- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 13, 1913
- Place of Birth
- —
- Died
- November 16, 2005
Ralph Edwards
Ralph Edwards was born near Merino, Colorado, in 1913, moving with his family to Oakland, California, when he was 12. He worked his way through college at radio stations in Oakland and San Francisco, graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1935 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama. Edwards moved to New York in 1936 and became one of radio's busiest announcers, doing as many as 45 network shows a week. In 1940, in response to this hectic pace, Edwards created, produced and hosted the landmark audience participation show "Truth or Consequences". The show's great popularity led to his appearance in the Lucille Ball-Victor Mature film Seven Days' Leave (1942). He moved the show and his production company to Hollywood in 1945, where he made three more films for RKO: Radio Stars on Parade (1945), The Bamboo Blonde (1946) and Beat the Band (1947), all with Frances Langfo…
Filmography
movieBoulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieMansfield 66/67
2017
movieClara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
movieHe Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieSpine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007 · Self (archive)
movieImaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004 · Self
movieEmpire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991 · Self - Host of 'This Is Your Life' (archive footage)
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special
movieThis Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special
1981 · Host
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
tvThe Wide Country
1962 · Producer
movieThe New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
About Faces
tvAbout Faces
1960 · Creator
tvThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - This Is Your Life
tvThis Is Your Life
1955 · Self, Writer
tvThis Is Your Life
1952 · Self - Host, Producer
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
Truth or Consequences
tvTruth or Consequences
1950 · Host, Creator
movieBeat the Band
1947 · Eddie Martin
movieThe Bamboo Blonde
1946 · Eddie Clark
movieRadio Stars on Parade
1945 · Ralph Edwards
movieManhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937 · Radio Man (uncredited)