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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.
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.
For Drew Barrymore, making Hollywood Squares has been a dream come true. She grew up watching the veteran game show, after all, and was in the process of rebooting it before the pandemic hit. And ...
Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on “The Hollywood Squares,” has died. Marshall helped define the form of the smooth ...
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 ...
Davidson and Sally Field on TV's The Girl with Something Extra (1973). John Hamilton Davidson [1] (born December 13, 1941) [2] is an American actor, singer, and game show host known for hosting That's Incredible!, Time Machine, and Hollywood Squares in the 1980s, and a revival of The $100,000 Pyramid in 1991.
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.
Peter Marshall, Emmy-award winning game show host of “Hollywood Squares,” died of kidney failure Thursday in Encino. He was 98. His wife Laurie said in a statement that he died at home. Emmy ...