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Mark Leo Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an American television producer who specialized in game shows, most frequently with his business partner Bill Todman, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.
Mark Goodson (born January 14, 1915, Sacramento, California, U.S.—died December 18, 1992, New York, New York) was an American radio and television producer who helped develop many successful radio and television game shows, including the early television game show What’s My Line? (1950–67).
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Mark Goodson (1915-1992) was a prolific creator and executive producer of popular TV game shows, such as Family Feud, Password, and What's My Line. He was born in Sacramento, California, and died of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles.
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Mark Goodson was born on January 14, 1915 in Sacramento, California, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Family Feud (1976), Tattletales (1974) and Password (1973). He was married to Suzanne Russell Waddell, Virginia McDavid and Bluma Neveleff.
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Mark Goodson: Hall of Fame Tribute. “I’m a pretty good comer-upper with ideas,” the late Mark Goodson, television’s most successful producer of game shows once said, “and I’m a shaper. Creativity requires two opposing tendencies: You have to be loose for ideas and critical for form. I am basically very critical.
Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson. Two families compete on each episode to name the most popular answers to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes. The show has had three separate runs, the first of which started in 1976.
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Dec 19, 1992 · Mark Goodson, who turned his curiosity into a television institution, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 77. He died of pancreatic cancer, said his son, Jonathan Goodson of Los...
