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Richard Dawson is a Actor American born on 20 november 1932 at Gosport (United-kingdom)

Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson
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Birth name Colin Lionel Emm
Nationality USA
Birth 20 november 1932 at Gosport (United-kingdom)
Death 2 june 2012 (at 79 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host

Richard Dawson (born Colin Lionel Emm; November 20, 1932 – June 2, 2012) was a British-American actor and comedian, and a game show host and panelist in the United States.

Dawson was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk on Hogan's Heroes, being the original host of the Family Feud game show from 1976 to 1985 and from 1994–95, and a regular panelist on the 1970s version of Match Game on CBS from 1973-78. In 1984, he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship.

In 2012, Dawson died of complications from esophageal cancer. He is buried at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

Biography

Il naît à Gosport, dans le Hampshire, en Angleterre le 20 novembre 1932 sous le nom de Colin Eugene Emm.

À l'âge de 14 ans, il quitte le domicile familial pour rejoindre la Marine marchande où il passera trois années. Adulte, il quitte l'Angleterre pour les États-Unis et s'établit à Los Angeles en Californie.

Après avoir été tenté par une carrière dans la boxe, son intérêt pour le monde du spectacle le pousse à devenir acteur sous le nom de Dickie Dawson qu'il transforme plus tard en Richard Dawson. Ce surnom devient ensuite son nom officiel.

Il joue dans des longs métrages et des séries télévisées au cours des années 1960, dont Au-delà du réel de Leslie Stevens en 1964 et La Brigade du diable en 1968. De 1976 à 1985, il est le premier animateur à présenter l'équivalent américain de l'émission Une famille en or, intitulé Family Feud, pour lequel il remporte l'Emmy Award du Meilleur Animateur de jeu télé en 1978. Son sens de la répartie et son humour contribuent au succès populaire de l'émission.

Son surnom "The Kissing Bandit" est dû au fait qu'il embrassait chaque candidat féminin au cours de l'émission pour lui souhaiter bonne chance. Le producteur exécutif Howard Felsher estima à environ 20 000 le nombre de candidates féminines embrassées par Dawson.

En 1987, il revient au cinéma dans le film Running Man où il incarne Damon Killian, un animateur de télévision maléfique.

Il est essentiellement connu en France pour avoir interprété le Caporal Peter Newkirk dans la série Papa Schultz, série comique de cent soixante-huit épisodes narrant les aventures de prisonniers de guerre américains dans un camp allemand au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Il meurt le 2 juin 2012 à Los Angeles des suites d'un cancer de l'œsophage.



Usually with

Lou Scheimer
Lou Scheimer
(2 films)
Bernard Fox
Bernard Fox
(3 films)
Tommy Noonan
Tommy Noonan
(1 films)
Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes
(1 films)
Dal McKennon
Dal McKennon
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Dawson (9 films)

