Regis Philbin
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin ( born August 25, 1931 in New York City ) is an American television host. He's since the 1950s, in the business and is regarded as one of the most recognizable faces on American television. Among his most famous programs include Live with Regis and Kelly, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as well as the talent show America's Got Talent. Philbin holds the Guinness record for the most time that a person has spent in front of a television camera ( 2006, awarded him 15,662 hours, and since Philbin is still active ).
Early life
Philbin grew up with his parents Frank and Florence Philbin on the New York City borough of the Bronx. His father was of Irish descent, while his mother was of Albanian descent. Although he has always been an only child, he was on 1 February 2007 that he had a brother, Frank M. Philbin. He died a few days earlier from a disease. Philbin said that his brother had asked him not to talk in the media about him.
After his school career at the Our Lady of Solace Grammar School and Cardinal Hayes High School in New York, he studied from 1949 Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. After his service in the United States Navy Philbin made his first television experience at some smaller odd jobs.
Talk show career
His first talk show had Philbin at the California regional station KGTV. Because of financial reasons he had then no great editors behind him, he began each show with a brief conversation between him and the audience on the issues of the day. This "host chat" became his trademark later. When Joey Bishop's sidekick on The Joey Bishop Show Philbin had his first major role in 1967.
Between 1975 and 1983, Philbin was co-host Sarah Purcell and Cyndy Garvey later in the morning show AM Los Angeles radio station KABC - TV. The program subsequently learned that a significant rate increase. In addition, he hosted in 1981 for 18 weeks along with Mary Hart, a morning show on NBC.
Also in the 1980s, Philbin hosted Lifestyles with Regis Philbin on the transmitter Lifetime Television.
Game show career
In addition to his talk shows Philbin also hosted always more or less successful game shows. The first was The Neighbors, the ABC in 1975 but after a short time settled again. In the show, it was a matter that a candidate had to guess which of her neighbors spread rumors about them. In the same year he was co-host of the ABC show Almost anything goes, the American adaptation of the British quiz show It's a Knockout. This mission, however, was also discontinued due to poor rates.
Philbin did have some success with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? , The American version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. After initially great success in 1999 but fell again the odds over time. In 2001, Philbin nevertheless won an Emmy Award for " outstanding game show host ." After the broadcast of ABC was set because of the high costs already, it was revived with Meredith Vieira as host in 2002. Philbin moderated since 2004 Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire. This is a modified version of the original concept, in which the candidates can win up to 10 million U.S. dollars.
In November 2005, ABC announced that Philbin will take over moderation of This is our Life. In August 2006, however, it became known that his option had expired on a contract and he did not want to renew.
The first season of the talent show America's Got Talent was in the summer of 2006, also hosted by Philbin. However, as he had during his commute between New York and Los Angeles (he had while still another program ), he handed over the moderation of the second season of Jerry Springer.
Private life
Philbin is married for the second time. From his first marriage (1955-1968) with Kay Faylan children Amy and Daniel were born. Since 1970 he is married to Joy Senese, with whom he has two more children ( Joanna and Jennifer ).
TV shows
- That Regis Philbin Show (1964-1965)
- The Joey Bishop Show (1967-1969)
- The People's Lawyer (1975 )
- The Neighbors (1975-1976)
- A.M. Los Angeles ( Moderator 1975-1983 )
- Almost Anything Goes ( co-host in 1976 )
- SST: Death Flight ( 1977)
- Mad Bull (1977 )
- Mirror, Mirror (1979 )
- Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty ( 1980)
- California Girls (1985 )
- Ryan's Hope (1987-1988)
- Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (1988-2000)
- Mother Goose: A Rappin 'and Rhymin ' Special (1997, synchronization)
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ( Moderator 1999-2002)
- Live with Regis (2000-2001)
- Live with Regis and Kelly (2001 - November 18, 2011)
- Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire (2004, limited to twelve broadcasts )
- This Is Your Life (2006)
- America's Got Talent ( Moderator 2006)
- How I Met Your Mother ( cameo 2008)
Filmography
Discography
Albums
Singles
- 2005: Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer ( with Donald Trump ) "Rudolph, you're hired flashes, you're fired! "
- 2005: Frosty the Snowman
Awards
- May 2001 Daytime Emmy Award: "Outstanding Game Show Host" for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
- May 2001 Daytime Emmy Award " Outstanding Talk Show Host " Live with Regis (along with Rosie O'Donnell )
- 2001 TV Guide: "Personality of the Year"
- January 1, 2002 " Grand Marshal of Tournament of Roses Parade"
- February 2003 "Distinguished American Award"
- April 10, 2003: Philbin gets a star on the Walk of Fame
- August 20, 2004: Guinness World Record for " Most Time on camera " ( 15,188 hours )
- July 2005 PR.com " Best Celebrity Nickname "
- April 2006 Daytime Emmy Award winner: "Outstanding Special Class Special" for the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (along with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest )
- April 2006: inclusion in the " National Association of Broadcasters Television Hall of Fame"
- September 2006: new Guinness World Record for the " Longest time in front of the camera " ( 15,662 hours )