Same Sleuth, Different Voice: Jeff, Regan, Investigator

Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

This episode explores the legacy of Jeff Regan, Investigator, a classic old-time radio detective whose role was portrayed by three different actors—Jack

Key takeaways

• The character of Jeff Regan evolved significantly with each actor: Jack Webb portrayed him as a weary, underdog detective; Frank Graham made him more assertive and tough; Paul Dubov maintained continuity in tone but filled in during the show's final months.

Main topics

• The evolution of Jeff Regan as a character across different actors

Notable quotes

"Crime is a sucker's road, and those who travel it wind up in the gutter of the prison of the grave."

Conclusion

Jeff Regan, Investigator exemplifies how performance and casting can shape a character's

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:00) Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road, and those who travel it wind up in the gutter of the prison of the grave. ...have been changed to protect the innocent. The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective. The Adventures of the Saint, starring Vincent Price. Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Speaker 5 (0:59) streets and more old-time radio detectives and crime solvers. We're continuing our series on radio detectives who were played by multiple actors, and today our gumshoe is the lion's eye himself, Jeff Regan, Investigator. Regan was a $10 a day operative for the penny-pinching Anthony J. Lyon, the head honcho at the International Detective Bureau. Regan was first played by Jack Webb, who was in between stints as Pat Novak when he went on the air as Regan on CBS in the summer of 1948. In that first round of episodes, Anthony J. Lyon was played by Wilms Herbert, perhaps best known as Sergeant Otis on Richard Diamond, and by Herb Butterfield. Webb's portrayal of Regan wasn't all that different from his work as Pat Novak. and he had a good rapport with both actors playing his money-hungry boss. But Webb left the show in December of 1948, allegedly after a request for a modest raise was turned down. He went over to ABC and starred for a few more months as Pat Novak before Dragnet went on the air in June of 1949. As for Jeff Regan, he was off the air until October 1949. when CBS revived the show with actor Frank Graham starring as Regan. Now, not only was Graham's voice very different from Webb's, he also played the character differently. Graham's Regan was more two-fisted and tough, whereas Webb's Regan was often the underdog, taking abuse from both criminals and from his boss. But in this new incarnation of the show, it was often Regan giving the business to Mr. Lion. who was now played as a more affable buffoon by Frank Nelson. Graham starred as Regan until September 1950, although actor Paul Dubov filled in for a few episodes. The show was popular and likely would have continued had it not been for the tragic death of Frank Graham on September 2, 1950. The part was not recast, and Graham's death marked the end of Jeff Regan's career as a radio detective. Today we'll hear Mezzers Webb, Graham, and Dubov in three Jeff Regan mysteries. First up is Jack Webb in The Too Many Mrs. Rogers from October 9, 1948. Then we'll hear Frank Graham in an Armed Forces Radio Service rebroadcast of The Barefoot Boy with Shoes Gone. And finally, it's Paul Dubov in The Man Behind the Rod, another rebroadcast from the Armed Forces Radio Service. The lion has three eyes, and we'll meet all of them right after these messages. 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Speaker 1 (7:15) With Jack Webb as Jeff Regan, investigators stand by for hard-boiled action and mystery and thrilling adventure in tonight's story of The Too Many Mrs. Rogers. Speaker 2 (7:38) Seven, near Olive. That's where it stands. Downtown L.A. Cosmopolitan building. A big chunk of granite poking its way up through a parking lot. That's where you'll find International Detective Bureau. Suite 308. A good bargain counter if you're shopping around for trouble. Speaker 2 (7:58) Anthony J. Lyon, the guy I worked for, paid the rent. Can't be very much, because sunlight and those office walls have never said hello. The Cosmopolitan building. An air shaft runs right up the middle of it. Suite 308 is wrapped around that ventilator like a donut around a hole. Figures that the weather bureau ought to run a separate survey on that office, because