''The Amazing Nero Wolfe'' is a 1945 American

radio drama Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...

series starring Francis X. Bushman as

Rex Stout Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and ...

's fictional

armchair detective An armchair detective is a fictional investigator who does not personally visit a crime scene or interview witnesses; instead, the detective either reads the story of the crime in a newspaper or has it recounted by another person. As the armcha ...

Nero Wolfe Nero Wolfe is a brilliant, obese and eccentric fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery (fiction), mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe was born in Montenegro and keeps his past murky. He lives in a luxurious brownstone on West ...

. Broadcast July 17–November 30, 1945, the series was created by the

Don Lee Network The Don Lee Network, sometimes called the Don Lee Broadcasting System was an American regional network of radio stations in the old-time radio era. Origin Don Lee made a fortune as the exclusive West Coast distributor of Cadillac automobiles. He ...

, a California affiliate of the

Mutual Broadcasting System The Mutual Broadcasting System (commonly referred to simply as Mutual; sometimes referred to as MBS, Mutual Radio or the Mutual Radio Network) was an American commercial radio network in operation from 1934 to 1999. In the Old-time radio, golden ...

, and may have been broadcast only in that region. ''The Amazing Nero Wolfe'' was based on Stout's principal characters but not his stories.

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

, a California affiliate of the

. 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 ''The Adventures of Nero Wolfe'' is a 1943–44 American radio drama series produced by Himan Brown and featuring Rex Stout's fictional detective. Three actors portrayed Nero Wolfe over the course of the series. J. B. Williams starred in its f ...

'' (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.

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