Thank you for reminding the viewing public of his amazing longevity on so many classic shows!
@sandraandrews99072 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that he was a host on a game show called "Masquerade Party". I think that it was pre-Match Game, but still needs to be acknowledged.
@gabriellashimone65463 жыл бұрын
Richard Dawson was always my favourite game show host and regular on Match Game. He was a wonderful, kind and compassionate man the likes of which are few and far between. There will always be a special place in my heart for Mr. Dawson!
@sarahkutz15123 жыл бұрын
WOW! My 2 oldest brothers loved Hogan Heroes.. thank you for the memories 🥰
@dougearnest75903 жыл бұрын
Anyone who hasn't see "The Running Man" should watch it just for Richard Dawson where he plays host of a futuristic reality show -- it was his greatest role ever! When you see it, you'll understand.
@jduff593 жыл бұрын
He was good in that role.
@seanacameron89403 жыл бұрын
Doug, You are right on the money. Wish they still made movies of that caliber. All the best.
@strikeryachts3 жыл бұрын
I'll be back!, only in a rerun.
@christinemiller19673 жыл бұрын
He was amazing in that role!!!
@Bigbadwhitecracker Жыл бұрын
That was the ONLY reason I went to see it when it was released to the theaters. (Not an Arnie fan, then or especially now.) I wish Mr. Emm had done more movies. He was a terrific bad guy.
@davidpar23 жыл бұрын
He was my favorite Family Feud host. Will never forget his “survey said!”
@rogerlynch52793 жыл бұрын
Yes among professional crititcs KING RAT belongs to the TOP MOVIES with " cultural value " . at least that is what you can read in a lot of background books
@disneyfan81783 жыл бұрын
@leone7227 I agree. Ray Combs and the others had nothing on him!
@Farrah3002 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, Richard Dawson was the dfinitive host.
@FreyaTait7 ай бұрын
@@rogerlynch5279I hated the excerpts that I happened to see when my father was watching it on TV. Just my personal opinion.
@brettany_renee_blatchley3 жыл бұрын
*Thank You* for stirring these wonderful memories from my younger days -- AND teaching me some things I never knew!! 😊❤
@jnpowell90773 жыл бұрын
He was a great guy, my Dads buddy served in the forces with him.
@CoolClassics3 жыл бұрын
👍
@1927su3 жыл бұрын
Wow thats cool!
@sdgakatbk3 жыл бұрын
If you still haven't seen King Rat I HIGHLY recommend it! I just watched it and it is one of the best war movies I've ever seen.
@CoolClassics3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, a few of you have said that, so i put it on my must watch list 😁
@patriciahall22232 жыл бұрын
I loved him dearly , a brilliant actor, God Rest in Heavenly Peace Mr Richard Dawson 🇨🇦
@democratactivist2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite comedians
@ElmoUnk19533 жыл бұрын
As soon as you said “King Rat”, I said “Oh yeah!” He played a commando that liberated a Japanese POW camp. 👌😁
@Jdwify Жыл бұрын
Of all the actors on Hogan's Heroes, Richard Dawson was my absolute favorite. His comedic timing was superb, second to none. I thought he was marvelous on Family Feud as well. So sad that such a talented and well rounded man had to die. Rest in Peace, Richard. Thanks for the joy, laughter, and memories.
@kmafdlmagotg83283 жыл бұрын
He was in the Munsters movie also. Munsters Go Home in 1966.
@martinaurik21892 жыл бұрын
Thank you all the effort you put in this video.I’m from the Netherlands and are importing movie’s and series for almost 10 years.Hogan’s heroes became my most beloved serie ever.
@dontraylor44763 жыл бұрын
We enjoyed Richard for a long time. He is missed by many.
@1927su3 жыл бұрын
Loving these videos about Hogans Heroes! I was a HUGE FAN & as a teenager, before going out with friends etc,or if I didn’t have to work, I had to run home & watch Hogans Heroes at 4:00!
