William Lawrence Francis Cullen (February 18, 1920 – July 7, 1990) was an American radio and television personality whose career spanned five decades. His biggest claim to fame was as a game show
host
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; over the course of his career, he hosted 23 shows, and earned the nickname "Dean of Game Show Hosts". Aside from his hosting duties, he appeared as a panelist/celebrity guest on many other game shows, including regular appearances on ''
I've Got a Secret
''I've Got a Secret'' is an American panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. Created by comedy writers Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill, it was a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own panel show, ''What's My Line ...
'' and ''
To Tell the Truth''.
Early life
Cullen was born in
Pittsburgh
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, Pennsylvania, the only child of William and Lillian Cullen. His father was a Ford dealer in Pittsburgh.
He survived a childhood bout with
polio
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that left him with significant physical limitations for the rest of his life. Cullen was a pre-med student at the
University of Pittsburgh
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, but had to withdraw because of financial problems. After he achieved some success in radio, he returned to the university and earned a bachelor's degree.
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Radio
Cullen's broadcasting career began in 1939[ in Pittsburgh at ]WWSW
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radio,[Sies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 171.] where he worked as a disc jockey and play-by-play announcer or color commentator
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for Pittsburgh Steelers
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( NFL) and Pittsburgh Hornets
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(minor league hockey) games. In 1943, Cullen left WWSW for a brief job at rival station KDKA before leaving Pittsburgh a year later to try his luck in New York. A week after arriving in New York, he was hired as a staff announcer at CBS
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.
To supplement his then-meager income, he became a freelance joke writer for some of the top radio stars of the day, including Arthur Godfrey
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, Danny Kaye
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, and Jack Benny
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; he also worked as a staff writer for the ''Easy Aces
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'' radio show.
His first venture into game shows was in 1945, when he was hired as announcer for a radio quiz called ''Give And Take''. Between 1946 and 1953, he worked as announcer for various other local and network shows, including the radio version of Mark Goodson
Mark Leo Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an American television producer who specialized in game shows, most frequently with his business partner Bill Todman, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.
Early life and e ...
and Bill Todman
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's first game show, '' Winner Take All'', hosted by Ward Wilson; Cullen took over as host four months later when Wilson left. In the summer of 1950, he was quizmaster on ''Hit the Jackpot'', the summer replacement for ''Amos 'n' Andy
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'' on CBS radio. After a brief stint at WNEW in 1951, he hosted a popular morning show at WNBC
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radio from 1955 to 1961. His last regular radio job was as one of the hosts of NBC Radio's ''Monitor
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'' during 1971–1973.
Military service
Cullen was a pilot for the United States Army Air Corps
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in World War II.[ ]
Cullen served in the Civil Air Patrol
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as an instructor and patrol aircraft pilot in his native Pennsylvania during World War II
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(having failed to qualify for combat duty due to his physical disabilities), and was interested in mechanics.
TV career
Cullen's first television game show was the TV version of ''Winner Take All'', which premiered on NBC in 1952. In 1953, Cullen had ''The Bill Cullen Show'', a weekly morning variety program on CBS.[Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 106.] He hosted ''Bank on the Stars
''Bank on the Stars'' is an American game show that aired on CBS and NBC from 1953 to 1954. The series was hosted by Jack Paar, Bill Cullen
William Lawrence Francis Cullen (February 18, 1920 – July 7, 1990) was an American radio and televi ...
'' in 1954. From 1954 to 1955, he hosted NBC's ''Place the Face'', a program in which celebrities identified people from their past; he simultaneously hosted CBS's ''Name That Tune
''Name That Tune'' is an American television music game show. Originally created and produced by orchestra conductor Harry Salter and his wife Roberta Semple Salter, the series features contestants competing to correctly identify songs being p ...
''. From 1956 to 1965, he hosted the initial daytime and primetime versions of ''The Price Is Right
''The Price Is Right'' is a television game show franchise created by Bob Stewart, originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman; currently it is produced and owned by Fremantle. The franchise centers on television game shows, but also inc ...
'', another Goodson-Todman production. He was also a panelist on ''I've Got a Secret
''I've Got a Secret'' is an American panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. Created by comedy writers Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill, it was a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own panel show, ''What's My Line ...
'' from 1952 to 1967, and '' To Tell the Truth'' from 1969 to 1978, where he also guest-hosted on occasion. After relocating to Southern California
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, Cullen guest-hosted ''Password Plus
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'' for four weeks in April 1980 while original host Allen Ludden
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was being treated for stomach cancer.