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Actor

The Running Man, 1h41
Directed by Paul Michael Glaser
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about television, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, La téléréalité, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Chase films
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, María Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, Jesse Ventura
Roles Damon Killian
Rating65% 3.2995053.2995053.2995053.2995053.299505
In 2017, after a worldwide economic collapse, American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting game shows where convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where "runners" attempt to evade "stalkers", armed mercenaries, around a large arena, and near-certain death for a chance to be pardoned by the state.
Treasure Island, 1h15
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Davy Jones, Richard Dawson, Larry Storch, Dal McKennon, Larry D. Mann, Jane Webb Edwards
Roles Long John Silver
Rating54% 2.7180052.7180052.7180052.7180052.718005
Le vieux pirate Bill Bones et son fidèle compagnon la souris Hiccup se sont installés à l'auberge de l'Amiral Benbow. Ils transportent avec eux un mystérieux coffre.
Treasure Island, 1h27
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Actors Richard Dawson, Davy Jones, Dal McKennon, Larry D. Mann, Larry Storch, Lou Scheimer
Roles Long John Silver
Rating54% 2.7180052.7180052.7180052.7180052.718005
Le jeune Jim Hawkins, la souris Hiccup, le docteur Livesey et Lord Trelawney louent un bateau et son équipage pour retrouver un fabuleux trésor dans une île déserte, mais l'intendant planifie une mutinerie pour voler ce même trésor...
Oliver and the Artful Dodger, 1h30
Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Michael Bell, Lucille Bliss, Richard Dawson, Pamelyn Ferdin, Bernard Fox, Joan Gerber
Roles Sam Sniperley / Furniture Man (voice)
Rating18% 0.947780.947780.947780.947780.94778
After Mr. Brownlow dies, his nephew Sniperly attempts to steal it. It's up to Oliver Twist to stop him. Meanwhile the Artful Dodger helps children escape from workhouses.
The Devil's Brigade, 2h10
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Harry Carey, Jr., Andrew Prine, Claude Akins
Roles Pvt. Hugh MacDonald
Rating66% 3.347153.347153.347153.347153.34715
American Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. Frederick is summoned to Britain where he is authorized by Admiral Louis Mountbatten to raise a commando force comprising both American and Canadian personnel for operations in Norway. Back in the U.S. Frederick receives his American troops — all are Army convicts. When the Canadian contingent arrives they immediately cause friction with the Americans and chaos ensues. By the time Frederick manages to overcome the national differences and to mould the 1st Special Service Force into a highly trained commando force, the Allied High Command have had a change of heart and offered the Norway missions to British troops. Left without a role, Frederick manages to persuade General Mark Clark in Italy to give his men a chance to prove themselves. Clark asks Frederick for the 1st Special Service Force to reconnoitre a German garrison in an Italian town, but Frederick decides to go one better and capture the entire town. Convinced now of the ability of Frederick's men, Clark gives them the task no other Allied troops have managed to achieve — to capture Monte la Difensa. Facing severe obstacles, they drive the Germans off the stronghold, allowing the allies to continue their advance into Italy.
Munster, Go Home!, 1h36
Directed by Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Frankenstein films, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick, Debbie Watson, Robert Pine
Roles Joey
Rating63% 3.1501153.1501153.1501153.1501153.150115
Herman Munster (Fred Gwynne) and his wife, Lily (Yvonne De Carlo) learn from Cavanaugh Munster's will that they have inherited an English manor known as Munster Hall in Shroudshire, England, and that Herman has inherited the designation Lord Munster. The family boards the SS United States to England. Herman gets seasick, Marilyn (Debbie Watson) encounters Roger Moresby (Robert Pine), and Grandpa (Al Lewis) gets turned into a wolf upon accidentally consuming a wolf pill. Grandpa is sneaked through customs.
King Rat
King Rat (1965)
, 2h14
Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Political films
Actors George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Gerald Sim, Patrick O'Neal, Denholm Elliott
Roles Weaver
Rating74% 3.745123.745123.745123.745123.74512
Corporal King is an anomaly in the Japanese prison camp; one of a handful of Americans amongst the British and Australian inmates, he thrives through his conniving and black market enterprises, while others (nearly all of higher rank) struggle to survive sickness and starvation, while trying to keep their civilised nature. King recruits upper class British RAF officer Flight Lieutenant Peter Marlowe (James Fox) to act as a translator. As they become acquainted, Marlowe comes to like the man and appreciate his cunning. King respects Marlowe, but his attitude is otherwise ambiguous; when Marlowe is injured, King obtains expensive medicines to save Marlowe's gangrenous arm from amputation, but it is unclear whether he does so out of friendship or because Marlowe is the only one who knows where the proceeds from King's latest and most profitable venture are hidden.
Promises! Promises!, 1h15
Directed by King Donovan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films
Actors Jayne Mansfield, Marie McDonald, Tommy Noonan, Mickey Hargitay, Fritz Feld, Eddie Quillan
Roles (uncredited)
Rating49% 2.4642052.4642052.4642052.4642052.464205
Sandy Brooks (Mansfield) is desperate to get pregnant, but her husband Jeff (Tommy Noonan), a television script writer, is too stressed out to make love to her. In an attempt at a sea change, they go on a pleasure cruise and meet another couple, Claire and King Banner (Marie McDonald and Mickey Hargitay). Both couples set out on a drunken spree. They end up changing partners when retiring to their rooms. Later both women discover that they're pregnant, and set out to find whether the fathers are their own or the other's husband.
The Longest Day, 2h51
Directed by Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Radio, Political films, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Patrick Barr, Richard Burton, Lyndon Brook, Robert Mitchum
Roles British Soldier (uncredited)
Rating76% 3.8493.8493.8493.8493.849
The movie is filmed in the style of a docudrama. Beginning in the days leading up to D-Day, it concentrates on events on both sides of the channel, such as the Allies waiting for the break in the poor weather and anticipating the reaction of the Axis forces defending northern France. The film pays particular attention to the decision by Gen. Eisenhower, supreme commander of SHAEF, to go after reviewing the initial bad-weather reports as well as reports about the divisions within the German High Command as to where an invasion might happen or what the response to it should be.