@jimeagle54833 жыл бұрын
This guy was cool, personified. And ALL the women loved him.
@seanacameron89403 жыл бұрын
Dawson, the man of warmth and humour. RIP
@sharonz33373 жыл бұрын
I use to watch Richard Dawson on Family Feud. He was my favorite. Host on that show😊😊
@CoolClassics3 жыл бұрын
He was mine too :)
@ToyotaPete3 жыл бұрын
👍 Thanks for the great memories
@blackbird56343 жыл бұрын
Your posts are great. You've done your homework and these 'forgotten' stars of daytime TV are near and dear to a lot of us. Not just because we watched them when we were home 'sick' from school but because it's a real treat to find out all the details of their many appearances on so many other shows. I heard that Ron Howard earned as much as a famous major league baseball player when he was about 11 years old, and he found out when salaries were published in some national review. Phew! That's a lot of money for a kid.
@CoolClassics3 жыл бұрын
Thank You! I love all the people that I cover on here. Everyone has so many appearances, that I have to pick and choose the important or stand out performances. When I get to Ron Howard, I am thinking a video on his childhood to his teens, would fill one video. lol Again thank you for the motivation to make more videos 😁
@dbcooper71643 жыл бұрын
I watched Hogan's Heroes, but to me, my happy thoughts of Richard Dawson will always be Match Game and Family Feud.
@markschroeder25783 жыл бұрын
Once he flubbed a name or line, and I couldn't resist saying "Once a Crp. Peter Newkirk, always a Crp. Peter Newkirk!" 😂😂
@tom36993 жыл бұрын
Another GREAT video 👏👍 Thanks
@klyvemurray3 жыл бұрын
Hey Cool Classics!! Yet another Masterpiece!! You have excellent research chops, a VERY cool presentation style, and 'tight' production values! Totally digging your work 👌 .
@j.a.emmanueltemplemann56272 жыл бұрын
This is great. Kudos to you for making this vid. Thank you 🙏
@Ratlins93 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for creating this video, I grew up watching “ Hogans Heroes” and enjoyed “ Family Feud.” RIP Mr. Dawson.
@CoolClassics3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome
@protonneutron90463 жыл бұрын
I feel old. So many of my favs are gone...
@miketybring47003 жыл бұрын
yes l agree born in 62 now 58 wow time flies.
@FreyaTait7 ай бұрын
@@miketybring4700Born in 57, now 66. Time flies faster.
@chronicstitcher79333 жыл бұрын
I'm really surprised you didn't mention the fact that he met his next wife on Family Feud, Gretchen. Her family played the game and he fell in love with her.
@Carol-D.13242 жыл бұрын
Same here!😮
@fifthbusiness16782 жыл бұрын
Yes, that does seem a bit of an oversight. But overall very well done!
@aquariandawn47503 жыл бұрын
Dude really made The Running Man worth the watch,considering how unlike the short story it came from to the screen.
@lars2772 жыл бұрын
Richard was always dressed to the nines. Personal grooming was spot on.
@sdgakatbk3 жыл бұрын
Also as to Dawson's psychedelic song, there was also the William Shatner version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. Really more like Captain Kirk covering the song-yes it's that bad!
@lalannej3 жыл бұрын
Shatner did a whole album titled "Has Been", and featuring the song "You're Going To Die"! He played a lot of square roles, but you can't beat his sense of humor or humility. Leonard Nimoy also did some painful music and voiceovers.
@Observer-jw8wv3 жыл бұрын
I have heard, as you have, that Dawson's superb performance in King Rat sold the producers of Hogan's Heroes on Richard Dawson. However, I am doubtful. The pilot of Hogan's Heroes was cast in December 1964 and filmed in January 1965. King Rat did not premiere until October 1965. Rushes may have been available earlier in the year, but nine months earlier? That has never made sense to me. As for King Rat, you should just look online for the trailer. His entire performance is in it. He had a very small but powerful role.