Cullen was initially in the running to host the 1972 revival of ''The Price Is Right
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'', but the physical demands of the new format were deemed too strenuous for him. Consequently, when CBS picked up the daytime version, Bob Barker was selected to host the daytime version while Dennis James
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(who sold the pilot with Mark Goodson) hosted the syndicated nighttime version. Barker remained the show's daytime host until his retirement in 2007. Occasional references to Cullen have been made by current ''The Price Is Right'' host Drew Carey
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.
Other game shows Cullen hosted included ''Eye Guess
''Eye Guess'' was an American game show created by Bob Stewart and hosted by Bill Cullen, which aired on NBC from January 3, 1966, to September 26, 1969. The game combined a general knowledge quiz with a ''Concentration''-style memory element, w ...
'' in the 1960s; ''Three on a Match
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'', '' Blankety Blanks'', ''The Love Experts
''The Love Experts'' is an American television show that was part talk show and part game show that ran from September 18, 1978, to September 7, 1979. It was hosted by Bill Cullen and Jack Clark was the announcer. The show was created by Bob St ...
'', '' How Do You Like Your Eggs?'' (QUBE cable interactive program) and the syndicated version of ''The $25,000 Pyramid
''Pyramid'' is the collective name of a series of American television game shows that has aired several versions domestically and internationally. The original series, ''The $10,000 Pyramid'', debuted on March 26, 1973, and spawned seven subsequ ...
'' in the 1970s; and later in his career ''Chain Reaction
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Chain reactions are one way that sys ...
'', '' Blockbusters'', '' Child's Play'', '' Hot Potato'' and ''The Joker's Wild
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'' (his final hosting job from 1984 to 1986, following the death of Jack Barry).
In a 1984 ''TV Guide
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'' article, Cullen commented on the ease with which he seemed to land his hosting jobs:
"This is how it happens every time," says Cullen. A known packager comes up with the idea for a new show. The network says, do a run-through. They do. The network likes it, and they say, we'll give you a pilot. Then the network says, Who are we going to get to host it?
Packager: Who do you have in mind?
Network: Let's go with someone new.
Packager: Great idea. Who?
Network: Don't you know anybody?
Packager: No. There's so-and-so, but we tried him in a run-through and he didn't work out ... How about you? You know someone?
Network: No.
Now, the sets are constructed, the game is worked out, the staff is hired, it's two weeks before the show is to go on, they are ready to shoot the pilot.
Network: Well, have you thought of anybody yet?
Packager: No.
Network: Let's go with Bill Cullen.
That's almost exactly how NBC picked the host of ''Hot Potato''.
Cullen appeared as a celebrity guest on many other game shows, including ''I've Got a Secret
''I've Got a Secret'' is an American panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. Created by comedy writers Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill, it was a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own panel show, ''What's My Line ...
'', ''What's My Line?
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'', '' To Tell the Truth'', ''Personality
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'', ''The Cross-Wits
''The Cross-Wits'' is an American syndicated game show which premiered on December 15, 1975, and lasted for five seasons until its cancellation on September 12, 1980. The show was hosted by Jack Clark, with Jerri Fiala as hostess. Announcing d ...
'', ''Password
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'', ''Password Plus
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'', ''Match Game
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'', ''Tattletales
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'' (with his wife Ann), '' Break the Bank'', ''Shoot for the Stars
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'', and all of the pre-$100,000 versions of ''Pyramid
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''. Cullen hosted a number of pilots for his close friend, quiz producer Bob Stewart, who created ''The Price Is Right'', ''Truth'', and ''Password'' for Goodson-Todman and ''Pyramid'' for his own company. Cullen thus became the only person to host each of these formats on a full- or part-time basis. He also appeared as a panelist on game shows hosted by his favorite understudy, Bob Eubanks
Robert Leland Eubanks (born January 8, 1938) is an American disc jockey, television personality and game show host, best known for hosting the game show ''The Newlywed Game'' on and off since 1966. He also hosted the successful revamp version of ...
, including ''Trivia Trap
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'', '' Rhyme and Reason'', and ''All Star Secrets
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'', and he made guest appearances with Eubanks on ''Family Feud
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The show has had three separate runs, the ...
''.
In 1982, Cullen made an appearance on ''The Price Is Right'' to promote his new game show, ''Child's Play''. It was the only time he ever appeared on the revival of ''The Price Is Right'', but no mention was made of his role as the show's original host.
Achievements
Cullen did color commentary
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on college football
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Unlike most ...
games early in his career, and also broadcast track and field
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on NBC. On ''I've Got A Secret,'' producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman and host Garry Moore
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quickly learned to never start the questioning with Cullen if the guest's secret was anything sports-related or mechanical, because chances were good that he would guess it immediately.
During his television career, Cullen was nominated three times for Emmy Awards; his only win was a Primetime Emmy for hosting ''Three On A Match'' (1973). He was later nominated for Daytime Emmys for his work on ''Blockbusters'' (1982) and ''Hot Potato'' (1985).
