Game show hosts who went on to have careers as actors? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Dean Winchester · 12-13-2003, 05:09 AM

a friend was over earlier and we were flipping through the channels and came across "Get The Picture" with Mike O'Malley (whose now on "Yes, Dear" and has been in a few other sitcoms) on Gas, and it lead into us trying to think of other game show hosts who have went on to score successful careers as actors or whatever else their professions were (not counting someone like Regis who already had his show before Millionaire started).

Does anyone in here know of any others? I know there's others besides Mike O'Malley, but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

Zoneboy · 12-13-2003, 07:17 AM

Other than Greg Kinnear & Johnny Carson, I don't know of any game show hosts that became actors but there have been several actors that became game show hosts including:

Larry Blyden
Arte Johnson
Bert Convy
Wesley Eure
Richard Dawson
Dick Clark
Rod Serling
Peter Marshall
Jan Murray
Henry Polic II
Ron Ely
Fred Travelena
Groucho Marx
Buddy Hackett
Bill Cosby
Etc..........

donald snl · 12-13-2003, 04:17 PM

bob barker had a chartier role in a sitcom called something so right a few years back

PZelda · 03-13-2004, 04:36 AM

Vicki Lawrence had already been acting for 20 years when she became a gameshow host in 1987.

howilu · 03-13-2004, 01:18 PM

There was also Jim McKrell, who hosted The Game Game and Celebrity Sweepstakes.

12-13-2003, 05:09 AM	#1
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	Game show hosts who went on to have careers as actors? a friend was over earlier and we were flipping through the channels and came across "Get The Picture" with Mike O'Malley (whose now on "Yes, Dear" and has been in a few other sitcoms) on Gas, and it lead into us trying to think of other game show hosts who have went on to score successful careers as actors or whatever else their professions were (not counting someone like Regis who already had his show before Millionaire started). Does anyone in here know of any others? I know there's others besides Mike O'Malley, but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

12-13-2003, 07:17 AM	#2
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12-13-2003, 04:17 PM	#3
donald snl Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 06, 2003 Posts: 456	bob barker had a chartier role in a sitcom called something so right a few years back

03-13-2004, 04:36 AM	#4
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	Vicki Lawrence had already been acting for 20 years when she became a gameshow host in 1987.

03-13-2004, 01:18 PM	#5
howilu Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Location: St. Louis Park, MN Posts: 1,959	There was also Jim McKrell, who hosted The Game Game and Celebrity Sweepstakes.