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Ralph Edwards (I) (1913–2005)

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Ralph Edwards was born near Merino, Colorado, in 1913, moving with his family to Oakland, California, when he was 12. He worked his way through college at radio stations in Oakland and San Francisco, graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1935 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama... See full bio »

Born:

Ralph Livingstone Edwards
in Merino, Colorado, USA

Died:

(age 92) in West Hollywood, California, USA
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1997 The People's Court (TV series) (producer)
 
1995 Bzzz! (TV series) (producer)
 
1988 Family Medical Center (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1987 This Is Your Life (TV special) (producer)
 
1983 This Is Your Life (TV series) (producer)
 
1981 The People's Court (TV series) (producer)
 
1981 This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1977 Knockout (TV series) (executive producer - 1977-1978)
 
1975 The Cross-Wits (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series) (producer)
 
1962 Who in the World (TV series) (executive producer - 1962)
 
This Is Your Life (TV series) (producer - 3 episodes, 1954-1957) (executive producer - 2 episodes, 1957-1958)
– Harry Warren (1958) (executive producer)
– Boris Karloff (1957) (producer)
– Gloria Swanson (1957) (executive producer)
– Lila Lee (1957) (producer)
– Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (1954) (producer)
 
1956 It Could Be You (TV series) (producer)
 
1955 Funny Boners (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Episode dated 5 March 1955 (1955) (executive producer)
 
The New Truth and Consequences (TV series) (executive producer, 1954-1988) (producer, 1950-1951)
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
2008 This Is Your Life (TV series)
– Shannon Noll (2008) (creator)
 
1978-1991 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
– David Tomlinson (1991) (creator)
– Richard Goolden (1978) (creator)
 
1987 This Is Your Life (TV special)
 
1975 This Is Your Life (TV series)
 
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series)
 
1957-1963 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
– Hattie Jacques (1963) (creator / devised by)
– Anna Neagle (1958) (creator)
– Episode dated 2 December 1957 (1957) (deviser)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1947 Beat the Band
Eddie Martin
 
1946 The Bamboo Blonde
Eddie Clark
 
1937 Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Radio Man (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2009 When Cotton Blossoms (documentary short) (the producers wish to thank)
 
2002 Biography (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Clara Bow: Hollywood's Silent Sexpot (2002) (special thanks)
 
1960 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series) (acknowledgment - 1 episode)
– This Is Your Life Donald Duck (1960) (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (27 titles)
2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (documentary)
 
2001 The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Lifetime Achievement Winner
 
1993 The 53th Annual Golden Apple Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 This Is Your Life (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
1986 NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Those Wonderful TV Game Shows (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1981 This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1976 The Good Old Days of Radio (TV documentary)
 
1973 Flip (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.3 (1973) … Himself
 
1971-1973 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself
– Anne Baxter (1973) … Himself - Host
– Mary Martin (1972) … Himself
– David Hartman (1972) … Himself - Host
– Barbara Eden (1972) … Himself
– Nanette Fabray (1971) … Himself - Host
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1972 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.10 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.9 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host
– Monica Dickens (1971) … Himself - Host
 
1962 The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (TV movie)
Himself
 
1952-1961 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself
– Robert Horton (1961) … Himself - Host
– Jayne Mansfield (1960) … Himself - Host
– Robert Stack (1960) … Himself - Host
– Cliff Arquette (1960) … Himself - Host
– Charles Coburn (1960) … Himself - Host
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1960 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.25 (1960) … Himself
 
1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - This Is Your Life
– NBC Fall Preview (1958) … Himself - This Is Your Life
 
1955-1958 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host / Himself
– Helen Kane (1958) … Himself - Host
– Thelma White (1957) … Himself - Host
– Ruth Davis (1957) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 May 1956 (1956) … Himself - Host
– Eamonn Andrews (1955) … Himself - Host
 
1957 Hollywood Glamour on Ice (short)
Himself
 
1956 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #4.8 (1956) … Himself
 
1955 I'll Cry Tomorrow
Himself (uncredited)
 
1954 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Life (short)
Himself - Guest Master of Ceromonies
 
1953 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.38 (1953) … Himself
 
1951 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - TV Emcee
– Episode #3.23 (1951) … Himself - TV Emcee
 
1950-1951 The New Truth and Consequences (TV series)
Emcee
 
1945 Radio Stars on Parade
Himself
 
1942 Seven Days' Leave
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2012 Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter Truth or Consequences (voice)
 
2009 When Cotton Blossoms (documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce (video short)
Himself on 'This Is Your Life'
 
2008 Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 A Celebration of Bob Barker's 50 Years in Television (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (documentary)
Himself (with Chasen on This Is Your Life) (uncredited)
 
1991 Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (documentary)
Himself - Host of 'This Is Your Life' (uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

In 1957, he produced a pilot for a TV series called "Life Story" which picked up where episode of his "This Is Your Life" series concluded. The series was not picked up by ABC.

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Trivia:

He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6116 Hollywood Boulevard and for Television at 6262 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. See more »

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