we get all the blow-by from the Acme Incense Company three doors down the hall. Los Angeles smog would come in second best if they knew about it. Well, it was last Tuesday, the day that Cleveland won the pennant that I walked in. The lion was there pecking around on that same old Remington. Somebody'd broken the period key, but he didn't seem to mind. He talks in commas anyway. I don't know who he was writing to, but there were a couple of cereal box tops at his elbow and a contest blank. He was writing something about why I feed my children your breakfast food. The lion's a bachelor. Speaker 7 (8:54) Regan, who do you know in Battle Creek, Michigan? Speaker 2 (8:56) Jack Armstrong. Speaker 7 (8:57) I may win this contest. Here's one for you to fill in. Speaker 2 (9:00) No, I don't eat breakfast. Speaker 7 (9:02) This is different. I got us a case. Here's the address. Hinkle and Hinkle. Speaker 2 (9:05) Well, they make pills. Speaker 7 (9:06) It's a funeral parlor. One of the best in town. Speaker 2 (9:08) I'm healthy. I Speaker 7 (9:09) want you to be very careful how you talk to these people. Speaker 2 (9:12) Who, the customers? Speaker 7 (9:13) Hinkle and Hinkle. Father and son. They got a fine establishment. And all the best people go to them for the final right. Speaker 2 (9:19) Well, I'm fresh out of shroud. Speaker 7 (9:21) They got problems Hinkle and Hinkle have. Speaker 2 (9:24) What's the trouble? Speaker 7 (9:24) Hop over there and they'll tell you. Speaker 2 (9:26) I'd rather get it from you. Speaker 7 (9:28) Regan, I can't do that. Why? You've read our business card. Anything told to an international man is in the strictest confidence. I wrote that and won't double-cross a client. Speaker 2 (9:38) Well, that's a new twist for you. Speaker 7 (9:39) What do you mean? Speaker 2 (9:40) Every day you dump these phony cases in my lap and I go out on them. All I do is play tag with homicide. You Speaker 7 (9:44) won't get caught. Speaker 2 (9:45) A lot of can tuna felt that way. You Speaker 7 (9:46) know I take care of you. That's what I Speaker 2 (9:48) don't like. Speaker 7 (9:48) Hinkle and Hinkle are expecting you right now. Jump in your car and get over there. Speaker 2 (9:52) What do I say to them? Speaker 7 (9:53) Just say hello. They'll pick it up from there. Speaker 2 (9:57) You know, someday I'm going to quit. If you Speaker 7 (9:59) do, you'll starve. So what? You'll still wind up at Hinkle and Hinkle. Speaker 2 (10:16) Well, the place was on Hope Street near Washington Boulevard. You couldn't miss it. A two-story building painted a battleship gray that sort of crouched at the curb. It had a square pimple for a door and flanked on each side by a brass angel. They were a dirty green color. I figured that one of the Hinkles could have been a little more eager with a metal polish. The glass door was draped with white satin and it fluttered as I walked in. The hall was quiet. There was enough marble inside to make the Bank of America jealous. Another angel, this time with the wings folded back, was pointing toward the reception room. I followed directions and moved on. It smelled like the bargain matinee at the Roxy. Over in one corner was a vase of tired-looking flowers trying real hard not to be cheerful. A little guy in a black serge suit was floating around the room with an atomizer filled with perfume. The whole place was about as inviting as a maiden aunt's kiss. The little man didn't even look at me. He just kept squirting. He couldn't put the perfume people out of business, but I figured he had them working nights. Your name Hinkle? As soon as I finish. Well, that might take months. That's a big bottle. Don't you just adore Speaker 8 (11:25) this scent? Speaker 2 (11:26) What's the matter? Aren't the flowers working? Speaker 8 (11:28) They're paper. How then, sir? Speaker 2 (11:34) I asked first. Speaker 8 (11:35) Yes, I am Jason Hinkle. Speaker 2 (11:37) Aren't there two of you? Speaker 8 (11:38) Gerald? Speaker 7 (11:39) Did you call, Pa? Just Speaker 8 (11:41) showing this man the other Hinkle. Oh, hi. Speaker 8 (11:46) Now then, I believe that Speaker 2 (11:47) you'll find we can make all the necessary arrangements. Save the commercial. Nobody's dead. Oh, that's too bad. This week we're having a special at a Speaker 8 (11:54) greatly reduced rate. Speaker 2 (11:56) Well, I figure I got a few more years. Now look, didn't you want to see me? Speaker 8 (11:59) Oh, you from Atlas? Speaker 2 (12:01) Who? Speaker 