Gene Rayburn (born Eugene Peter Jeljenic; December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an American radio and television personality. He is best known as...
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store window dresser Gene Noble, American singer and songwriter Gene Pitney (1940–2006), American singer-songwriter Gene Rayburn (1917-1999), American...
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celebrity for comedic effect. The Match Game premiered on December 31, 1962. Gene Rayburn was the host, and Johnny Olson served as announcer, for the series premiere...
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NBC. Gene Rayburn reprised his role as host of the Match Game and Super Match segments, while Jon Bauman hosted the Hollywood Squares segment. Gene Wood...
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panelist on the Gene Rayburn-hosted Match Game. From 1983 to 1984, she was on the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour starring Gene Rayburn and Jon Bauman...
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co-producer, was the original host of the 1950s version, followed by Gene Rayburn and then Bill Wendell, with Jay Jackson and Win Elliot hosting prime...
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Plaza (2005), actress, Parks & Recreation, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Gene Rayburn, Match Game host Joan Rivers, comedian Eva Marie Saint (1944), actress...
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1968 on WNEW 1130; prior to 1952, Dee Finch had co-hosted the show with Gene Rayburn. Co-host Finch departed and Klavan continued solo until 1977. He wrote...
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hosted by Jim McKay, he was replaced after the first four episodes by Gene Rayburn, who debuted as a game show host on August 4, 1955. The series was a...
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minutes were shown on very few stations). The announcer of the show was Gene Rayburn (who would eventually become a top-game show emcee, best known for his...
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Heatter and Bob Quigley, that ran on CBS from March 27 to June 30, 1972. Gene Rayburn was the emcee, while Kenny Williams was the announcer. The theme was...
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frequent panelist on the popular 1970s game show Match Game, hosted by Gene Rayburn. In 2007, she appeared in First Born with Elisabeth Shue.[citation needed]...
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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...
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Tonight Show/Best of Carson episodes The first Tonight announcer was Gene Rayburn. Allen's version of the show originated talk show staples such as an...
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that aired on NBC from January 7 to March 31, 1956. It was hosted by Gene Rayburn, announced by Don Pardo and produced by Goodson-Todman Productions. Choose...
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territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Gene Rayburn. Fifty-two contestants competed for the title. Ages at the time of the...
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Johnny Carson. Original announcer Gene Rayburn and bandleader Skitch Henderson did not return to this version (Rayburn was by this time hosting The Match...
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called Party Line, hosted by Gene Rayburn. The show was picked up with a few minor changes, mainly Forsyth replacing Rayburn as host and the show title...
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acceptance speeches, Deutsch, Bulifant and Dussault fondly remembered host Gene Rayburn and permanent panelist Charles Nelson Reilly, both of whom had died....
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of Robert G. Rayburn; brother of Robert S. Rayburn Gene Rayburn (1917–1999), American television and radio personality Gregory F. Rayburn (born 1958),...
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by London Records as catalog number 604. New York morning radio host Gene Rayburn lobbied for Teresa Brewer to record it. He and Dee Finch played it regularly...
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Kennedy and later by Jack Barry Break the Bank (1985 game show), hosted by Gene Rayburn and later by Joe Farago Kabarkada, Break the Bank, a 2000s Philippine...
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Squares portion of the show. The only regular panelist on this version was Gene Rayburn, who reprised his role as host of Match Game; he always occupied the...
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kitchen utensils and food items. It was also used on Match Game when Gene Rayburn or one of the panelists began "getting antsy". Professional wrestler...
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Lauren Meadowlark Lemon Rue McClanahan Roddy McDowall Stuart Pankin Gene Rayburn John Reilly Doris Roberts Natalie Schafer Charles Siebert Ron Silver...
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"Gene Rayburn, TV entertainer", Chicago Sun-Times, 4 December 1999, archived from the original on 2 November 2012, retrieved 20 January 2010, Gene Rayburn...
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Preceded by Gene Rayburn Host of Match Game 1990–1991 Succeeded by Michael Burger...
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Hothouse Flowers performs "Give It Up" and "I Can See Clearly Now". Gene Rayburn makes a cameo appearance in the "Game Breakers" sketch, along with Don...
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Douglas Show during the mid-1970s. Douglas wanted to congratulate host Gene Rayburn on making his game show the #1 daytime TV program. The show's run spanned...
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Lost in Space, Knight Rider, Beverly Hills, 90210, and Match Game with Gene Rayburn. Fee suffered a massive stroke and died in the hospital on March 24,...
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