Junior Miss, Barney Dunlap on Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police, Mr. Peterson on This Is Judy Jones, and adventurer Phillip Carney on the Mutual Broadcasting System's Voyage of the Scarlet Queen Lewis was an announcer on Escape. He was also heard as an actor on episodes of Adventures by Morse, The Adventures of Maisie (1946–47), The Adventures of Sam Spade, Arch Oboler's Plays, Best of the Week, The Clock, Columbia Presents Corwin, The Hermit's Cave, I Love a Mystery, Latitude Zero, Orson Welles Theater, Plays for Americans Suspense, The Whistler, and dozens of other shows. He found acting, except for comedy, dull, and he preferred to write and to direct. He disliked hearing his own voice. He also taught radio classes at UCLA in the early 1950s. Military service During World War II, Lewis was a master sergeant who regularly produced 120 shows for the Armed Forces Radio Network. Much of his work involved recording programs from commercial networks and editing them before they were broadcast to military personnel. Lewis said, "We would take them off the air, take out anything that dated them or was commercial or censorable, reassemble them and ship them." In an era that preceded tape recording, that meant working with transcriptions on glass discs, which could easily be broken. Lewis received the Legion of Merit citation for his service. He left the Army on February 1, 1946, following three and a half years of service. The Phil Harris–Alice Faye Show Perhaps Lewis' most famous role on radio was that of the hard-living, trouble-making left-handed guitar player Frankie Remley on NBC's The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. This character, based in name only on the actual guitar-player in Harris' band, served only one purpose: to get Phil into trouble. Lewis's portrayal of the character, along with the rest of the Harris-Faye format, began on The Fitch Bandwagon (1946–48). Lewis was credited with saving the role, which had been filled by the real Frankie Remley for one episode. Jeanine Roose, who portrayed Alice Jr. on the program, described Lewis as a "totally extroverted wild man," adding, "He and Phil would play off each other all the time; they had such good rapport and a genuine liking for each other." Lewis said that, though he mostly played dramatic roles, he wished he could be a baggy-pants comic. The name "Frankie Remley" belonged to Harris's guitarist on The