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Connecting Allen Ludden and Dev Patel
Allen Ludden
His opening TV catch phrase, "Hi doll," was directed toward his beloved real-life mother-in-law, Tess White, mother of Betty White.
Betty White
It features a cast of friends including Ryan Reynolds, Tina Fey, Robert Redford, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Leno, Carol Burnett, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel, Valerie Bertinelli, James Corden, Wendie Malick, and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Clint Eastwood
American actor and filmmaker
Eastwood played an ex-FBI agent chasing a sadistic killer (Jeff Daniels) in the thriller '' Blood Work'' (2002), loosely based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Michael Connelly.
Jeff Daniels
American actor (born 1955)
The series ran for two more seasons, for which Daniels was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award. The show also starred Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Sam Waterston, Olivia Munn, Alison Pill, Dev Patel, and Jane Fonda.
Allen Ludden
After Ludden was diagnosed with stomach cancer in early 1980, he took a month-long leave of absence from '' Password Plus'' for chemotherapy treatment, with Bill Cullen filling in as host.
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Bill Cullen
Other game shows Cullen hosted included ''Eye Guess'' in the 1960s;{{r|etvs|page1=318}} '' Three on a Match'',{{r|etvs|page1=1078}} ''Blankety Blanks'',{{r|etvs|page1=113}} ''The Love Experts'', ''How Do You Like Your Eggs?'' (QUBE cable interactive program) and the syndicated version of '' The $25,000 Pyramid''{{r|etvs|page1=1116}} in the 1970s; and later in his career '' Chain Reaction'',{{r|etvs|page1=174}} ''Blockbusters'',{{r|etvs|page1=115}} '' Child's Play'', ''Hot Potato''{{r|etvs|page1=477}} and '' The Joker's Wild''{{r|etvs|page1=543}} (his final hosting job from 1984 to 1986, following the death of Jack Barry).
Jack Barry (game show host)
In 1958, a match between challenger Charles Van Doren and champion Herb Stempel was found to have been rigged, with Van Doren's victory having been pre-determined by the producers.
Charles Van Doren
The story of the quiz show scandal and Van Doren's role in it is depicted in the film '' Quiz Show'' (1994), produced and directed by Robert Redford, in which Van Doren is portrayed by Ralph Fiennes.
Ralph Fiennes
English actor (born 1962)
He is set to reunite with director Wes Anderson in '' The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'' starring opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel and Ben Kingsley.
Allen Ludden
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Robert Earle
Both are fairly short, have sandy hair, wear horn-rimmed glasses, and sound almost alike." According to Ludden's wife Betty White (from her memoir ''Here We Go Again''), the ''College Bowl'' producers deliberately emphasized the resemblance: "They took [Robert] to Allen's optometrist and ordered the same tortoiseshell frames that Allen wore at the time." The pleasant, unflappable Earle projected a calmer, more academic demeanor than Ludden had, which served the tone of the series well until 1970, when the series lapsed.
Betty White
It features a cast of friends including Ryan Reynolds, Tina Fey, Robert Redford, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Leno, Carol Burnett, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel, Valerie Bertinelli, James Corden, Wendie Malick, and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
James Corden
Adapted by Richard Curtis and co-starring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench, it was broadcast on BBC One on 1 January 2015.
In 2019, Corden starred in Tom Hooper's feature film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular musical '' Cats'' as Bustopher Jones, which received widespread negative attention. The film starred Jennifer Hudson, Idris Elba, Taylor Swift, Ian McKellen, and Judi Dench.
Judi Dench
In 2011, Dench reunited with director John Madden on the set of the comedy drama '' The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' (2012), starring an ensemble cast also consisting of Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, and Penelope Wilton, as a group of British pensioners moving to a retirement hotel in India, run by the young and eager Sonny (Dev Patel).
Allen Ludden
Tom Kennedy assumed duties as host of ''Password Plus'', and although Ludden hoped to return to the show, his cancer grew worse and he never returned.
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Tom Kennedy (television host)
American game show host
In July 2005, Kennedy and his brother Jack Narz were co-recipients of the Game Show Congress's Bill Cullen Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Bill Cullen
To supplement his then-meager income, he became a freelance joke writer for some of the top radio stars of the day, including Arthur Godfrey, Danny Kaye, and Jack Benny; he also worked as a staff writer for the ''Easy Aces'' radio show.
Arthur Godfrey
He claimed Bleyer simply shrugged off the dismissal and focused on developing Cadence, which found significant success with hit records by the Everly Brothers and Andy Williams.
Andy Williams
American recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor and record producer
The song "Happy Heart" was used for the final scene and end credits of Danny Boyle's award-winning directorial debut film '' Shallow Grave'' (1994).
Danny Boyle
In 2008 he directed ''Slumdog Millionaire'', the story of an impoverished child (Dev Patel) on the streets of Mumbai, India, who competes on the local version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', for which Boyle won Academy and BAFTA Awards for Best Director.
