Randy Skretvedt Biography, Age, Family, Wife, Books and Net Worth

Randy Skretvedt Biography

Randy Skretvedt is an American film and music scholar, author, lecturer and broadcaster. He is well known for his 1987 book Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies of 1996 is the reference standard for Laurel and Hardy fans (known as Sons of the Desert after their appreciation society, which itself derives from the 1933 Laurel and Hardy film of the same name).

Randy Skretvedt Age

Randy was born November 1958, he is 60 years old as of 2018. There is no information about his place he was born though he is an American by birth.

Randy Skretvedt Young |Family

There is no information about his family and how he was raised up. Randy has not shared any information about his parents and with their occupation, he has also not shared any information him having siblings or elder brothers and sisters

Randy Skretvedt Wife

There is no information about Randy having been married, he has not shared any information about him having married and has opted to keep silent about his personal life. He has also not shared any information about him having dated before.

Randy Skretvedt Career

Skretvedt began his career getting interests in vintage media started in childhood and range across the board, including films, music, and radio. He began to focus on is the period between the world wars: the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s. His penchant for collecting was evident early on; even as a child he began acquiring books, records, memorabilia, rare photos, letters, ephemera, documents – even Super 8mm prints of classic film comedies.

He was also a precocious communicator: his professional writing began at just 16 when he wrote a series of articles for Private Screenings, a magazine devoted to vintage movies. It was only natural that a Laurel and Hardy fan with an interest the intensity of Skretvedt’s would find his way to The Sons of the Desert, the international appreciation society for the duo. Skretvedt joined as a young teen and immediately recognized that the surviving members of Laurel and Hardy casts and crews were not going to be around forever, so he commenced interviewing them and cultivating the “inside stories” that would become the backbone of his work.

Skretvedt as well did debrief Oliver Hardy’s widow, Stan Laurel’s daughter, actors Anita Garvin and Dorothy Granger, music director Marvin Hatley, effects chief Roy Seawright, film editor Richard Currier and many, many other of their co-stars, directors and technicians. Perhaps his crowning interview – certainly in prestige if not necessarily in the forthrightness of its subject – was with Hal Roach, studio boss of “The Lot Of Fun,” Roach Studios, where “The Boys” did all their best work. Skretvedt had not a moment to spare in his archival work: most everyone who worked directly with Laurel and Hardy in any capacity has since died.

His interest in the popular culture from the first half of the 20th century doesn’t end with film and cinema; he is also a fan of, and an authority on, the music of the time. His activities as a determined collector extend into the musical realm as well. He is rightly proud of his amazing “Barn Full O’ Records”, a carpeted, air-conditioned shrine to all things musical from the early 1900s to the 1960s. Shelves of neatly organized 78rpm records reveal years of collecting, researching and cataloging dedication; additional stacks of CDs, tapes, 33- and 45-rpm records – plus the vast array of apparatus needed to play them all back – make it one of the most significant private archives of its kind. Skretvedt estimates the collection includes over 30,000 recordings.

His vast music archive performs a public service function: it provides the playlist for forwarding Into The Past, the weekly radio program that Skretvedt hosts under the moniker Randy Brian. The three-hour program features two hours of primarily ’20s, ’30s, and ’40s music – mostly jazzy dance band numbers and some novelty records – flanking a central hour of vintage radio, comedy or drama. The program debuted in 1982. Forward Into The Past airs Sunday afternoons at 2 pm (PT) on KSPC 88.7 FM in Claremont, California and online at kspc.org.

Randy Skretvedt Net Worth

Randy estimated net worth is under review, there is no information about his net worth or salary but he is said to have been earning a huge salary from his work.

Randy Skretvedt Books

  • Skretvedt, Randy (1996). Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies. Beverly Hills: Past Times Publishing.
  • Skretvedt, Randy and Young, Jordan R. (1991) Nostalgia Entertainment Sourcebook: The Complete Resource Guide to Classic Movies, Vintage Music, Old Time Radio and Theatre. Moonstone Press.
  • Skretvedt, Randy, author/editor; Stone, Rob; Wyatt, David (1996). Laurel or Hardy: The Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver “Babe” Hardy. Split Reel Books.
  • Lenburg, Greg; Lenburg, Jeff; Skretvedt, Randy (1981). Steve Martin: The Unauthorized Biography. New York: St. Martins Press.

Randy Skretvedt Twitter

https://twitter.com/78srandy

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