Throughout his entire career in radio and television, Cullen hosted more than 25,000 individual episodes of radio and television shows.
Personal life
Marriages
Cullen was married three times and had no children. His first marriage was a brief one while still living in Pittsburgh. His second marriage (1948–1955) was to singer Carol Ames. On December 24, 1955, Cullen married former dancer and model Ann Roemheld Macomber, born Elise Ann Roemheld (whose sister was, at the time, married to game show announcer and future emcee Jack Narz
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Early years
Narz was born to John and Ado Narz, in Louisville, Kentucky, along with sister Mary, and younger brothe ...
), the daughter of composer Heinz Roemheld
Heinz Roemheld (May 1, 1901 – February 11, 1985) was an American composer.
Early life and career
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; this marriage lasted until his death in 1990. She occasionally worked as a model on Bill's ''The Price Is Right'' and made several appearances with him on ''Tattletales''. She died on July 21, 2018, aged 90.
Physical disability
Cullen contracted polio
Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. Approximately 70% of cases are asymptomatic; mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe s ...
in August 1921, when he was 18 months old. The long-term sequelae of that illness, combined with injuries sustained in a serious motor vehicle accident in 1937 requiring a nine-month hospitalization, made it difficult for him to walk or stand for an extended period of time.[Cox, Jim (2007). ''Radio Speakers: Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples Who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from the 1920s to the 1980s--A Biographical Dictionary''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . Pp. 71-72.]
Directors on his game shows took great care to limit the extent that Cullen was shown walking on camera. Each show's set was designed to accommodate Cullen's limited range of motion
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; the podiums, game boards, props, and any physical movements by contestants were arranged so that Cullen could, for the most part, remain stationary. Rather than the grand entrance common for most game show hosts, Cullen began each show either already seated, or hidden on set behind a nearby prop so he would only have to take a minimum number of steps to his podium. Similar accommodations were made when he appeared as a guest on other game shows.
As a consequence of these arrangements, many of Cullen's peers were likewise unaware of his disability, which occasionally led to awkward situations. In the August 2010 issue of '' GQ'' under the heading "Epic Tales of Embarrassment", Mel Brooks
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related the following story to writer Steve Heisler:
The week of October 17–21 in 1966—that would make me about 40—was a special celebrity week on ''Eye Guess''. Bill Cullen was the host. The game was very similar to ''Concentration''. I was teamed up with Julia Meade
Julia Meade Kunze (December 17, 1925 – May 16, 2016) was an American film and stage actress who was a frequent pitch person in live commercials in the early days of television in the 1950s.
Early years
Meade was born in Boston on December 1 ...
. Remember her? Actress, very pretty young lady, blonde... Okay, never mind. I don't think I won, but I did get the take-home game. Anyway, the show is over, and I start walking toward the podium to say good night to Bill, to thank him for having me on. He starts coming toward me cross-stage, and I don't know what he's doing. His feet are flopping. His hands are flying everywhere. He's doing this kind of wacky walk-of-the-unfortunates that Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...
used to do. So I figured, what the hell, I'll join him. I start doing, I dunno, this multiple-sclerosis walk, flapping my arms and doing the Milton Berle cross legs—my own Jerry Lewis impression... And Julia is whispering, "No! He's crippled, Mel!" I don't even hear her. Finally we meet in the middle, we hug, and he says to me, "You know, you're the only comic who's ever had the nerve to make fun of my crippled walk. Everyone's so careful, it makes me feel even worse." And I realize, Oh, my God, ''this guy is really crippled!'' It was my worst moment — and if you weren't me, probably the funniest thing that ever happened.
In the fall of 1969, shortly after ''Eye Guess'' ended, Cullen fell seriously ill. Diagnosed with pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the pancreas. The pancreas is a large organ behind the stomach that produces digestive enzymes and a number of hormones. There are two main types: acute pancreatitis, and chronic pancr ...
and requiring major surgery, Cullen took time off from work to recuperate. When he returned to television, particularly his position on the panel for ''To Tell The Truth'', his physical appearance had drastically changed; along with letting his hair grow out, his pancreatitis had caused him to lose over , leaving his face gaunt and wrinkled.
Hobbies
Cullen was a midget-car racer, and he was a member of the United States civil defense
United States civil defense refers to the use of civil defense in the history of the United States, which is the organized non-military effort to prepare Americans for military attack and similarly disastrous events. Late in the 20th century, th ...
air auxiliary.[ ]
Death
Cullen, a smoker for most of his life, died on July 7, 1990, of lung cancer at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles
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, aged 70. His widow, Ann Roemheld Macomber, died on July 21, 2018.[
]
References
External links
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The Bill Cullen Archive
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