The Adventures of Ellery Queen

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Nicholas Solovioff painted this cover for a 1955 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. The popularity of the Ellery Queen novel series and the magazine led to the radio and TV series.

The Adventures of Ellery Queen was the title of a radio series and four separate television series made from the 1950s through the 1970s. They were based on the fictional character and pseudonymous writer Ellery Queen.

[edit] Radio

With Hugh Marlowe in the title role, Ellery Queen was introduced in The Adventures of Ellery Queen on CBS radio June 18, 1939, running until September 22, 1940. In 1942, the series moved to NBC, airing until 1944. From 1945 to 1947, it was heard once again on CBS, returning to NBC in 1947 and then ABC (1947-48). The premise was that a mystery would be dramatized but then interrupted when a panel of celebrities would attempt to solve the mystery.

During the 1970s, syndicated radio fillers, Ellery Queen's Minute Mysteries, began with an announcer saying, "This is Ellery Queen..." and then outlining a case in one minute. The radio station encouraged callers to solve the mystery and win a sponsor's prize. Once they had a winner, the solution part of the spot would be played as confirmation.

[edit] Television

The first television series, produced by the DuMont Television Network, ran from 1950 to 1952 and aired first on DuMont and later on ABC. The second series was produced by ITC Entertainment and ran from 1954 to 1957. The third series, The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen, ran from 1958 to 1959 on NBC. The final series, known simply as Ellery Queen, ran from 1975 until 1976 and was a Universal TV production for NBC.

[edit] First TV series

Telecast on the DuMont network, the first series starred Richard Hart as Ellery Queen in the first season and Lee Bowman in the role in later seasons. Florenz Ames played Inspector Richard Queen. Guest stars included Anne Bancroft, John Carradine and Eva Gabor. The series, produced by Irving and Norman Pincus and directed by Donald Richardson, featured writing by Helene Hanff.

[edit] Episode list

[edit] First season - DuMont Network

1. Prescription For Treason
2. The House of Terror
3. Murder in Hollywood
4. The Adventure of the Man who Killed Cops
5. The Hanging Patient
6. The Crooked Man
7. The Human Weapon
8. The Three Lame Men
9. The Long Count
10. The Invisible Lover
11. The Adventure of the Blind Bullet
12. Two Pieces of Silver
13. The Hanging Acrobat
14. The Star of India
15. The Adventures of the Survivors' Club
16. The Adventure of the Jewel-Handled Knife
17. The Case of the Falling Corpse
18. The Adventure of the Strange Voyage
19. The Madcap Robbery
20. The Adventure of the Manhunt
21. Murder at the Museum
22. The Adventures of the Man who Enjoyed Death
23. The Case of the Frightened Lady
24. The Baseball Murder Case
25. Murder for 12 cents
26. Death Spins a Wheel
27. The Key to Murder
28. Dissolve to Death
29. The Happiness Club
30. The Chinese Mummer Mystery
31. Murder in the Zoo
32. Death in a Capsule
33. The Case of the Upright Man
34. Frame-up
35. The Adventure of the Frightened Child
36. The Adventure of the Ballet Murder
37. The Adventure of the Twilight Zone
38. The Dead Man who Walked
39. Murder in the Death House
40. The Garden of Death
41. The Gridiron Murder
42. The Coffee House Murder
43. Death in a Ghost Town
44. Murder to Music
45. The Inside Man
46. The adventure of the Shape-Up
47. Pavanne for a Dead Princess
48. Death at the Opera
49. Ticket to Nowhere

[edit] Second season: ABC

1. A Christmas Story
2. The Unhung Jury
3. The Long Shot
4. Death In the Sorority House
5. The Feminine Touch
6. Dance of Death
7. One Week to Live
8. Left-Cross
9. Mister Big
10. The Red Hook Murder
11. King Size Death
12. The File of Death
13. The Bar Peaceful Murder
14. Doodle of Death
15. The Men Without Faces
16. Death of a Wax Doll
17. Cat and Mouse
18. Coroner's Inquest
19. The Third Room
20. The not so Private Eye
21. Prize Catch
22. Rehearsal for Murder
23. The Case of the Heartbroken Men
24. The Pool of Death
25. Dead Secret
26. Case of the Canvas Shroud
27. The Winner was Death
28. A Frame for a Chair
29. Confidential Agent

