Made by S.S. Van Dine, Philo Vance was very popular in books, movies and on radio. He was portrayed as an elegant, very intelligent and cultured personal detective-an Americanized Sherlock Holmes-working out of New York. In the movies, William Powell, Warren William, Paul Lukas and Basil Rathbone starred as Vance.

On radio, he was voiced by Jose’ Ferrer, John Emery and Jackson Beck. Not that Vance needed any help solving a criminal offense, he did function closely with his secretary and right hand female, Ellen Deering and his pal John Markham, NY County District Attorney. First noticed for a short period on NBC radio in 1945-46 it loved achievement in syndication from 1948 starring Jackson Beck.

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