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Bill Cullen

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Biography

Bill Cullen would go down in history for hosting more game shows than anyone else. A bout with polio when he was a child…more

Born

2/18/1920, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

7/7/1990

Birth Name

William Lawrence Cullen

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (17)

Role
- Chain Reaction
  Host
  - S 6: Ep 2 $40,000 Tournament Game 1
    12/31/90
  - S 6: Ep 1 $40,000 Tournament Game 1
    12/31/90
  - S 5: Ep 130 Tournament of Champions (15)
    6/29/90
  - S 5: Ep 129 Tournament of Champions (14)
    6/28/90
  - S 5: Ep 128 Tournament of Champions (13)
    6/27/90
  - + 618 More Credits
- Hot Potato
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 115 Celebrity Show 50
    6/29/84
  - S 1: Ep 114 Celebrity Show 49
    6/28/84
  - S 1: Ep 113 Celebrity Show 48
    6/27/84
  - S 1: Ep 112 Celebrity Show 47
    6/26/84
  - S 1: Ep 111 Celebrity Show 46
    6/25/84
  - + 110 More Credits
- Child's Play
  Host
- The $25,000 Pyramid
  Host (1974-79)
- Blockbusters
  Host (1980-1982)
  - S 3: Ep 80 Show 372
    4/23/82
  - S 3: Ep 79 Show 371
    4/22/82
  - S 3: Ep 78 Show 370
    4/21/82
  - S 3: Ep 77 Show 369
    4/20/82
  - S 3: Ep 76 Show 368
    4/19/82
  - + 224 More Credits
- Blockbusters
  Host - 1980-1982
  - S 2: Ep 168 Show 214
    8/27/81
  - S 2: Ep 167 Show 213
    8/26/81
  - S 2: Ep 166 Show 212
    8/25/81
  - S 2: Ep 165 Show 211
    8/24/81
  - S 2: Ep 164 Show 210
    8/21/81
  - + 136 More Credits
- Password Plus
  Sub-Host (1980)
  - S 2: Ep 76 PWP-336
    4/21/80
  - S 2: Ep 71 PWP-331
    4/14/80
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Syndicated Host (1974-1979)
  - S 6: Ep 13 Lynn Redgrave & Billy Crystal
    11/28/77
  - S 6: Ep 12 Lynnie Greene & John Schuck
    11/21/77
  - S 6: Ep 11 Joyce Bulifant & David Doyle
    11/14/77
  - S 6: Ep 8 Rita Moreno & Tony Randall
    10/24/77
  - S 6: Ep 7 Lois Nettleton & Rick Hurst
    10/17/77
  - + 86 More Credits
- Three on a Match
  host
- You're Putting Me On
  host (replaced Bill Leyden after Leyden died)
  - — Pilot
- You're Putting Me On
  Regular Panelist
  - S 1: Ep 27 Week 26
    12/22/69
  - S 1: Ep 26 Week 25
    12/15/69
  - S 1: Ep 25 Week 24
    12/8/69
  - S 1: Ep 24 Week 23
    12/1/69
  - S 1: Ep 23 Week 22
    11/24/69
  - + 14 More Credits
- I've Got a Secret (1952)
  Host (1976)
  - S 14: Ep 2 January 24, 1966
    1/24/66
  - S 14: Ep 1 September 13, 1965
    9/13/65
  - S 13: Ep 0 November 16, 1964
    11/16/64
  - S 12: Ep 570 September 16, 1963
    9/16/63
  - S 11: Ep 550 March 4, 1963
    3/4/63
  - + 48 More Credits
- Eye Guess
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 5 Friday January 7, 1966
    1/7/66
  - S 1: Ep 4 Thursday January 6, 1966
    1/6/66
  - S 1: Ep 3 Wednesday January 5, 1966
    1/5/66
  - S 1: Ep 2 Tuesday January 4, 1966
    1/4/66
  - S 1: Ep 1 Eye Guess (Debuted on 1/3/1966).
    1/3/66
- To Tell the Truth (1956)
  Panelist (mid-1960s-1981); substitute host (1970, 1977)
  - S 2: Ep 21 January 14, 1958
    1/14/58
  - S 2: Ep 20 January 7, 1958
    1/7/58
  - S 2: Ep 19 December 31, 1957
    12/31/57
  - S 2: Ep 18 December 24, 1957
    12/24/57
  - S 2: Ep 17 December 17, 1957
    12/17/57
  - + 54 More Credits
- Place the Face
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 43 April 22, 1954
    4/22/54
  - S 1: Ep 42 April 15, 1954
    4/15/54
  - S 1: Ep 41 April 8, 1954
    4/8/54
  - S 1: Ep 40 April 1, 1954
    4/1/54
  - S 1: Ep 39 March 25, 1954
    3/25/54
  - + 8 More Credits
- Bank on the Stars
  host (May - July 1954)
- The Name's the Same
  Panelist
  - S 2: Ep 27 Episode dated 24 February 1953
    2/24/53
  - S 2: Ep 26 Episode dated 10 February 1953
    2/10/53
  - S 2: Ep 21 Episode #20
    12/31/52
  - S 2: Ep 20 Episode #19
    12/24/52
  - S 2: Ep 19 Episode # 18
    12/17/52
  - + 19 More Credits
Recurring Role (7)

