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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chuck_BarrisChuck Barris - Wikipedia

    Charles Hirsch Barris (June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017) [1] was an American game show creator, producer, and host. Barris was known for hosting The Gong Show and creating The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. He was also a songwriter who wrote "Palisades Park", recorded by Freddy Cannon and also recorded by Ramones.

  2. www.thefamouspeople.com › profiles › chuck-barrisChuck Barris Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life ...

    Mar 21, 2018 · Charles Hirsch Barris, popularly known as Chuck Barris, was an American game show creator, producer, and host best known for creating ‘The Dating Game’ and ‘The Newlywed Game’, and hosting ‘The Gong Show.’ He worked as an assistant under the TV personality Dick Clark before he became popular.

  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Chuck-BarrisChuck Barris | Biography & Facts | Britannica

    Jul 12, 2024 · Chuck Barris (born June 3, 1929, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 21, 2017, Palisades, New York) was an American television producer and host who created the iconic 1960s game shows The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game but was perhaps best remembered as the creator and host of the comic talent show The Gong Show, which originally ...

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  4. www.latimes.com › entertainment › la-me-chuck-barrisChuck Barris, creator of ‘The Gong Show’ and ‘The Dating Game ...

    Mar 22, 2017 · Chuck Barris, “The Gong Show” creator and host who claimed — though never too seriously — that he doubled as a CIA assassin during the height of his game show popularity, has died at his ...

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  5. www.snopes.com › news › 2017/03/22'Gong Show' Creator and Star Chuck Barris Dies at 87

    Mar 22, 2017 · Barris' first autobiography, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, was adapted into a 2002 feature film directed by George Clooney and starring Sam Rockwell as Barris. Born Charles Hirsch...

  6. www.tampabay.com › news › obituariesChuck Barris, 'Dating Game' creator, 'Gong Show' host, dies at 87

    Mar 22, 2017 · Chuck Barris, the creator of television's long-running The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game who later hosted the offbeat cult classic The Gong Show — and who claimed in a memoir to have been a...

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  8. gameshows.fandom.com › wiki › Chuck_BarrisChuck Barris | Game Shows Wiki | Fandom

    Charles Hirsch "Chuck" Barris (born June 3, 1929, died March 21, 2017) was an American author, film director, game show producer and presenter who was responsible for many of the best-known game shows of the 1960s and 1970s.