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William Lawrence Cullen [1] (February 18, 1920 – July 7, 1990) was an American radio and television personality whose career spanned five decades. [2] Known for appearing on game shows and later as a prolific game show host, he hosted 23 shows, earning the nickname "Dean of Game Show Hosts". [3]
The Joker's Wild is an American television game show that aired at different times between 1972 and 2017. Contestants answer trivia questions based on categories determined randomly by a mechanism resembling a slot machine .
This is a list of game show hosts. A game show host is a profession ... Bill Cullen: United States: Act It ... (1979–80), The Joker's Wild (1981–86 as sub-host ...
Bill Cullen: host of Hot Potato, took over for Barry on The Joker's Wild after his death in place of Peck, who remained part of the show as Cullen's substitute from time to time. Wink Martindale: host of Tic Tac Dough, later co-produced Bumper Stumpers with company for broadcast on Global Television Network in Canada and on USA Network.
Host The Joker's Wild: 1984-05-02 Cardiac arrest: Replaced by Bill Cullen. Bernard Youens: Stan Ogden: Coronation Street: 1984-08-27 Gangrene: Character killed off with gangrene. Ève Gagnier: Cannelle Passe-Partout: 125 1984-09-19 Kidney Complications 2 Character recast; replaced by Lucie Beauvais. Toke Townley: Sam Pearson: Emmerdale: 1984-09 ...
Bill Cullen: 70 Game show host (original host of The Price Is Right) July 8 Howard Duff: 76 Actor (Felony Squad) July 30 Karl Weber: 74 Actor (Arthur Tate in Search for Tomorrow) [45] August 15 Viktor Tsoi: 28 Soviet singer October 26 William S. Paley: 89 Founder and longtime head of CBS: November 3 Mary Martin: 76 Actress & singer November 12
Jack Barry died in May 1984, not too long after completing production of the 1983-84 season of Joker.Upon his death, Dan Enright immediately succeeded his longtime producing partner and began making many changes that Kline and other staffers opposed, including the choice of Bill Cullen (of Hot Potato) as the successor to Barry on Joker, as opposed to fill-in host Jim Peck, who Barry had ...
The series was originally hosted by Ward Wilson, but is best known for being the first game hosted by Bill Cullen. [2] Although the game format was very simple, Winner Take All served as the genesis for many future game-show formats. It was the first game to use lockout devices, and the first to use returning champions. [1] In July 1952, CBS ...