Arthur Godfrey (1903-1983) Tom Ewell, State Fair, 1961.  Ol’Redhead, the TV host (of three simultaneous shows in 1953), was announced for Abel Frake in October 1960 with Shirley  Booth as his wife.    But  Ewell and Alice Faye  made the musical.  Copyright © 2023 Crawley's Casting Calls. All Rights Reserved. Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU General Public License.