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[[Image:Wink1.jpg|thumb|250px|Wink Martindale entering on Tic Tac Dough]] |
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'''Wink Martindale''' (born '''Winston Conrad Martindale''' on [[December 4]], [[1934]] in [[Jackson, Tennessee]], [[United States|USA]]) is a [[game show]] host. Shows he has hosted include ''[[Gambit (game show)|Gambit]]'', ''[[Tic Tac Dough]]'', ''[[High Rollers]]'', ''[[The Last Word (game show)|The Last Word]]'' and ''[[Debt (game show)|Debt]]''. |
'''Wink Martindale''' (born '''Winston Conrad Martindale''' on [[December 4]], [[1934]] in [[Jackson, Tennessee]], [[United States|USA]]) is a [[game show]] host. Shows he has hosted include ''[[Gambit (game show)|Gambit]]'', ''[[Tic Tac Dough]]'', ''[[High Rollers]]'', ''[[The Last Word (game show)|The Last Word]]'', ''[[Trivial Pursuit (game show)|Trivial Pursuit]]'' and ''[[Debt (game show)|Debt]]''. |
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Martindale started his career as a [[disc jockey]] on KFWB radio in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] in the 1950s (upon graduation from [[University of Memphis|Memphis State University]]) and also had many numerous radio jobs into the 1980s. His first break into television was at [[WHBQ-TV]] in Memphis, Tennessee, as the host of ''Mars Patrol'', a science-fiction themed [[children's television]] program. It was at his tenure with WHBQ that Martindale became a close friend of [[Elvis Presley]], and following Presley's sudden death in 1977, Martindale aired a nationwide tribute radio special in his honor. |
Martindale started his career as a [[disc jockey]] on KFWB radio in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] in the 1950s (upon graduation from [[University of Memphis|Memphis State University]]) and also had many numerous radio jobs into the 1980s. His first break into television was at [[WHBQ-TV]] in Memphis, Tennessee, as the host of ''Mars Patrol'', a science-fiction themed [[children's television]] program. It was at his tenure with WHBQ that Martindale became a close friend of [[Elvis Presley]], and following Presley's sudden death in 1977, Martindale aired a nationwide tribute radio special in his honor. |
Revision as of 20:21, 15 November 2006
Wink Martindale (born Winston Conrad Martindale on December 4, 1934 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA) is a game show host. Shows he has hosted include Gambit, Tic Tac Dough, High Rollers, The Last Word, Trivial Pursuit and Debt.
Martindale started his career as a disc jockey on KFWB radio in Los Angeles in the 1950s (upon graduation from Memphis State University) and also had many numerous radio jobs into the 1980s. His first break into television was at WHBQ-TV in Memphis, Tennessee, as the host of Mars Patrol, a science-fiction themed children's television program. It was at his tenure with WHBQ that Martindale became a close friend of Elvis Presley, and following Presley's sudden death in 1977, Martindale aired a nationwide tribute radio special in his honor.
His rendition of the spoken-word song "Deck Of Cards" went to #7 on the Billboard charts and sold over a million copies in 1959.
He divorced his first wife in 1971, married his second wife, Sandy Ferra, in 1975, and has four children.
He has appeared in various TV commercials and has a slot on the radio network Music Of Your Life. He also hosts a 3 hour weekend show on Southern California's AM 1260 and 540.
Martindale made an appearance (in two separate roles) in the Quiet Riot video for "The Wild and the Young." As of 2005, Martindale has capitalized on his camp appeal by doing television commercials promoting Internet travel agency Orbitz.
On June 2, 2006, Martindale received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.