Allen Ludden
Allen Ludden
Born
October 5, 1918 Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Died
June 9, 1981 Los Angeles, California

Allen Ludden (October 5, 1918 – June 9, 1981) was an American television presenter and game show host. He was born Allen Ellsworth in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. The surname Ludden was his stepfather's. Image File history File links Allen_ludden_3. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Mineral Point is a city located in Iowa County, Wisconsin. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: City of Angels Official website: http://www. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A game show involves members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... Mineral Point is a city located in Iowa County, Wisconsin. ...

Ludden hosted many game shows, including the GE College Bowl, but he was most famous for hosting both the daytime and primetime versions of Password on CBS and ABC from 1961 to 1975. He started hosting a daytime version of the game, Password Plus on NBC, in 1979, but illness forced him off the show in 1980. College Bowl Company, Incorporated runs and operates the College Bowl format of quizbowl. ... Although Password can be played without any equipment, commercial versions of the game have also been successful. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of the network) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... NBC, the National Broadcasting Company, is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Ludden, a Roman Catholic, was a widower with three children – his wife, the former Margaret McGloin, had died from cancer in 1961 – when he proposed to the twice-divorced Betty White, whom he had met on Password, at least twice before she accepted, and they were happily married from June 14, 1963 until Ludden's death. They appeared together in an episode of The Odd Couple featuring Felix's and Oscar's appearance on Password. Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922) is an Emmy Award winning television actress with a career spanning over 50 years. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... See Odd Couple (disambiguation) for other works with the same title Tony Randall & Jack Klugman, stars of TV adaption The Odd Couple was a hit 1965 Broadway play by Neil Simon, followed by a successful film and television series, as well as other derivative works and spinoffs, many featuring one...

At the time of his death, aged 62, he was ill from complications of cancer treatment.

He was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next to his widow's star in 2006. An example of a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, for the film actress Carole Lombard. ...

In 2001, TV Guide named Ludden the greatest game-show host of all time. TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ...

External links

• Allen Ludden's biography