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<html> <head> <title>Chuck Woolery</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/378/000022312/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Chuck Woolery</b></font><p><img src="cwoolery01.jpg" height=344 width=229 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Chuck Woolery"><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/593/000106275/" class=proflink>16-Mar</a>-<a href="/lists/940/000105625/" class=proflink>1941</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/404/000069197/" class=proflink>Ashland, KY</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Religion:</b> <a href="/lists/028/000085770/" class=proflink>Born-Again Christian</a><br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/186/000068979/" class=proflink>Game Show Host</a><br><b>Party Affiliation:</b> Libertarian<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>The Love Connection</i>, etc.<p><b>Military service:</b> US Navy<p>Chuck Woolery was half the pop duet "The Avant-Garde", with Elkin "Bubba" Fowler. Their one and only hit, a song called "Naturally Stoned", peaked at #40 on the charts in 1968. Elkin went on to play back-up banjo behind <a href="/people/812/000023743/">Leonard Cohen</a>. Woolery released several solo singles to minimal acclaim. He was dumped by Columbia Records in 1970, subsequently signed by RCA, and dumped by RCA in 1971. In search of a career in moving pictures, he played Mr. Dingle, the toothless old mailman, on <I>New Zoo Revue</i>, a daily fantasy show for kids. He co-starred with Stephen Boyd and <a href="/people/635/000023566/">Rosey Grier</a> in a schlocky b-grade action movie, <I>Evil in the Deep</i>, in 1974. <p> Woolery finally found his niche hosting a brief revival of <I>Your Hit Parade</i> in 1974, and <I>Wheel of Fortune</i> when it first started spinning in 1975. On <I>Tattletales</i>, a game show with celebrities and their spouses, Woolery often appeared with his then-wife, JoAnne Pflug. Woolery left Pflug in 1980, and left the <I>Wheel</i> in 1981, when he demanded a raise from $300,000 a year to $500,000. That was too much for <a href="/people/418/000022352/">Merv Griffin</a>, the show's producer, and <a href="/people/377/000022311/">Pat Sajak</a> took over as host of <I>Wheel</i> for the next few decades. Woolery's other big success was <I>The Love Connection</i>, a tawdry, long-running riff on <I>The Dating Game</i> that ran from 1981-1993. He's also hosted <I>$1.98 Beauty Show</i>, <I>Scrabble</i>, <I>Greed</i>, a short-lived revival of <I>The Dating Game</i>, <I>Lingo</i>, a talk show called <I>The Chuck Woolery Show</i>, and his own celebrity reality show, <I>Naturally Stoned</i>. He started his own online dating service in the late 1990s, which quickly flopped. <p><b>Wife:</b> Margaret Hayes (div., three children)<br><b>Wife:</b> <a href="/people/383/000348336/">Jo Ann Pflug</a> (actress, m. 21-Dec-1972, div. 1980, one daughter)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Melissa<br><b>Wife:</b> Teri Nelson (dau. of <a href="/people/189/000057018/">David Nelson</a>, m. 16-Mar-1985, div. 11-Jun-2004, two children)<br><b>Wife:</b> Kim Barnes (m. 17-Jul-2006)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/766/000068562/">Eastern Kentucky University</a><br><p> <a href="/company/451/000109124/">Pillsbury</a> sales rep<br> <a href="/event/304/000071091/">Heart Bypass Operation</a> 23-Sep-1996 (quadruple)<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">TELEVISION</font><br> <a href="/tv/739/000044607/">Wheel of Fortune</a> Host (1975-81)<br> <a href="/tv/373/000109046/">Love Connection</a> Host (1983-94)<br> <a href="/tv/371/000109044/">Scrabble</a> Host (1984-90)<br> <a href="/tv/037/000098740/">The Dating Game</a> Host (1998)<br> <a href="/tv/372/000109045/">Greed</a> Host (1999)<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/359/000085104/">Cold Feet (19-May-1989)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/914/000042788/">Six Pack (16-Jul-1982)</a> <br> <a href="/films/711/000260928/">The Treasure of Jamaica Reef (Mar-1975)</a> <br><p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.chuckwoolery.com" target=_blank>http://www.chuckwoolery.com</a><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=22312"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=22312">Chuck Woolery</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=22312" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>