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| 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[]
- Anything You Can Do (1971-1972)
- Beat the Clock (1972-1974)
Shows announced[]
- Supermarket Sweep (1966, sub)
- Beat the Clock (1969-1972)
- Tattletales (1975-78)
- Now You See It (1975 (sub), 1985 unsold pilot)
- Showoffs (1975)
- Family Feud (1976-1985, 1987 pilots, 1988-1995)
- Double Dare (1977)
- The Better Sex (1977-1978)
- Card Sharks (1978-1981, 1986-1989)
- Spell Binders (1978 unsold pilots)
- Password Plus (1979-1982)
- Child's Play (1982-1983)
- The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour (1983-1984)
- Super Password (1984-1989)
- (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 Challenge (1992-1993)
- Cash Tornado (1993 unsold pilot)
- Baby Races (1993-1994)
- Family Challenge (1995-1996)
- Decades (1996)
- 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[]
Gallery[]
Gene Wood on Match Game.
Gene Wood on To Tell The Truth.
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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.