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Garry MooreTV Personality
Born: 31 January 1915 Died: 28 November 1993 (emphysema) Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Best known as: Host of TV's Garry Moore Show Name at birth: Thomas Garrison Morfit Though he is sometimes forgotten now, Garry Moore was one of the leading TV personalities of the 1950s. He was the easygoing host of the Garry Moore Show, an afternoon variety show mixing skits, monologues and guest performers like Don Knotts and Jonathan Winters. The show, a big hit, ran from 1950-1958. (Moore later hosted two evening versions of the show with the same name.) Moore also hosted the game show I've Got A Secret for more than a decade (from 1952-1964, when he was succeeded by Steve Allen) and the game show To Tell the Truth from 1969-1977. Extra credit: Moore co-hosted a 1940s radio show with comedian Jimmy Durante... Moore's panelists on I've Got A Secret included game-show favorite Bill Cullen. Copyright © 1998-2006 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on Garry Moore from Infoplease:
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