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Ralph Pierre LaCock (March 30, 1926 – August 15, 2024), better known by his stage name Peter Marshall, was an American game show host, television and radio personality, singer, and actor. He was the original host of The Hollywood Squares from 1966 to 1981 and had almost fifty television, movie, and Broadway credits.
Peter Marshall, best known as the original host of the iconic game show “The Hollywood Squares,” has died. He was 98. Marshall, who began hosting the NBC series in 1966, died Thursday of ...
Emmy-nominated 19 times, with five wins, he hosted more than 5,000 episodes of the original version of game show “The Hollywood Squares” and appeared in dozens of movies, stage musicals and TV ...
Peter Marshall, best known as the original host of The Hollywood Squares, has died.He was 98. Marshall died on Thursday, Aug. 15 of kidney failure at his home in Encino, Calif., his publicist ...
After “The Hollywood Squares,” Marshall would host a few other short-lived game shows, but mostly resumed his career as a singing actor, starring in more than 800 performances of “La Cage Aux Folles” on Broadway and on tour, and singing in the 1983 film version of “Annie.” He was married three times, the last to Laurie Stewart in 1989.
Though Hollywood Squares was a legitimate game show, the game largely acted as the background for the show's comedy in the form of joke answers (commonly called "zingers" by the production staff), [5] often given by the stars prior to their real answer. The show's writers usually supplied the jokes.
Appeared as himself on shows like The Jeffersons, Taxi, and The Office. Hosted the adult reading program Learn to Read. [234] August 14 Gena Rowlands: 94 Actress (Robert Montgomery Presents, Laramie, Johnny Staccato) [235] August 15 Peter Marshall: 98 Entertainer and game show host, most notably of Hollywood Squares [236] August 16 Afa Anoaʻi: 80
Peter Marshall, who won four Emmys hosting the first incarnation of the long-running game show Hollywood Squares, has died at the age of 98, TVLine has confirmed. Marshall died on Thursday of ...