Role
- Super Password
  Bill Cullen
  - S 1: Ep 25 Marcia Wallace, Bill Cullen Episode 25
    10/26/84
  - S 1: Ep 24 Marcia Wallace, Bill Cullen Episode 24
    10/25/84
  - S 1: Ep 23 Marcia Wallace, Bill Cullen Episode 23
    10/24/84
  - S 1: Ep 22 Marcia Wallace, Bill Cullen Episode 22
    10/23/84
  - S 1: Ep 21 Marcia Wallace, Bill Cullen Episode 21
    10/22/84
- Password Plus
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 7 PWP-156
    2/15/82
  - S 3: Ep 1 PWP-105
    1/5/81
  - S 2: Ep 221 PWP-98
    11/10/80
  - S 2: Ep 201 PWP-94
    10/13/80
  - S 2: Ep 146 PWP-83
    7/28/80
  - + 5 More Credits
- Password Plus
  Sub-Host
  - S 2: Ep 86 PWP-346
    5/5/80
  - S 2: Ep 81 PWP-341
    4/28/80
- Match Game '73
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 16 MG79-16 (The Last Broadcast on CBS-TV)
    4/18/79
- All Star Secrets
  Panelist
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 15 Caren Kaye & Bill Cullen
    12/12/77
  - S 5: Ep 50 Lucie Arnaz & Bill Cullen
    8/8/77
  - S 5: Ep 16 Anita Gillette & Bill Cullen
    12/13/76
  - S 5: Ep 5 Anne Meara & Bill Cullen
    9/27/76
  - S 4: Ep 45 Barbara Feldon & Bill Cullen
    7/12/76
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Match Game
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 25 Bill Cullen & Hugh Downs
    2/17/69
  - S 6: Ep 24 Fannie Flagg & Bill Cullen
    2/12/68
  - S 6: Ep 16 Bess Myerson & Bill Cullen
    12/18/67
  - S 5: Ep 37 Phyllis Newman & Bill Cullen
    5/15/67
  - S 4: Ep 17 Joan Rivers & Bill Cullen
    12/20/65
Guest Star (15)

Role
- Super Password
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 27 Marcia Wallace, Bill Cullen Episode 98
    2/8/85
  - S 2: Ep 26 Marcia Wallace, Bill Cullen Episode 97
    2/7/85
  - S 2: Ep 25 Marcia Wallace, Bill Cullen Episode 96
    2/6/85
  - S 2: Ep 24 Marcia Wallace, Bill Cullen Episode 95
    2/5/85
  - S 2: Ep 23 Marcia Wallace, Bill Cullen Episode 94
    2/4/85
- Tattletales
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 1 September 8, 1982
    9/8/82
  - S 6: Ep 7 March 1, 1982
    3/1/82
  - S 4: Ep 51 August 29, 1977
    8/29/77
  - S 3: Ep 47 July 19, 1976
    7/19/76
  - S 2: Ep 47 July 28, 1975
    7/28/75
  - + 2 More Credits
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 44 Lois Nettleton & Bill Cullen (The Last $20,000 PYRAMID)
    6/23/80
  - S 7: Ep 47 Adrienne Barbeau & Bill Cullen
    7/23/79
  - S 7: Ep 27 Anne Meara & Bill Cullen
    3/5/79
  - S 7: Ep 14 Lynn Redgrave & Bill Cullen
    12/4/78
- Password Plus
  Guest
- Match Game '73
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 39 MG77-39
    9/26/77
  - S 4: Ep 16 MG76-16
    4/14/76
  - S 2: Ep 13 MG74-13
    3/28/74
- $10,000 Pyramid
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 7 Stephanie Braxton & Bill Cullen
    10/13/75
  - S 3: Ep 51 Lee Meriwether & Bill Cullen
    8/18/75
  - S 3: Ep 27 Jo Anne Worley & Bill Cullen
    3/3/75
  - S 1: Ep 21 Fannie Flagg & Bill Cullen
    8/13/73
- Match Game '73
  Panelist
  - S 1: Ep 18 MG73-18
    11/12/73
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 51 August 16-20, 1971
    8/16/71
- Match Game PM
  panelist
  - S 1: Ep 37 Match Game PM #1-37
- Password
  Guest
  - S 7: Ep 209 Joan Fontaine & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Episode
    3/22/67
  - S 3: Ep 12 EPISODE
    7/8/63
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 12: Ep 45 EPISODE #572
    7/9/61
- The Garry Moore Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 33 May 25, 1959
    5/25/59
- Person to Person
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 19 January 18, 1957
    1/18/57
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest Team
  - S 7: Ep 31 EPISODE #304
    4/1/56
- What's My Line?
  Guest Panelist
  - S 2: Ep 10 EPISODE #25
    11/19/50

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Trivia
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- After Eye Guess went off the air in 1969, Bill entered the longest period of his career in which he did not host a show. It would be a year and a half before he took another hosting job. However, during the lull Bill appeared as a regular panelist on To Tell the Truth and You're Putting Me On while hosting a one- to five-minute weekday feature on NBC Radio called "Emphasis."
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- During his early days in New York Bill worked as a stage announcer for Tommy Dorsey's orchestra, which featured young singer Frank Sinatra.
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- During his college years Bill worked in his father's garage as a mechanic and tow-truck driver.
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Quotes
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- Bill Cullen: (on appearing with fellow panel member Henry Morgan on I've Got a Secret) I've got to be careful that Henry Morgan and I don't get kidding and forget about the game. We've had the riot act read to us, let's face it. We've gotten the riot act for horsing up the show too much.
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- Bill Cullen: (on leaving his radio show in Pittsburgh to move to New York City) I looked at other no-longer-young guys in a deep rut on stations like mine, and said no, I'm not gonna be like this, even if I starve.
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- Bill Cullen: (on his 1955-1961 radio show) When I look back on my career, to use the term loosely, it's one of my favorite times, because it was a stream of consciousness thing. I'd get up early, my wife would have my coffee for me, I'd have my same cab driver who picked me up every morning and brought me into the studio there at 30 Rock, and I would just…if I didn't feel up to it I would pretty much just give the time and announce what we were going to play, and sooner or later something would occur and we'd start chatting.
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