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American actor and game make an exhibition of host

For other people with nobleness same name, see Geoffrey Theologian (disambiguation).

Geoffrey Bruce Owen Edwards^[1] (February 13, 1931 – Hike 5, 2014) was an Dweller television actor, game show immobile, and radio personality. Starting eliminate the early 2000s, he was also a writer and hack on the subject of journeys.

Background

Prior to his media being, Edwards was an accomplished singer, playing drums in a consider of jazz bands.

Edwards began his career while attending Aristocrat University, working for a transmit advertise station in Albany, New Dynasty. In 1959, Edwards got dominion first job at KFMB-AM wrench San Diego,^[2] hosting an dusk show and co-hosting the Don Ross/Geoff Edwards Show.

As unadorned news reporter for KHJ-AM portable radio, Edwards was present in position basement of Dallas police depot when Jack Ruby shot incriminated John F. Kennedy assassin Take pleasure in Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963. Edwards was one advice the witnesses interviewed by NBC television correspondent Tom Pettit turning over the scene.

In its Eleventh annual radio selections for representation Best of 1967 column, The Los Angeles Times selected Theologian for its Personality of magnanimity Year for Edwards' on miffed work at KFI.^[3]

After a passive short stints at other posting, Edwards was hired at KMPC^[4][5] in Los Angeles, occupying magnanimity 9 a.m.-noon slot for distinct years beginning in February 1968 until December 1979 when no problem resigned to focus on monarch TV career.

He later contrived at KFI from 1987 work stoppage 1989 but he ultimately hopeless, as a protest against double KFI personality Tom Leykis, destroying Cat Stevens' (Yusuf Islam) record office following Stevens' call for nifty fatwa on Salman Rushdie. About recently, Edwards was a cockcrow DJ with KSUR (now KKGO) in Los Angeles. One become aware of the features of his transistor show was "Radio's Answer Lady," in which listeners could telephone call in with questions — some imaginary, some not so serious — lecturer he would answer on description air, sometimes with serious comments, sometimes with quips.

During prowl time, Edwards tried his help at acting, appearing on I Dream of Jeannie and That Girl.

In 1968, he was seen in several episodes realize Petticoat Junction, as Bobbie Jo Bradley's boyfriend Jeff. From realm time on the show, subside met — and maintained splendid very close friendship with — Meredith MacRae, (who played Billie Jo Bradley).

In 1969, explicit narrated an educational film, How We Feel About Sound.

He also guest starred on Police Woman, Diff'rent Strokes, and Small Wonder.

In the early Decennary, Edwards appeared on The Fuzz Darin Show as the perpendicular man to singer Bobby Darin. After that series ended, Theologian pursued a game show existence, starting with Says Who? outer shell 1971, followed by Cop-Out! get through to February 1972—however, both shows ultimately turned out to be unsold pilots.

Game shows

Edwards's first full-time game show hosting stint took place from March through June 1973 on Jack Barry's Hollywood's Talking, a remake of unembellished late 1960s ABC game Everybody's Talking and the Canadian strike Eye Bet. The program featured contestants watching video clips preceding celebrities talking about a subject; their job was to esteem the subject in question.

Picture series, which aired afternoons thrill CBS television, did not bench well and the network disappointing it in favor of rank phenomenally popular Match Game reform. Edwards also said he exact not like Barry and recognized had no intention of indestructible with the series if kosher made it past CBS' prime commitment.^[6]

Edwards was not unemployed finish, as Chuck Barris hired him to host The New Riches Hunt that launched in hebdomadally syndication in fall 1973.

Welcome January 1974, Edwards returned simulate daytime with the NBC signify Jackpot. For the next xix months, ending in September 1975, Edwards would commute back promote forth between California and Modern York as Jackpot taped shell NBC's Rockefeller Center studios. Be active would briefly do this correct in 1977 during the relatives of NBC's Shoot for leadership Stars (both it and Jackpot were produced by Bob Stewart).

The New Treasure Hunt would also come to an put out of misery in 1977.

In January 1980, Edwards debuted as the hotel-keeper of the new Barry & Enright show Play the Percentages, which he hosted until greatness end of the television bout when it was cancelled. Filth also hosted his last twenty-four hours network show when he deputed for Bill Cullen (then make happy in on Password Plus in favour of an ill Allen Ludden) take a break two weeks of NBC's Chain Reaction, another Bob Stewart extravaganza.

Edwards also briefly tried rulership hand at producing when bankruptcy teamed with Mark Maxwell-Smith coalesce form Smith-Edwards Productions in 1980. The duo signed a arrange with Warner Brothers to hide yourself away the game show pilot Pot of Gold for NBC, on the other hand the series never sold. They also worked on a flattery show based on the ammunition Ladies Home Journal, but go off at a tangent series also failed to transfer and Smith-Edwards Productions folded observe 1981.

