and script supervisor Beulah Ashley [née Rodgers],[12] Joel Ashley never knew his father and, for the better part of his pre-adult life, resided either at military boarding schools—primarily Georgia Military Academy, Peekskill Military Academy, and, later, the Black-Foxe Military Institute—or with his mother's family in Macon.[1]

In either 1934 or early the next year (following the marriage of her sister, actress Barbara Rogers [née Emma Lee Rodgers[13]], to Warner Brothers executive William Koenig[14]), Beulah brought her son to Los Angeles, where, on or just after his sixteenth birthday, Ashley made his Tinseltown stage debut—with backstage assists from both Beulah and Barbara—at Hollywood Military Academy, portraying Bill Hunter in Aunt Julia's Pearls, a three-act comedy penned by Boston-based educator and sometime playwright Hope Hearn Moulton.[15][16][17]

Meanwhile, the Rogers-Koenig connection appears to have facilitated the film debuts—albeit uncredited—of both Ashleys, his mother doing rewrites on Warner Brothers' new James Cagney film, G Men,[18] and Joel as the stunt double powering novice swashbuckler Errol Flynn's breakout performance in that same studio's box-office hit, Captain Blood.[1] The roundabout way in which Ashley actually landed this job is revealed in an anecdote related nine years later by Richmond Independent entertainment writer L. L. Stevenson.

Joel Ashley, who played the young lead opposite Margaret Lindsay in 'Another Love Story,' was well started in the films before he joined the Marines a couple of years ago. His first chance came when he was working with Warner Bros. as a studio electrician. One day he slid down a rope, from the top of the stage practically into the lap of Michael Curtiz, the director. Instead of bawling him out, Curtiz promptly signed Ashley for a part in the picture he was making. It seems that he had been searching for actors who could slide down the rigging of a ship and Ashley, all unconsciously, had given an exhibition of what he could do in that line. In short, he slid right into the movies.[19]

In fact, judging from a San Francisco Examiner piece published two years later still, what Ashley had slid into was a whole slew of very much the same type of assignment—i.e. stunt doubling.[20] By his own account (which, to be clear, makes no mention of Blood, nor any of the specific titles in question), Ashley's film appearances during this period totaled about 20, and comprised a portion of his career best forgotten.[3] For the record, three of these in which Ashley's appearance received at least a passing press mention are the musical comedy Top of the Town (1937),[21] the romantic drama, I Met My Love Again (1938),[21] and the adventure comedy/buddy film Girl from Havana (1940).[22] During this initial Hollywood tour, Ashley also worked in radio at least once, when, in August 1937, he was heard on KMTR in Los Angeles, appearing in the 15-minutes playlet, "Interference".[23]

In June 1938, after paying his grandparents a visit in Macon, Ashley moved to New York, where he worked in summer stock and later attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[24][1] He also got his first taste of Broadway, "carrying a spear" in Kaufman and Hart's The American Way, starring Frederic March and Florence Eldridge.[25][20] During this period, he also worked as a stevedore and a model for John Robert Powers.[26]

Following his graduation from the AADA in 1940,[27] Ashley joined the newly formed Hollywood Group Theater (modeled after its New York namesake), along with playwright Alfred Gehri, musical director Lou Halmy, art director Pierre Marquet, and actors such as Judith Allen, Sig Arno, Iphigenie Castigliani, Ann Lee, and Ernő Verebes. For its initial offering, on Monday, June 3, the Group presented the American debut of Gehri's Sixth Floor, described as a French Grand Hotel,[28] set in Paris, presenting "a kaleidoscopic picture of several apartments in a rooming house in Montmartre", with Ashley deemed "debonairly handsome as the gay Lothario".[29][30]

That summer, Ashley began a stateside stint with the United States Marines, cut short, circa August 1941, by a freak injury, leaving him with damaged knees and an honorable discharge.[31][7] By December of that year, Ashley had landed a small role in playwright Myron Fagan's new work, To Live Again, which opened December 29 at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles.[32] He next worked in summer stock, a 14-week season, beginning in June 1942, at Baltimore's Vagabond Theater. Due to the wartime dearth of qualified candidates, Ashley became the resident leading man in a company that also featured his newly wed wife, Margalo Wilson.[33] The season opened with Noël Coward's Fallen Angels, starring Ashley as Frederick Sterroll.[33]