8 (12:02) Atlas Casket Company. We have plenty on hand. Penicillin has practically ruined our business. Speaker 2 (12:07) My name's Regan. I'm with International. Speaker 8 (12:09) Oh, of course. You're the lion's eye. Speaker 7 (12:12) I'm glad you got here. Speaker 2 (12:13) Well, tell me and we'll both be happy. Speaker 7 (12:15) Hey, Pa, he don't look so tough. Speaker 2 (12:17) Well, you do, Buster. You scare me. Speaker 7 (12:18) I'll bet I could break you in the middle. Never mind, Gerald. Speaker 2 (12:21) I'd have to apologize for him. He lifts weight. He'd have to. He'd carry that header on. Speaker 7 (12:27) Just say the word, Pa. Gerald. Speaker 2 (12:30) Now, Mr. Regan, if you'll step in the back room. Speaker 8 (12:32) All Speaker 2 (12:33) right. Speaker 8 (12:36) I have to be careful about Gerald. He's just a junior partner. Speaker 2 (12:40) He ought to be the silent one. Speaker 8 (12:42) He didn't learn to talk till he was almost nine. Speaker 2 (12:44) I paid him for sex. Drink, Mr. Regan. No, thanks. I stopped drinking that stuff in 32. Oh, Speaker 8 (12:51) you mean the formaldehyde label. Yes, I have to hide it from Gerald. All Speaker 2 (12:56) right, now we've been through the family album. What's the job? Speaker 8 (12:58) Ah, do you know a Mrs. Rogers? The phone book's Speaker 2 (13:02) full of them. Speaker 8 (13:03) Mrs. Rogers has been most unfortunate. Poor dear woman. They were married such a short time, and they were ecstatically happy. Speaker 2 (13:09) Her husband die? Speaker 8 (13:11) Mm-hmm. She lost him three days ago. Hinkle and Tinkle are handling the last rites. Poor Mrs. Rogers. She's so young. Speaker 2 (13:18) You want a shoulder to cry on? Speaker 8 (13:19) Mrs. Rogers wished her husband taken to the family plot in La Jolla. We're finishing the limousine, and she's requested someone to accompany her. Speaker 2 (13:27) Well, try a Pullman Porter. They like to travel. Speaker 8 (13:29) This whole thing has most unusual aspects. Mrs. Rogers thinks she needs protection. Speaker 2 (13:35) We could send Gerald. Speaker 8 (13:37) She'd still need protection. Oh, Mr. Regan, she wants you. Is she paying for this? I believe Mr. Lyon has her check. Speaker 2 (13:47) Okay, is that all you've got to tell me? Mr. Speaker 8 (13:50) Regan, we only handle the debt. Speaker 2 (13:52) Well, they don't need protection. Speaker 8 (13:53) That's what they said Speaker 2 (13:54) about King Tut. Speaker 2 (14:04) Hinkle gave me her address. It was over near Westlake Park. It was one of those new modern apartment houses painted in elephant pink. It was around 6 o'clock when I rang the bell. While I waited, I tried to figure this protection angle. I thought maybe I could talk her out of it and wind up the whole thing right here. I kind of figured that she was just upset and needed a man around. When she opened the door, I knew I was right. Speaker 2 (14:28) You could see she was in mourning. She was wearing black lipstick. She was tall and thin with long blonde hair. She made Mr. Peabody's mermaid look like a beginner. Right then I knew that this case was about as much on the level as the city of San Francisco. She needed protection, all right, but so did I. When she said hello, it melted all over you like honey on a hot biscuit. Speaker 6 (14:49) You're standing in a draft. Speaker 2 (14:51) Well, it's a warm night. Speaker 6 (14:53) Well, come in. Speaker 2 (14:55) You were Mrs. Rogers? Speaker 6 (14:56) That's right. Speaker 2 (14:57) My name's Regan. Speaker 6 (14:59) The man from International. Speaker 2 (15:01) You're more than I paid for. Prices are coming down. Come over here where we can talk. I got a big voice. Speaker 6 (15:10) You act like you're afraid of me. I Speaker 2 (15:13) didn't think it showed. Speaker 6 (15:14) Oh, yes. You're just exactly what I wanted. Speaker 2 (15:18) I used to be with an escort bureau. Then this should be part of your Speaker 6 (15:22) service. I'll bet the bureau went broke when you quit. Speaker 2 (15:30) But I left them in a hole. Relax. It's early. Look, lady, we can play musical chairs some other time. What do you want? Why worry? You're getting paid. Yeah, but this kind of stuff won't buy food. I'm Speaker 6 (15:41) lonely. Speaker 2 (15:42) Do your act in the Coliseum. It'll be a sellout. Speaker 6 (15:44) You're practically a crowd. Speaker 2 (15:46) That's what they say about three. Speaker 6 (15:47) No, it's just you and me. Speaker 2 (15:49) With a