Trivia

Following James La Curto, who originated the role, Frank Readick was the voice of the radio character, The Shadow, on Street & Smith Detective Story Hour. Orson Welles, his co-star in the "The War of the Worlds" broadcast, and in Voyage au pays de la peur (1943), also played The Shadow on radio.

Achieved his greatest renown as the doomed CBS reporter Carl Phillips in the 1938 radio production of The War of the Worlds. Readick modeled his performance on WLS reporter Herbert Morrison's coverage of the Hindenberg disaster the previous year. Readick would later appear in one film alongside War of the Worlds co-star Orson Welles, Voyage au pays de la peur (1943).