#Guy gameshow host series#

In September 1961, Dawson began hosting a late-night talk show, the Mike Stokey Show, on Los Angeles television station KCOP-TV. In 1959, he made four appearances on BBC TV's Juke Box Jury, three of them alongside Dors, to whom he was by then married. In 1958, he 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. He 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.' Possibly his first television appearance occurred on 21 June 1954, when he was 21, and was featured on the Benny Hill Showcase, an early BBC Television programme focused on 'introducing artists and acts new to television'. Career Comedy and variety artist in the UK Įmm began his career in England as a stand-up comedian known as Dickie Dawson. Following his discharge from the merchant service, he 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. During 19, he made several passages on the RMS Mauretania from Southampton to ports of call, including Nassau, the Bahamas, Havana, and New York City. Īt age 14, he ran away from home to join the British Merchant Navy, where he pursued a career in boxing, earning almost $5,000 in shipboard matches. In a radio interview with Hogan's Heroes co-star Bob Crane, Dawson recounted how this experience severely limited his school attendance, stating that he attended school regularly for only two years. His brother John Leslie Emm (five years older) and he were evacuated as children during World War II to escape the bombing of England's major port cities in the south. His father drove a removal van and his mother worked in a munitions factory. Dawson was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk in Hogan's Heroes, as a regular panelist on Match Game (1973–1978), and as the original host of Family Feud (1976–1985, 1994–95).Ĭolin Lionel Emm was born in Gosport, Hampshire, England, on 20 November 1932 to Arthur Emm (born 1897) and Josephine Lucy Emm ( née Lindsay born 1903).

#Guy gameshow host series#

A new edition of the series featuring Jeopardy GOATs James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter is currently running on ABC, but the earlier Game Show Network version is a delight as well, if mostly thanks to the sharp tongue and merciless demeanor of Chaser Mark 'The Beast' Labbett.Richard Dawson (born Colin Lionel Emm 20 November 1932 – 2 June 2012) was a British-born American actor, comedian, game-show host, and panelist in the United States. We promise it's much easier to follow in practice.

And then whoever is left competes in the Final Chase, answering even more questions, before the Chaser attempts to answer the same number of questions correctly to 'catch' the team. Each player must answer enough questions correctly to stay ahead of the Chaser on the game board and bank cash for their team, or they leave empty-handed. Each episode pits three contestants against a trivia expert, known as the Chaser, in a fast-paced game of knowledge. Despite what the title might seem to indicate, there's no physical exertion required on The Chase-but mental exertion is another story.