Chuck Barris

Person · Open Library

Works

13

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Film & TV

Palisades, New York, USA

Charles Hirsch Barris (June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017) was an American game show creator, producer, and host. He was best known for hosting The Gong Show and creating The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. He was also a songwriter who wrote "Palisades Park", recorded by Freddy Cannon and also recorded by Ramones. He also wrote or co-wrote some of the music that appeared on his game shows. He wrote…

Known for

• Chop Chop Chang: Operation C.H.I.M.P — Himself2019
• The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The Edge — Self2006
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind — Actual Barris2002
• Hugo Pool — Irwin1997
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest1993
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest1993
• The Gong Show Movie — Himself1980
• The Chuck Barris Rah-Rah Show1978
• The Gong Show1976
• Sanford and Son1972

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1929-06-03

Active to

2017-03-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

411

Total plays

1,734

Charles Hirsch "Chuck" Barris (June 3, 1929 - March 21, 2017) was an American game show creator, producer, and host. He was best known for hosting The Gong Show, and creating The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. He was also a songwriter, who wrote the hit "Palisades Park" for Freddy Cannon and the author of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, his autobiography, which became a film directed by George Clooney. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Chuck+Barris">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Philadelphia

Place of death

Palisades

Occupation

screenwriter

Languages spoken

English language

Image

Chuck barris.jpg

Number of children

1

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