Tuesday, January 17, 2012

JANUARY 17th IS WARREN HULL'S BIRTHDAY

On This Day in 1903 actor/game show host Warren Hull was born in Gasport NY. A movie actor in the 30's, he turned to radio in the 40's with announcer/host roles on such shows as Your Hit Parade and Vox Pop. Hull was also the emcee of Spin To Win, only the second game show created by the team of Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. The next two decades he hosted TV game shows Strike It Rich, Top Dollar, Who In the World and Beat the Odds. He died of heart failure Sept 14 1974 at age 71.


Courtesy of Puget Sound Radio at:

http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1326781687/