Richard Diamond, Private Detective
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In 1945, Dick Powell portrayed Phillip Marlowe in the movie "Murder
My Sweet" based on Raymond Chandler's novel "Farewell My Lovely."
This was a radical departure in character for Mr. Powell from a
Hollywood song and dance man to a hard-boiled detective. On June 11,
1945, the LUX RADIO THEATER brought "Murder My Sweet" to radio, again
with Dick Powell in the lead. These two performances prompted his
selection for the part of Richard Rogue, in ROGUE'S GALLERY after his
role for LUX and Richard Diamond four years later.
RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE came to NBC in 1949. It was the
creation of Blake Edwards who wrote most of the early scripts and
directed some of the shows.
Diamond was a slick, sophisticated detective, with a sharp tongue for
folks who need it. Diamond enjoyed the detective life, but not as
much as entertaining his girl, Helen Asher. After each show, he would
croon a number to his Park Avenue sweetheart. Mr. Powell, as a former 
song and dance man, was perfect for the role, adding an extra
dimension to the typical 1940's private eye drama. Helen Asher was
portrayed by Virginia Gregg, who also played the part of Brooksie on
"Let George Do It" and Betty Lewis on "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar".
The series started unsponsored on NBC. Rexall picked up sponsorship
on April 5, 1950 through the last NBC show on December 6, 1950. The
series moved to ABC on January 5, 1951, sponsored by the R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company. They remained sponsor until the series end on June
27, 1952. Richard Diamond made one more appearance on Old-Time radio
for a Summer series in 1953, replacing Amos & Andy. All shows were
repeats of earlier shows.
RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE made it to TV in July, 1957 and
ran until September, 1960, with David Janssen as Diamond. Many of
the TV episodes used rewritten radio scripts. 
49/05/01 2 The Barton Case
49/05/15 4 Ralph Chase Case
49/05/22 5 The Stolen Purse
49/05/29 6 The Betty Moran Case
49/06/19 9 Fred Sears Murder Case
49/06/26 10 The Tom Waxman Bombing Case
49/07/02 11 The Bloody Hat Case
49/07/09 12 Charles Walsh, Bob Wells
49/07/16 13 The Man Who Hated Women
49/07/23 14 The Martin Hyer Case
49/08/06 16 The Lynn Knight Case
49/08/20 18 The Jean Cooper Murder Case
49/08/27 19 The Eddie Garrett Case
49/09/03 20 The Harry Baker Case
49/09/10 21 The Van Dyke Seance Case
49/09/17 22 The Jerome J Jerome Case 
49/09/24 23 The 200,000 Dollar Bundle
49/10/08 24 Gibson Murder Case
49/10/15 25 The Bogus Bills Case
49/10/22 26 Rene Bennet Protection Case
49/10/29 27 Bill Kirby Murder Case
49/11/05 28 The Singing Critic
49/11/12 29 50,000 Dollar Diamond Heist
49/11/19 30 The Jacoby Case
49/11/26 31 William Carter Loses Memory
49/12/03 32 The Ruby Idol Case
49/12/10 33 The House Of Mystery Case
49/12/17 34 The John Blackwell Case
49/12/24 35 A Christmas Carol
49/12/31 36 Thomas Jason Case
50/01/07 37 Butchers and Protection Racket
50/01/15 38 Mr Victor's Daughter 
50/01/22 39 Martin White Sees Dead Men
50/02/05 40 To Guard A Seal
50/02/12 41 Elaine Tanner Case
50/02/19 42 The Jewel Thief
50/02/26 43 The Blind Man And The Cop Killer
50/03/05 44 Louis Spence Case
50/03/12 45 Joyce Wallace
50/03/19 46 Private Eye Test
50/03/26 47 Photographer's Card
50/04/05 48 William Logan And The Ivory Statue
50/04/12 49 The Man Who Hated Women
50/04/19 50 Messenger Service, Patty Clark
50/04/26 51 The Ralph Baxter Case
50/06/14 52 800,000 Dollars In Jewels 
50/06/21 53 Mrs X Can't Find Her Husband
50/06/28 54 Mary Billman Killed
50/07/05 55 Mike Burton Murder Case
50/07/12 56 Ice Pick Murder
50/07/26 57 The Martha Campbell Kidnap Case
50/08/02 58 The Fixed Fight Case
50/08/09 59 Edna Wolfe Case
50/08/16 60 The Carnival Case
50/08/23 61 The Evans Farmer Case
50/08/30 62 The Big Foot Grafton Case
50/09/06 63 The Misplaced Laundry Case
50/09/13 64 The George Lexington Murder Case
50/09/20 65 The Bald Head Case
50/09/27 66 The Oklahoma Cowboy Murder Case
50/10/04 67 The Pete Rocco Case
50/10/11 68 The Homing Pigeon Case 
50/10/18 69 Lt, Levinson Kidnapped
50/10/25 70 The Rifle Case
50/11/08 72 Dead Man's Letter
50/11/15 73 Mona Lisa Murder
50/11/22 74 The Cover-Up Murders
51/01/12 78 Marilyn Conners Case
51/01/19 79 The Man With The Scar
51/01/26 80 The Rawlins Case
51/02/02 81 The Caspary Case
51/02/09 82 Blue Serge Suit
51/02/16 83 The Grey Man
51/02/23 84 The Lady In Distress
51/03/02 85 The Red Rose
51/03/09 86 The Butcher Shop
51/03/16 87 Monsieur Bouchon
51/03/23 88 Little Chiva
51/03/30 89 The Carnival
51/04/06 90 The Dead Heiress
51/10/05 103 The Pete Rocco Case (repeat 50-10-04)
51/11/02 107 The Bowery Case
51/11/09 108 Buried Treasure
51/11/16 109 The Hollywood Story
51/12/07 112 The Brown Envelope Case
51/12/21 114 Christmas Show
51/12/28 115 The Plaid Overcoat Case
52/01/04 116 Merry Go Round Case
52/01/11 117 White Cow Case
52/01/18 118 Simpson Case
52/01/25 119 The Al Brenners Case
52/02/01 120 The Garribaldi Case
52/02/08 121 The Eddie Burke Case
52/03/14 126 The Dixon Case
52/03/21 127 The Hank Burton Case
52/03/28 128 Mr. Walker's Problem
52/04/04 129 The Enigma Of Big Ed
52/05/16 135 The Eddie Garrett Case
53/05/31 142 The William Holland Case
53/06/07 143 The Eight O'Clock Killer(Repeat of 50-11-22)
53/06/21 144 Missing Night Watchman (repeat 50-12-06)
53/06/28 145 Rifle Case (repeat 50-10-25)
53/07/05 146 The Man With The Scar (repeat 51-01-19)(repeat 51-11-09)
53/07/12 147 Pete Rocco Case (repeat 50-10-04)(repeat 51-10-05)
53/07/19 148 Chapel Hill Police Officer Symposium Speech
53/07/26 149 Mona Lisa Murder (repeat 50-11-15)
53/08/02 150 Lt Levinson Kidnapped (repeat 50-10-18)
53/08/09 151 The Ice Pick Murder Case (repeat 50-07-12)
53/08/16 152 The Oklahoma Cowboy Murder Case (repeat 50-09-27)
53/08/23 153 The Hollywood Story (repeat 51-11-16)
53/08/30 154 Big Foot Grafton Case (50-08-30)
53/09/06 155 The George Lexington Murder Case (repeat 50-09-13)
53/09/20 157 The Wolfe Murder Case (repeat 50-08-09)
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