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Regis Cordic
Actor
Died April 16, 1999 (72 years)
Cordic was born in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh and attended Central Catholic High School. He started in radio as a staff announcer and substitute sportscaster at WWSW-AM.[1] When morning host Davey Tyson left the station in 1948, Cordic was one of a number of staffers given the opportunity to replace him. At first a straightforward announcer, Cordic began introducing comedy to his program—first in subtle ways, such as reading a sports score for "East Overshoe University" along with the real scores, and later by adding a repertory company of supporting comic characters. The morning show, renamed Cordic & Company, became the most popular in Pittsburgh.
In 1954, Cordic & Company moved to KDKA (AM) on Labor Day, one of the first times that an American radio station had hired a major personality directly from a local competitor. Popular Bette Smiley had decided to retire from her full-time KDKA wake-up show Radio Gift Shoppe of the Air and move to a Sunday-only condensed version on WCAE in August 1954 in order to raise her young son Robbie. Cordic's immediate predecessor in the morning slot was the Ed and Rainbow show, featuring Ed Schaughency with Elmer Waltman cast in the role of Rainbow, the janitor. Waltman was dropped, and Schaughency was moved to the afternoon with a show called Schaughency's Record Cabinet. Schaughency lasted less than two years in that role before he was replaced by Art Pallan, who also came over from WWSW. Schaughency took on a new role as a news reader and moved back to mornings, delivering the newscasts during Cordic & Company. The show's ratings continued to grow until, at some points, it had an 85 share—meaning that 85% of all radios in Pittsburgh were tuned to Cordic & Company while it was on. By the end of his tenure in Pittsburgh, Cordic was reportedly earning $100,000 a year, a huge sum for a radio host at the time.
Filmography
| 1991 | The Pirates of Dark Water (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1988 | The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper · as Announcer |
| 1986 | The Transformers: The Movie · as Quintesson Judge |
| 1985 | Galtar and the Golden Lance (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1984 | The Transformers (TV Series) · as Menasor |
| 1984 | Challenge of the GoBots (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1981 | Spider-Man (1981) (TV Series) · as Ringmaster |
| 1981 | The Smurfs (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1979 | Americathon · as Herb |
| 1979 | Gulliver's Travels · as Unknown |
| 1979 | The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) · as Reynolds |
| 1979 | Delta House (TV Series) · as Mr. Trueblood |
| 1977 | Telefon · as Doctor |
| 1977 | The Mouse and His Child · as The Clock (voice) |
| 1977 | Panic in Echo Park · as Unknown |
| 1977 | Intimate Strangers · as Simpson, Rest Home Director |
| 1977 | John Hus · as Cardinal Anthony |
| 1977 | CB Bears (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1977 | Shake, Rattle, and Roll (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | Washington: Behind Closed Doors (TV Series) · as TV Anchorman |
| 1977 | Logan's Run (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1977 | The All-New SuperFriends Hour (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | Undercover Elephant (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1977 | Heyyy, It's the King! (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1977 | Posse Impossible (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1977 | Blast-Off Buzzard (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1976 | Obsession · as Newscaster |
| 1976 | Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1976 | The Scooby-Doo Show (TV Series) · as (voice) |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Jabberjaw (TV Series) · as Voices |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) · as Dr. Lassiter |
| 1976 | The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (TV Series) · as (voice) |
| 1976 | Future Cop (TV Series) · as Dugan |
| 1975 | The Wild Party · as Mr. Murchison |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman (TV Series) · as Professor Eidleman |
| 1974 | The Death Squad · as Judge |
| 1974 | Newman's Law · as Clement |
| 1974 | Bad Men of the West · as The Doctor |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Dr. Evan Stuart (as Regis J. Cordic) |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) · as Host |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1973 | Detroit 9000 · as Dr. Horace Cooley |
| 1973 | Extreme Close-Up · as actor |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Clark Harrison |
| 1973 | Sleeper · as Party Guest |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Waltons (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | The Seven Minutes · as Louis Polk |
| 1971 | Travis Logan, D.A. · as actor |
| 1971 | Nichols (TV Series) · as Tyler |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Lewis |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | R.P.M. · as Minor Role |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Marc Williams |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Dr. Tom Ames |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Chairman Walt |
| 1968 | The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (TV Series) · as Captain of the Guard |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | The Flying Nun (TV Series) · as Mr. Bragen |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Jones |
| 1966 | The Monkees (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles (TV Series) · as Bizarre Batter |
| 1966 | Space Ghost and Dino Boy (TV Series) · as Moltar (voice) |
| 1965 | Days of Our Lives (TV Series) · as Michael Langford |
| 1965 | Get Smart (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Daniel Austin |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Sheriff Grimes |