But audiences wanted more, and so began over 25 years of episodes featuring Phil Harper as Harry, later to be joined by Pat French as his admiring and quirky associate, Murphy.Īfter the first episode, West For My Health, set in 1940, Harry hung up his shingle in Los Angeles in a loft over a tailor shop.
On New Year's Day of 1976, radio listeners were introduced for the first time to a former Chicago cop turned hard-luck private detective named Harry Nile, the brainchild of mystery fan Jim French, who created the character for a one-time-only broadcast.
