- Born
- Died
- Birth nameThomas James Snyder
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Tom Snyder was born on May 12, 1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for McCloud (1970), Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1973) and The Larry Sanders Show (1992). He was married to Mary Ann Bendel. He died on July 29, 2007 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- SpouseMary Ann Bendel(April 19, 1958 - August 1975) (divorced, 1 child)
- In his later years, lived a solitary life at his home in the hilly and winding road Benedict Canyon area, often coming in to downtown Beverly Hills in the evenings to socialize with friends at local restaurants.
- Readily admits that one of the most embarrassing moments of his career was while interviewing Meat Loaf. For the first ten minutes he kept calling the rocker "Meatball"
- Began his broadcasting career when he was 21 years old; worked at a small radio station in his hometown.
- Was parodied in the 1970s on TV's Saturday Night Live (1975); Dan Aykroyd exaggerated Snyder's manic laugh and brusque interviewing style.
- I learned a long time ago that if you bet on yourself, you win. If you bet on others, you lose.
- I have never fallen in love with my own voice, but I've always had an attraction for it.
- [about the technical magic of television itself] Sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn't.
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