In December 1942, Ashley made his well received Broadway debut alongside Claudia Morgan, as "Tiny" Tyler in The Sun Field, adapted by Milton Lazarus from the like-named 1923 Heywood Broun novel.[34][35][36] The adaptation itself, however, was not so well received, and even before the weekly trade paper, Variety, could publish its opening night review (which it proceeded to do nonetheless, "for the record"), the play had closed after five performances.[37]

Reviewing his performance in Margaret Vale's The Two Mrs. Carrolls, as the "morbid artist husband" of Elisabeth Bergner, Globe and Mail' critic Colin Sabiston, while acknowledging Bergner's genius as the production's central and defining asset, dubbed Ashley's portrayal "a really masterly piece of work."[38]

One month later, with the Mrs. Carrolls tour still underway, Ashley's upcoming screen debut was announced by The Hollywood Reporter, naming him the most recent addition to Purgatory Street, Universal International's screen adaptation of the new novel by mystery writer Roman McDougald, to be directed by Sam Wood.[39][40] However, following another six months of related news stories, Wood finally announced in December that he was dropping the project, owing to his inability to achieve the desired casting.[41] In September 1949, Ashley was on the verge of making that long-awaited debut alongside his then leading lady Kay Francis—who would simultaneously be making her TV debut—on the series Chevrolet Tele-Theater. At the last minute, Francis backed out, reportedly "on orders of her physician"; her co-star promptly followed suit.[42] Ashley's own debut was finally made the following February, on the recently converted radio series, Lights Out.[43]

Ashley's subsequent stage portrayal of Joe Webber, the semi-autobiographical protagonist of Thomas Wolfe's The Web and the Rock, was rated by Variety's Russ, "the top portrayal of his career."

Type-cast for several seasons as the pleasant leading man to the distaff stars, he takes full advantage of his opportunities in playing the egotistical, petulant, selfish, childish and bewildered novelist. His best scene is toward the play's close, relating his inner struggles to reach the unfathomable in life.[44]

Unlike his ongoing stage career, Ashley's decade-plus string of big and small screen credits—which, apart from his 1967 swan song,[43][45]—took place entirely between the years 1950 and 1960—was composed primarily of minor roles, sometimes uncredited, frequently in westerns, and often as one of the villains.[46] In one such instance, specifically his final feature film appearance (as Murch in the 1959 western, Warlock),[47] Ashley was a last-minute replacement in October 1958, following the plane crash that took the life of character actor Ed Hinton.[48]

Series in which Ashley made multiple appearances include Gunsmoke, Have Gun Will Travel, Death Valley Days, Wagon Train, Sheriff of Cochise, and The Lone Ranger.[46] He also had a recurring role, Trooper Boone, in the series Boots and Saddles.[49][50][51]

Personal life and death

Ashley was married twice: from 1942 until 1960, to fellow actress Margalo Francis Wilson[52](with whom he had two children, both daughters), and, from 1961 through 1974, to Erna Maria Rade; each marriage ended with the death of his spouse. For more than a decade, shortly thereafter, Ashley's "companion" was Connie Lee Egan, ending with her death in 1998,[11] preceded by the death in 1997 of the younger of his two daughters, Professor Laurel Ashley Peterson.[53]

Survived by daughter Margalo Ashley-Ferrand, and by eight grandchildren, Ashley died in Los Angeles on April 7, 2000, his 81st birthday.[11]

