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Allen Funt was an American TV producer, director, writer and host of Candid Camera, a hidden camera show. He also made films, taught psychology, collected art and survived a plane hijacking.
Sep 6, 1999 · The creator of Candid Camera, a TV show that pranked unsuspecting people, died in 1999. He was a TV pioneer who invented a genre of reality-based entertainment and made people laugh at themselves.
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Allen Funt was a producer and writer who invented hidden camera style comedy programming. He was born in 1914 in New York, married twice, and died in 1999 in California.
- September 16, 1914
- September 5, 1999
Allen Funt (1914-1999) was the creator and host of the hidden camera show Candid Camera, which aired on radio and TV from 1948 to 1999. He also produced and wrote other shows, such as Money Talks and Here's Lucy, and directed several Candid Camera videos and movies.
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- New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Pebble Beach, California, USA
Sep 7, 1999 · Allen Funt, the creator and original host of ''Candid Camera,'' network television's kindhearted snare for the unwary, died on Sunday at his home in Pebble Beach, Calif. He was 84.
Sep 7, 1999 · The TV pioneer hosted and managed the hidden camera show for nearly 50 years, making millions of people smile. He also produced films, books and albums based on the concept of the hidden camera.
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Sep 7, 1999 · Allen Funt was a pioneer of reality television, who caught ordinary people unaware with hidden cameras and recorded their reactions. He hosted and produced Candid Camera for 51 years, and also made films, books and albums based on the concept.
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