Editing Don MacLaughlin (section)

== Radio ==
Prior to TV, MacLaughlin was active on radio, beginning in 1933.<ref name=ht /> He starred as the title character on radio's ''[[Counterspy (radio series)|David Harding, Counterspy]]'' in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1945, he joined the cast of ''[[The Romance of Helen Trent]]'', in the role of Dwight Swanson, "a rancher who becomes interested in Helen Trent."<ref name=ht>{{cite news|title=New Stars Join WHP "Romance of Helen Trent" Cast|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5407419/harrisburg_telegraph/|work=Harrisburg Telegraph|date=February 17, 1945|location=Pennsylvania, Harrisburg|page=15|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = May 28, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref> MacLaughlin's other roles on radio included those listed in the table below.
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! Program !! Role
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| ''As the Twig Is Bent || Kit Collins<ref name=rp>Terrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924–1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4513-4}}. P. 70.</ref>
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| ''[[Chaplain Jim]]'' || Chaplain Jim{{r|rp|page1=54}}
|-
| ''[[The Road of Life (TV series)|The Road of Life]]'' || Dr. Jim Brent{{r|rp|page1=285}}
|-
| ''[[Tennessee Jed]]'' || Tennessee Jed Sloan{{r|rp|page1=328}}
|-
| ''The Zane Grey Theater'' || Tex Throne{{r|rp|page1=364}}
|}

He was also in the cast of ''Buck Private and His Girl''.{{r|rp|page1=54}}