Filmography

Film

Television

Notes

  1. ^ As authors Lynn Kear and John Rossman make clear in their 2006 biography, Kay Francis: A Passionate Life and Career, during the period in question (circa 1948 to 1951), this attachment was equal parts professional and personal, much to the chagrin of the former actress to whom Ashley was then married, Margalo Francis Wilson.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Kear, Lynn; Rossman, John (2006). Kay Francis: A Passionate Life and Career. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 148. ISBN 0-7864-2366-8.
  2. ^ Guernsey, Jr., Otis L. (December 13, 1942). "14 New Shows in Broadway Debuts". The Miami News. p. 11-C.
  3. ^ a b "Joel Ashley Is A Versatile Chap". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 16, 1944. p. 37. "Joel Ashley, now appearing in 'Catherine Was Great,' was born in Forrest Hills, Long Island,[sic] of a partly literary family. He attended the University of Southern California and afterwards the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He admits having appeared in about 20 films, all of them 'quickies,' which he wants to forget. On the radio he has taken part in several serial 'soap operas' and in stock he has tried his fortunes in Lake Mahopic, N. Y., Hartford, Baltimore, Maplewood, N.J., and in Los Angeles."
  4. ^ "Kay Francis and Able Cast Present 'Favorite Stranger'". Post-Bulletin. February 16, 1949. p. 3.
  5. ^ Warner, Ralph (April 30, 1944). "NEW PLAYS: 'War President' a Play by Experimental Theatre". Daily World. p. 7. "Lincoln, played by Joel Ashley, emerges as a human being; the disruptive McClellan of Alexander Scourby is clear, and in lesser roles, Russell Collins, Joanna Roos and others are nicely cast."
  6. ^ "'Frankenstein' To Be Given By Capitol Players". Hartford Courant. June 21, 1939. p. 10. "Joel Ashley, who plays the role of Wayne Trenton, Marion Hardy's love interest in the present show, will drop the raiment of a romantic leading man to assume garb of a monster fashioned together by a mad scientist from odds and ends found in an assortment of eerie places."
  7. ^ a b Mantle, Burns (December 11, 1942). "'Sun 'Field' Tells About the Ball Player and the Lady". New York Daily News. p. 65B. "Joel Ashley plays Tiny, with commendable earnestness and an apparent liking for the job. He was a Marine until a gun carriage rolled into him in San Diego. They sent him home with an honorable discharge."
  8. ^ "MAE TRIES HER CURVES IN HISTORICAL DRAMA". The Spokesman-Review. August 7, 1944. p. 10. "As Catherine Il., Mae is shown here in the last scene. Prince Potemkin, played by Joel Ashley, kneels to kiss her hand."
  9. ^ "On the Screen; On the Stage". The Daily Oklahoma. December 30, 1947. p. 27. "All the glamour in 'The Two Mrs. Carrolls' is not confined to Elisabeth Bergner. The leading man is Joel Ashley, who plays the part of Geoffrey Carroll, and who wants to murder his wife because he is infatuated with Cecily Harden, played by Rochelle Heller (above, with Ashley), who has been sitting for a portrait for him."
  10. ^ "'A Brand New Technique'; Kay Francis 'Fascinated' by Arena Theater Setup". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. June 17, 1951. p. 25. "Kay Francis, the well-known screen and stage star, and Joel Ashley, who has been her leading man in her last five plays, prepare for their opening in 'Let Us Be Gay' in Bill Green's Arena Theater tomorrow night."
  11. ^ a b c "Obituaries/Funeral Announcements". The Los Angeles Times. April 12, 2000. p. 30.
  12. ^ "Obituaries: Beulah Ashley". Variety. July 14, 1965. p. 63. ProQuest 1014826554. Beulah Ashley, pioneer screen actress who in later years was a script supervisor at a majority of studios, died after a lengthy illness in Hollywood, July 6. Actor Joe Ashley[sic], a son, survives.
