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Hardart Children's Hour"; Comedy "The Milton Berle Show," first heard over NBC in 1939; and Situation Comedy "That Brewster Boy," beginning on NBC in 1941.

His signed picture was accompanied with a flattering letter of positive response to the work put in, for which he declared "super research."
A classically trained actor, Staats Cotsworth (1908-1979: first name pronounced like "states") was groomed for the theater where he embarked in a series of portrayals beginning in the late 1920s. But it was the lure of a flourishing medium, radio, that led to somewhat of a hiatus from the stage during the 1940s. That decade, in particular, the actor was recognized as one of the busiest performers in radio, mixing both lead and guest roles in programs.

His radio days resulted in credits that practically read like an almanac, holding down a presence in as many as 10 daytime dramas in which he maintained running parts.

He was on "Lone Journey," which originated in Chicago, Illinois, and first heard over the NBC Network in 1940; "The Right to Happiness," which started out in 1939 and was alternately heard over NBC and CBS; "When A Girl Marries," the serial drama first heard over CBS in 1939; "Mr. and Mrs. North," the mystery-adventure debuting on NBC in 1942; "Front Page Farrell"; "Big Sister," which began in 1936 over the CBS Network; sharing the prominent part of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the documentary "The March of Time," 1943 to 1945 over NBC and ABC; "Cavalcade of America," NBC, 1943 and 1944; "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill," CBS, 1944 and 1945; "The Second Mrs. Burton," this program began over CBS in 1945; narrator of "These Are Our Men," NBC, 1947; "Great Plays," NBC, 1948-1949; "Macbeth," NBC, 1949; "The Disenchanted," NBC, 1949; "You Are There," CBS, 1948-1949; "Mark Trail"; and "Marriage for Two," NBC and ABC (1949 to 1952).

In somehow squeezing in the time, Cotsworth also turned up on such series as "The Man from G-2," first heard over ABC in 1945, plus "Rogue's Gallery," debuting on NBC in 1945.

Despite such a steady volume of input, Cotsworth was perhaps best recognized by listeners as the nighttime supersleuth Casey, in "Casey, Crime Photographer" (CBS, 1944-1945). He was the ace cameraman for the "Morning Express," a crusading newspaper.

Sandwiched around this top-rate radio work, Cotsworth continued to mix in theatrical portrayals, added to television and a few motion pictures.

Amazingly, yet another dimension took hold in the actor's life. As an illustrator and a

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