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William Lawrence Cullen [1] (February 18, 1920 – July 7, 1990) was an American radio and television personality whose career spanned five decades. [2] Known for appearing on game shows and later as a prolific game show host, he hosted 23 shows, earning the nickname "Dean of Game Show Hosts". [3]
Jul 8, 1990 · Television game-show host Bill Cullen died Saturday at his Bel Air home from complications resulting from lung cancer. He was 70. Cullen died at 5:25 p.m. from heart failure, a complication of a long battle with cancer, according to George Spota, Cullen's manager.
Who's Bill Cullen? The Cullen family were poor coal miners in Avoca, County Wicklow, Ireland. Lawrence Cullen left in the 1840s during the Potato Famine, settling in Durham County, England, where his sons followed him into the coal mines to make a living.
Jul 9, 1990 · Bill Cullen, a host of television game shows for more than 30 years, died on Saturday at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. He was 70 years old.
Bill Cullen was born on February 18, 1920 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Three on a Match (1971), It Happened to Jane (1959) and Hot Potato (1984). He was married to Ann Cullen, Carol Ames and Ruth Elizabeth Harrington.
Jul 8, 1990 · Bill Cullen, genial game show host and panelist who was a popular fixture on "I've Got a Secret" and "The Price is Right," died Saturday at his Bel-Air home from...
The iron man of TV game shows, he hosted more than 25 of them in his long career, from Act It Out in 1949 to The Joker's Wild well into the '80s. But his greatest...