  13. ^ "Macon Girl Gets Chance At Stardom in Hollywood". The Macon Telegraph. December 15, 1932. p. 5. "[I]t was learned that Barbara Rogers, listed as a Waycross blonde beauty in the group, is really Emily Rodgers of Macon, the 'baby' of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Rodgers on Poplar Street [...] Barbara, who was Emma Lee, or Emily, then left Macon five years ago to spend three years in New York as a model for a big dressing establishment, living with her sister, Mrs. M. Fels.. [...] The Rodgers have lived in Macon nearly all their married life, except for an interval when they lived in Valdosta, where Emma Lee was born."
  14. ^ "Koenig and Actress Will Remarry Here". Hollywood Citizen-News. February 20, 1935. p. 4. "Mr. Koenig said he and the actress were married a year ago at Tijuana but because of criticism of Tijuana marriages, they had decided to remarry in California."
  15. ^ "Hollywood Cadets in Mystery Drama". Evening Vanguard. April 13, 1935. p. 2. "[T]he "three-act mystery comedy, 'Aunt Julia's Pearls,' was presented by cadets this week at Hollywood Military Academy in the school auditorium. [...] In the masculine roles were: John Duffy, as Mr. Hunter; Joel Ashley, as Jim Hunter; [...] Of assistance in the makeup were Miss Barbara Rogers and Mrs. Beulah Ashley."
  16. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office (1928). Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series. Part 1, Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures 1928: Vol. 1, No 1-12. United States Government Printing Office. p. 32. OCLC 220733155
  17. ^ Moulton, Hope Hearn (1934) Exposition in Playwriting: Past and Present Methods. Boston University. OCLC 7915846. WorldCat.
  18. ^ Roddick, Nick (1983). A New Deal in Entertainment : Warner Brothers in the 1930s. London : British Film Institute. p. 297. LCCN 83-152420. "Ass.p-Lou Edelman. U.m-Frank Mattison. D-William Keighley. Ass.d-Chuck Hansen. 2nd.d-William K. McGann. Sc-Seton I. Miller, from his own story ‘Public Enemy No. T. Ph-Sol Polito. Camera-Al Green. Ed-Jack Killifer. Script-Beulah Ashley. A.d-John J. Hughes. Properties-Bill Kuehl. Cost-Orry-Kelly. M.d-Leo F. Forbstein."
  19. ^ Stevenson, L. L. (February 7, 1944). "Lights of New York; One Way". The Richmond Independent.
  20. ^ a b "Tivoli Drama in Last Week". The San Francisco Examiner. February 25, 1946. p. 8. "Joel Ashley [...] started his theatrical career by doubling for Hollywood stars while he was attending college. After appearing in stock for a short period, he headed east and scored in 'The American Way,' with Frederic March, 'Catherine Was Great,' with Mae West, and other legitimate productions. At the conclusion of the present Bergner tour, young Ashley intends to resume his Hollywood career."
  21. ^ a b c d "Capable Cast To Present Children's Theatre Play; 'Who's Who' of Clare Tree Major Troupe Shows Players Have Had Varied Experience". The News-Virginian. November 12, 1938. p. 1. "Joel Ashley [...] has appeared in various motion pictures, including 'I Met My Love Again,' 'Top of the Town' and others. His colorful career includes football playing at the University of California, and a period as a cowboy in Texas."
  22. ^ a b "At the Local Theatres: At the Capitol; Thursday and Friday". The Kingston Whig-Standard. January 18, 1941. p. 10. "Extra! Extra! There were four hundred and fifty of them used for three days' shooting of a large cafe scene in the Republic film, 'Girl From Havana.' [...] Steffi Duna, Addison Richards, Abner Biberman, Bradley Page, Jay Novello and Joel Ashley are some of the principals in the large cast of players."
  23. ^ "Tonight–Tomorrow: Sunday Programs". Hollywood Citizen-News. August 28, 1937. p. 16. "KMTR at 1:30 will broadcast a 15 minute playlet entitled 'Interference,' the cast to include Betty Arthur, Susan Lang, Joel Ashley and Ted Summers."
  24. ^ "City Items". The Macon News. June 7, 1938. p. 11.
  25. ^ "Joel Ashley Hopes for a Change of Luck in 'Kicked Upstairs'". The Boston Sunday Globe. May 16, 1943. p. C52. ProQuest 817153980. He appeared as a youngster with Clare Tree Major's Children's Theatre. He was the boy musician. That was in 1937. The following year he recalls carrying a spear in 'The American Way.' Not very exciting, but he was 'of the theatre.'
