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William Selden Todman (July 31, 1916 – July 29, 1979) was an American television producer and personality born in New York City. He produced many of television's longest-running shows with business partner Mark Goodson, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.
Mark Leo Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an American television producer who specialized in game shows, most frequently with his business partner Bill Todman, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.
“He was always a writer,” said Todman's son Bill, Jr. “Even in college, he wrote plays, and for the newspaper. His creative calling got the best of him.” Todman met Goodson in 1941 on the WABC radio quiz show, The Battle of the Boroughs, for which Todman was the writer and Goodson was the emcee.
Dec 14, 2023 · Television Hall Of Fame game show historian Rich Fields speaks about the incredible business acumen of Bill Todman, one of the pioneers of television game shows.
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Jan 8, 2018 · That’s because dad was Bill Todman, with Mark Goodson one-half of the famed Goodson-Todman game show production empire, and his clarion call wasn’t so much a behest to shirk schoolwork as to preview what might become the next star in the duo’s ever-expanding onscreen firmament.
Oct 6, 2020 · Goodson-Todman Productions, formed by Mark Goodson and his longtime partner, Bill Todman, produced some of the longest running game shows in television history. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ludden (she’s Betty White) appear on Password – he as host, she as guest – over CBS-TV Monday (June 24), 1963.
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In 1946 in New York he formed a corporate partnership with Bill Todman, a salesman and accountant who could take care of the business end of a company that would specialize in game show production, freeing Goodson to focus on creative work.
