Bob Dyer

Game Show Host

Birthday May 22, 1909

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Tennessee

DEATH DATE Jan 9, 1984 (74)

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About

Quiz show host known for the radio and television game show Pick a Box.

Before Fame

He worked many odd jobs before taking up theater in the 1930s.

Trivia

His show Pick a Box was the first highly watched quiz show on TV, and would lead to him being a major cultural icon in Australia.

Family Life

He proposed to his wife Dolly Mack, a performer as well, nine days after meeting her and she was with him till his death in 1984.

Associated With

Art Linkletter gave him the go ahead to bring his scripts to Australian audiences.