  26. ^ Stevenson, L. L. (December 25, 1943). "Lights of New York". The Richmond Independent.
  27. ^ "Daughter, Like Her Mother, Weds Leading Man In Cast; Margalo, Whose Father was Francis Wilson, Becomes Wife Of Hilltop Star, Joel Ashley". The Baltimore Sun. June 5, 1942. p. 6. "Ashley and his bride [...] are both busily rehearsing for the play which will open their season Tuesday night. He joined the United States Marines two years ago but has been discharged because of a knee injury suffered in the line of duty. Both he and Margalo were graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. [...] Margalo and her mother spent the winter near Hollywood where Ashley was appearing in films."
  28. ^ "New Theater Group Plans for Debut; European Successes on Schedule for Thespian Enterprise". Hollywood Citizen-News. p. 7.
  29. ^ Von Blon, Katherine (June 6, 1940). "Group Gives 'Sixth Floor'". The Los Angeles Times. p. 17.
  30. ^ "Legitimate Theater Offerings: Troupers Theatre – Sixth Floor". Hollywood Citizen-News. June 1941. p. 5. "4th Week of 'The Town's Hit' – (L.A. Times)"
  31. ^ Anonymous (September 1941). "West Coast". Leatherneck. p. 57. ProQuest 206515489. Our 'Cheer Up, You Might Have Joined the Army' Department will consider the case of Joel Ashley, the bean-pole reserve who used to be an actor in Hollywood. Joel has just gone to the hospital because of arthritis of the knees. Our word of encouragement to him is this: Cheer up. Barrymore does all right in a wheelchair!
  32. ^ "Seat Sale Slated for Myron Fagan's Play". Hollywood Citizen-News.
  33. ^ a b "Hilltoppers in Town, Open Tuesday Night". The Baltimore Sun. June 7, 1942.
  34. ^ Mantle, Burns (December 6, 1942). [1]. New York Daily News. p. 92. "Claudia Morgan, Joel Ashley and Florence Sundstrom (left) have leads in the comedy 'The Sun Field,' opening Wednesday at the Biltmore."
  35. ^ Elie (December 2, 1942). "Plays Out of Town: The Sun Field". Variety. p. 50. ProQuest 1285814470. Joel Ashley, a refreshing personality of the Victor Mature type, lends considerable credence to this situation, and he's helped all the way through by type-casting in the baseball characters, Tom Tully and Karl Malden in particular.
  36. ^ "The New York Play: The Sun Field". The Hollywood Reporter. December 10, 1942. p. 3. ProQuest 2320412264. Claudia Morgan does an interesting job as the writer, and Joel Ashley, a good-looking juvenile, indicates that with a bit more experience, he may be Hollywood-bound.
  37. ^ Ibee (December 16, 1942). "Plays on Broadway: The Sun Field". Variety. p. 42. ProQuest 1285821119. Joel Ashley is Tyler, giving a good account of himself in the first lead assignment, after spending some time on the Coast. [...] (Withdrawn after five performances; review published for the record)
  38. ^ Sabiston, Colin (April 22, 1947). "Bergner's Acting Radiates Magic In Horror Play". The Globe and Mail. p. 5. ProQuest 1325712478. It is almost exclusively her work that elevates the melodramatic play to the level of high dramatic art. [...] Fairness requires, however, that a word be said about an excellent supporting cast. Michelette Burant as the household servant is a most engaging and amusing personality; Joel Ashley as the morbid artist husband does a really masterly piece of work,
  39. ^ "Joel Ashley To Make Debut In 'Purgatory'". The Hollywood Reporter. May 15, 1947. p. 6. ProQuest 2322670696. Joel Ashley, currently playing opposite Elisabeth Bergner in the stage version of 'The Two Mrs. Carrols' in Washington, will make his screen debut in 'Purgatory Street,' Interwood's next production for U-I. Sam Wood yesterday phoned Harold Ross, agent for Ashley, from New York to draw up a contract on a two-picture basis. William Cameron Menzies will produce 'Purgatory' and Sam Wood will direct.
