American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)
Not to be confused with Chuck Berry.
Chuck Barris
Barris in 1977
Born
Charles Hirsch Barris
(1929-06-03)June 3, 1929
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
March 21, 2017(2017-03-21) (aged 87)
Palisades, New York, U.S.
Alma mater
Drexel Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)
Television producer, television presenter, songwriter, author
Years active
1962–2010
Spouses
Lyn Levy
(m. 1957; div. 1976)
Robin Altman
(m. 1980; div. 1999)
Mary Clagett
(m. 2000; died 2017)
Children
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Charles Hirsch Barris (June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017)[1] was an American game show creator, producer, and host. Barris was known for hosting The Gong Show and creating The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. He was also a songwriter who wrote "Palisades Park", recorded by Freddy Cannon and also recorded by Ramones.
Barris wrote an autobiography titled Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which was made into the film of the same title starring Sam Rockwell and directed by George Clooney.
^Saperstein, Pat (March 22, 2017). "Chuck Barris, 'Gong Show' Host, Dies at 87".
Charles Hirsch Barris (June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017) was an American game show creator, producer, and host. Barris was known for hosting The Gong Show...
for broadcast on ABC. The show was created and originally produced by ChuckBarris, who also served as host for the NBC run and from 1977 to 1980 in syndication...
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(because ChuckBarris was an ABC employee at the time), and he performed the B-side of the record instead. Not wanting the song to go to waste, Barris commissioned...
December 20, 1965, and was the first of many shows created and packaged by ChuckBarris from the 1960s through the 1980s. ABC dropped the show on July 6, 1973...
Barris is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alex Barris (1922–2004), American-born Canadian television actor and writer Chuck Barris...
Stewart and Wink Martindale, and during that time, she appeared on another ChuckBarris show, The Dating Game. In 1969, Valentine played Gidget in the 1969 film...
Braceface, which he continued until 2004. In 2002, Cera played the young ChuckBarris (played by Sam Rockwell) in the George Clooney-directed film Confessions...
would warm up and entertain the audience during commercial breaks. Host ChuckBarris found him so entertaining that he had him dance on the show on-air, and...
the truth. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind was based on game show host ChuckBarris' widely debunked yet popular memoir of the same name, in which he claimed...
won the then-biggest leading role of his career as The Gong Show host ChuckBarris in George Clooney's directorial debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind...
– February 8, 1982) was an American television announcer, often for ChuckBarris productions—namely, The Newlywed Game and The Dating Game. He was born...
Beauty Show, both of which, like The Dating Game, were produced by ChuckBarris. (Barris hosted The Gong Show; Rip Taylor hosted The $1.98 Beauty Show; and...
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Merit for Outstanding Achievement for Oh God Book II[citation needed] ChuckBarris Rah Rah Show (TV) (1978) as Louanne The Long Days of Summer (1980) (TV)...
Critic. January 12, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2013. "GSN Airs 'The ChuckBarris Story: My Life on the Edge' December 10". The Futon Critic. November...
death. DeVore began his writing career in the late 1960s on shows like ChuckBarris' The Newlywed Game, The Steve Allen Show, and Tempo. DeVore married the...
attended Plymouth State. Littleton, Cynthia. "Paul Reubens Remembers ChuckBarris, Appearing on 'The Gong Show,' 'The Dating Game'". Variety. Retrieved...
ventured into being a Hollywood extra, as well as a repeat contestant on ChuckBarris' ABC daytime show The Dating Game. Before his film career began, Negron...
appears in the film Office Space. ChuckBarris and the Hollywood Cowboys performed a modified version of the piece as Barris's swan song when The Gong Show...
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