Harold Huber (born Harold Joseph Huberman, December 5, 1909 – September 29, 1959) was an American actor who appeared on film, radio and television.
Huber starred as Hercule Poirot in The Adventures of M. Hercule Poirot in a weekly half-hour program from February to October, 1945 (the program is also cited as being titled simply Hercule Poirot or Agatha Christie's Poirot).[1] Agatha Christie introduced the initial broadcast of the series via shortwave radio.[2] In October 1946, Huber began a year-long run on radio as Poirot in a daily fifteen-minute program on CBS, called Mystery of the Week, with scripts by Alfred Bester.[3]
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- ↑ Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.
- ↑ Cox, Jim, Radio Crime Fighters, 2002, p. 18, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, ISBN 0-7864-1390-5
- ↑ The New York Times, "One Thing and Another", August 18, 1946, pg 55