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(Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above are Jim Bannon (as Red Ryder) and Peggy Stewart in a lobby card from RIDE, RYDER, RIDE (Eagle Lion, 1949). Stewart also was the heroine to Bannon in THE FIGHTING REDHEAD (Eagle Lion, 1950). (Courtesy of Les Adams) Bannon is on the far left with two sixguns and a 'shirt with many buttons'.  Also note Bannon's credit as 'Red' in this pressbook ad for JIGGS AND MAGGIE OUT WEST (Monogram, 1950).  Joe Yule, who played the part of 'Jiggs', was Mickey Rooney's father. The Jiggs and Maggie series was based on the comic strip Bringing Up Father. (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above from left to right are Jim Bannon, Whip Wilson and Phyllis Coates in a still from NEVADA BADMEN (Monogram, 1951). (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are Leonard Penn and Jim Bannon, and in the stage are Ray Jones and Black Jack O'Shea. From WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE (Monogram, 1951) which starred Whip Wilson.

(Courtesy of Bill McCann)

Bannon appeared on the cover of the Dell Red Ryder comics ... and left, he's shown in his Red Ryder costume on Romance Trail number 4 from 1950.

  Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has information on Jim Bannon, Bea Benaderet, and their actor son Jack Bannon:
     Jim Bannon: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052435/
     Bea Benaderet: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070153/
     John James 'Jack' Bannon: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052433/

The Family Search website (free), California Death Index, and Social Security Death Index (SSDI) have information on Jim Bannon:

• 1930 census summary and census takers worksheet - owning their home at 442 Waverly Way, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri are 51 year old William J. Bannon (born Kansas; occupation "Salesman - Men's furnishings"), his 48 year old wife Lola S. (born Missouri), 18 year old son James S. Bannon (born Missouri), and a lodger: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHFW-RDN
• 1940 census summary and census takers worksheet - 29 year old James S. Bannon (born Missouri) and 31 year old wife Beatrice (born New York) are renting at 3816 Los Felitz Boulevard, Los Angeles. Bannon resided in Kansas City, Missouri in 1935. He completed 4 years of college and Bea completed 4 years of high school. His occupation is "Radio announcer - Radio Station" and in 1939, he worked 52 weeks and earned $4500.00. Bea reports her occupation as "Free lance artist - Radio Station" and in 1939, she worked 52 weeks and earned $4500.00: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K9CH-2SV
• California Death Index has a record for James Shorttel Bannon, born April 9, 1911 in Missouri, mother's maiden name of Shorttel, and he passed away on July 28, 1984 in the Ventura, California area: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGGB-W48
• Social Security Death Index (SSDI) has a record for Jim Bannon, born April 9, 1911 in Missouri, last residence was Ventura, California, and he passed away July, 1984: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J15J-5TT

Find A Grave website has a photo of the marker for Bea Benaderet at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, California: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2357/bea-benaderet

The Grand Comic Book Database has covers of the Dell series of Red Ryder comics. In 1951-1952, Bannon was on the cover of eight comics, numbers 99-106: https://www.comics.org/series/152/covers/?page=2

Boyd Magers' Western Clippings website has several sections on Bannon:

Bannon Red Ryder westerns: http://www.westernclippings.com/westernsof/jimbannon_westernsof.shtml

The 26 episode run of THE ADVENTURES OF CHAMPION TV show (1955-1956): http://www.westernclippings.com/remember/champion_doyouremember.shtml

Brian Christopher Misiaszek has a website devoted to the "I Love A Mystery" radio show and films. This link takes you to info on the trio of Columbia films with Jim Bannon: https://www.angelfire.com/on/ilam/Mystery.html

J. David Goldin's RadioGoldIndex website has Bannon in about a hundred radio shows. When you get to the site, click "Start Here", then select "Search By Artist", then select B, then scroll down for Jim Bannon radio credits: http://radiogoldindex.com/

Jim and Bea Benaderet's son John James 'Jack' Bannon was featured on the LOU GRANT TV show, and married to actress Ellen Travolta, sister of John Travolta. They resided in California but had a vacation home in Idaho where Jack and Ellen did plays:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOUYjl6-rI

http://birds-words.blogspot.com/2007/02/jack-bannon-recalls-his-lou-grant-days.html

77 year old Jack Bannon passed away October 25, 2017 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/oct/26/veteran-stage-and-screen-actor-jack-bannon-of-lou-/#/0

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