The Man Called X

The Man Called X is an espionage radio drama that aired on CBS and NBC from July 10, 1944, to May 20, 1952.[1] The radio series was later adapted for television and was broadcast for one season, 1956–1957.

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Herbert Marshall had the lead role of agent Ken Thurston/"Mr. X", an American intelligence agent[2] who took on dangerous cases in a variety of exotic locations.[1] Leon Belasco played Mr. X's comedic sidekick, Pegon Zellschmidt,[1] who always turned up in remote parts of the world because he had a "cousin" there. Zellschmidt annoyed and helped Mr. X.

Jack Latham was an announcer for the program,[2] and Wendell Niles was the announcer from 1947 to 1948.[1][3] Orchestras led by Milton Charles, Johnny Green, Felix Mills,[2] and Gordon Jenkins supplied the background music.[1]

The series was created by Jay Richard Kennedy who later adapted The Man Called X to a 39-episode syndicated television series (1956–1957) starring Barry Sullivan as Thurston for Ziv Television.[4]

Episodes

Season 1 (1956)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"For External Use Only"	Eddie Davis	Story by : Ladislas Farago Teleplay by : Stuart Jerome, Harold Swanton, and William P. Templeton	January 27, 1956 (1956-01-27)
2	2	"Ballerina Story"	Eddie Davis	Leonard Heideman	February 3, 1956 (1956-02-03)
3	3	"Extradition"	Eddie Davis	Ellis Marcus	February 10, 1956 (1956-02-10)
4	4	"Assassination"	William Castle	Stuart Jerome	February 17, 1956 (1956-02-17)
5	5	"Truth Serum"	Eddie Davis	Harold Swanton	February 24, 1956 (1956-02-24)
6	6	"Afghanistan"	Eddie Davis	Leonard Heidman	March 2, 1956 (1956-03-02)
7	7	"Embassy"	Herbert L. Strock	Laurence Heath and Jack Rock	March 9, 1956 (1956-03-09)
8	8	"Dangerous"	Eddie Davis	George Callahan	March 16, 1956 (1956-03-16)
9	9	"Provocateur"	Eddie Davis	Arthur Weiss	March 23, 1956 (1956-03-23)
10	10	"Local Hero"	Leon Benson	Ellis Marcus	March 30, 1956 (1956-03-30)
11	11	"Maps"	Eddie Davis	Jack Rock	May 4, 1956 (1956-05-04)
12	12	"U.S. Planes"	Eddie Davis	William L. Stuart	April 13, 1956 (1956-04-13)
13	13	"Acoustics"	Eddie Davis	Orville H. Hampton	April 20, 1956 (1956-04-20)
14	14	"The General"	Eddie Davis	Leonard Heideman	April 27, 1956 (1956-04-27)

Season 2 (1956-1957)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
15	1	"Missing Plates"	Eddie Davis	Jack Rock	September 27, 1956 (1956-09-27)
16	2	"Enemy Agent"	Eddie Davis	Teleplay by : Gene Levitt	October 4, 1956 (1956-10-04)
17	3	"Gold"	Eddie Davis	Jack Laird	October 11, 1956 (1956-10-11)
18	4	"Operation Janus"	Eddie Davis	Teleplay by : Jack Rock and Art Wallace	October 18, 1956 (1956-10-18)
19	5	"Staff Headquarters"	Eddie Davis	Leonard Heideman	October 25, 1956 (1956-10-25)
20	6	"Underground"	Eddie Davis	William L. Stuart	November 1, 1956 (1956-11-01)
21	7	"Spare Parts"	Eddie Davis	Jack Laird	November 8, 1956 (1956-11-08)
22	8	"Fallout"	Eddie Davis	Teleplay by : Arthur Weiss	November 15, 1956 (1956-11-15)
23	9	"Speech"	Eddie Davis	Teleplay by : Ande Lamb	November 22, 1956 (1956-11-22)
24	10	"Ship Sabotage"	Eddie Davis	Jack Rock	November 29, 1956 (1956-11-29)
25	11	"Rendezvous"	Eddie Davis	Ellis Marcus	December 5, 1956 (1956-12-05)
26	12	"Switzerland"	Eddie Davis	Leonard Heideman	December 12, 1956 (1956-12-12)
27	13	"Voice On Tape"	Eddie Davis	Teleplay by : Leonard Heideman	December 19, 1956 (1956-12-19)
28	14	"Code W"	Eddie Davis	Arthur Weiss	December 26, 1956 (1956-12-26)
29	15	"Gas Masks"	Eddie Davis	Teleplay by : Jack Rock	January 3, 1957 (1957-01-03)
30	16	"Murder"	Eddie Davis	Lee Berg	January 10, 1957 (1957-01-10)
31	17	"Train Blow-Up"	Eddie Davis	Ellis Marcus	February 6, 1957 (1957-02-06)
32	18	"Powder Keg"	Jack Herzberg	Les Crutchfield and Jack Rock	February 13, 1957 (1957-02-13)
33	19	"Passport"	Eddie Davis	Norman Jolley	February 20, 1957 (1957-02-20)
34	20	"Forged Documents"	Eddie Davis	Charles Mergendahl	February 27, 1957 (1957-02-27)
35	21	"Australia"	Lambert Hill	Jack Rock	March 6, 1957 (1957-03-06)
36	22	"Radio"	Eddie Davis	George Callahan	March 13, 1957 (1957-03-13)
37	23	"Business Empire"	Leslie Goodwins	Herbert Purdum and Jack Rock	March 20, 1957 (1957-03-20)
38	24	"Hungary"	Eddie Davis	Fritz Blocki and George Callahan	March 27, 1957 (1957-03-27)
39	25	"Kidnap"	Eddie Davis	George Callahan	April 4, 1957 (1957-04-04)

References

Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 431-432. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. man called x espionage.
Terrace, Vincent (2015). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-4766-0528-9. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
Wilk, Ralph (January 2, 1948). "Los Angeles" (PDF). Radio Daily. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987'. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 35. ISBN 0-7864-1198-8.

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[Dunning-1] Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 431-432. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. man called x espionage.

[rp-2] Terrace, Vincent (2015). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-4766-0528-9. Retrieved July 2, 2020.

[3] Wilk, Ralph (January 2, 1948). "Los Angeles" (PDF). Radio Daily. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[st-4] Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987'. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 35. ISBN 0-7864-1198-8.