Peter Marshall, who played straight man to the stars for 16 years as host of “The Hollywood Squares,” has died at 98.
‘It’s about building trust’: Mayor shares details of city’s new ‘Show Up to Shine’ program to combat chronic absenteeismFILE - Host Peter Marshall appears at the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on Sunday, April 29, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. Marshall, who spent 16 years as host of The Hollywood Squares, has died at 98. – Peter Marshall , the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on “The Hollywood Squares,” has died.
“It was the easiest thing I've ever done in show business,” Marshall said in a 2010 interview for the Archive of American Television. “I walked in, said ‘Hello stars,' I read questions and laughed. And it paid very well.” Marshall had lived nearly an entire show business life before he took the “Squares” podium at age 40.
“The Hollywood Squares” was more strait-laced when it began, but early in its run a producer suggested they write jokes for Lynde, the ever-snarky comic actor who occupied the center square and would become as identified as Marshall with the show.Lynde: “Because chiffon wrinkles.” His father died when Marshall was 10, and he would live with his grandparents as his mother and sister, the actress Joanne Dru, moved to New York to pursue her career in show business. Marshall would soon join them.
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