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{{Short description|English-American actor, comedian, game-show host and panellist (1932–2012)}}
{{about|the actor, comedian, and game show host|others with the same name|Richard Dawson (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Richard Dawson
| image              = File:Richard Dawson Hogan Hero headshot 1968.png
| caption            = Dawson on ''Hogan's Heroes'', 1968
| birth_name         = Colin Lionel Emm
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1932|11|20|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Gosport]], Hampshire, England
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2012|6|2|1932|11|20|df=y}}
| death_place        = Los Angeles, California, US
| resting_place      = [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|game show host|panellist}}
| years_active       = 1954–1995, 2000
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Diana Dors]]|1959|1967|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Gretchen Johnson|1991<!--As marriage ended by death of Dawson, not by death of his spouse, the year 2012 is omitted here. See instructions on [[Template:Marriage]] for more info-->}}
}}
| children           = 3, including [[Mark Dawson|Mark]]
}}
'''Richard Dawson''' (born '''Colin Lionel Emm'''; 20 November 1932 – 2 June 2012) was an English-American actor, comedian, game-show host, and [[panel show|panellist]]. He was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk in ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'', as a regular panellist on ''[[Match Game#Match Game 1973–1978; 1978 73–79 (1973–79, CBS)|Match Game]]'' (1973–1978), and as the original host of ''[[Family Feud]]'' (1976–1985, 1994–1995).

==Early life==
Colin Lionel Emm was born in [[Gosport]], Hampshire, England, on 20 November 1932<ref name="CNN">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/03/showbiz/richard-dawson-dies/index.html |work=CNN |title=Former 'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies |date=3 June 2012 |access-date=3 June 2012}}</ref> to Arthur Emm (born 1897) and Josephine Lucy Emm (née Lindsay; born 1903).<ref>England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index, Fourth Quarter, 1932. Ancestry.com</ref><ref>1939 England and Wales Registe. via Ancestry.com</ref> His father drove a removal van and his mother worked in a munitions factory.<ref>{{cite book |first = David | last= Baber | title =Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars| pages= 68–74 | publisher= McFarland & Co.| year= 2015 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VbrwCQAAQBAJ | via = Google Books | isbn=9781476604800}}</ref> Colin and his older brother, John Leslie Emm, were evacuated as children during [[World War II]] to escape the bombing of England's major port cities in the south. In a radio interview with ''Hogan's Heroes'' co-star [[Bob Crane]], Emm (by this point, known by his changed name) recounted how this experience severely limited his school attendance, stating that he attended school regularly for only two years.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ToHOM1HC6Os Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190831003113/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToHOM1HC6Os&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media | title =The Bob Crane Show | publisher =KMPC-Los Angeles| date = 15 September 1972 | first = Richard | last = Dawson | interviewer = [[Bob Crane]] |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToHOM1HC6Os | via= YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

At age 14, Emm ran away from home to join the [[Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)|British Merchant Navy]], where he pursued a career in boxing, earning almost $5,000 in shipboard matches.<ref>"Richard Dawson Lost His Own Family Feud with Diana Dors, but His Show Is Hot Comfort," ''People'', 21 November 1977</ref> In 1950 and 1951, Emm made several passages on the [[RMS Mauretania (1938)|RMS ''Mauretania'']] from Southampton to ports of call, including [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], [[the Bahamas]], [[Havana]], and New York City.<ref>New York passenger and crew lists for Colin Emm. via Ancestry.com</ref> Following his discharge from the merchant service, Emm began pursuing a comedy career using the stage name Dickie Dawson; he later changed his alias to Richard Dawson, which he eventually adopted as his legal name.<ref name="dawson">{{cite web |title=Richard Dawson biography |url= http://www.nndb.com/people/376/000022310 |publisher= NNDB |access-date=24 December 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
===Comedy and variety artist in the UK===
Dawson began his career in England as a stand-up comedian known as Dickie Dawson.<ref name="CNN"/> Possibly his first television appearance occurred on 21 June 1954, at age 21, and was featured on the ''[[Benny Hill|Benny Hill Showcase]]'', an early [[BBC Television]] programme focused on "introducing artists and acts new to television".

