Radio Days

Tuning in.

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

Comedy

Danny Aiello

(Rocco)

Jeff Daniels

(Biff Baxter)

Mia Farrow

(Sally White)

Seth Green

(Joe)

Robert Joy

(Fred)

Julie Kavner

(Mother)

Diane Keaton

(New Year's Singer)

Julie Kurnitz

(Irene)

Renée Lippin

(Aunt Ceil)

Kenneth Mars

(Rabbi Baumel)

Josh Mostel

(Abe)

Tony Roberts

("Silver Dollar" Emcee)

Wallace Shawn

(Masked Avenger)

Michael Tucker

(Father)

David Warrilow

(Roger)

Dianne Wiest

(Aunt Bea)

Mike Starr

(Burglar)

Paul Herman

(Burglar)

Don Pardo

("Guess That Tune" Host)

Martin Rosenblatt

(Mr. Needleman)

Helen Miller

(Mrs. Needleman)

Danielle Ferland

(Child Star)

Mick Murray

(Avenger Crook)

William Flanagan

(Avenger Announcer)

William Magerman

(Grandpa)

Leah Carrey

(Grandma)

Joy Newman

(Cousin Ruthie)

Hy Anzell

(Mr. Waldbaum)

Judith Malina

(Mrs. Waldbaum)

Fletcher Farrow Previn

(Andrew)

Oliver Block

(Nick)

Maurice Toueg

(Dave)

Sal Tuminello

(Burt)

Rebecca Nickels

(Evelyn Goorwitz)

Mindy Morgenstern

("Show & Tell" Teacher)

David Mosberg

(Arnold)

Ross Morgenstern

(Ross)

Andrew B. Clark

(Sidney Manulis)

Lee Erwin

(Roller Rink Organist)

Roger Hammer

(Richard)

Terry Lee Swarts

(Nightclub Customer)

Margaret Thomson

(Nightclub Customer)

Tito Puente

(Latin Bandleader)

Denise Dumont

(Latin Singer)

Dimitri Vassilopoulos

(Porfirio)

Larry David

(Communist Neighbor)

Rebecca Schaeffer

(Communist's Daughter)

Belle Berger

(Mrs. Silverman)

Guy Le Bow

(Bill Kern)

Brian Mannain

(Kirby Kyle)

Stanley Burns

(Ventriloquist)

Todd Field

(Crooner)

Peter Lombard

(Abercrombie Host)

Martin Sherman

(Mr. Abercrombie)

Crystal Field

(Abercrombie Couple)

Maurice Shrog

(Abercrombie Couple)

Marc Colner

(Whiz Kid)

Roberta Bennett

(Teacher with Carrot)

Joel Eidelsberg

(Mr. Zipsky)

Peter Castellotti

(Mr. Davis)

Gina DeAngeles

(Rocco's mother)

Shelley Delaney

(Chekhov Actress)

Dwight Weist

(Pearl Harbor Announcer)

Ken Levinsky

(USO Musician)

Ray Marchica

(USO Musician)

J.R. Horne

(Biff Announcer)

Kuno Sponholtz

(German)

Henry Yuk

(Japanese)

Sydney A. Blake

(Miss Gordon)

Kitty Carlisle

(Radio Singer)

Henry Cowen

(Principal)

Philip Shultz

(Whistler)

Mercedes Ruehl

(Ad Man)

Bruce Jarchow

(Ad Man)

Greg Gerard

(Songwriter)

David Cale

(Director)

Ira Wheeler

(Sponsor)

Hannah Rabinowitz

(Sponsor's Wife)

Edward S. Kotkin

(Diction Teacher)

Ruby Payne

(Diction Student)

J.E. Beaucaire

(Diction Student)

Paul Berman

("Gay White Way" Announcer)

Richard Portnow

(Sy)

Barbara Gallo

(Dance Palace Musician)

Jane Jarvis

(Dance Palace Musician)

Liz Vochecowizc

(Dance Palace Musician)

Ivan Kronenfeld

(On-the-Spot Newsman)

Frank O'Brien

(Fireman)

Yolanda Childress

(Polly's Mother)

Artie Butler

(New Year's Bandleader)

Gregg Almquist

(Radio Voice (voice))

Jackson Beck

(Radio Voice (voice))

Wendell Craig

(Radio Voice (voice))

William H. Macy

(Radio Voice (voice))

Ken Roberts

(Radio Voice (voice))

Norman Rose

(Radio Voice (voice))

Kenneth Welsh

(Radio Voice (voice))

Woody Allen

(Joe (Narrator) (voice) (uncredited))

David Bickford

(Silver Dollar Assistant (uncredited))

Sandy Dell

(Crying Woman (uncredited))

Marie Gabrielle

(Young Sailor's Wife (uncredited))

Carson Grant

(Sailor in Coney Island Bumper Car (uncredited))

Zach Grenier

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Ron Leir

(Radio Actor (uncredited))

George Maniere

("Guess That Tune" Trumpet Player (uncredited))

J.P. McNeely

(Sailor (uncredited))

Fred Melamed

(Bradley (uncredited))

Ilana Rapp

(Counter Girl (uncredited))

Ruth Rugoff

(Rita (uncredited))

Hester Schell

(Cafe Patron (uncredited))