[edit] Third season: ABC

1. Case of the Wise Man
2. The Ten Dollar Bill
3. Ready For Hanging
4. Legacy of Death
5. Buck Fever
6. Custom Made
7. The Case of the Two-Faced Man
8. The Destructive Angel
9. A Touch of Death
10. A Close-Up of Murder
11. The High Executioner
12. Companion to a Killer
13. Double Exposure

[edit] Second TV series

ITC's series starred Hugh Marlowe as Ellery Queen but returned Florenz Ames to the role of Richard Queen. Guest stars included Celia Lovsky.

[edit] Episode list

1. Dark Corridor
2. Custom Made
3. Double Exposure
4. Mission for Murder
5. Comeback (also known as The Last Payoff)
6. Death in a Ghost Town
7. Close-up of Murder
8. Star of Kashmir
9. Letter from the Dead
10. Once a Killer
11. The Recluse
12. Doodle OF Death
13. The Moll
14. Mask of Roselli
15. Woman in the Chair
16. Trigger Man
17. Mardi Gras
18. The Vicious Circle
19. One Week to Live
20. Backfire
21. The Fix
22. Blackjack
23. Woman on the Wire
24. Night Visitors
25. Death of a Wax Doll
26. The White Orchid
27. Stranger in the Dark
28. Design for Revenge
29. The Golden Snow
30. The Fatal Signal
31. Mister Big
32. Memoirs Unwritten

[edit] The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

This version featured George Nader as Ellery Queen at first, then Lee Philips at the end of the season. Les Tremayne took the role of Richard Queen. Guest stars included the Oscar-nominated Nancy Carroll.

[edit] Episode list

1. The Glass Village
2. The King is Dead
3. Ten Days of Wonder
4. The Door Between
5. The 8th Mrs Bluebeard
6. Cat of Many Tails
7. Death Before Bedtime
8. Double, Double
9. So Rich, So Lovely, So Dead
10. Diamond-studded Typewriter
11. Four and Twenty to Live
12. Paint the Town Black
13. The Hollow Man
14. Bury Me Deep
15. The Hinnolity Story
16. The Jinn City Story
17. Revolution
18. The Murder of Whistler's Brother
19. Death likes it Hot
20. Margin of Terror
21. Chauffer Disguise
22. Shadow of the Past
23. The Chemistry Set
24. Cartel for Murder
25. A Girl Named Daisy
26. The Paper Tigers
27. The Lecture
28. Confession of Murder
29. Castaway on a Nearby Island
30. The Curse of Aden
31. Dance into Death
32. Body of the Crime
33. This Murder Comes to you Live

[edit] Ellery Queen

Main article: Ellery Queen (TV series)

Universal/NBC's 1970s version featured Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen and David Wayne as Richard. The stories took place in 1947. Guest stars included Joan Collins, Don Ameche, Roddy McDowall, Tom Bosley and Betty White. The series was cancelled after one season of only 22 episodes.

[edit] Episode list

Too Many Suspects Pilot episode, later aired as a TV movie.

1. The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne
2. The Adventure of the Lover's Leap
3. The Adventure of the Chinese Dog
4. The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader
5. The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express
6. The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance
7. The Adventure of Colonel Niven's Memoirs
8. The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party
9. The Adventure of Veronica's Veils
10. The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse
11. The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument
12. The Adventure of the Black Falcon
13. The Adventure of the Sunday Punch
14. The Adventure of the Eccentric Engineer
15. The Adventure of the Wary Witness
16. The Adventure of the Judas Tree
17. The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario
18. The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman
19. The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley
20. The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep
21. The Adventure of the Hard-Hearted Huckster
22. The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger

[edit] Listen to

• Radio Lovers: Ellery Queen

[edit] External links

• The Adventures of Ellery Queen 1950-1952 at the Internet Movie Database
• The Adventures of Ellery Queen 1954-1957 at the Internet Movie Database
• The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen at the Internet Movie Database
• Ellery Queen at the Internet Movie Database
• Ellery Queen (1975)