@FreyaTait7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info on the trailer. I can see Dawson now without having to watch the movie.
@Sooner-im9qf Жыл бұрын
Wow. Thank you for this blast from the past. Just have to share this. As I was watching the clip of the Dick Van Dyke Show with Richard Dawson doing the "bird caller" comedy routine, it instantly dawned on me. I actually remember seeing that episode as a child and falling out laughing. I think that had to be one of the funniest bits ever on the Dick Van Dyke Show for all the years it ran! So funny, at least, that I still instantly recognized it all these years later and hadn't seen it since it was aired in the "60's. Of course, I never knew it was Richard Dawson may he rest in peace. Very talented performer!
@CoolClassics Жыл бұрын
Stuff like that happens to me while researching. I find a clip, thinking that I have never seen before, then it all comes back to me. I am like, wow! I have seen this sometime in my life before, but I never would have remembered it, without seeing it again! Wild stuff 😁👍
@pamelamays41863 жыл бұрын
Newkirk was one of my favorite Heroes. As for Family Feud, he was awesome and also was a snazzy dresser. He also appeared on Miami Vice as a game show host on the fictional Rat Race.
@captainjamestkirk53503 жыл бұрын
I think he was a better host than Steve Harvey
@nancyking3 жыл бұрын
@@captainjamestkirk5350 I think so, too.
@nancyking3 жыл бұрын
I looked, but couldn't find this episode of Miami Vice on IMDB. Maybe he wasn't credited?
@jayklink8513 жыл бұрын
Favorite Hogan's Heroes characters in order. 1. Col "the bald eagle" Klink , 2. Schultz and finally, 3) Newkirk.
@kennethbutler13433 жыл бұрын
My fave was Hofstetter. Howard Caine was brilliant in being always angry at everyone and everything. His classic "What is this man doing here????" as well as "Hogan is the most dangerous man in all of Germany" still crack me up. Of course, in reality he'd have shot Hogan at some point but it WAS a comedy after all.
@FreyaTait7 ай бұрын
@@kennethbutler1343A comedy, and a fantasy.
@Mr6834653 жыл бұрын
King Rat. Excellent movie. I need to see that movie again to find him.
@alanlevine39843 жыл бұрын
Well done. Thank you.
@clazy82 жыл бұрын
I always loved this guy, great charisma
@NewtonWashinton3 жыл бұрын
Very good video. Thank You!
@andreacervelli13673 жыл бұрын
i will go deeper but just discovered your stuff excellent
@realamerican61013 жыл бұрын
It is nice to know more about Richard Dawson .
@jamesdempster80523 жыл бұрын
He was in an The Outer Limits episode 'The Invisibles' as Dick Dawson.
@jaybomb83713 жыл бұрын
Great job. Thanks 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍❤❤
@raymondhoagland49763 жыл бұрын
Richard was smooth with the ladies !
@hw50915 ай бұрын
as fucking glass. kissed them on the lips right in front of their husbands haha
@senorkapowssite2 жыл бұрын
Great career. Thanks C.Cs.
@CoolClassics2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@heygetoffmylawn15723 жыл бұрын
YOU ARE REALLY GOOD. THIS WAS EXCELLENT. SO GLAD I SUBBED. RICHARD DAWSON TRULY IS AN ICON.
@lalannej3 жыл бұрын
I will always remember the episode of Dick Van Dyke when Richard Dawson plays himself as this weeks featured star of the fictional comedy show that Rob is writing for (I forget the name of the show, Alan something). Spending the week at Robs house, Richard causes Rob great anxiety and confusion because he starts aggressively hitting on Robs wife Laura (MTM) when Rob is away. Eventually Rob realizes that Richards character is emotionally and psychologically damaged, and if he is not in the spotlight then he is reduced to chasing women uncontrollably. Overcome with pity and mercy, Rob decides, "Lets write him the best show we ever wrote". I just thought it was an amazingly high-water mark level of compassion in a sitcom, which wasn't often repeated in later or less mature sitcoms than Dick Van Dyke, which had such a seasoned and professional cast of comics and writers.