Dawson also had at least four BBC Radio programme appearances during 1954, including two bookings on the ''Midday Music Hall'' on [[BBC Home Service]] and two spots on ''How Do You Do'', a BBC Light Entertainment broadcast billed as "a friendly get-together of Commonwealth artists."

In 1958, Dawson appeared alongside his future wife, [[Diana Dors]], on [[BBC TV]]'s ''A to Z: D'', a programme featuring entertainers with names beginning with the letter D. The following year, he made four appearances on BBC TV's ''[[Juke Box Jury]]'', three of them alongside Dors, to whom he was by then married.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Genome Project, catalog of Radio Times listings from 1923 to 2009]</ref>

===Actor and comedian in the US <!-- (''Hogan's Heroes'', ''Laugh-In'', ''Match Game'') -->===
After his move to the US in September 1961, Dawson began hosting a late-night talk show, the ''[[Mike Stokey]] Show'', on Los Angeles television station [[KCOP-TV]].<ref>''Richard Dawson and Family Feud'', Mary Ann Norbom, Signet Books, 1981, pp. 63-65.</ref><ref> [https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/people/mike-stokey?clip=48328 Television Academy Foundation: The Interviews, "Talking about Mike Stokey."]</ref> On 8 January 1963, Dawson appeared on ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'', season 13, episode 15, as an audience member seated next to Benny, barely recognisable in glasses and false moustache.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Meets Max Bygraves| website=[[IMDb]] | date=8 January 1963 | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0613654/ |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> That same year, Dawson made a guest appearance on ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' (season two, episode 27) playing "Racy" Tracy Rattigan,<ref>{{citation |title=Racy Tracy Rattigan |date= 3 April 1963 |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0559796/ |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> a lecherous flirt who was the summer replacement host on the Alan Brady Show. He was credited as Dick Dawson.<ref>''The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book'', Vince Waldron, page 334. Applause Theater Books, copyright 1994 and 2001.</ref>

In 1965, Dawson had a small role at the end of the film ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'', starring [[George Segal]], playing 1st Recon [[paratrooper]] Captain Weaver, sent to liberate allied [[Prisoner of war|POWs]] in a [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] prison. Dawson had by then moved to Los Angeles. He gained fame in the television show ''Hogan's Heroes'' as Cpl. Peter Newkirk from 1965 to 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title='Family Feud' TV Host Richard Dawson Dies At 79 |url= http://www.krdo.com/news/31148180/detail.html |publisher=[[KRDO-TV]] |access-date= 8 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605065318/http://www.krdo.com/news/31148180/detail.html |archive-date=5 June 2012 }}</ref> Dawson had a minor role in [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]'s ''[[Munster, Go Home!]]''. A year later, he released a psychedelic [[Single (music)|45-rpm single]] including the songs "His Children's Parade" and "Apples & Oranges" on Carnation Records. In 1968, Dawson was in the film ''[[The Devil's Brigade (film)|The Devil's Brigade]]'' as Private Hugh McDonald.

Following the cancellation of ''Hogan's Heroes'', Dawson was a regular joke-telling panellist on the short-lived syndicated revival of the game show ''[[Can You Top This?]]'' in 1970 and joined the cast of ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'' that same year.{{fact|date=July 2024}}

After ''Laugh-In'' was cancelled in 1973, game-show pioneer [[Mark Goodson]] signed Dawson to appear as a regular on ''[[Match Game|Match Game '73]]'', alongside [[Brett Somers]], [[Charles Nelson Reilly]], and host [[Gene Rayburn]]. Dawson, who had already served a year as panellist for Goodson's revival of ''[[I've Got a Secret]]'', proved to be a solid and funny player, and was the frequent choice of contestants to participate in the Head-To-Head Match portion of the "Super-Match" bonus round, in which the contestant and a panellist of the contestant's choice had to match exactly. During Dawson's time on ''Match Game'', he most often occupied the bottom centre seat, only sitting elsewhere (in the top centre seat) during one week early in the show's run.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

===''Family Feud'' host and TV stardom===
[[File:Richard Dawson Family Feud 1976.JPG|thumb|Dawson (left) and contestants on the 1975/1976 pilot episode of ''Family Feud'']]

