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Death. Todman died on July 29, 1979, two days before his 63rd birthday, in New York City as a result of a heart condition. He was survived by his wife Frances Holmes Burson and two children: William Jr. and Lisa Todman Plough. He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
- Television producer
- Johns Hopkins University (B.A.)
- 1948–1979
- 2; including Bill Todman Jr.
Oct 6, 2020 · After the quiz show scandals dissipated, producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman introduced America to game shows that didn’t lend themselves to cheating, panel game shows such as Password, What’s MyLine?,I’ve Got a Secret, and To Tell the Truth.
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.
- Early television game shows and Goodson-Todman Productions
- 1937–1992
- Television producer
- University of California, Berkeley (B.S., Economics, 1937)
Jan 8, 2018 · Says Bob Stewart, a 2010 Hall of Fame inductee who created Password, To Tell the Truth and The Price is Right, “Bill was the guy who would talk to the agents, to business affairs. The ability, in those days, to negotiate with the networks was a very special skill. When we approached them with an idea, there was a real open atmosphere.
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Mark Goodson , TV producer and his bride, the former Virginia McDavid, prepare to a board plane Aug. 17, 1956 for a flight to Europe for a honeymoon. Mark Goodson, of Goodson-Todman productions pauses during his testimony June 23, 1961 before a Federal Communications Commission hearing in a US courthouse in New York.
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