Bill Cullen: Summary
- Recent Role:
- Host on Chain Reaction
- Birthday:
- 2-18-1920
- Birthplace:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Birth Name:
- William Lawrence Cullen
Bill Cullen would go down in history for hosting more game shows than anyone else. A bout with polio when he was a child left the Pittsburgh native with a limp. Some profiles claim the limp was due to an automobile accident when he was a junior at Pittsburgh's South High School, but Bill confirmed the polio and subsequent limp in a 1957 magazine article. Cullen developed his...
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- For the most part Bill Cullen's limp was hidden from viewers of the various gameshows on which he hosted or paneled and not refered to on camera. However on one rare instance, Bill himself made a reference to it. On an episode of I've Got a Secret, the panel was faced with a contestant (actor Billy Sands from The Phil Silvers Show in make-up) whose secret was "My interpereter and I are speaking in double-talk." After only one question Bill was immediatly suspicious and said, "I think somebody's pulling my good leg!"(edit)
- In 1983 Cullen was a contestant during "Game Show Hosts Week" on Family Feud. Other contestants included Bob Eubanks, Jim Perry, Nipsey Russell, Betty White, Tom Kennedy, Jim Lange, Peter Marshall, Bert Parks and Leslie Uggams.(edit)
- Bill made one forgettable record album titled, "Bill Cullen's Minstrel Spectacular." Bill introduced minstrel songs performed by studio musicians in this history of the uniquely American form of entertainment.(edit)
- Cullen was nominated three times for Emmy Awards: as host of Blockbusters, Three on a Match, and Hot Potato. He won the award in 1973 for Three on a Match.(edit)
- In 1977 Bill hosted four episodes of a game show titled How Do You Like Your Eggs? The series was a test of a new interactive cable TV system in which contestants and subscribers at home answered survey questions by pushing buttons on a box the network provided. The producers gave Bill a home version of the video game “Pong” to thank him for his help. According to the producers, Bill was fascinated with the game.(edit)
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