Peter Marshall

The entertainer known as Peter Marshall was an American television and radio personality, singer, actor, and game show host. In the 1950s he worked in a comedy team with Tommy Noonan, and later became the first host of The Hollywood Squares in 1966. He remained with the quiz program for 15 years, overseeing more than 5,000 installments before it left the air in 1981, and he collected four Daytime Emmys for outstanding game show host. His television credits included The Peter Marshall Variety Show during the 1976 to 1977 season, along with appearances on Harbor Command and The Lucy Show. He played Bert Healy, a radio announcer, in Annie (1982) and narrated Wait for Your Laugh (2017). On stage he appeared in Skyscraper and La Cage aux Folles on Broadway and played Albert Peterson in the 1962 West End production of Bye Bye Birdie. He hosted a radio show on the Music of Your Life network and retired in 2021.