Hobart Donovan (b. 1905)

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Name:

Hobart Donovan Type: Common Alternative Name

Disambiguation: Buster Brown writer

Other Names:

1. Donald Bayne Hobart Type: Pen Name
   

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Non Comics Works:

1. Publication Title: Lassie (radio) - Role: writer - Years: 1947?; 1948?
   Employer Name : American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
   Work Title: ?
   Notes: Hobart Donovan was a writer for the American Broadcasting Company [ABC]'s radio show Lassie, which ran from June 8, 1947, to May 30, 1948. What episodes Donovan wrote for is currently unknown.

2. Publication Title: Lassie (radio) - Role: writer - Years: 1948?; 1949?; 1950?
   Employer Name : National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
   Work Title: ?
   Notes: Hobart Donovan was a writer for the National Broadcasting Company [NBC]'s radio show Lassie, which ran from June 5, 1948, to May 27, 1950. What episodes Donovan wrote for is currently unknown.

3. Publication Title: Phone Again, Finnegan (radio) - Role: employee - Year: 1946
   Employer Name : National Broadcasting Company [NBC] and/or Columbia Broadcasting Company [CBS]
   Work Title: ?
   Notes: Hobart Donovan directed an unknown episode (or episodes) of the National Broadcasting Company [NBC] and/or Columbia Broadcasting Company [CBS]'s radio comedy "Phone Again, Finnegan" in 1946 (both ran the show during 1946). Further details are currently not known.

4. Publication Title: Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang (television) - Role: writer - Years: 1953 - 1955
   Employer Name : American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
   Work Title: ?
   Notes: Hobart Donovan was a writer for the American Broadcasting Company [ABC]'s television show "Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang" probably during the entire run of the show from August 1953 to April 23, 1955.

5. Publication Title: Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang (television) - Role: writer - Years: 1951 - 1953
   Employer Name : Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
   Work Title: ?
   Notes: Hobart Donovan wrote for the Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]'s television show "Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang" probably for the entire run of the show from August 1951 to April 1953.

6. Publication Title: Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang (television) - Role: writer - Years: 1950 - 1951
   Employer Name : National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
   Work Title: ?
   Notes: Hobart Donovan was a writer for the National Broadcasting Company [NBC]'s television show "Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang" probably during the entire run of the show from August 26, 1950, to May 1951.

7. Publication Title: Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang (radio) - Role: writer - Years: 1944 - 1953
   Employer Name : National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
   Work Title: ?
   Notes: Hobart Donovan wrote for the National Broadcasting Company [NBC]'s radio show "Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang" for the entire run of the show.

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Relations:

1. Employee of - Sangor Studio (b. 1940)
   Notes: Donovan did pencil and ink work for the studio sometime during the 1940s.