Mark Goodson

Birthplace: Sacramento, California, USA
Birthday: January 24, 1915

The king of the game shows, Mark Goodson midwifed some of TV's most popular and enduring if frivolous institutions, including "The Price Is Right," "Family Feud," "Password," "To Tell the Truth," "The Match Game," "What's My Line," "I've Got a Secret," and "Beat the Clock." Many of these series began in primetime and achieved immortality through syndication. Most of this vast entertainment empire was created under the auspices of Goodson-Todman Productio…more

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Credits

Actor

TV's Funniest Game Show Moments
The Price Is Right: The E! True Hollywood Story
Interviewee
Fear on Trial
Himself
The 17th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

Producer

Family Feud
Executive Producer
Showoffs
Executive Producer
The Better Sex
Executive Producer
TV's Funniest Game Show Moments
Executive Producer
Mindreaders
Executive Producer

Sound

Assault at West Point
Sound Effects Editor

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Career Milestones

1961
Created "Password"
1956
Created "To Tell the Truth"
1956
Goodson-Todman became the largest packager of game shows in the US
1950 to 1967
Created "What's My Line," an overnight hit that ran for 17 years on CBS primetime
1946
Began TV producing career by teaming with Bill Todman to form Goodson-Todman Productions