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Nat Polen (Actor)
(06-14-1914
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05-03-1981)
Age 67
Nat Polen appeared on 37 episodes of CBS Radio Mystery Theater and was on One Life to Live for a decade.
He appeared in the following 38 episodes of Radio Mystery Theater
| Date | Episode | Title | Plot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/05/1974 | 0051 | A Long Time to Die | The grass is never greener on the other side and swapping lives is a dangerous practice. Unfortunately, a criminologist and an American Indian discover this too late as their swapped circumstances threaten to engulf them. One needs to depose before a tribal council and the other must do it in front of the Congress. |
| 04/18/1974 | 0077 | A Portrait of Death | A man suddenly achieves the power to become a great painter. But all his subjects seem to meet their ends quite as suddenly. His step brother starts to worry as the man plans to paint his wife in his next session. |
| 05/08/1974 | 0088 | The Breaking Point | A thought projection experiment takes a deadly turn as a scientist takes an extreme step and subjects his wife's subconscious to the process to persuade her to kill him! |
| 06/06/1974 | 0102 | Deadly Darling Dolores | A conspiracy to destroy all animal life on the planet is exposed by a scientist. |
| 07/29/1974 | 0124 | Ghost at High Noon | While on a road trip, two women experience car trouble in the middle of the desert. A strange old man driving an outdated wagon assists them and takes them to the nearest town. The women become suspicious and disturbed when they realize that the townsfolk do not seem to hear them. |
| 08/21/1974 | 0137 | Having a Horrible Time | Amy Hastings is a brave woman. She testified against one of New York's most infamous drug lords. But his goons pursue her to a secluded resort where Amy and her friend are holidaying. |
| 10/31/1974 | 0168 | The Demon Spirit | A man loses his life and soul in order to claim the woman he desires. He possesses her after his death and her family attempts to exorcise him. |
| 11/25/1974 | 0178 | The Sighting | A couple encounters a UFO landing on Earth. Though the husband insists on denying what he saw, his wife starts to get neighbourly visits from aliens. |
| 01/26/1975 | 0212 | The Follower | A talent scout in New York is tortured by an invisible being following him everywhere to the extent of keeping up with his every footstep, especially when he is alone. Is there something mysterious in his past? |
| 01/27/1975 | 0213 | A Coffin for the Devil | A man gathers a group of specialists along with the famous E. G. Marshall and reads them a very old letter written by one of his ancestors. The letter narrates the events regarding a young mortician's assistant and a peculiar man ordering a special coffin for himself. |
| 03/31/1975 | 0248 | Killer of the Year | A promising CEO meets the new town librarian. He knows her to be a former murder convict he had previously had a crush on. But that can't stop him from falling for her again. |
| 04/11/1975 | 0255 | The Phantom Stop | Alvin Frieburger is taking a trip in an express subway and wants to get down at a stop that does not exist. |
| 05/12/1975 | 0272 | For Tomorrow We Die | Harry Taylor gets out after three decades in prison for murdering his wife and goes to find an old flame Jesse Craig. Her son-in-law tries to find out whether his love is sincere, or motivated by revenge for Jesse deserting him years ago. |
| 05/22/1975 | 0278 | Return to Shadow Lake | The Maxwell couple make their way through a blizzard to get to their summer cabin where someone has apparently attempted a burglary. But they encounter a mystical scene from the past over there - a scene that might not let to get back to their regular lives unscathed. |
| 06/13/1975 | 0291 | Stairway to Oblivion | In order to visit a distant relative, Julia Stephens travels to his remote mountain top estate named Oblivion. During her stay she attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding the fate of the manor's previous visitors. |
| 07/07/1975 | 0304 | Guilty | After being charged with the physical assault of a colleague, a college professor agrees to take a polygraph test to prove his innocence. When he fails, he begins to question technology and its relevance in the world. |
| 07/25/1975 | 0315 | Woman from Hell | The suicide of a renowned actress raises several questions and a private investigator is hired to look into the case. He learns about the last project she worked on, as well as her conflict with a witches coven after reading her personal journal. |
| 08/13/1975 | 0325 | The Master Computer | In a fully automated world, a couple come home from vacation to find that their existence has been wiped clean from society's records. The culprit that disrupted their lives is later revealed to be a computer glitch. |
| 10/21/1975 | 0365 | Million Dollar Murder | A struggling businessman discovers his true nature and that of the people close to him when a rich woman asks him to dispose of someone for the sum of one million dollars. |
| 12/05/1975 | 0391 | Pharaoh's Daughter | After murdering a taxi cab driver, a cruel woman and her lover use a hapless drunkard as the fall guy for their crime. |
