Mark Goodson Net Worth
Publish date: 2024-08-02
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| 1 | Before creating Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, Merv Griffin worked for him as a host. |
| 2 | Before Bern Bennett would serve as the announcer on the long-running soap opera The Young and the Restless (1973), for 30 years until Bennett's retirement in 2003, he would serve as announcer on 3 of Goodson's produced shows, Winner Take All (1952), Beat the Clock (1950) and the original To Tell the Truth (1956). |
| 3 | The GSN's Game show Innovator Award was posthumously given to him that his daughter Marjorie Goodson accepted the award, for his work in producing game shows. [June 6, 2009]. |
| 4 | Before Markie Post became an actress, in her early career, she used to work for him, as a producer and a model on the NBC version of Card Sharks (1978). She later used to be a panelist on 3 game shows produced by him: Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (1983), Body Language (1984) and Super Password (1984). |
| 5 | Before Suzanna Williams was a model on the CBS version of Card Sharks (1978), she was also a contestant on Super Password (1984), produced by him. |
| 6 | Both of Frank Wayne's children, his sons, Phillip W. Rossi and Mark Wayne, worked at his production company. |
| 7 | Former The Price Is Right (1972) model, Dian Parkinson claimed retired host, Bob Barker, allowing her to appear in the nude layout, a claim Barker later denied. Eventually, the remaining models on the show, except Dian, were sent a letter from him. [1991]. |
| 8 | Before he was a successful game show producer, he was also an announcer on soap operas. |
| 9 | Friends with: Bill Todman, Bob Barker, Bob Eubanks, Bill Rafferty, Alex Trebek, Markie Post, Vicki Lawrence, Jamie Farr, Betty White and her late husband, Allen Ludden, Kitty Carlisle, Charles Nelson Reilly, Gene Rayburn, Bill Cullen, Tom Kennedy, Bert Convy, Don Hewitt, Walter Cronkite and Bud Collyer. |
| 10 | Both of his former directors Paul Alter and Marc Breslow were the only two to have directed more game shows than anybody else in the business. |
| 11 | His daughter, Marjorie Goodson, appeared in a showcase skit on The Price Is Right (1972), before she co-hosted Classic Concentration (1987). |
| 12 | Both of his former employees Frank Wayne and Chester Feldman were the only two to have produced more game shows than anybody else in the business. |
| 13 | Former San Francisco State college graduate Roger Dobkowitz was also involved with several of Goodson's television shows in his early career. |
| 14 | Filled in for a late Charles Nelson Riley on the October 31, 1974 episode of Match Game 74. He answered the first question of the episode and was then replaced by Riley for the remainder of the episode. |
| 15 | His brother, Marvin, an attorney, died in 2007. |
| 16 | Most of Richard Dawson's family, his sons, Mark Dawson and Gary Dawson, and former daughter-in-law, Cathy Hughart Dawson, and even himself, all worked at his production company. |
| 17 | Before becoming a popular producer of game shows, he once worked at a fish market. |
| 18 | Created an ill-fated talk show that was hosted by Don Rickles. |
| 19 | Enjoyed collecting luxury cars, clothing, art and smoking. |
| 20 | Had not owned not a single suit of clothing until he was 20. |
| 21 | Was raised on a bankrupt chicken farm with his parents, Abraham Ellis and Fannie Goodson. |
| 22 | His daughter, Marjorie Goodson-Cagle, co-hosted Classic Concentration (1987) with Alex Trebek. |
| 23 | Attended the University of California-Berkeley, and graduated Phi Betta Kappa, in 1937. |
| 24 | At one point, he wanted to be a lawyer. |
| 25 | Had guest-hosted To Tell the Truth (1956) twice. His first fill-in was, when longtime host Bud Collyer was ailing, before he was dying, and the second fill-in was, when Alex Trebek was in the hospital, with his wife, Jean Currivan, gave birth to a baby boy. |
| 26 | After marrying Bluma Neveleff, he moved with her to New York City in 1941, where he met radio producer, Bill Todman, where their first work was "Treasury Salute.". |
| 27 | Both of his former announcers Johnny Olson and Gene Wood were the only two to have announced more of his game shows than anyone in the business. |
| 28 | Quickly became one of the most popular producers in television history. |
| 29 | His game show Beat the Clock (1950) was the only Goodson-game show ever to be produced in Canada. |
| 30 | Before forming his own production company, future The $10,000 Pyramid (1973) producer, Bob Stewart, used to work for him. He created To Tell the Truth (1956), the original The Price Is Right (1956) and the original Password All-Stars (1961). |
