Portraying the title role in Mr. District Attorney on radio
Spouse
Ruth Hill (1928– ?)
Children
2
Jay Jostyn (December 13, 1901[1][2] – June 25, 1976[3][4]) was an actor in the era of old-time radio. He is best known for portraying the title role in Mr. District Attorney on radio.[5] An article in Radio-TV Mirror in 1952 reported, "He is so generally believed to be a real life lawyer that he frequently receives mail from listeners inviting him to move to certain cities where they feel crimes are going unsolved."[6]
In 1948, Jostyn had the lead in a touring company that performed The Trial of Mary Dugan.[10]OnBroadway, he played District Attorney McDonough in Deadfall (1955).[11]
In November 1943, Jostyn was elected to a one-year term as third vice-president of the New York local of the American Federation of Radio Artists.[26] In 1944, he was one of seven people elected to AFRA's national board.[27]
On October 17, 1928, Jostyn married Ruth Hill in Pasadena, California. She was an actress whom he met when they performed together in a play. They had two sons, Jean Charles and Jon George.[28]
^"Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHHH-YMV : 4 December 2014), Eugene J Josten, 13 Dec 1901; from "Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reel 0199, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison.
^ abAaker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN978-0-7864-6409-8. P. 296.
^DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN978-0-7864-2834-2. p. 144.
^"Mr. D. A."Radio-TV Mirror. Vol. 37, no. 3. February 1952. p. 60. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
^Grunwald, Edgar A., Ed. (1939). Variety Radio Directory 1939–1940(PDF). New York City: Variety. p. 506. Retrieved 8 February 2016.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ abGrunwald, Edgar A., Ed. (1940). Variety Radio Directory 1940–1941. Variety, Inc. p. 330.
^Alicoate, Jack, Ed (1942). The 1942 Radio Annual(PDF). New York City: Radio Daily Corp. p. 747. Retrieved 8 February 2016.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ abBrooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946–Present. Ballantine Books. ISBN0-345-25525-9. p. 407.