@lalannej3 жыл бұрын
They wrote for the Alan Brady Show, correct?
@funzjag3 жыл бұрын
@@lalannej You are correct!
@FreyaTait7 ай бұрын
Wasn't Dawson playing a character named Tracy Ratigan? The personality description does not fit Dawson at all.
@rogerlynch52793 жыл бұрын
So you did it again ! :::::::::) Seriously, this is a wonderfull done introduction about a well known actor from the show I did know nothing about before your clip and got everything about him after you finished your wonderfull short portrit. If KZbin Clips had a trophy system you had one of Gold on your closet by now.
@johnruskin43303 жыл бұрын
Apples and Oranges was actually written by Syd Barret Pink Floyd and was released as a single 1969
@tillysanders25932 жыл бұрын
Was so surprised to learn he was born in Gosport ! I used to live there and my family still do. Troops disembarked for D-Day just a few hundred yards from where my Mother lives which must be where Richard refers to being with his Mum .This was very informative. No idea he was married to Diana Dors either ! Thanks from a Brit in Toronto.
@JackC19612 жыл бұрын
He lived in 2 Dudley Road Gosport, next door but one to my Dad, my Nan worked with his mum in the munitions factory in Gosport
@FreyaTait7 ай бұрын
There's a KZbin video, a clip from a farewell episode of Family Feud, in which Dawson describes seeing the troops gathering for the D-Day invasion. He credits that experience for his lack of racial prejudice. He had never before seen people with differing skin colors and asked his mother about it. His Mum said that God makes both rainbows and people, and she would never try to tell someone who made the rainbow what colors to make children.
@TWayneD10203 жыл бұрын
BEST FAMILY FEUD HOST EVER !!!!
@cornellwaters90892 жыл бұрын
🛷 Thank You!
@johnmoldoch33383 жыл бұрын
Dawson only appears in the final scene in King Rat. I won't give any spoilers, but the entire film is worth a look.
@Bigbadwhitecracker Жыл бұрын
What a great little documentary! But one thing that was missed was the 1972-73 edition of I've Got a Secret. I think that show led to him being cast in MG'73 more than anything else.
@Drinks44503 жыл бұрын
@Cool Classics. Man you are really good at this. You really do your homework on everyone you showcase. Great job! Another great video. 😁😁😁😁😁
@CrazyCannuk8043 жыл бұрын
He was also in “The Devil’s Brigade”
@freedomforever67183 жыл бұрын
Newkirk was my favorite HH.
@erikalewis3052 жыл бұрын
We are so ready for another sitcom! Can’t wait to see what you pick! I really am enjoying this👍👍
@huntingthekaiser64903 жыл бұрын
Dawson somehow paired quick hand gestures with what he was saying, and it helped make him distinctive. Watch him hold his microphone in an odd way in Running Man, or open a safe or pick a pocket with subtle flourishes in Hogan's Heroes. I can't quite explain it but it's there and I'm sure he evolved it because he didn't do it earlier in his career.
@FreyaTait7 ай бұрын
In the pilot, Newkirk was said to have been a stage magician in civilian life. Perhaps he developed those gestures because magicians use them.
@skipjacksailing89863 жыл бұрын
Good sir. I like and appreciate these videos. I would love to learn more about the gentleman that played Colonel Crittendon! Good show, 'ol boy!
@wh41933 жыл бұрын
Bernard Fox! He was great, I've seen him on The Andy Griffith Show, Columbo, and The Dick Van Dyke Show
@FreyaTait7 ай бұрын
Fox also played Samantha's physician, Dr. Bombay, on Bewitched.