  40. ^ "Roman McDougald, Clayton, Tells NE Junior College How He Came To Write". The Concordia Sentinel. November 14, 1947. p. 7. "Roman McDougald, Louisiana author of mystery novels, [...] returned recently from Hollywood, Calif., where Universal International is filming his latest novel, 'Purgatory Street,' under direction of Sam Wood, who directed 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' 'Kings Row,' 'Good-bye Mr. Chips,' 'Saratoga Trunk,' and other top ranking productions."
  41. ^ Schallert, Edwin (December 3, 1947). "Stunt Men to Reign; 'Purgatory Street' Off; SAM WOOD CANCELS 'PURGATORY STREET' PLANS". The Los Angeles Times. p. 27. "This is owing to the fact, it is announced, that he cannot secure the players that he wants for the picture. Victor Mature was one who was deemed ideal for a 'dark, menacing' central character, while Wood also would have liked to secure Valli for the starring feminine role."
  42. ^ "Vicki Cummings Replaces Francis". The Daily Record. September 6, 1949. p. 7.
  43. ^ a b "Television". Brooklyn Eagle. February 7, 1950. p. 17.
  44. ^ Russ. (August 16, 1950). "Legitimate: Strawhat Reviews - The Web and the Rock". Variety. p. 52. ProQuest 1286030987. Joel Francis as Webber (Wolfe) gives the top portrayal of his career.
  45. ^ February 16, Evening. The Los Angeles Times Weekly Magazine. February 12, 1967. p. 27.
  46. ^ a b "Obituaries: Joel Ashley". The Hollywood Reporter. April 12, 2000. p. 45. ProQuest 2467876728. movie credits included 'The Ten Commandments, 'The Vagabond King,' Tension at Table Rock,' 'Ghost Town' and 'The Great Locomotive Chase.' On Broadway, he starred as Abe Lincoln in 'Prologue to Glory' and 'War President.' He played opposite Mae West in 'Catherine the Great' and Kay Francis in 'Goodbye My Fancy,' 'The Web and the Rock,' and 'The Last Mrs. Cheney.' Ashley, who liked to quote Shakespeare, worked more frequently in television westerns, usually as the villain. He was in several episodes of 'Gunsmoke' as well as 'Have Gun Will Travel,' Death Valley Days,' Wagon Train,' Sheriff of Cochise' and 'The Lone Ranger.'
  47. ^ Willis, John (1960; 1983). Screen World 1960. Cheshire, CN: Biblio and Tannen. p. 41. ISBN 0-8196-0301-5
  48. ^ "Ashley in 'Warlock'". The Hollywood Reporter. October 21, 1958. p. 12. ProQuest 2338263072. Joel Ashley has been signed by 20th-Fox to assume the role originally slated for Ed Hinton, killed eight days ago in a plane crash. Edward Dmytryk is producing - directing the Richard Widmark - Henry Fonda - Anthony Quinn - Dorothy Malone co-starrer.
  49. ^ Kove. (October 2, 1957). "TV Film Reviews". Variety. p. 50. "With Jack Pickhard, Patrick McVey, Dave Willock, John Alderson, Michael Emmet, Ralph Moody, Herbert Rudley, Joel Ashley, others"
  50. ^ "Intrepid Trooper's Scalp Saved". The Houston Chronicle Feature Magazine. June 1, 1958. p. 26.
  51. ^ "On Boots and Saddles: Recruit Learns How Discipline Pays Off". The Houston Chronicle Feature Magazine. June 15, 1958. p. 15.
  52. ^ "Margo Wilson Wilson Ashley will play in". Sunday Sun Magazine. Jul 5, 1942. p. 6.
  53. ^ "Obituaries/Funeral Announcements". The Los Angeles Times. June 20, 1997. p. 18.
  54. ^ "Television: 9:30". Brooklyn Eagle. November 22, 1950. p. 22. "WABD- Plainclothes man, 'Smoked Ham,' With Ken Lynch, Joel Ashley, Beverly Whitney and Others."
  55. ^ "Television: 9:00". Brooklyn Eagle. January 3, 1951. p. 25. "WABD (5) - Famous Jury Trials, 'State vs. Ben Hutchins,' With Henry Fleer, Stuart Germaine, Joel Ashley and Others."
  56. ^ Television and radio Programs: 9:00. Brooklyn Eagle. January 17, 1951. p. 17. "WABD (5) - Famous Jury Trials, 'People vs. Stanley Forrest,' With Joel Ashley, Ellen Cobb Hill and Others."
  57. ^ "Television and Radio Highlights: 9 P.M.". Brooklyn Eagle. April 11, 1951. p. 27.
  58. ^ Lester, John (November 6, 1952). "Radio and Television: Sylvia Sidney Excels in 'Letter' Starring Role". Staten Island Advance. p. 27. "Gene Raymond, who has rarely been better, is seen as the family lawyer Joyce. The cuckolded Crosbie is played by William Post Jr., a younger, slimmer and handsomer Sidney Blackmer. Others are Joel Ashley, Eve Truex and Ral Tosco."
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