Living Classic Game Show Hosts - As of Oct. 2021
by BWRocks | created - 07 Oct 2021 | updated - 30 Dec 2021 | PublicThis list includes all of the living classic game show hosts.
1. Bob Barker
Producer | The New Price Is Right
For 35 years, Bob Barker had been the host of The Price is Right (1972) game show. Not only is it the highest-rated daytime program, it is also the longest-running game show in TV history, surpassing the prime-time hit What's My Line? (1950), which ran for 18 years. He also served as the executive ...
2. Peter Marshall
Self | The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)
Peter Marshall was born on March 30, 1926 in Huntington, West Virginia, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965), Annie (1982) and Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue (1977). He has been married to Laurie Marshall since August 19, 1989. He was previously married ...
3. Wink Martindale
Producer | Second Honeymoon
Wink Martindale was born on December 4, 1933 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Second Honeymoon (1987), Bumper Stumpers (1987) and The Lively Set (1964). He has been married to Sandy Ferra since August 2, 1975. They have four children. He was previously married to ...
4. Bob Eubanks
Actor | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Bob Eubanks was born on January 8, 1938 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Payback (1990) and Roger & Me (1989). He has been married to Debbie James since 2004. They have one child. He was previously married to Irma Brown.
5. Chuck Woolery
Actor | Six Pack
Chuck Woolery originally set his sights on a career in the music industry but had a change of heart when he joined the U.S. Navy instead. After two years military service, he attended college in his home state of Kentucky and afterward held various jobs including a stint as a sales rep at Pillsbury...
6. Jim Peck
Actor | Divorce Court
Jim Peck was born on June 5, 1943 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Divorce Court (1984), Second Chance (1977) and The Big Showdown (1974).
7. Bill Anderson
Soundtrack | Missing
Bill Anderson was born on November 1, 1937 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Missing (1982), Almost Blue (1996) and The Year My Voice Broke (1987).
8. Sarah Purcell
Actress | Wonder Woman
Sarah Purcell was born on October 8, 1948 in Richmond, Indiana, USA. She is an actress, known for Wonder Woman (1975), Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997) and Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977). She has been married to Dr. Sandy McClintock since October 6, 1983. She was previously married to ...
9. Bob Hilton
Self | Blockbusters
Bob Hilton was born on July 23, 1943 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. He is married to Joni Hilton. He was previously married to Kitty Hilton.
10. Dick Van Dyke
Actor | Mary Poppins
Dick Van Dyke was born Richard Wayne Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri, to Hazel Victoria (McCord), a stenographer, and Loren Wayne Van Dyke, a salesman. His younger brother was entertainer Jerry Van Dyke. His ancestry includes English, Dutch, Scottish, German and Swiss-German. Although he had ...
11. Woody Woodbury
Actor | Nati con la camicia
Woody Woodbury was born on February 9, 1924 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor, known for Go for It (1983), For Those Who Think Young (1964) and Super Fuzz (1980). He was previously married to Sussanne Spavin, Doreen B Evans and Audrey Myrtle Plette.
12. Dick Cavett
Actor | Forrest Gump
Yale-educated Dick Cavett established his reputation as the most erudite of American talk show hosts in the late 1960s and early '70s. Although there were many contenders who took on Johnny Carson, the undisputed heavyweight champion of late-night TV, Cavett generally was considered the most ...
13. Dick Curtis
Actor | Motel Hell
Dick Curtis was born on May 24, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Motel Hell (1980), Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) and The Spade Cooley Show (1957). He was married to Barbara Ruth Hislop. He died on September 16, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
14. Alan Hamel
Producer | Nothing Personal
Alan Hamel was born on June 15, 1936 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a producer and actor, known for Nothing Personal (1980), Somersize Part 1, Suzanne Somers: Eat Great, Lose Weight (1996) and Exclusive (1992). He was previously married to Suzanne Somers and Marilyn Shapiro.
15. Vin Scully
Actor | For Love of the Game
Vin Scully was born on November 29, 1927 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for For Love of the Game (1999), Secret in Their Eyes (2015) and Fireball 500 (1966). He was married to Sandra Jean Hunt and Joan Louise Crawford. He died on August 2, 2022 in Hidden Hills, ...
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