| 31 | He, alongside Bill Todman, was involved with the pilot of The Joker's Wild (1972) in 1969 with Jack Barry, but severed ties afterwards. |
| 32 | Met Bill Todman on the radio series, "Battle of the Boroughs," and became a partner, until Todman's death in 1979. |
| 33 | Met former radio disc jockey and college student, Bill Cullen, who gave him his first job Winner Take All (1952) on radio, before transferring to television. The friendship would last for more than 35 years, before Cullen stepped down Goodson's company. |
| 34 | Was a very, close friend of Betty White, who met Allen Ludden, through him, before Ludden married her in 1963. Ludden had hosted 3 incarnations of Password All-Stars (1961), before his death of cancer, in 1981. |
| 35 | Of Russian immigrants. |
| 36 | Like many other production companies, his own company moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1971, when Password All-Stars (1961) was revived, a second time. The company's last New York-based show was the 1980s version of To Tell the Truth (1980), but the New York office remained open and was used for East Coast Child's Play (1982) auditions. |
| 37 | Met former fellow radio disc jockey, Bud Collyer, while producing a radio show, which transferred to television, Beat the Clock (1950). |
| 38 | Before he was a successful producer of game shows, he worked as a disc jockey in San Francisco, California. |
| 39 | When he was just a little boy, he began acting in amateur theater with the Plaza Stock Company. |
| 40 | Graduated from Hayward High School in Hayward, California, in 1933. |
| 41 | He is buried at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, California, where the inscription on his gravestone is designed to resemble the Goodson-Todman/Mark Goodson Productions logo. |
| 42 | The last game show ever to be produced by him was Trivia Trap (1984). |
| 43 | One year, after his death and with low ratings of Family Feud (1988), his son, Jonathan M. Goodson fired Ray Combs, replacing him with former host, Richard Dawson, whom Dawson actually feuded with Mark. |
| 44 | Was known for taking his original concepts and changing them drastically for even better results. ("The Price is Right", "Match Game", "Password", "Concentration", etc.) |
| 45 | Since 1972, at least one Mark Goodson produced game show has been on daytime television. Since 1994, "The Price is Right", a show produced by Mark Goodson, has been the only game show remaining on daytime television. |
| 46 | His creation, "The Price is Right," is the longest running game show in history. (1972-present). |
| 47 | Blacklisted popular game show host Richard Dawson from ever hosting a show produced by him again after "Family Feud" ended because of Dawson's massive ego and hard to work with personality. Dawson was brought back to host "Family Feud" in 1994, but by then, Goodson had passed away. |
| 48 | Soon after his death in 1992, his son, Jonathan Goodson, took over his production company. But the Mark Goodson Productions library would be acquired by All American Communications. All American would "green light" two existing Mark Goodson classics: The Price is Right and Family Feud. In 1997, All American Communications was acquired by Pearson Television, a global media and television company, which Pearson would take over syndication of The Price Is Right and Family Feud. In 2001 Pearson Television merged with a worldwide media company called CFT-ULA and Pearson Television was renamed FremantleMedia Ltd, who is famous for syndicating American Idol and The Swan. Now FremantleMedia Ltd. is now the syndication of The Price Is Right and Family Feud. Tribune Entertainment Company would majorly, partly syndicate Family Feud on behalf of FremantleMedia Ltd, part of an agreement made happily between the two companies. Tribune is famous for syndicating other television products like Andromeda, Mutant X, BeastMaster, Soul Train and its television specials. |
| 49 | His production partner was Bill Todman and the two established their film production company, Goodson/Todman Productions. Bill Todman died in 1979, and Goodson renamed the production company Mark Goodson Productions. |
| 50 | Soon after his death in 1992, his son, Jonathan Goodson, took over his production company. |
| 51 | Father of Jonathan M. Goodson |
| 52 | His production partner was Bill Todman. |
| 53 | The first game show he devised was for the Mutual Broadcasting System called POP THE QUESTION, in which contestants threw darts at balloons to determine the value of their prizes. |
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