Frank Bresee (August 20, 1929 â€" June 5, 2018) was an American radio
actor, radio historian, and board game designer. He hosted the "Golden
Days Of Radio" program which began in 1949 and aired on the Armed
Forces Radio Network from 1967 to 1995. Bresee also created more than
a dozen adult-oriented board games, the most notable of which is the
drinking game Pass-Out.Bresee was born August 20, 1929 in Los Angeles.
At age 10, he and his classmates went on a school field trip to the
studios of Los Angeles classical music station KFAC. He soon decided
he wanted to be in radio. In 1942, he began appearing as "Little
Beaver" on the Red Ryder radio program when the regular actor, Tommy
Cook, was away working on motion pictures. That same year, Bresee
played Alvin on the Major Hopalong program, which also starred Arthur
Q. Bryan and Mel Blanc.Bresee attended hundreds of radio broadcasts
and collected scripts, transcription discs and other memorabilia. His
tape archives of 3,900 reels is held at the Thousand Oaks Library in
Southern California. In August 1949, Bresee launched "Golden Days Of
Radio" at CBS' Los Angeles affiliate station KNX, playing
transcription discs of old programs. He also often filled in for
late-night disc jockey and "Honorary Mayor Of Hollywood" Johnny Grant.
In 1950, Bresee began working as an assistant on Bob Hope's weekly NBC
radio show.Bresee also hosted programs on the "Yesterday USA" internet
radio station run by Bill Bragg, the former voice of State Fair of
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