Damon Runyon Theater was broadcast on radio in the late 1940s. Actor John Brown had the role of Broadway, the narrator, and portrayed a leading character in each episode. Russell Hughes adapted Runyon's stories. The cast included Anne Whitfield as Little Miss Marker, Gerald Mohr as Sorrowful Jones, William Conrad as Dave the Dude. Others included; Joe DuVal, Willard Waterman, Luis Van Rooten, and Ed Begley, just to name a few.