Due to his popularity on ''Match Game'', Dawson expressed to Goodson his desire to host a show of his own. In 1975, during Dawson's tenure as one of ''Match Game''{{'s}} regular panellists, Goodson began developing a spin-off game show, ''Family Feud'', based on the "Super Match" portion of ''Match Game''. Goodson specifically saw the show as a vehicle for Dawson, due to his popularity among ''Match Game'' contestants. ''Family Feud'' debuted on 12 July 1976, on ABC's daytime schedule. ''Family Feud'' was a break-out hit, eventually surpassing the ratings of ''Match Game'' in late 1977. In 1978, Dawson left ''Match Game'' due to a combination of the recent introduction of the "Star Wheel"—which affected his being selected for the Head-To-Head Match portion of the show's "Super Match" bonus round—and burnout from his regular appearances on both ''Match Game'' and ''Family Feud''. That same year, Dawson won a [[Daytime Emmy Award]] for Best Game Show Host for his work on ''Family Feud''.<ref name="dawson"/> After Dawson left ''Match Game'', his spot on the panel was filled with many other stars—most notably his best friend [[Bob Barker]], who was then the host of ''[[The Price is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price is Right]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

One of Dawson's trademarks on ''Family Feud'', kissing the female contestants, earned him the nickname "The Kissing Bandit". Television executives repeatedly tried to get him to stop the kissing.<ref name="NYT"/> After receiving criticism for the practice (which also included a great deal of physical contact such as holding hands and touching), Dawson asked viewers to write in and vote on the matter. The wide majority of the roughly 200,000 responses favoured the kissing.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Royce |first1=Brenda Scott |title=Hogan's Heroes: The Unofficial Companion |date= 1998 |publisher=Renaissance Books |location=Los Angeles |isbn=978-1-58063-031-3 |page=103 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=7SUKAgAAQBAJ&q=kiss%20richard%20dawson&pg=PA103}}</ref> On the 1985 finale, Dawson explained that he kissed female contestants for love and luck, something his mother did with Dawson himself as a child.<ref name="CNN"/><ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |url= http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/03/family-feud-tv-host-richard-dawson-dies-at-79 |title='Family Feud' TV Host Richard Dawson Dies at 79 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=3 June 2012 |access-date=13 January 2016 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120609092332/http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/03/family-feud-tv-host-richard-dawson-dies-at-79/ |archive-date=9 June 2012 }}</ref>

Dawson was a frequent guest host for ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson|Tonight Show]]'' host [[Johnny Carson]], hosting 14 times during 1979.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shales |first=Tom |date=26 April 1979 |title=The Cloning Of Carson |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/04/26/the-cloning-of-carson/87705102-0166-483c-a3ec-24af767d0741/ |access-date=3 April 2023 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Dawson was a contender for the role of ''Tonight Show'' host in the event that Carson left the show, a move that Carson was seriously considering during 1979–80.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.cnn.com/2012/06/03/showbiz/richard-dawson-dies/index.html |title= Former 'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies |work=CNN |access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref> Carson ended up remaining as host until 1992. Two of the few Carson-era ''Tonight Show'' episodes that did not air on the night they were intended were guest hosted by Dawson. During one, actress [[Della Reese]] suffered a near-fatal [[aneurysm]] midinterview during taping; the remainder of the episode was cancelled. (Reese later recovered.) The other featured an untimely monologue regarding the danger of flying on aeroplanes; it was replaced with a rerun because it would have aired the same night as the crash of [[American Airlines Flight 191]] in Chicago, which killed all 271 people aboard, as well as two on the ground. The episode was aired several weeks later.

===Later years===
Dawson parodied his TV persona in 1987's ''[[The Running Man (1987 film)|The Running Man]]'' opposite [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], portraying the evil, egotistical game-show host Damon Killian. Dawson received rave reviews for his performance. Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] (who gave the film a thumbs down) wrote, "Playing a character who always seems three-quarters drunk, he chain-smokes his way through backstage planning sessions and then pops up in front of the cameras as a cauldron of false jollity. Working the audience, milking the laughs and the tears, he is not really much different [from] most genuine game-show hosts—and that's the film's private joke".<ref>{{cite news |first= Roger |last=Ebert |url= http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19871113/REVIEWS/711130304/1023 |title=''The Running Man'' review |newspaper= [[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=13 November 1987}}</ref>

Before Dawson was cast as Killian, [[Chuck Woolery]] was originally considered for the role, but was unavailable and Schwarzenegger suggested Dawson because he and Dawson were close friends.

