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Old Time ActorsWhen you first start listening to old time radio you find like TV and movies you form preferences for certain actors and actresses. One of my early favorites was Tom Collins. I happened upon some Chandu episodes and I was hooked. Looking for Chandu prompted me to join some online sites and one site had most of the episodes I paid to download them and soon I was listening to Chandu episodes every week. I don't listen to them continously I ration them to one a week so I can enjoy the show the way the fans in the late 40's did. I liked Collins so much I searched out more shows, soon I had every episode of Frank Race and episodes of One Man's Family. Then came the search for obscure roles in X-minus 1 and other OTR shows. So in celebration of the opening of the new and improved Cobalt Club I give you the life story of Tom Collins.

Becoming the Actor!

Tom Collins was born Beryl Williams Collins on June 7, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Austin High School in 1930, he enrolled at the University of Illinois. He stayed for only one year, leaving to join the Goodman Theater in Chicago where he learned his craft along with other young Chicagoans such as Karl Malden. The acting bug had bitten and Tom was on his way to becoming a performer. He was signed to a contract with MGM around 1938 and made the following films:
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