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Richard Dawson (born Colin Lionel Emm; 20 November 1932 – 2 June 2012) was an English-American actor, comedian, game-show host, and panelist in the United States. Dawson was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk in Hogan's Heroes, as a regular panelist on Match Game (1973–1978), and as the original host of Family Feud (1976–1985, 1994–95).
Match Game is an American television panel game show that premiered on NBC in 1962 and has been revived several times over the course of the last six decades. The game features contestants trying to match answers given by celebrity panelists to fill-in-the-blank questions.
Director Nicholas Meyer stated that he wrote McGivers out of his drafts of the film (with a line referencing the character's death) in order to give the Khan character additional motivation for seeking vengeance. [11] In 1991, in her last movie, she played a wheelchair-using character in the made for television thriller A Mother's Justice.
She hosted the first season (1986–87) of The All New Dating Game and was a regular panelist on Match Game, Tattletales, Super Password and Password Plus, What's My Line?, and I've Got a Secret. [5] In 1971, Joyce starred in the final episode of Green Acres as Oliver's former secretary, Carol Rush.
Joyce Collins Bulifant [1] (born December 16, 1937) [1] is an American actress and author. In addition to recurring roles on television, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Marie Slaughter, Bulifant is recognized for film roles in The Happiest Millionaire and Airplane! and as a frequent panelist on game shows, including Chain Reaction, Match Game, and Password Plus.
Fannie Flagg (born Patricia Neal; September 21, 1944) [1] is an American actress, comedian, and author. She is best known as a semi-regular panelist on the 1973–1982 versions of the game show Match Game and for the 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, which she adapted into the script for the 1991 motion picture Fried Green Tomatoes.
From 1972 to 1973, Deutsch was a regular cast member on the final season of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, where she worked with her future fellow Match Game panelist Richard Dawson. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] From 1973 to 1979, Deutsch was a recurring celebrity panelist on Match Game , and became a popular fixture in the number six seat.
Russell’s specialty on game shows was delivering short, humorous poems. He was a regular panelist on a 1970s ABC show, Rhyme and Reason , built around his poetic talents. [ 16 ] In 1979, he told Jet magazine, “I knew two poems and one day, on a show called Missing Links ( Ed McMahon was the host), I did one poem and everybody applauded.