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Heatherton's next TV series, The Merry Mailman, was a more successful endeavor. In October 1949, independent station WOR Channel 9 , the last of New York's seven VHF TV outlets, signed on the air. Station executives decided that one of the new venture's first showcases should be a quality children's program, and contacted Heatherton to audition ...
The Merry Mailman: With Ray Heatherton, Celeste Holm, Red Buttons. "The Merry Mailman" was a children's television show that ran locally in the New York City metro area.
- Family
- Ray Heatherton, Celeste Holm, Red Buttons
- 1950-10-16
- Ray Heatherton, Celeste Holm, Red Buttons
This one's for you! My sweet Grandson ZACHARY.(From 1957, the late Ray Heatherton sings his theme song.)
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In 1950, the station execs at WOR-TV invited him to audition for a new kids TV show. He won the audition and when he was asked "What type of character to you want to play on the show?", he decided to use his "Merry Mailman" character. The Merry Mailman (1950) debuted on WOR-TV Ch. 9 in NYC on Monday, October 16, l950. It was seen weekday ...
- Actor, Soundtrack
- August 15, 1997
- June 1, 1909
"The Merry Mailman" was seen weekday evenings and afternoons on WOR TV Ch.9 in NYC from Monday October 16, 1950 to Friday June 22, 1956. Sadly, Mr. Heatherton became a victim of the Communist witch hunts, when a bogus supermarket chain owner wrongly accused him of being in support of 'the Red Menace'.
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Aug 18, 1997 · Ray Heatherton, the television Merry Mailman for two decades, as well as a big-band singer and musical comedy star, died on Friday at the Actors' Fund Nursing and Retirement Home in Englewood,...