dead man in between. Speaker 6 (15:50) Never mind Victor. He's my problem. Speaker 2 (15:52) Not anymore. Come on, lady. This is a fat blister. Let's break it. Slow down, Mr. Regan. Maybe that's what happened to Victor. Speaker 6 (15:56) All right. If you don't want to play my game, let's play yours. Speaker 2 (15:59) That's why you hired me. Speaker 6 (16:00) You know about my husband's coffin? Speaker 2 (16:02) Hinkle's having a sale. Speaker 6 (16:03) It's in the next room now. The limousine will be here in the morning at 8 sharp. We're going to La Jolla. Speaker 2 (16:08) Hinkle knows that much. Speaker 6 (16:09) And that's all you need to know. All Speaker 2 (16:10) I need or all I get. Light up, lady. I don't like the dark. Speaker 6 (16:13) It's a simple job. You go with me on the trip. Speaker 2 (16:16) Not enough. Speaker 6 (16:16) All right, I'll give you a bonus. How Speaker 2 (16:18) much? Speaker 6 (16:18) $1,000. Speaker 2 (16:19) Just a whisper. Speaker 6 (16:20) That's $10 a mile between here and La Jolla. I Speaker 2 (16:22) get car sick. Now, what has to get there besides Victor? A Speaker 6 (16:25) star sapphire as big as the moon. Speaker 2 (16:28) That good? Speaker 6 (16:29) Needs sunglasses to look at it. Speaker 2 (16:31) Why didn't you tell me? Speaker 6 (16:32) I want that ring to get there on his finger. Don't worry. I don't have a fence. Victor's will said he must be buried with it on. Speaker 2 (16:39) Oh, yeah. You've got tears in your eyes. That's what he Speaker 6 (16:41) wanted, and that's what he'll get. Other people know about that ring. Victor wouldn't want to lose it this late in the game. I'm the nursemaid. That's right. When I said I'd do to Victor in Yuma 1946, I promised him. Speaker 2 (16:54) The trip to La Jolla? Speaker 6 (16:56) I'll see you tomorrow morning at 8 until then get out. Speaker 2 (16:58) That bonus still good? Speaker 6 (16:59) If that ring gets to La Jolla? Speaker 2 (17:01) I'll see that it does. Aren't you afraid somebody might steal it? No, lady. You're right with me. Speaker 2 (17:16) Well, I began to get an uneasy feeling, like a steer on the way to Kansas City. I left Helen Rogers and walked outside. There wasn't much traffic. It was a warm night, and all the canoes in Westlake Park were full. I headed for an all-night coffee spot on the corner. If I'd have taken one more step, I'd have been in the back seat of a new Nash convertible with the top down. There was a brunette with long black hair in the driver's seat. She was thin and figured to be tall the way she was wrapped around the wheel. There were two things different. She had bright red lips and her hair was black. She was wearing a dress the color of a boulevard stop and she flipped the right door open. Speaker 6 (17:52) One Speaker 2 (17:53) look at her and you knew that Dallas was wrong about their women. Speaker 6 (17:56) Want a lift, soldier? Speaker 2 (17:58) No, I only got a weekend pass. Speaker 6 (18:00) Plenty of time. You can go AWOL. Speaker 2 (18:03) No, I'm bucking for sergeant. Speaker 6 (18:05) Get in and I'll tell you about the atomic bomb. Speaker 2 (18:10) Short ride? Speaker 6 (18:12) No, I think a long one. Speaker 2 (18:14) Okay, I'll buy the gas. Speaker 6 (18:16) Won't have to, Mr. Regan. I've got a credit card. Speaker 2 (18:19) Now, don't tell me you're lonely. Speaker 6 (18:22) You're in trouble. Speaker 2 (18:24) What kind? Speaker 6 (18:25) Bad client. Speaker 2 (18:27) Why? Speaker 6 (18:28) You should be working for Mrs. Rogers. Speaker 2 (18:31) That's who signed the check. Speaker 6 (18:33) I'm Mrs. Rogers. Speaker 2 (18:36) Blonde's got a license to prove it. Yuma, 1946. Speaker 6 (18:39) I've got priority. Mexico City, 1942. Speaker 2 (18:42) No divorce? Speaker 6 (18:43) Victor was a poor boy scout. He could only tie one knot. Speaker 2 (18:46) He went for the chorus line. Speaker 6 (18:48) And played for Keith. And I loved him. Helen didn't. Speaker 2 (18:52) How do I know? Speaker 6 (18:53) I don't care if you do. Speaker 2 (18:55) All right. What do you want with me? Speaker 6 (18:57) I'm his wife, his first one, his real one. We had some sort of life together before the scenes changed. It's my job to bury him. Speaker 2 (19:04) That all? Speaker 6 (19:05) That's all. Speaker 2 (19:05) It's Speaker 6 (19:06) a Speaker 2 (19:06) corkscrew. Straighten it out, sis. Speaker 6 (19:07) I'm telling you the truth. You left Speaker 2 (19:08) out one item. Tell me that that sapphire's