@ross28123 жыл бұрын
Binge watching Cool Classics.
@jayklink8513 жыл бұрын
Good old sticky wicket Newkirk!
@Irisheddy3 жыл бұрын
Richard: Name an animal with 3 letters in it's name Contestant: Alligator
@CoolClassics3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@FreyaTait7 ай бұрын
That contestant explained that he thought it meant 3 "copies" of the same letter in its name, but alligator doesn't even achieve that! 😊
@nancyking3 жыл бұрын
When I first saw him on The Dick Van Dyke show, I didn't recognize him; my dad had to tell me who he was, and after that, I still didn't believe it, he was so young! He was also on The New Dick Van Dyke Show, but it hasn't been released on DVD yet; you can only get them from collectors. I recognized him on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, though, because he was using his "real" voice, not an over-the-top accent. He was in the McCloud episode, Manhattan Manhunt (season 1, episode 4). In it, the character he played gets shot, but there was an accident, and he really *did* get shot, but it was in the left arm. I read on a fansite that he mentions this during a celebrity tournament of Family Feud, but doesn't say which one. I've looked, but can't find the 14 episodes of The Tonight Show that he guest-hosted on dvd; I think they're on streaming services. I wish whoever has the rights to these will upload them on youtube. They'd be a real treat to watch for any Richard Dawson fan. You can view the last interview he gave in 2010 by going on interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/richard-dawson Click view full interview; it is broken up into chapters. It was so sad to watch this at first because a couple of years before the interview, he suffered a stroke. He recovered enough, but his memory and voice were affected. The Jack Benny Program clip shown here at the 3:00 mark, can be seen in full on these links, but in two parts: Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGKsgZZpZdiLla8 The clip starts at 12:40 part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3XXqpKfmbSShsU have to watch full clip.
@CoolClassics3 жыл бұрын
I could not find those Tonight Show episodes either. Somebody really has them on lockdown!
@AmandaHugandKiss4112 жыл бұрын
Cool Classics: I love your voice. You have the perfect voice for the type of content you produce. Even when you are not laughing you can "feel" a warm smile that you project. At the same time sounding sincere when talking about some of the more serious aspects of your videos. You could be a talk show host or a very popular KZbinr 😉
@howardkeetch1183 жыл бұрын
Lived round the corner from me in queens road gosport when I lived there.
@CoolClassics3 жыл бұрын
Woah!! Did you ever run into him?
@howardkeetch1183 жыл бұрын
@@CoolClassics no he left there before I knew he lived there.
@scottburton97013 жыл бұрын
Richard was a panelist on the network & syndicated version of "Match Game" from 1973-1978.
@rhondawebb34693 жыл бұрын
Had no idea about the game shows. We did not get this on TV in Australia - he was pretty suave !!
@CoolClassics3 жыл бұрын
He really did seem very cool. Most of the women on the show were happy to be greeted by a kiss from him 🙂
@victorplume51432 жыл бұрын
I remember watching King rat 🐀 with my brother back in the 1970s. We loved it straight from the very start of the movie. And when we were adults we'd reference it in certain situations over the years. I'd forgotten it was Richard D playing the part of King Rat but I remembered his character was impactful and charismatic in a dirty-rat way. Luv cool classics too... "HEEEeeeyyyy!" 😃
@FreyaTait7 ай бұрын
George Segal played the American Corporal King (King Rat).
@pinklady47723 жыл бұрын
Omg, I had no idea he was British. My mom use to call him "A fresh old man."🤭
@CoolClassics3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@NEPatsFan3 жыл бұрын
One very interesting fact was omitted. He met his last wife when she was a contestant on Family Feud. Her family was on for several days and he kept flirting with her. Knowing what happened it’s interesting to catch those episodes.
@hishers2512 жыл бұрын
Hogan’s Heroes… his bets work (IMO) I didn’t realise he hosted those quiz shows for so long.
