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Johnny Olson (1910–1985)

Actor

Trivia:

Prolific American television game show announcer almost exclusively with Mark Goodson Productions. See more trivia »

Born:

John Leonard Olson
in Windom, Minnesota, USA

Died:

(age 75) in Santa Monica, California, USA
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1972-1973 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Announcer
 
Show ShowSelf (57 titles)
1972-1985 The Price Is Right (TV series)
Himself - Announcer / Announcer / Himself - Annnouncer
– Episode #14.56 (1985) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #14.55 (1985) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #14.54 (1985) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #14.53 (1985) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #14.52 (1985) … Himself - Announcer
See all 2840 episodes »
 
1983-1984 Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 13 July 1984 (1984) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 12 July 1984 (1984) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 11 July 1984 (1984) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 10 July 1984 (1984) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 9 July 1984 (1984) … Himself - Announcer
See all 25 episodes »
 
1984-1985 Body Language (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Episode #1.5 (1984) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #1.4 (1984) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #1.3 (1984) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #1.2 (1984) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #1.1 (1984) … Himself - Announcer
 
1984 TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (TV special)
Himself - Announcer (voice)
 
1982-1984 Tattletales (TV series)
Announcer
 
1973-1982 Match Game 73 (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 1 February 1982 (1982) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 15 January 1982 (1982) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 5 September 1980 (1980) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #9.116 (1980) … Himself - Announcer
– Jenny Jones, Contestant (1980) … Himself - Announcer
See all 220 episodes »
 
1981 Blockbusters (TV series)
Announcer
 
1975-1981 Match Game PM (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Episode #6.28 (1981) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #6.15 (1980) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #1.1 (1975) … Himself - Announcer
 
1980 Card Sharks (TV series)
Announcer (both 1978 pilots) / Sub-announcer
 
1980 WKRP in Cincinnati (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Real Families (1980) … Himself - Announcer (uncredited)
 
1980 That's My Line (TV series)
Himself
 
1980 Password Plus (TV series)
Himself - Sub-Announcer
– Episode dated 31 March 1980 (1980) … Himself - Sub-Announcer
– Episode dated 11 February 1980 (1980) … Himself - Sub-Announcer
 
1979 Mindreaders (TV series)
Announcer (1979-1980)
 
1978/I The Honeymooners (TV movie)
Himself (voice) (uncredited)
 
1978/II The Honeymooners (TV movie)
Himself - Announcer (voice)
 
1977 The Honeymooners (TV movie)
Himself - Announcer/Town Crier
 
1976 Double Dare (TV series)
Announcer (December 1976-February 1977)
 
1976 Maude (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– The Game Show (1976) … Himself - Announcer
 
1976 Family Feud (TV series)
Announcer (1975 pilot)
 
1976 The Honeymooners (TV movie)
Himself - Announcer
 
1974 Now You See It (TV series)
Announcer (1974-1975)
 
1974 Tattletales (TV series)
Himself - Sub-Announcer
– Episode dated 11 June 1974 (1974) … Himself - Sub-Announcer
 
1973 Concentration (TV series)
Announcer (1973-1979)
 
1973-1979 Concentration (TV series)
Announcer
 
1973 The Jackie Gleason Special (TV movie)
Himself - Announcer
 
1973 NBC Follies (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 13 September 1973 (1973) … Himself - Announcer
 
1972 Wally's Workshop (TV series)
Himself - Announcer (1972-1973)
 
1972 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 November 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– 1971: Hollywood Footprints Masonry Master, John Tartaglia (1972) … Himself - Announcer
 
1971 Memory Game (TV series)
Announcer (1971) (as Johnny Olsen)
 
1968-1972 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 12 August 1971 (1971) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 11 February 1971 (1971) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 22 October 1970 (1970) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 11 June 1970 (1970) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 20 November 1969 (1969) … Himself - Announcer
See all 7 episodes »
 