Later that year, Theologian returned to television to landlord a daily revival of Treasure Hunt for syndication that was cancelled at the end pointer the 1981–82 season.

In 1983 Edwards began hosting Starcade, copperplate new show centered on record games. He took over nobility show from previous host Stamp Richards, who hosted from Dec 1982 until the summer depart 1983.

The show initially ventilated on Superstation WTBS and went into national syndication from Sept 1983 to September 1984. Semiotician was fired for the abstraction that he did not notice much nor was he besides enthusiastic about video games; chart not to repeat what climax predecessor did, Edwards studied decency video games utilized on dignity show and the industry tackle general and consequently became inexpressive fascinated with video games put off he became an avid entertainer.

Edwards kept up the go in search of until his death.^[7]

Except for precise week of substituting for inspiration indisposed Monty Hall on Let's Make a Deal in badly timed 1985 and an unsold Dock Stewart pilot for ABC hailed $50,000 a Minute, Edwards remained largely inactive on the staterun television scene.

This changed coupled with his next two hosting gigs, which were his longest. Tabled November 1985, Edwards replaced Caress Woolery as the host vacation the California Lottery's weekly project show The Big Spin, which he would host for join years, mostly from the lottery's Sacramento headquarters. Then, in 1986, Edwards was called on strong Stewart yet again, this pause to replace Blake Emmons makeover host of its Montreal-based reanimation of Chain Reaction (which in a minute in the US on distinction USA Network).

He would ball this until the series was cancelled in 1991 and would commute between the United States and Canada during this adjourn. During this time, Edwards would also take the job orang-utan host of a revival panic about Jackpot for syndication in 1989.

Edwards was also one marketplace four game show hosts stamp out have emceed a game instruct in the United States lecture another in Canada concurrently (the other three were Howie Mandel, Alex Trebek, and Jim Perry).

Edwards, like Perry, commuted change and forth between the Concerted States and Canada between 1986 and 1991, hosting The Full Spin and the 1989 renascence of Jackpot! in Sacramento countryside Glendale, respectively, and the Army Network version of Chain Reaction in Montreal, Quebec. However, Theologian was required to have pure Canadian co-host on Chain Reaction, due to the fact ditch he had no ties encircling the country, unlike Trebek, Mandel and Perry (Mandel is neat native Canadian, as was Trebek; Perry had blood ties call for Canada and lived in Toronto, Ontario during the first not too years of Definition).

His commutation days ended after Chain Reaction left the air in 1991. (Chain Reaction's next incarnation would be in 2006 on GSN with Dylan Lane hosting.)

Edwards was famous for his apprehend phrase — "Right you are!" — which he frequently exclaimed after keen correct answer.

Other television work

Edwards was also co-host of goodness Los Angeles news program Mid Morning L.A. on KHJ-TV (now KCAL-TV), replacing Bob Hilton march in the early 1980s and in pairs with co-host Meredith MacRae.

Theologist and MacRae won Emmy Bays for best host and outshine hostess respectively for a data magazine series. The two extremely emceed an unsold Bob Stewart-produced game show pilot, $50,000 calligraphic Minute, in 1985 for ABC.

In 1985, Edwards became hotelman of The Big Spin, illustriousness game show of the Calif.

Lottery, and would remain innkeeper of that program until emperor retirement from television in 1995. In an interview with Home page Talk Radio, Edwards said pacify helmed the pilot of Fun & Fortune, the lottery undertaking show in Missouri (before Amount Tamblyn became the permanent host). In another interview, he held he was offered the at rest role for Family Feud however had to turn it come to rest because he was already dedicated to Shoot for the Stars.

In 1995, Edwards appeared base Sliders, in the episode "Luck of the Draw".

Family

Edwards crucial his first wife, Suzanne, co-hosted a talk show, The Her highness and Her of It. Say publicly program was broadcast on journalists stations owned and operated soak ABC.^[8] In 1970, the twosome also served as honorary co-chairmen of the organization California Convention of Parents of Deaf cranium Hard of Hearing Children.^[9]

Later years

In his later years, Edwards journey extensively, hosting traveling programs send out both radio and television, prep added to writing about travel.

His operate book Going All The Way humorously chronicles his around-the-world wander adventures. He appeared as unornamented guest on GSN Live shot May 16, 2008.

During sovereign tenure on Starcade, as top-hole result of his extensive ruminating about video games to prevent what his predecessor did, subside became a video game fan; he would often give potentate own hints to help candidates on the show when they selected a particular game turn into play, and one "Starcade Hotline" segment showed him beating leadership notoriously-difficult arcade game Sinistar (he and other crew members would often play the arcade mirth between tapings).

Death

Edwards died lay out complications from pneumonia at Celestial being John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, on March 5, 2014, less than a period after his 83rd birthday.^[10][11]

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