| 01/28/1976 | 0422 | Mirror, Mirror | Jessica Chapman and Clare Connor were once roommates at Stapleton Academy. Jessica is shocked to find that Clare who was once "fairest of them all" has been terribly scarred by a bleak marriage and a dysfunctional relationship with her child. However, what haunts her most is the memory of the golden mirror she gave her friend, and she embarks on a journey to discern what part it has played in the tragedy of Clare's life. |
| 02/17/1976 | 0433 | The Angry God | On a tour of Latin America, a young American woman is befriended by a jewel thief and assists him in escaping the police's notice. She cannot, however, shield him from the all-seeing eyes of the angry goddess whose jewels he has stolen. |
| 03/10/1976 | 0445 | I Thought I Saw a Shadow | A scientist working on the development of an invisibility serum believes he has finally found it and uses himself as a test subject. However, things don't go as planned when instead of making him invisible, it separates him from his shadow. Once unleashed his shadow goes on a homicidal rampage that causes his estranged wife to fear for his sanity. |
| 04/15/1976 | 0469 | Strange Passenger | In a desperate attempt to secure work, a lawyer knowingly goes off with aliens for training as a potential ruler of Earth. His widow strangely receives monthly checks from her supposedly deceased husband. |
| 05/06/1976 | 0480 | What a Change in Hilda | For two women, a small fee to obtain their heart's desire seemed a reasonable price to pay. Little did they know that would get more than they bargained for. |
| 05/31/1976 | 0487 | Ghost Town | In the journey to find his family, a man carjacks a lonely traveler in Death Valley. Together they drive to a ghost town to find answers. |
| 07/01/1976 | 0496 | Loser Takes All | When Jake Alexander, the world's top agent first sets eyes on the beautiful Delphi Carr, he takes both a professional and personal interest in her. Before he can act out on either, she gets married and instead urges Jake to sign on her husband, actor Deke Roberts. Jake willingly agrees with the evil intention of murdering him. |
| 10/07/1976 | 0531 | Pool of Fear | A spoiled rich, Beth, feels her step-mother is trying to replace her mother. She befriends ex-con Matt and has him pose as her fiancee so that he can kill her step-mother Millie for $10,000. |
| 02/24/1977 | 0606 | Last Judgement | A young nurse moves in with her father-in-law to take care of him when he falls ill. Her world is shaken when she unwittingly learns his terrible secret as the rich old man is haunted by the dark specters of his past. |
| 03/18/1977 | 0619 | Little Green Death | In order to defend the proprietor of a small-town book shop charged with a crime he cannot remember, his best friend hires a hot shot lawyer to defend him. Things become complicated when the accused starts to doubt himself and begins to believe that he is actually guilty. |
| 04/05/1977 | 0629 | The Sensitive | A cynical and bitter skeptic attends a séance with his wife and his boss. Despite his aversion to things of the occult, he soon realizes that he is sensitive to the paranormal activities around him and actually has the power to manifest spirits into the physical plane. His so-called gift however comes with a terrible price. |
| 09/26/1977 | 0715 | The Guy de Maupassant Murders | The sensational tale of a serial murderer is followed by a judge and his attendant. The killer seems to exclusively choose young women as his victims and leaves tantalizing notes next to their corpses. The erudite attendant tries to trace the style of writing that seems oddly familiar to her but the judge keeps aloof. |
| 09/29/1977 | 0717 | The Solitary | The story of an unlikely friendship between a prisoner and the security officer. The prisoner is hated and tortured by another guard regularly and the warden tries to find a way to resolve the conflict. |
| 11/04/1977 | 0735 | The Final Judgement | A classic tale from the legendary fables of King Solomon. Three merchants go to Solomon to get his counsel as to which of them is unscrupulous. Solomon uses his sagacity and devices a unique strategy to get at the truth. |
| 11/23/1977 | 0745 | The Pinkerton Method | The story of the legendary Pinkerton Detective Agency and how they got started with nabbing train robbers with a pursuit in Missouri involving the death of an innocent railway worker. |
| 01/04/1978 | 0763 | Family Album | A reporter is sent to Europe to work on the story of the death of an infamous gang member. But his behaviour seems strange soon after his arrival. He unearths some strange facts and is soon sucked into a mysterious world where the crook isn't dead yet but can soon be. |
| 02/23/1978 | 0787 | Vanishing Lady | A man investigates the disappearance of his beloved with no help from the investigating officers and despite the girl's mother trying to dissuade him. He catches wind of a strange character taking care of the fish in her apartment and the intrigue increases. He starts to suspect a convoluted plot by virtually everyone he knows... |
| 05/09/1978 | 0830 | Room 418 | A suave man talks his way into renting a reserved room at a fully-booked hotel. But problems creep up when the rightful owner unexpectedly turns up in the night. |
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