Chuck Barris (born Charles Hirsch Barris on June 3, 1929) is an American game show producer and presenter who was responsible for many of the best-known game shows of the 1960s and 1970s. He is also an author.
Barris is a survivor of lung cancer.
Nephew of singer/songwriter/actor Harry Barris.
As a songwriter, he co-composed the song "Palisades Park", a number three hit in the US for singer Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon in 1962.
Claimed to have been a CIA operative.
Survived lung cancer.
Introduced first-run syndication on television when he bought back an unsuccessful show he created and resold it.
Began his television career as an NBC page
Had a film made about his life, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), by George Clooney in his directorial debut with Sam Rockwell playing the man.
Daughter Della Barris died of suspected overdose. She was his only child.
