Jack Moyles (June 26, 1913 â€" January 16, 1973) was an American actor
best known for starring as cafe owner/amateur detective Rocky Jordan
in the CBS radio serials A Man Named Jordan and The Adventures of
Rocky Jordan.During his years in high school in San Francisco,
California, Moyles played football, baseball, and tennis and sang in
the school's glee club. He also had a job, which included singing, at
a local radio station.In the 1930s, Moyles worked at radio station
KSFO in San Francisco, California. Beginning August 24, 1937, his
program, Silhouettes, (a "daily afternoon program") was carried on the
CBS West Coast network. In 1943, he was at KGO in San Francisco, from
which he narrated Men of the Merchant Marine on the Blue Network on
the Pacific Coast.Moyles began working in Hollywood, California, in
radio in November 1944. His activity included narrating Real Story on
ABC, playing Bullface Dickens on Get That Story on CBS, and "a variety
of roles on CBS' The Whistler." He also played Mel Sherwood in
Hawthorne House.
best known for starring as cafe owner/amateur detective Rocky Jordan
in the CBS radio serials A Man Named Jordan and The Adventures of
Rocky Jordan.During his years in high school in San Francisco,
California, Moyles played football, baseball, and tennis and sang in
the school's glee club. He also had a job, which included singing, at
a local radio station.In the 1930s, Moyles worked at radio station
KSFO in San Francisco, California. Beginning August 24, 1937, his
program, Silhouettes, (a "daily afternoon program") was carried on the
CBS West Coast network. In 1943, he was at KGO in San Francisco, from
which he narrated Men of the Merchant Marine on the Blue Network on
the Pacific Coast.Moyles began working in Hollywood, California, in
radio in November 1944. His activity included narrating Real Story on
ABC, playing Bullface Dickens on Get That Story on CBS, and "a variety
of roles on CBS' The Whistler." He also played Mel Sherwood in
Hawthorne House.
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