Which panelists are still alive from Gene Rayburn hosted Match Game?

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Just looking from 1973-1982 half hour episodes. Not including Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour.

Two MASH-ers to start: Gary Burghoff and Loretta Swit

[ThisLittlePiggy]

Fannie Flagg

Dick Gautier

[biffbronson]

Joan Collins
Gina Hecht
Linda Kaye Henning
Elaine Joyce

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Originally Posted by ThisLittlePiggy

Dick Gautier

Sorry, no. Passed away in 2017.


Joyce Bulifant is still alive.

[stevea]

Jamie Farr?

[cd637299]

Originally Posted by stevea

Jamie Farr?

I cannot ever recall Farr being on the 70s Match Game.

It would be interesting to go back to the 60s version. Although not a panelist, Dick DeBartolo, who made some tweaks to the 60s version to add humor in the questions and to keep the 60s MG from being the proto-Family Feud, is still with us.

Also from the 60s version still with us as of 04/13/2025:

Rita Moreno (I think returned to the show 1979 or 80)
E.J. Peaker
Shani Wallis

Just from memory….and had to check Wiki to verify still being with us….dunno any male celebs from that version still with us, just DeBartolo.

I KNOW there’s a site that listed celebs from the 60s version—maybe gathered from TV Guides then. I will try to look for more.

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[cd637299]

WOW—if this is the definitive site, I found about 20 more celebrities from the 60s Match Game, still with us as of 04/13/2025.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0055688/fullcredits/

I won’t list them all, but two quite famous males stand out: Paul Anka &’Bobby Vinton.

I remember that the original MG loved athletes, and Sandy Koufax & Carl Yastrzemski are among the celebs.

Others include:

June Lockhart (at 99)
Michele Lee
Nancy Sinatra
Bill Cosby
William Shatner
Leslie Uggams
Brenda Vaccaro
Barbara Feldon
Carol Lawrence
Dionne Warwick
Shirley Jones

….and a few that I didn’t bother to look up if they were still alive….wow!

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[stevea]

Vicki Lawrence

Jamie Farr was just a guess since he appeared on other game shows.

I've read that only a few of the 60s version exist, and only one from after it went to color in 1963.

[cd637299]

There are 11 shows from the 60s making the rounds, and the 1969 Peggy Cass/Tony Randall ep is only at the Paley Center.

Sure it wasn’t as LOL funny as the 70s version—but I enjoyed the scoring system, especially as the score was on a scrolling wheel. I had always wondered “how high” that scoring wheel went—only DeBartolo could tell me!

A couple of 1964 shows should be on YT, to give an idea of the score wheel.

One 1965 ep on YT is audio only, and chock full of baseball stars.

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[Dude111]

I like Fanny alot

[ThisLittlePiggy]

Jimmie Walker

[ThisLittlePiggy]

Originally Posted by opus

Sorry, no. Passed away in 2017.


Joyce Bulifant is still alive.

I'm sorry he's no longer with us. My bad.

[ThisLittlePiggy]

Anson Williams

[PhoenixAcres]

Bart Braverman

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Originally Posted by cd637299

WOW—if this is the definitive site, I found about 20 more celebrities from the 60s Match Game, still with us as of 04/13/2025.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0055688/fullcredits/

I won’t list them all, but two quite famous males stand out: Paul Anka &’Bobby Vinton.

I remember that the original MG loved athletes, and Sandy Koufax & Carl Yastrzemski are among the celebs.

Others include:

June Lockhart (at 99)
Michele Lee
Nancy Sinatra
Bill Cosby
William Shatner
Leslie Uggams
Brenda Vaccaro
Barbara Feldon
Carol Lawrence
Dionne Warwick
Shirley Jones

….and a few that I didn’t bother to look up if they were still alive….wow!

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I was thinking this thread would be about the most famous version of the show (you know, the one Buzzr tends to beat to death) but yeah, that’s more people still around from the ‘60s version than I would have guessed.