14 Facts About Alan Bunce

Alan Coe Bunce was an American radio and television actor.

Alan Bunce was remembered as the first actor to portray physician Jerry Malone on radio's Young Doctor Malone in the early 1940s.

Alan Coe Bunce was born on June 28,1900, in Westfield, New Jersey.

Alan Bunce's mother died when Bunce was a young boy.

Alan Bunce graduated from a high school in Melrose, Massachusetts, in 1918.

Alan Bunce's career began in the early 1930s with small roles in several films and guest appearances on several radio programs.

Alan Bunce did not get household recognition until 1939 when he began playing the role of Dr Jerry Malone, the young physician who dispensed prescriptions and advice to the folks of Three Oaks on the medical drama Young Doctor Malone.

Alan Bunce remained with the radio show for its entire six year run.

Alan Bunce played New York State Governor Al Smith in "Sunrise at Campobello" about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's early battle with polio and return to public life during the 1924 Democratic convention where Roosevelt walked ten steps to the podium and stood for 45 minutes to nominate the Governor for president.

Alan Bunce broke into television in 1950 with a guest star appearance of the ABC anthology series The Clock.

Alan Bunce was a ranking officer in the American Federation of Radio Artists, formed in 1937, and in 1952 was elected the first president of the newly formed, American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, after merging that same year with the Television Authority, until 1954.

Alan Bunce's father was an actor, as well as a playwright and commentator for Variety.

Alan Bunce died at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center on April 27,1965, from an undisclosed cause at age 64.

Alan Bunce is interred in Long Ridge Union Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut.