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- Producer
- Actor
For 35 years, Bob Barker had been the host of The Price is Right (1972) game show. Not only is it the highest-rated daytime program, it is also the longest-running game show in TV history, surpassing the prime-time hit What's My Line? (1950), which ran for 18 years. He also served as the executive producer of the program, since 1988, until his retirement in 2007. Named the most popular game show host of all time in a national poll, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Daytime Television in 1999. Although he has graced our television screens for more than four decades, his career continued at full circle, until he left the show, in 2007, only to be replaced by comedian Drew Carey.
In 1996, he made his motion picture debut in Universal Pictures' Happy Gilmore (1996), in which he played himself with Adam Sandler. His real acting debut, however, came when he was asked to play Mel Harris' father in NBC's Something So Right (1996). Another honor came when one of the most historic sites in the history of television, Stage 33 at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, was re-dedicated as the Bob Barker Studio in ceremonies following the taping of the 5,000th episode of "The Price is Right", on March 11, 1998. Barker was the first performer to whom CBS has ever dedicated a stage.
Barker was born in Darrington, Washington, and spent most of his youth on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where his mother was a schoolteacher. His family eventually moved to Springfield, Missouri, where he attended high school and Drury College on a basketball scholarship. World War II interrupted his studies and he joined the US Navy, becoming a fighter pilot, but the war ended before he was assigned to a seagoing squadron.
Following his discharge, Barker returned to Drury and took a job at a local radio station to help finance his studies. It was there he discovered what he did best being to host audience participation shows. After graduating summa cum laude with a degree in economics, he went to work for a radio station in Palm Beach, Florida. A year later he moved to Los Angeles, and within a week he was the host of his own radio program, "The Bob Barker Show". He made his debut, at the end of 1956 on national television as the host of the popular The All New Truth or Consequences (1950). Ralph Edwards, the show's originator, had sold the show to NBC as a daytime strip, but he had not chosen a host. He auditioned other hosts in Hollywood and New York for weeks, but when he heard "The Bob Barker Show" on his car radio, he knew he had found the man for the job. Proving that Edwards had chosen him wisely, Barker hosted "Truth or Consequences" for an unbelievable 18 years, until the show ended in 1975, and he and Edwards remained close friends, until Edwards's death in 2005. They drank a toast at lunch every December 21st to celebrate the day in 1956, when Edwards notified him he was going to become the host of "Truth or Consequences".
Barker had been twice named in the Guinness Book of World Records as Television's "Most Durable Performer," at 3,524 shows, and "Most Generous Host in Television history" for awarding $55 million in prizes on his various shows. During the ensuing years, the $55-million figure had increased to more than $200 million. He had won 11 Emmys as a Game Show Host, more than any other performer, and 2 more as Executive Producer of "The Price is Right". He also was given the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999, for a total of 14, and won 2 additional awards, for a total of 16 Emmys. He had also received the coveted Carbon Mike Award of the Pioneer of Broadcasters.
In 1978, he developed "The Bob Barker Fun & Games Show", a series of personal appearances that attracted record-breaking audiences throughout the US and Canada. He also established the DJ&T Foundation in Beverly Hills, California, the purpose of which is to help control the dog and cat population. He was funding the foundation through his own resources to support low-cost or free spay/neuter clinics. This foundation is named in memory of his late wife, Dorothy Jo, and his mother, Matilda (Tilly) Valandra, both of whom loved animals. Barker's work on behalf of animals has garnered him a long list of awards from prestigious humane organizations across the country. In fact, a columnist wrote Bob had become a part-time television host and a full-time animal rights activist. However, he assured his audiences there was room in his busy life for both television and animals.
After his retirement, Barker had made 3 more appearances, on "The Price is Right", the first being to promote his autobiography, " Priceless Memories :, then, on his 90th birthday, in 2013 he briefly replaced Drew Carey, at the show's intro, for an April Fools' Day joke, which was his last appearance. In 2010, The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society announced it had purchased and outfitted a ship to interdict with Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean using $5 million dollars, provided by him, the same year, he donated $2.5 million, toward the purchase of office space for the organization in Los Angeles. The "Bob Barker Building" opened in 2012.
Bob Barker passed away on August 26, 2023, in Hollywood Hills, California, after a long battle against Alzheimer's disease. He was 99.- Stunts
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
Dean was an athlete and competitor. He was an All-American swimmer, Olympic competitor and the winner of many Championships as member of multiple National teams in biking, swimming and canoeing. He carried that athleticism into his career path as a coach (Go Water Devils!), rafting guide and eventually a stunt performer in TV and film, working with the likes of Chuck Norris, the Indiana Jones franchise, Spiderman and so many more.
In retirement, he never sat still and was on a mountain bike every chance he got. Known to the riders throughout the southern California mountain biking community as the Mayor of Tapia Canyon, they loved Dean for his passion for the sport and his generous, fun-loving nature. Dean would decorate the trails on holidays and was one of the originators of the annual Tapia Canyon Chili Ride which has been going strong for over a decade.- Director
- Writer
Gleb Panfilov was born on 21 May 1934 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for The Theme (1979), Vassa (1983) and Mat (1990). He was married to Inna Churikova. He died on 26 August 2023 in Russia.- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Dev Kohli was born on 2 November 1942 in Rawalpindi, British India. He was a composer and writer, known for Baazigar (1993), Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) and Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994). He died on 26 August 2023 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.- Dieter Witting was born in 1943 in Poznan, Poland. He was an actor, known for Schindler's List (1993), Othello, der Mohr von Venedig (1991) and Todespolka (2010). He was married to Maresa Hörbiger. He died on 26 August 2023.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
Phil Cook was born on 23 January 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Shogun (1980), Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Cover Up (1984). He was married to Virginia Loose. He died on 26 August 2023 in Virginia, USA.- Axel Bogousslavsky was born on 17 June 1937 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for One Woman or Two (1985), The Children (1985) and The Return of Martin Guerre (1982). He died on 26 August 2023 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Andrzej Precigs was born on 22 August 1949 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was an actor, known for True Law (2012), Wyrok smierci (1980) and Akcja pod Arsenalem (1978). He died on 26 August 2023.
- Yuriy Potapenko was born on 1 August 1965. He was an actor, known for Kozaki ydut (1991), Kaminna dusha (1989) and Ekstrasensy-detektivy (2011). He died on 26 August 2023 in Russia.
- Writer
- Producer
A native of Santa Cruz, California, Romero graduated cum laude from San Francisco State University's progressive Film Studies program. Moving south, Romero continued his education at the prestigious American Film Institute in Los Angeles.
While at AFI, Romero wrote a total of four short film scripts, two of which were produced as second year thesis projects. That same year Romero was honored with the Sherill Corwin Screenwriter of the Year Award for his Master's thesis screenplay "Dead Celebrities".
Less than a year after graduating from AFI with his MFA in screenwriting, Romero sold his first spec screenplay, 'Lowlifes", a satire of his years in the retail trenches, to Twentieth Century Fox with Randa Haines attached to produce.
Other feature assignments soon followed, "Cinderella's Revenge" at Columbia, "Sorority Secrets" at Paramount, "Downsized" for independent producer Tom Barad, and Romero has also seen his AFI thesis script "Dead Celebrities" optioned by comic book company Top Cow Productions.
On the TV front, Romero has written a critically-lauded episode of Telemundo's landmark Spanish-language sitcom, "Los Beltrán" and was the first writer on MTV's original musical comedy, "The American Mall". Based on Romero's spec screenplay, "Lowlifes", "The American Mall" was produced by "High School Musical" exec producers Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush and directed by award-winning director Shawn Ku.
Aside from screenwriting, Romero also served as the Director of Development at Minutia Films, a company he co-founded in 2004 as an independent production unit of CGI effects house, Luma Pictures.
"Not Forgotten", which Romero co-wrote with producer/director Dror Soref will be his first produced feature film.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Jork Aveiro was an actor, known for 7 Boxes (2012), Semana Capital (2010) and World Top Model Paraguay (2016). He died on 26 August 2023 in Asunción, Paraguay.- Harihara Puthran was born on 3 January 1944 in India. Harihara was an editor, known for Bhoopathi (1997), Samrajyam (1990) and Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan (1995). Harihara died on 26 August 2023 in Thiruvananthapuram, India.
- Soundtrack
MC Marcinho was born on 11 November 1977 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. He died on 26 August 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Sanu Kumar Tamrakar was born in Nepal. He was an actor, known for Ragat (1995). He died on 26 August 2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Bert Papenfuß was born on 11 January 1956 in Stavenhagen, East Germany [now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Poesie des Untergrunds (2009), Förräderi (1994) and Anderson - Anatomie des Verrats (2014). He died on 26 August 2023 in Germany.
- John Kezdy died on 26 August 2023 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
- Yvon Pedneault was born on 6 August 1946 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Lance et Compte (2015), Les Boys III (2001) and La Soirée du hockey (1952). He died on 26 August 2023 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Writer
Subhash Bhurke was born in India. He was an assistant director and director, known for Soyarik (1977), Zakhmee (1975) and Gharkul (1970). He died on 26 August 2023 in Pune, India.- Hector Moraz was an actor, known for Caso resuelto (1996). He died on 26 August 2023 in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.