Garry Moore smoking as he often did while hosting I've Got A Secret

Garry Moore (January 31, 1915 – November 28, 1993) was born in Baltimore, Maryland as Thomas Garrison Morfit. He was a friendly, smiling television host on several programs during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, particularly game shows and variety shows. Image File history File linksMetadata GarryMoore. ... Image File history File linksMetadata GarryMoore. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more, Balmerr,Bodymore, Murderland Motto: The Greatest City in America (formerly The City That Reads; Get In On It is not the citys motto, but rather the advertising slogan of the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association; BELIEVE is not the... See also: 1949 in television, other events of 1950, 1951 in television and the list of years in television. // Events February 12 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) inaugurated. ... See also: 1959 in television, other events of 1960, 1961 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1960-61 American network television schedule. ... See also: 1969 in television, other events of 1970, 1971 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1970-71 American network television schedule. ... 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. ... A variety show is a show with a variety of acts, often including music and comedy skits, especially on television. ...

Starting in 1937, he worked for Baltimore radio station WBAL as an announcer, writer and actor/comedian. He used his birth name until 1940 when, following a radio contest to find him a more easily pronounceable name, "Garry Moore" became the winning choice. In the years that followed, Moore appeared on numerous network radio shows, first as an announcer, then as support for various broadcast personalities, including Jimmy Durante, on whose radio show he worked as a straight man for six years. Impressed with his ability to interact with radio audiences, CBS offered him his own show. Starting in 1949 the one-hour daytime variety show The Garry Moore Show became one of radio's most popular programs. 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Flag Seal Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United... WBAL is the callsign of several broadcast stations in Baltimore, Maryland WBAL (AM) 1090 AM WBAL-TV channel 11 WBAL-FM is now WIYY-FM 97. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Jimmy Durante James Francis Durante, better known as Jimmy Durante, (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor, whose distinctive gravel delivery, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose -- his frequent jokes about it included a frequent self-reference that became his... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Garry Moore Show was the name for several separate American variety series on the CBS television network in the 1950s and 1960s. ...

Moore dealing with the aftermath of an empty armadillo on To Tell The Truth

During television's earliest years, between 1947 and 1950, he made tentative steps into the new medium as a panelist and guest host on quiz and musical shows and by June 26, 1950 was rewarded with his own 30-minute CBS early evening talk-variety program The Garry Moore Show, which was basically a shorter version of his radio show transferred to TV. Until September it was also similcast on radio. The program then moved to daytime TV where it ran until June 27, 1958. During the summers of 1950 and 1951 he also hosted prime-time variety hour summer replacements for Arthur Godfrey and his Friends. Concurrently he enjoyed a 12-year run as the host of CBS' very popular weekly primetime TV quiz show I've Got a Secret, which premiered on June 19, 1952. Within three months of the end of the daytime show, he and his longtime sidekick Durward Kirby moved the revived Garry Moore Show into prime time as a Tuesday night comedy/variety hour which ran from September 30, 1958 to June 14, 1964. The show gave many performers their break in show business, including Alan King, Carol Burnett and Dorothy Loudon. By the summer of 1964, after having been on radio and television for 27 uninterrupted years, Garry Moore passed the hosting duties on I've Got a Secret to Steve Allen and gave up his high-rated variety show. Image File history File linksMetadata GarryMoore2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata GarryMoore2. ... See also: 1946 in television, other events of 1947, 1948 in television and the list of years in television. // Events January 30 – The FCC rejects CBS color television system. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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The Garry Moore Show was considered one of the better variety shows of the 1950s and 1960s. Regular supporting cast members included Durward Kirby, Denise Lor, and Ken Carson. The show featured a mixture of song and dance routines, and comedy skits. In the last few years, Garry Moore introduced the public to comedian Carol Burnett, who after the show ended, became a star in her own right, hosting The Carol Burnett Show for many years. He took over as host on To Tell the Truth (1969 to 1977), replacing its original host Bud Collyer, but became sick in 1976. He left the show shortly before Christmas 1976 to undergo surgery for throat cancer, turning the show over to temporary host Bill Cullen. In June 1977, he returned to host the opening show of the 1977 to 1978 season of To Tell the Truth only to announce his retirement and to turn over the remaining episodes to host Joe Garagiola. Retiring to Hilton Head, South Carolina, he died of emphysema in 1993. The Garry Moore Show was the name for several separate American variety series on the CBS television network in the 1950s and 1960s. ... The original cast in 1967. ... To Tell the Truth is an American television game show that has been seen in various forms on and off since 1956. ... See also: 1968 in television, other events of 1969, 1970 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1969-70 American network television schedule. ... See also: 1976 in television, other events of 1977, 1978 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1977-78 American network television schedule. ... Throat cancer is a common way of referring to some head and neck cancers, usually squamous cell carcinomas. ... See also: 1976 in television, other events of 1977, 1978 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1977-78 American network television schedule. ... See also: 1977 in television, other events of 1978, 1979 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1978-79 American network television schedule. ... Joseph Henry Garagiola, Sr. ...

Bud Collyer on Beat The Clock, 1957 Bud Collyer (b. ... To Tell the Truth is an American television game show that has been seen in various forms on and off since 1956. ... Joseph Henry Garagiola, Sr. ...

External links

• Garry Moore's Gravesite

References

• TV Museum of Broadcast Communications