of WBN who commands his staff with a military-like work environment. The General dies after falling down an elevator shaft. Brion James as Bernie King, WBN's main sponsor who has no sense of humor. King eventually dies from laughing gas. Stephen Tobolowsky as Max Applewhite, WBN's sound engineer who is found to be responsible for the murders. Max dies after getting shot atop the radio tower. Michael McKean as Rick Rochester, WBN band conductor who despises Dexter (McKean also appeared as Benben's boss in Dream On). Corbin Bernsen as Dexter Morris, The station's announcer who has a smoking habit. Dexter dies of electrocution, ignoring Roger and Billy's warning. Bobcat Goldthwait as Wild Writer, Violent and melancholic WBN writer. Anita Morris as Claudette Katzenback, Famous singer and Herman's wife. Penny catches her with Roger, presumably having sex, but this appears to have been a prank Claudette created. Roger originally believes she was responsible for killings. This was Anita Morris' final acting role, as she died seven months before the film's release. Jeffrey Tambor as Walt Whalen Jr., The General's toupée-wearing son and show director. Larry Miller as Herman Katzenback: German stage manager of WBN. Herman is the third to die and is aware of Claudette's multiple affairs with other employees. Christopher Lloyd as Zoltan, Eccentric sound designer. Harvey Korman as Jules Cogley: Alcoholic writer who confirms that Ruffles' death came from poisoning. Dylan Baker as Detective Jasper, Cross' idiot assistant. Jack Sheldon as "Ruffles" Reedy, Drunk trumpet player of Rochester's band. He is the first to die. Jim David as a Radio Actor, playing a Jungle Native and a Rocket Scientist Cameo appearances are provided by George Burns (in his final feature film, as Milt Lackey, a 100-year-old comedian), Joey Lawrence, Billy Barty, Peter MacNicol, Robert Klein, Ellen Albertini Dow, Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins (as Billy Budget's parents) and Wilbur Fitzgerald, as well as singers Rosemary Clooney and Tracy Byrd. Production Development The genesis of Radioland Murders came from executive producer/co-writer George Lucas's obsession with old-time radio. Lucas conceived the storyline of the film during the writing phase of American Graffiti, viewing it as a homage to the various Abbott and Costello films, primarily Who Done It (1942), in which Abbott and Costello star as two soda jerks solving a murder in a radio station. Radioland Murders also shares some inspiration from The Big Clock (1948). When Universal Pictures accepted American