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{{Infobox person |name = Eugene Edward "Gene" Wood |image = File:Gene_Wood.jpg |imagewidth = 200 |birthdate = October 20, 1925 |occupation = Host, Announcer |birth_hometown = Quincy, Massachusetts |deathdate = May 21, 2004 (age 78) |death_place = Boston, Massachusetts |yearsactive = 1965-1999 |known_for = His amazing career on game show announcing }}'''Eugene Edward "Gene" Wood''' (born October 20, 1925, from Quincy, Massachusetts; died May 21, 2004, in Boston, Massachusetts) was an announcer on many Mark Goodson shows as well as a host on a few others. When he retired from game shows in 1996, he did voice-overs for the [[Game Show Network]] until 1998. Wood died of lung cancer on May 21, 2004 at age 78. ==Shows hosted== *''[[Anything You Can Do]]'' (1971-1972) *''[[Beat the Clock]]'' (1972-1974) ==Shows announced== *''[[Supermarket Sweep]]'' (1966, sub) *''[[Beat the Clock]]'' (1969-1972) *''[[TattleTales|Tattletales]]'' (1975-78) *''[[Now You See It]]'' (1975 (sub), 1985 unsold pilot) *''[[Showoffs]]'' (1975) *''[[Family Feud]]'' (1976-1985, 1987 pilots, 1988-1995) *''[[Double Dare (1)|Double Dare]]'' (1977) *''[[The Better Sex]]'' (1977-1978) *''[[Card Sharks]]'' (1978-1981, 1986-1989) *''[[Spell Binders]]'' (1978 unsold pilots) *''[[Password|Password Plus]]'' (1979-1982) *''[[Child's Play]]'' (1982-1983) *''[[Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour|The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour]]'' (1983-1984) *''[[Password|Super Password]]'' (1984-1989) *''[[Concentration|(Classic) Concentration]]'' (1985 unsold pilots, 1987-1991) *''[[The Buck Stops Here]]'' (1985 unsold pilot) *''[[Body Language]]'' (1985-1986) *''[[Your Number's Up]]'' (1985, first few weeks) *''[[Matchmates]]'' (1985 unsold pilot) *''[[The Price is Right]]'' (1985, CBS Barker sub, 1986 Syn Kennedy fill-in) *''[[Love Connection]]'' (1985-1988) *''[[Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak]]'' (1986, first couple weeks) *''[[Oddball]]'' (1986 unsold pilot) *''[[On a Roll]]'' (1986 unsold pilots) *''[[Win, Lose or Draw]]'' (1987-1990) *''[[The Quiz Kids Challenge]]'' (1989 pilot) *''[[Match Game]]'' (1989 pilot, 1990-1991, was also a panelist in 1974) *''[[Body Talk]]'' (1990 unsold pilots) *''[[That's My Dog!]]'' (1991) *''[[Family Feud|Family Feud Challenge]]'' (1992-1993) *''[[Cash Tornado]]'' (1993 unsold pilot) *''[[Baby Races]]'' (1993-1994) *''[[Family Challenge]]'' (1995-1996) *''[[Decades]]'' (1996) **''[[Decades|Super Decades]]'' (1997-1998) *''[[Trivia Track]]'' (1997-1998) *''[[The Newlywed Game: A Silver Anniversary of Love and Laughter]]'' (1998 tv special) {NOTE: He was never credited at the end} ==Show worked on== *''[[Who Pays?]]'' ==Gallery== <gallery position="center"> GeneWoodTribute.jpg|Gene Wood on Match Game. Gene_Wood_on_TTTT.png|Gene Wood on To Tell The Truth. Gene Wood (1981).jpg GeneWood-SuperPassword.jpg GeneWood-SuperPassword-2.jpg </gallery> ==Trivia== *Although Gene Wood's first announcing game show was ''[[Beat the Clock]]'' from 1969 to 1972, he later switched from announcing that show to hosting the show from '72 until '74. *Before Gene Wood announced ''[[Match Game]]'' in the early 1990s, he became a panelist in 1974. *Although you can hear Gene Wood in the intro for ''The Newlywed Game: A Silver Anniversary of Love and Laughter'', he was never credited at the end of the special. {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Gene}} [[Category:Hosts]] [[Category:Announcers]] [[Category:Match Game Panelists]] [[Category:Panelists]] [[Category:Deceased]] [[Category:1925 Births]] [[Category:2004 Deaths]] [[Category:October Births]] [[Category:May Deaths]] [[Category:Beat the Clock Hosts]]
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