Dawson hosted an unsold pilot for a revival of the classic game show ''[[You Bet Your Life]]'' that was to air on NBC in 1988, but the network declined to pick up the show. In 1990, he auditioned to host the syndicated game show ''[[Trump Card (game show)|Trump Card]]''; the role went to [[Jimmy Cefalo]].

On 12 September 1994, Dawson returned to ''Family Feud'', hosting what became the last season of the show's second run (1988–1995) after previous host [[Ray Combs]] was fired due to spiralling ratings. During his second tenure as host, Dawson did not kiss female contestants because of a promise he had made to his young daughter to kiss only her mother. The show's ratings never recovered under Dawson and the final episode aired on 26 May 1995, after which Dawson officially retired. ''Family Feud'' remained out of production until being revived for a third run in 1999 with new host [[Louie Anderson]], who asked Dawson to make a special appearance on the first episode to give Anderson his blessing. Dawson turned down the offer, wanting no further involvement with the show.<ref name="THS">{{cite episode | series = [[E! True Hollywood Story]] | title = Family Feud | date = 28 July 2002 }}</ref>

In 2000, Dawson narrated ''TV's Funniest Game Shows'' for the Fox Network in what would prove to be his final public performance.

On 7 June 2012, at the time of Dawson's death, [[Game Show Network|GSN]] aired a four-hour marathon of Dawson's greatest moments on ''Match Game'' and ''Family Feud'', including the first episode of his 1994–95 ''Feud'' tenure.<ref>{{cite web |title=GSN honors Richard Dawson in special marathon |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/news/article_1698995.php/GSN-honors-Richard-Dawson-in-special-marathon |publisher=Monsters and Critics |access-date=8 June 2012 |first=April |last=MacIntyre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108165100/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/news/article_1698995.php/GSN-honors-Richard-Dawson-in-special-marathon |archive-date=8 November 2012 }}</ref>

==Personal life and family==
With his first wife, actress Diana Dors, Dawson had two sons: [[Mark Dawson|Mark]] and Gary.<ref>"Diana Dors Has a Son," ''The New York Times'', 5 February 1960, page 23</ref><ref>"Diana Dors Has Son," ''The New York Times'', 28 June 1962, page 21.</ref> The marriage ended with a divorce granted in Los Angeles in April 1967,<ref>State of California, ''California Divorce Index, 1966-1984'' page 6068. Found at: ancestry.com</ref> and Dawson gained custody of both sons. He had four grandchildren.<ref>{{cite news |title=Richard Dawson Dies: 'Family Feud' Host Was 79 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/06/richard-dawson-dies-family-feud-host-was-79 |newspaper=ABC News |date=3 June 2012 |access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> Dawson became a naturalised US citizen in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a385149/family-feud-host-richard-dawson-dies-aged-79/ |title='Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies, aged 79 |last=Eames |first=Tom |date=3 June 2012 |website=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=9 March 2024 |quote=Dawson became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1984, revealing his citizenship on an episode of Feud.}}</ref>

On retiring, Dawson remained in Beverly Hills, California, where he had lived since 1964. Dawson met his second wife, Gretchen Johnson (born 22 September 1955), when she was a contestant on ''Family Feud'' in May 1981, and they got married in 1991. Their daughter was born in 1990. Dawson announced the birth and showed a picture of his daughter during the inaugural episode of his second stint as host of ''Feud'' in 1994 as he was greeting a contestant who had been a contestant on ''Match Game'' when he was a panellist. The episode was featured on the 25th anniversary of ''Family Feud'' as number two on the [[Game Show Network]]'s top 25 ''Feud'' moments.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/SIJOsHMcaT4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100615170949/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIJOsHMcaT4 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIJOsHMcaT4| title = Family Feud '94 - Richard Dawson's Return | website=YouTube| date = 3 February 2007 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Dawson appeared with his daughter on at least two episodes of the show in 1995, including one taped on his birthday.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Dawson participated in various movements, including the [[Selma to Montgomery marches]] and [[George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign|George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Penny P. |title=Richard Dawson getting involved |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yjhgAAAAIBAJ&pg=2535,4970300&hl=en |access-date=20 May 2018 |work=The StarPhoenix |issue=20 July 1973 |location=Saskatoon |via=Google News}}</ref>

