Stuart Buchanan

Stuart Buchanan (March 18, 1894 – February 4, 1974) was an American voice actor, announcer, radio and TV producer, and educator.

Buchanan graduated from the College of Wooster and received a doctorate from Harvard University[4] and he served as a U.S. Army officer for two years in World War I (1917-1919).

[11] He had roles in Saludos Amigos (1942) and Super-Speed (1935) and he was the voice of Goofy in The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air (1938)[12] In the 1940s, Buchanan was head of the script department and program supervision for American Broadcasting Company in New York before taking a job directing the radio and television department of the McCann-Erickson advertising agency in 1947.

Additionally, he chose Ray Culley of Cinécraft Productions, a Cleveland-based sponsored film studio, to direct the series.

[19] In an interview with Todd Raper of the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, Buchanan said: "There has never been – or will be, a radio series that commanded the respect and attention of this state, or, for that fact, the nation.

I guess of all the things I've done in my lifetime, I'm most proud to have had a hand in developing and producing The Ohio Story".

Stuart Buchanan, producer of the film Milestones of Motoring seated in front row (1954), with the film's cast and crew. Photo courtesy of the Hagley Museum & Library.
Frank Siedel (left) was the scriptwriter and Buchanan was the producer for 1,300 radio and 175 TV episodes of the Ohio Story. Photo courtesy of the Hagley Museum & Library.