American-born vaudeville entertainer, radio personality and quiz show host
For persons of a similar name, see Robert Dyer (disambiguation).
Bob Dyer
OBE
Born
Robert Neal Dyer
(1909-05-22)22 May 1909
Hartsville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died
9 January 1984(1984-01-09) (aged 74)
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Occupations
Vaudevillian
entertainer
singer
radio and television personality
quiz show host
Years active
1936−1971
Spouse
Dolly Dyer
Awards
Gold Logie
Robert Neal Dyer OBE (22 May 1909 – 9 January 1984) was a Gold Logie-award-winning American-born vaudeville entertainer and singer, radio and television personality, and radio and television quiz show host who made his name in Australia. Dyer is best known for the long-running radio and then television quiz show, Pick a Box.
At the height of his radio career, Dyer and his friend and rival, Jack Davey, were regarded as Australia's top quiz comperes.[1]
Bob and his wife, Dolly, were probably, after Sir Robert and Dame Pattie Menzies, the most recognised double act in Australia in the 1960s.[2] Bob and Dolly's main interest besides performing was big-game fishing and, between them, they broke some 200 world and Australian fishing records.
^Kent, Jacqueline (1990) Out of the Bakelite Box: the Heydey of Australian Radio, Rev ed., Crows Nest, ABC Enterprises, p. 168
^McGinness, Mark (2004) "An elegant and affable sidekick: Dolly Dyer, Quiz show hostess, fisherwoman, 1921–2004 (Obituary)", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-02-15
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autobiography, Omar!: My Life on and Off the Field, which he co-wrote with BobDyer, spent four weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List. It was released...
1957 and 1971. The program was hosted by the husband and wife duo Bob and Dolly Dyer Beginning initially as a radio program in 1948, it was heard Australia-wide...
Tim Adams, a local business owner. Dyer won the primary, but failed to get the 50% needed to avoid a runoff. Dyer received 44% of the vote, while Crawford...
2016 Akron, Ohio newspaper column in the Akron Beacon-Journal, journalist BobDyer requested information about Windsor, hoping to honor Akron's "mystery playmate"...
open secret within the Australian entertainment industry. In the 1960s, BobDyer described him as "probably the loneliest young man in Australia." In 1973...
of the Seven Network and Nine Network). The half-hour show was hosted BobDyer, who had previously hosted a version for radio on the Macquarie Radio Network...
October 21, 1914. In 2005, the bank changed its name to BankTexas. In 2013, BobDyer was named chairman and chief executive officer of the bank. The bank received...
Logie for providing TV's greatest moment in their moon telecast. Bob and Dolly Dyer received a special Gold Logie in recognition of their contribution...
station originally broadcast from. Brian Carlton Philip Clark Jack Davey BobDyer Terry Dear John Dease Ken Howard (race caller) John Tapp (race caller)...
Irish descent. The second of three children, Dyer had an elder brother, Vin, and a younger sister, Eileen. Dyer first played football at the Yarra Junction...
syndicated shows on nights Fox did not program, leading the Beacon Journal's BobDyer to call the station "an odd bird". The station set up a fan club in 1988...
Star Medal with Combat "V" for heroism. "Dye's heart is with the grunts", said Bob Rea, who worked with Dye as a combat correspondent during the worst...
1981 – Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1922) 1984 – BobDyer, American-Australian radio and television host (b. 1909) 1985 – Robert...
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