==Death==
On 2 June 2012, Dawson died of complications from [[oesophageal cancer]] at the [[Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center]] in Los Angeles, at age 79.<ref name="CNN"/><ref name="NYT">{{cite news |date=3 June 2012 |title=Richard Dawson, Host Who Kissed on 'Family Feud', Dies at 79 |first=Michael |last=Schwirtz |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/arts/television/richard-dawson-kissing-host-of-family-feud-dies-at-79.html |access-date=24 December 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130724014049/http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/entertainment/312324/tv-star-richard-dawson-passes-away-at-79/ "TV star Richard Dawson passes away at 79"], indiavision.com; accessed 24 December 2015.</ref> Dawson is interred in Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA183|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|first=Scott|last=Wilson|date=22 August 2016|publisher=McFarland|page=183|isbn=978-0786479924}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class = "unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1962
| ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]''
| British Soldier
| Uncredited
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Promises! Promises!]]''
|
| Uncredited
|-
| 1965
| ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]''
| Weaver
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1966
| ''[[Out of Sight (1966 film)|Out of Sight]]''
| Agent
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Munster, Go Home!]]''
| Joey
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Devil's Brigade (film)|The Devil's Brigade]]''
| Pvt. Hugh MacDonald
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Treasure Island (1972 animated film)|Treasure Island]]''
| Long John Silver
| Voice
|-
| 1978
| ''[[How to Pick Up Girls!]]''
| Chandler Corey
| 
|-
| 1987
| ''[[The Running Man (1987 film)|The Running Man]]''
| Damon Killian
| Final film role
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1963 || ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' || Man in audience|| Episode: "Jack Meets Max Bygraves"
|-
| 1963 || ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' || Tracy Rattigan (credit: Dick Dawson) || Episode: "Racy Tracy Rattigan" 
|-
| 1964 || ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' || Oliver Fair (credit: Dick Dawson) || Episode: "The Invisibles"
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents|The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' || Robert Johnson (credit: Dick Dawson) || Episode: "Anyone for Murder?" 
|-
| 1965–1971 || ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' ||  Corporal Peter Newkirk || 168 episodes
|-
| 1983 ||  [[Mama's Family]]  || Richard Dawson || Episode: "Family Feud"
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Mr. Terrific (TV series)|Mr. Terrific]]'' || Max|| Episode: "The Formula Is Stolen"
|-
| 1970 || ''[[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]]'' || Ted Callender || Episode: "The Stage Is All the Word"
|-
| 1970–1973 || ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'' || Regular performer || 58 episodes (15 uncredited)
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Love, American Style]]'' || Rick Jagmund || Episode: "Love and the Groupie"
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Love, American Style]]'' || Danny || Episode: "Love and the Hiccups"
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Love, American Style]]'' || Melvin Danger || Episode: "Love and the Private Eye"
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Wait Till Your Father Gets Home]]'' || Claude (voice) || Episode: "The Hippie"
|-
| 1973–1978 || ''[[Match Game]]'' || Panelist || 1,279 episodes
|-
| 1973–1974 || ''[[The New Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' || Richard Richardson || 7 episodes
|-
|1974–1975 || ''[[Masquerade Party]]'' || Host || 39 episodes
|-
| 1975 || ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'' || Himself || Episode: "Laugh, Clown, Laugh"
|-
| 1975 || ''[[McMillan & Wife]]'' || Roger Stambler || Episode: "Aftershock"
|-
| 1976–1985, 1994–95 || ''[[Family Feud]]'' || Host || 2,334 episodes
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' || Harry Beamus || Episode: "Call Me Lucky/Torch Singer"
|-
| 1978 || ''[[The Love Boat]]'' || Bert Buchanan || Episode: "The Song Is Ended"
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Bizarre (TV series)|Bizarre]]'' || Host || Pilot episode
|-
| 2000 || ''TV's Funniest Game Shows'' || Narrator || 
|}

==References==
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