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|birthdate = October 20, 1925–May 21, 2004
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|birth_hometown = Quincy, Massachusetts
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|birth hometown = Quincy, Massachusetts}}Eugene Edward "Gene" Wood (October 20, 1925 – May 21, 2004) 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.
  
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|deathdate = May 21, 2004 (age 78)
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|death_place = Boston, Massachusetts
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|yearsactive = 1965-1999
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|known_for = His amazing career on game show announcing
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}}'''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.
   
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==Shows Hosted==
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==Shows hosted==
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[[Anything You Can Do]] 1971-1972<br />
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*''[[Anything You Can Do]]'' (1971-1972)
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[[Beat the Clock]] 1972-1974<br />
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*''[[Beat the Clock]]'' (1972-1974)
   
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==Shows Announced==
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==Shows announced==
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*''[[Supermarket Sweep]]'' (1966, sub)
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[[Beat the Clock]] 1969-1972<br />
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*''[[Beat the Clock]]'' (1969-1972)
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[[Family Feud]] 1976-1985, 1988-1994<br />
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*''[[Family Feud]]'' (1976-1985, 1987 pilots, 1988-1995)
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[[Now You See It]] 1974 (sub), 1985 pilot<br />
  
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*''[[Family Feud|Family Feud Challenge]]'' (1992-1993)
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[[Tattletales]] 1974-1978<br />
  
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*''[[Now You See It]]'' (1974 (sub), 1985 unsold pilot)
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[[Showoffs]] 1975<br />
  
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*''[[Tattletales]]'' (1974-1978)
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[[Double Dare (1)]] 1977<br />
  
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*''[[Showoffs]]'' (1975)
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[[Password|Password Plus]] 1979-1982<br />
  
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*''[[Double Dare (1)|Double Dare]]'' (1977)
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[[Child's Play]] 1982-1983<br />
  
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*''[[Password|Password Plus]]'' (1979-1982)
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[[Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour]] 1983-1984<br />
  
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*''[[Child's Play]]'' (1982-1983)
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[[Password|Super Password]] 1984-1989<br />
  
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*''[[Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour]]'' (1983-1984)
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[[The Price is Right]] 1985 (sub)<br />
  
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*''[[Password|Super Password]]'' (1984-1989)
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[[Body Language]] 1985-1986<br />
  
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[[Love Connection]] 1985-1988<br />
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*''[[The Price is Right]]'' (1985, sub)
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*''[[Matchmates]]'' (1985 unsold pilot)
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[[Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak]] 1986<br />
  
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[[Card Sharks]] 1978-1981, 1986-1989<br />
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*''[[Body Language]]'' (1985-1986)
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*''[[Oddball]]'' (1986 unsold pilot)
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[[Win, Lose or Draw]] 1987-1990<br />
  
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*''[[On a Roll]]'' (1986 unsold pilots)
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[[Concentration|Classic Concentration]] 1987-1991, 1985 pilot<br />
  
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*''[[Love Connection]]'' (1985-1988)
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[[Match Game]] 1990-1991 (was also a panelist in 1974)<br />
  
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*''[[Your Number's Up]]'' (1985, first few weeks)
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[[Baby Races]] 1993-1994<br />
  
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*''[[Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak]]'' (1986)
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[[Family Challenge]] 1995-1996<br />
  
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*''[[Card Sharks]]'' (1978-1981, 1986-1989)
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*''[[Win, Lose or Draw]]'' (1987-1990)
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*''[[Body Talk]]'' (1990 unsold pilots)
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*''[[Concentration|(Classic) Concentration]]'' (1985 unsold pilots, 1987-1991)
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*''[[Match Game]]'' (1990-1991; was also a panelist in 1974)
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*''[[Cash Tornado]]'' (1993 unsold pilot)
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*''[[Baby Races]]'' (1993-1994)
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*''[[Family Challenge]]'' (1995-1996)
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==Show worked on==
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*''[[Who Pays?]]''
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==Gallery==
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<gallery position="center">
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GeneWoodTribute.jpg
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Gene_Wood_on_TTTT.png
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Gene Wood (1981).jpg
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GeneWood-SuperPassword.jpg
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GeneWood-SuperPassword-2.jpg
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</gallery>
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==Trivia==
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*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.
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*Before Gene Wood announced ''[[Match Game]]'' in the early 1990s, he became a panelist in 1974.
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Revision as of 03:17, 12 July 2021

Gene Wood
Gene Wood
Name: Eugene Edward "Gene" Wood
Born: October 20, 1925
Birth Hometown: Quincy, Massachusetts
Died: May 21, 2004 (age 78)
Place of death: Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation: Host, Announcer
Years active: 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

Shows announced

Show worked on

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.
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