Nelson Olmsted

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Originally from Minneapolis, Olmsted was an actor, active from the 1940s to 70s. He started in radio while at college in Texas, then moved to New York to appear on stage, television (Perry Mason), and film. Sometimes billed as Nelson Olmstead, he was best known for an unusual NBC radio series, Sleep No More (1956–57), in which he narrated his own adaptations of terror tales and science-fantasy stories. Vanguard Records often hired him to read for their spoken word LPs.

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