Robert "Bob" Wesley Hilton (born July 23, 1953 in Lake Charles, Louisiana) is an American television game show personality. Although known mainly for his role as announcer, he has hosted game shows as well, including The Guinness Game, Truth or Consequences and the 1990 revival of Let's Make a Deal for NBC.
Hilton has announced several game shows, such as Card Sharks, Child's Play, Trivia Trap, The $25,000 Pyramid, The $100,000 Pyramid, Blockbust...
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Robert "Bob" Wesley Hilton (born July 23, 1953 in Lake Charles, Louisiana) is an American television game show personality. Although known mainly for his role as announcer, he has hosted game shows as well, including The Guinness Game, Truth or Consequences and the 1990 revival of Let's Make a Deal for NBC.
Hilton has announced several game shows, such as Card Sharks, Child's Play, Trivia Trap, The $25,000 Pyramid, The $100,000 Pyramid, Blockbusters, Double Talk, That's My Line, Win, Lose or Draw and Body Language. His first game show announcing assignment was in 1980 on Tic-Tac-Dough (filling in for regular announcer Jay Stewart), followed by The Joker's Wild and Play the Percentages, after he began a contract with Barry & Enright Productions, that same year.
Hilton briefly announced The Price Is Right following the death of its original announcer, Johnny Olson, and was actually offered the job as Olson's successor by Mark Goodson but was unable to accept it on a full-time basis due...
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