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Match Game is an American television panel game show that premiered on NBC in 1962 and has been revived several times over the course of the last six decades. The game features contestants trying to m
Gene Rayburn (center) hosting a prime-time Match Game special episode, 1964
Charles Nelson Reilly (pictured in 1969) was a regular panelist from 1973 to 1991.
McLean Stevenson became a regular panelist during its final season in syndication.
Charles Nelson Reilly
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Charles Nelson Reilly was an American actor, comedian, director and drama teacher. He performed in the original Broadway casts of Bye Bye Birdie; Hello, Dolly!; and How to Succeed in Business Without
Match Game
…staid topics that The Match Game had first disposed of in 1963 for more risqué humor. Celebrity panelists Brett Somers (Klugman's wife at the time) and Charles Nelson Reilly began as guest panelists on the program, with Somers brought in at the request of Klugman, who felt she would make a nice fit on the program. The…
Reilly in a publicity photo for The Golddiggers in 1970
Reilly as "Randy Robinson" on the CBS television series Arnie in 1971
Reilly in 2000