The Cool Ghoul (Cleveland)

The Cool Ghoul of northeastern Ohio was played by George Cavender. The show was popular in the 1970s,and 80’s and 90’s appearing on several stations in the area. The first was WJAN-TV 17 in Canton, Ohio, WOAC-TV 67 and in Cleveland on WOIO-TV 19.

George had been a Classic Horror film aficionado ever since his father brought home his first copy of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine in 1960. Cavender studied the careers of Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, and Vincent Price to name a few. And it was a chance meeting of Vincent Price, while he was on a lecture tour, that led Cavender to revive the show in 1984 on WOAC-TV.

One of his favorite mentors was Ghoulardi. An early 60’s Horror Host in Cleveland, Ohio.

George’s father was killed in a car accident in 1965 and he credits the horror host Ghoulardi with getting him through the ordeal.

His fascination with movies didn’t stop with horror. He also developed a love for theater and, with the encouragement of his mother; he starred in many theatrical productions throughout High School, College, and Community Theater playing roles as diverse as Mathew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind, the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, and Sherlock Holmes in a play of the same title.

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