Peter Marshall Biography
Peter Marshall is an American former game show host, television and radio personality, singer, and actor. He was the original host of The Hollywood Squares from 1966 until 1981 and has nearly fifty television, film, and Broadway credits.
Age
He is 98 years old as of 30 March 2024. He was born in 1926 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. His real name is Ralph Pierre LaCock.
Family – Education
LaCock was born in Huntington, West Virginia, on March 30, 1926, to Ralph and Jean LaCock, who had a show business. When Marshall was ten, his father committed suicide, and he relocated to New York City to live with his mother, a costume designer. After graduating from high school, he was drafted into the Army in 1944 and stationed in Italy. He was previously in the artillery but was recruited to work as a disc jockey at a radio station in Naples. He was discharged in 1946 as a staff sergeant. His older sister Joan went on to become Joanne Dru, a film and television actress. She was most recognized for her performances in films like Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and All the King’s Men.
Peter Marshall Wife – Children
Marshall is married to Laurie Stewart, his third wife, and they have four children and two stepchildren from his previous marriages. His house is in Palm Desert, California. His son, Pete, is a former Major League Baseball player. In August 2021, Marshall’s 68-year-old son, David LaCock, died of COVID-19 in Hawaii.
Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $10 million.
Height
He stands at a heioght of 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m).
The Hollywood Squares
Marshall occasionally worked in film and television, but he couldn’t find regular employment until his buddy Morey Amsterdam suggested he stand in for Bert Parks (who hosted the pilot) as host of the game program The Hollywood Squares in 1966. Marshall initially did not want the gig, but he accepted it to guarantee that rival comic Dan Rowan did not receive it. Marshall’s resentment originated from the fact that he and Noonan had produced work for Rowan and Martin, but Rowan had showed little respect for Noonan when he became terminally ill in the mid-1960s (as contrast to Dick Martin, who was completely supportive of Noonan’s fight). He anticipated to host for 13 weeks before returning to Broadway, but he ended up hosting for 15 years and almost 5,000 episodes. The show was terminated in 1980, but production continued in syndication until 1981.
Career
During the 1950s, Marshall made money as a feature of a satire act with Tommy Noonan, and they showed up in clubs, on TV theatrical presentations, and in films including Starlift (1951), The Freshman (1959) and Swingin’ Along (1962). (Noonan and Marshall were connected by marriage; Noonan’s relative John Ireland was hitched to Marshall’s sister Joanne Dru.)
Marshall showed up in the 1958 episode “The Huge Trick” of the partnered TV series Harbor Order. In 1963, he showed up as Lucy’s brother by marriage, Hughie, in The Lucy Show episode “Lucy’s Sister Visits”. Marshall was the host of his own brief partnered music and parody series, The Peter Marshall Theatrical presentation, which circulated during the 1976-1977 season in business sectors in the US. The cast highlighted Bar Substance, Denny Evans and Section 5, and offered a variety of visitors from popular music and parody, including Blood Sweat and Tears, John Davidson, Unadulterated Grassland Association, Tear Taylor, and The Manhattans.
After the finishing of the last run of The Hollywood Squares in 1981, Marshall kept working in game shows and playing character jobs. He showed up on the game shows Dream (1982) with cohost Leslie Uggams, Elite player Barrage (1985), Yahtzee (1988), the “East Hollywood Squares” drama on Unfiltered and fabulous (1994), and Reel to Reel (1998). In 1986, Marshall depicted Bounce Kenny, game show have blamed for homicide of a game show candidate on an episode “To Live and Pass on television” on Demo hammer!.
In 1989, Marshall facilitated the unaired pilot for third Degree! (a Burt and Bert Creation in relationship with Kline and Companions). At the point when the series was gotten for partnership, show maker Bert Convy chose to leave his situation as the host of the partnered release of Win, Lose or Draw and have Marshall’s spot on third Degree without illuminating Marshall. Marshall documented a claim against Convy for the activity, yet later dropped it after Convy’s finding of terminal mind disease was unveiled.
In 2002, he got back to the new form of The Hollywood Squares as a specialist during a Game Show Week facilitated by Tom Bergeron. Marshall involved the esteemed focus square. For one day that week, Marshall took his old situation at the platform to have while Bergeron was the middle square. Marshall facilitated a well known noontime public broadcast for over 15 years on the Music of Your Life radio organization.
Marshall, alongside co-have, vocalist Debby Boone, are highlighted in an effective infomercial introduced by Time Life, the Music of Your Life Assortment. Highlighting hit melodies from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the infomercial was re-delivered in 2016 subsequent to selling in excess of 1,000,000 Compact discs a couple of years earlier.
In 1979, Marshall sang “Back Home Again in Indiana” at the Indianapolis 500. In 1979, he played Dr. Todd Gardner, creator of a success, on The Affection Boat S2 E15 sketch “The ‘Now’ Marriage”. In 1982, he played a little part in the film variation of Annie as radio commentator Bert Healy. In 2002, Marshall distributed a book about his encounters, Behind the stage With The First Hollywood Square.
In 2009, he showed up on TV advancing minimized plate hits from the Huge Band time, and furthermore facilitated a two-hour PBS exceptional, The Large Band Years. In 2010, Marshall, alongside Monty Lobby and Wink Martindale, showed up with their spouses on a unique Game Show Legend form of The Love bird Game. The exceptional was facilitated by Bounce Eubanks; the Martindales dominated the match.
In 2012, Marshall facilitated an amusement filled dedication administration in Branson, Missouri, for vocalist Andy Williams. In 2014, Marshall got back to West Virginia to have four rounds of The West Virginia Squares as a component of Charleston’s FestivALL. The game, which highlighted inquiries concerning the state’s set of experiences, included West Virginia notables like Joyce Dewitt and Landon Murphy.
In 2017, he portrayed the Rose Marie narrative film Sit tight for Your Giggle. Marshall resigned from media outlets in 2021, following a session with Coronavirus. Marshall won the Daytime Emmy Grant for Exceptional Game Show Host multiple times. In 2006 he got the yearly Bill Cullen Grant for Lifetime Accomplishment, from the non-benefit association, Game Show Congress. On October 13, 2007, Marshall was one of the initial inductees into the American television Game Show Corridor of Notoriety in Las Vegas. In November 2013, Marshall was drafted into the West Virginia Music Corridor of Fame.[38] He was presented by his companion Scratch Clooney.
Movies and TV Shows
♦ 1982 – Annie
♦ 1974 – Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
♦ 1968 – Maryjane
♦ 1964 – Ensign Pulver
♦ 1964 – The Cavern
♦ 1961 – Swingin’ Along
♦ 1959 – The Rookie
♦ 1953 – The 49th Man