Made by Blake Edwards (of Pink Panther fame), Richard Gemstone, Private Detective came to NBC radio in 1949 starring film actor and crooner Dick Powell. Powell experienced recently performed Philip Marlowe in the favorite RKO film Murder My Special and jumped at the opportunity to play a suave detective on radio. Richard Diamond was a light-hearted New York-based private eye who enjoyed ribbing the cops and performing tracks to his millionairess girlfriend, Helen Asher (performed by Virginia Gregg). Its theme “Keep about Richard Gemstone, Private Detective, Collection 2 it to Like” was whistled by Powell at the start of each show. Powell’s company (Four Star Tv) produced a TV edition of Richard Gemstone, Personal Detective for CBS in 1957. David Janssen, who would later gain popularity as Dr. Richard Kimble over the Fugitive was ensemble as TV’s Richard Diamond. Sam, Gemstone’s gorgeous secretary in the TV series, was only shown from your waistline down. Those beautiful legs belonged to Mary Tyler Moore, and also other stars. 8/23/50 “The Farmer-Evans Murders Case”

9/6/50 “The Misplaced Laundry Case”

2/2/51 “The Caspary Case”

2/16/51 “The Gray Man”

2/23/51 “The Female in Distress”

12/28/51 “The Plaid Overcoat Case”

1/25/52 “The Al Brenners Case”

2/1/52 “The Garrabaldi Case”

2/8/52 “The Eddie Burke Case”

4/4/52 “The Enigma of Big Ed”

6/7/53 “The Cover-Up Murders”

6/28/53 “The Rifle Case”