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Mark Goodson(1915-1992)

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Mark Goodson
Mark Goodson was born on 14 January 1915 in Sacramento, California, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Family Feud (1976), Tattletales (1974) and What's My Line (1951). He was previously married to Suzanne Russell Waddell, Virginia McDavid and Bluma Neveleff. He died on 18 December 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJanuary 14, 1915
DiedDecember 18, 1992(77)
BornJanuary 14, 1915
DiedDecember 18, 1992(77)
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Known for

Richard Dawson in Family Feud (1976)
Family Feud
7.1
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Tattletales (1974)
Tattletales
6.9
TV Series
  • Producer
Isobel Barnett, Michael Denison, Gilbert Harding, and Barbara Kelly in What's My Line (1951)
What's My Line
7.0
TV Series
  • Producer
  • 1951
Password
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Producer

  • Play for Keeps!
  • Body Talk
  • To Tell the Truth
  • Match Game (1990)
    Match Game
  • Now You See It (1989)
    Now You See It
  • Bert Convy in Super Password (1984)
    Super Password
  • Richard Dawson, Fannie Flagg, Johnny Olson, Gene Rayburn, Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, and Betty White in Match Game PM (1975)
    Match Game PM
  • To Tell the Truth
  • Joyce Bulifant, Richard Dawson, Patti Deutsch, Fannie Flagg, Elaine Joyce, Dick Martin, Johnny Olson, Gene Rayburn, Charles Nelson Reilly, Nipsey Russell, Brett Somers, Marcia Wallace, and Betty White in Match Game (1973)
    Match Game
  • Beat the Clock (1979)
    Beat the Clock
  • Lois Hamilton, Janice Baker, and Jim Perry in Card Sharks (1978)
    Card Sharks
  • The Price Is Right (1972)
    The Price Is Right
  • I've Got a Secret
  • Tattletales (1974)
    Tattletales
  • What's My Line? At 25

Writer

  • Family Feud: la batalla de los famosos (2021)
    Family Feud: la batalla de los famosos
    • (creator)
  • Family Feud (2014)
    Family Feud
    • (creator)
  • Question de Charme
  • Call My Bluff (1965)
    Call My Bluff
  • Richard Dawson in Family Feud (1976)
    Family Feud
    • (creator)
  • What's My Line?
  • Schnick-Schnack
  • Password
  • What's My Line?
  • Isobel Barnett, Michael Denison, Gilbert Harding, and Barbara Kelly in What's My Line (1951)
    What's My Line
  • Play Your Hunch
  • The Name's the Same

Additional Crew

  • Blockbusters (1983)
    Blockbusters
  • Otto Leisner in Fup eller fakta (1966)
    Fup eller fakta
  • Cher, Karen Black, and Sandy Dennis in Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
    Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
  • Bennett Cerf, John Daly, Arlene Francis, and Dorothy Kilgallen in What's My Line? (1950)
    What's My Line?
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

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    • January 14, 1915
    • Sacramento, California, USA
    • December 18, 1992
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(pancreatic cancer)
    • August 17, 1972 - 1980 (divorced)
    • Jonathan M. Goodson
  • He and Bill Todman made an unsold pilot in 1959 called "Barbary Coast".

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Met former radio disc jockey and college student, Bill Cullen, who gave him his first job Winner Take All (1948) on radio, before transferring to television. The friendship would last for more than 35 years, before Cullen stepped down Goodson's company.
  • Quotes
    My occupation as a game show creator/producer is a strange calling in life. However, I had visions of creating radio and television games, and so did Bill Todman, so we teamed up and took on the challenge together. We had a love-hate business partnership. If I loved an idea, he hated it, and vice-versa. If we agreed, one of us wasn't doing his job.
    • Revamped original game shows to make them better

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