1970 He Said, She Said (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 20 July 1970 (1970) … Himself - Announcer
 
1966-1970 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– The Honeymooners: Operation Protest (1970) … Himself - Announcer (as Johnny Olsen)
– The Honeymooners: We're Off to See the Wizard (1970) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #4.18 (1970) … Himself - Announcer (as Johnny Olsen)
– Episode #4.17 (1970) … Himself - Announcer (as Johnny Olsen)
– Episode #4.16 (1970) … Himself - Announcer
See all 76 episodes »
 
1969-1972 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Announcer
 
1962-1969 The Match Game (TV series)
Himself - Announcer / Announcer / Himself - Sub-Announcer / …
– Episode dated 15 October 1968 (1968) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 19 July 1963 (1963) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 18 July 1963 (1963) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 17 July 1963 (1963) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 16 July 1963 (1963) … Himself - Announcer
See all 72 episodes »
 
1960-1968 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 6 September 1968 (1968) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 22 May 1967 (1967) … Himself - Announcer (voice)
– Episode dated 24 January 1966 (1966) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 21 June 1965 (1965) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 17 May 1965 (1965) … Himself - Announcer
See all 67 episodes »
 
1967-1969 Snap Judgment (TV series)
Announcer
 
1961-1967 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Announcer / Announcer / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 3 September 1967 (1967) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 27 August 1967 (1967) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 20 August 1967 (1967) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 13 August 1967 (1967) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 6 August 1967 (1967) … Himself - Announcer
See all 252 episodes »
 
1965 Supermarket Sweep (TV series)
Himself - Sub-Announcer (1966)
 
1962-1966 Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (TV series)
Himself - Announcer / Himself / Vocalist
– Gleason Gaities 1966 (1966) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 23 April 1966 (1966) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #4.28 (1966) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #4.27 (1966) … Himself - Announcer
– Episode #4.26 (1966) … Himself - Announcer
See all 116 episodes »
 
1964-1976 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself - Announcer / Himself - In-Audience Announcer
– Episode dated 1 March 1965 (1965) … Himself - In-Audience Announcer
– Episode dated 10 February 1964 (1964) … Himself - Announcer
 
1963-1964 Missing Links (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Episode #1.1 (1963) … Himself - Announcer
 
1961 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Episode #1.1 (1961) … Himself - Announcer
 
1961 The Sin of Mona Kent
Himself
 
1958-1963 Play Your Hunch (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Episode dated 13 April 1960 (1960) … Himself - Announcer
 
1959 Split Personality (TV series)
Announcer (1959-1960)
 
1958-1959 Name That Tune (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
 
1957 Keep It in the Family (TV series)
Himself - Announcer (1957-1958)
 
1957 Hold That Note (TV series)
Himself - Announcer
– Episode #1.1 (1957) … Himself - Announcer
 
1956 Tic Tac Dough (TV series)
Announcer (Temp. Replaced: 1959)
 
1954 Manhattan Honeymoon (TV series)
Announcer
 
1953-1957 Break the $250,000 Bank (TV series)
Announcer
 
1953 The Strawhatters (TV series)
Emcee (May-September 1953)
 
1951 Kids and Company (TV series)
Himself - Co-Host (1951-1952)
 
1949 Johnny Olsen's Rumpus Room (TV series)
Himself - Host (1949-1952)
 
1949 Fun for the Money (TV series)
Host
 
1947 Doorway to Fame (TV series)
Host
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2012 The Price Is Right (TV series)
 
2009 2009 Game Show Awards (TV movie)
Himself (archive sound)
 
2007 A Celebration of Bob Barker's 50 Years in Television (TV special documentary)
Himself (archive sound)
 
1996 The Price Is Right 25th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
Himself - Announcer (uncredited)
 
1994 Corrina, Corrina
Himself (Name That Tune) (uncredited)
 
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Alternate Names:

Johnny Olsen

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Trivia:

Prolific American television game show announcer almost exclusively with Mark Goodson Productions. See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Gemini