Chase Taylor as his “Colonel Stoopnagle” character. From July 6 to August 24, 1943, Florence was aĬast member on Meet the Colonel, a half-hour CBS sitcom Truth be told, Halop was quite busy in radio, appearing onĬavalcade of America. Of the vehicles in the brief Nancy Drew franchise produced by Part as “Phyllis Gimble” in Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939), one Florence’s only other motion picture appearance was an uncredited G-Men (1940), a Universal cliffhanger serial that also starred Billy’sįellow “Dead End” compadres Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, and Bernard Programs mentioned above and Flo, in turn, has a small role as “Mary” in Junior Magic Circle, Wheatenaville News, and Theįlorence Halop’s brother Billy appeared alongside her in several of the On a Bus, Let’s Pretend, March of Games, Our Stints on such programs as The Albert Peyton Terhune Dog Show, TheĬhick Chick Program, The Children’s Hour, Coast-to-Coast Youngest star of the National Broadcasting Company” heralded a newspaperĪrticle in 1931, as Florence started to build up a radio resume that included To later fame as one of the “Dead End Kids” in films like DeadĮnd (1937) and Angels With Dirty Faces (1938). And I’ve already mentioned brother Billy, who would go on Impersonation that would come in handy later in her career, as we shall soonįlorence Halop was born into a theatrical family her mother, Lucille, wasĪ dancer. Time." Florence did a flawless West encore and removed all doubt–an Was probably just an accident that her voice sounded like Mae West's this "Try her again,”Ĭomplained one of the women, perturbed at losing to a ten-year-old child. Impersonation…and Flo beat all of them out for the part. March of Time that required a first-rate Mae West ![]() Notes that Florence once competed with five other actresses for a role on The Was a regular on the same show as “Polly Armstead.” The Radio Mirror article Western-drama Bobby Benson and the H-Bar-O Rangers, Florence When Billy played the title role on the popular juvenile Jamaica, Queens, New York) was a radio veteran at the age His sister Florence (born on this date in 1923 in ![]() Putting groceries on the table by standing in front of a microphone. ![]() Billy wasn’t the only member of the Halop clan She is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.A September 1935 edition of Radio Mirror spotlightsĬhild stars on the radio in one of its articles, mentioning such talents as They were the parents of two daughters, Georgeanna and Benita. Halop was married to George Gruskin, who died in 1976. She was replaced on Night Court by Marsha Warfield, who played Roz Russell until the series ended in 1992. Halop herself also developed lung cancer and died during the series run. In 1985, Halop succeeded Selma Diamond as a bailiff on Night Court after Diamond's death from lung cancer. She was unable to comply and this was a personal tease. Hufnagel had been set up to date Mark Harmon by talent attorney Scott Swartzman. Vicki Hufnagel aka Vikki who was a well known surgeon at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Hufnagel, was originally intended to be a one-episode spot, but her role was so well received the writers found a way to get her into 17 more episodes over the course of the season. Between 19, she played six different characters on the TV series Barney Miller.
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