''I Fly Anything'' is an American

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adventure drama. It was broadcast on

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from November 29, 1950, until July 19, 1951. Dockery Crane was a freelance pilot who used his

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plane for any job that was legal and would earn money. He was assisted by co-pilot Buzz and secretary June. ''I Fly Anything'' was unusual in that it featured two men who were not known primarily as actors.

Dick Haymes Richard Benjamin Haymes (September 13, 1918 – March 28, 1980) was an Argentinian singer and actor. He was one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s. He was the older brother of Bob Haymes, an actor, television host ...

, who starred as Crane, was best known for his singing; the program was his debut as far as a straight dramatic role was concerned.

George Fenneman George Watt Fenneman (November 10, 1919 – May 29, 1997) was an American radio and television announcer. Fenneman is best remembered as the show announcer and straight man on Groucho Marx's ''You Bet Your Life''. Marx, said of Fenneman in 1976, ...

, who played Buzz, was usually heard as an announcer on radio and television. He was not in the show's original cast but was first heard in the January 23, 1951, episode, the same one in which

Georgia Ellis Georgia Ellis (March 12, 1917 – March 30, 1988) was an American actress who is best known for her recurring role of Kitty in the Western radio drama '' Gunsmoke''. She was the daughter of John R. Hawkins and Blanche E. Sparling. She married ...

joined the cast as Crane's secretary. Jay Arlen and Lou Cook were the announcers, while Frank Cooper and Sy Fisher were producers. Dwight Hauser and Clark Andrews directed the program. Writers were

Arnold Perl Arnold Perl (April 14, 1914 – December 11, 1971) was an American playwright, screenwriter, television producer and television writer. Perl briefly attended Cornell University, but did not graduate. He had written for the television series '' ...

, Abe Ginniss, and

Les Crutchfield Leslie Marcellus Crutchfield (January 23, 1916October 6, 1966) was an American scriptwriter for radio and television series between the late 1940s and mid-1960s, most notably for the Western series ''Gunsmoke'', which aired on CBS Radio from 1952 ...

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Logs

Partial log of episodes of ''I Fly Anything'' from Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs Partial log of episodes of ''I Fly Anything'' from Old Time Radio Researchers GroupPartial log of episodes of ''I Fly Anything'' from radioGOLDINdex

Streaming

Selected episodes of ''I Fly Anything'' from the Internet Archive
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