got nothing to do with the affection. Speaker 6 (19:11) It hasn't. Speaker 2 (19:12) That's what the other Miss Rogers said. Speaker 6 (19:13) She's a liar. A Speaker 2 (19:14) blonde one. She'll run Speaker 6 (19:15) out of bleach. Speaker 2 (19:15) You're trying too hard. Speaker 6 (19:16) I'm telling you, Regan, I'm not going to sit by and do nothing. Speaker 2 (19:18) I believe you. You're letting your fingernails grow. Speaker 2 (19:29) Well, the brunette's name turned out to be Catherine Rogers. She gave me her number, but I wasn't buying. I felt kind of confused, like a polar bear in Palm Springs. Catherine didn't have any more, so she let me off on a corner, and I doubled back to the first Mrs. Rogers plate. Speaker 2 (19:50) It was about 20 minutes later when I rang Helen's bell. No answer. The door was unlocked, so I went in. The room was dark, except for the neon sign outside the bedroom window. I could see Victor Rogers' coffin banked up with flowers. The biggest blossom was already wilted. It was Helen. She was lying on the floor and her fire was out. I went back to the living room to call homicide. Then I smelled taboo perfume. She made a real good reflection in the mirror behind me. This one was a redhead. She had long hair. She was tall and thin enough to slip under the door. She had a little hand, but her finger could reach the trigger of the gun that she had in my back. I couldn't tell too much about it, but if I'd known her in college, my homework would have suffered. Speaker 6 (20:34) Don't make a date. You're not going to make it. Speaker 2 (20:37) She'll wait. Speaker 6 (20:38) It may be forever. Hang it up. You Speaker 2 (20:43) do the job on the blonde? Speaker 6 (20:45) Maybe. Speaker 2 (20:46) Too many going for that sapphire. Speaker 6 (20:48) Maybe. Speaker 2 (20:50) Which one are you? Speaker 6 (20:51) Rita. Speaker 2 (20:52) Where'd he find you? Speaker 6 (20:53) South America. Speaker 2 (20:54) Different places, different girls. Speaker 6 (20:56) That's it. Speaker 2 (20:57) He'd make a good advance man for the United Nations. Speaker 6 (21:00) Just the female department. Speaker 2 (21:02) All right. When did you win your letter? Speaker 6 (21:05) Havana, 1944. Speaker 2 (21:07) You're right in the middle. Speaker 6 (21:08) No, you are. Speaker 2 (21:09) Well, the Andrews sisters did all right. Speaker 6 (21:11) I want to do it with you. Speaker 2 (21:13) I'll sing off key. Speaker 6 (21:14) That's all right. It's a style. Speaker 2 (21:16) No music. Speaker 6 (21:18) You're not listening hard enough. Speaker 2 (21:28) Well, South America took it away. When I came out of it, I was all head, like tap beer in a cheap saloon. The room was full of homicide. They must have got a hot shot call, because they were all there. All I could see was the seats of their pants. I picked out the shiniest pair, and I knew it was Sergeant Sanducci. He was standing over me with a notebook. The way he was sucking on that pencil, I figured he must have been a lollipop man in his youth. Everybody was there. All the newspapers, the fingerprint men were dusting everything. I had about as much chance as a Christmas tree salesman in July. Sanducci leaned into me. Borderline anemia? Oh. Kind of tired? Speaker 2 (22:07) Yeah. Anybody would get tired lugging a heavy gun. What gun? This .38. It pushed a hole in that blonde. That's not mine. Who cares? The hand is yours. That's where we found it. Speaker 7 (22:18) Hey, Sanducci, let me shoot a picture of the eye, will Speaker 2 (22:19) you? Yeah, go ahead. Look happy, Regan. Speaker 7 (22:22) I Speaker 2 (22:23) got a bad smile. Oh, Speaker 7 (22:24) we'll retouch it. Good. Now look like a killer. Speaker 2 (22:27) That's enough. Oh, come on. Let's see your teeth. Speaker 3 (22:29) Beat it, punk, Speaker 2 (22:29) or you'll spend the rest of the night picking yours up. Speaker 3 (22:31) Oh, dear, I like that. Speaker 3 (22:34) Okay, Regan. Now, why'd you do it? You tell me. I'm working on it. Speaker 2 (22:37) You're out of your mind. I blow a hole in her, then crack myself in the head? I'm working on that, too. Well, work on a redhead named Rita Rogers. I'm going steady. She wrapped me. It's her gun. Your forehead is wet. Work on a brunette named Catherine Rogers. She's scrubbing around, too. I told you I already got a date. You. You couldn't see a frame in a picture gallery. You walk in and find a warm blonde in a deep freeze. You're lying there with a murder gun in your hand,