@butchyray65532 жыл бұрын
thank you
@TangoRomeo121 Жыл бұрын
He was also in the WWII movie, “The Devil’s Brigade” in 1968.
@mariannewhitefield74923 жыл бұрын
King Rat is an awesome movie but if you want to see Richard Dawson he is in the very last part about 20 minutes before it ends. He is the first one there at the camp to liberate it. I highly recommend the movie.
@FrostyT3303 жыл бұрын
He met his wife after kissing her on the family feud. Lol
@lasvegasbartender61233 жыл бұрын
Yep
@MRBUCKY123452 жыл бұрын
You make the best biography
@CoolClassics2 жыл бұрын
Thank You Earle :)
@raffelsmith89212 жыл бұрын
What up fam this is a young 58 young African-American hey I'm just putting it out there Richard Dawson was a great performer I was a fan of Hogan's heroes and he went to family feud I respect the brother I used to see him kiss black white internationality woman in my book I didn't know him personally but to me he was just another one of God's angels that is staying on Earth God bless us all
@randallplett6842 Жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that Richard D was originally trying out for the role of Hogan.
@littlebear15203 жыл бұрын
I love Hogan's heroes I am also a Hogan's heroes geek that's a travesty of what happened to some of the stuff but they had more talent on that show than any show of today
@thearthound3 жыл бұрын
You didn't mention that he met his 2nd wife on Family Feud. She was a contestant and a lot younger than him. He asked her father for permission to ask her out. They had a son, and apparently his retirement years were good. He was also a gourmet cook.
@jamesstipe42753 жыл бұрын
Running man one of my fav
@nancyking3 жыл бұрын
Mine, too. He was supposed to be parodying himself and it was so funny.
@markschroeder25783 жыл бұрын
Arnie: "I'll be back!" Dawson: "Only in a rerun!"
@aquariandawn47503 жыл бұрын
He made that move worth watching
@somethingelse48782 жыл бұрын
Re the thumbnail I remember Diana Dors from the Adam and the Ants video Prince charming when she was much older But she was so good looking back the the day
@izzy91323 жыл бұрын
You haven't seen King Rat! It's George Segal's best work. You must see it. In fact I need to watch it again. It's in the same genre as the Great Escape.. Got so carried away I forgot Richard Dawson. He was debonaire in everything he did and never lost his sex appeal.
@richgoemann98113 жыл бұрын
You forgot Richard Dawson had a bit part in Munsters Go Home, as a English mover
@CoolClassics3 жыл бұрын
I had to leave out a lot of stuff. He lived a full life 😁 I will need to mention it when I do my Munsters videos ( That is another top tier show )
@jamesharbold46133 жыл бұрын
Loved him in running man.
@aquariandawn47503 жыл бұрын
He made that one worth watching
@StamfordBridge4 ай бұрын
Amazing that he was in a Jayne Mansfield movie as his first wife looked a lot like her.
@FrabkArriagaJr-nj9hr Жыл бұрын
Cool guy... from Family Feud and Match Game
@GeeBee9092 жыл бұрын
Richard Dawson also met one of his wives on the Family Feud show
@chrislinder75583 жыл бұрын
Always liked him in HH
@jrussellcase3 жыл бұрын
I gotta check out King Rat too, I've never seen that either. What I always wondered, and no one ever opines on.....why, on "The Match Game", and "The Family Feud", does he tamp down his English accent? As a child born in 1971, I assumed his accent on "Heroes" was an act, and his "Match Game/Family Feud" accent was real.....then I grew up and learned I had it completely backwards. 😂
@CoolClassics3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@melissamcfarlin68402 жыл бұрын
There is an interview with him that was done not too long before he died where he mentioned that originally Newkirk’s accent was supposed to be Liverpool but the producers said the couldn’t understand him so he changed it to a Cockney accent.
@sartainja3 жыл бұрын
I love him on HH and MG.
@charleshodgdon61683 жыл бұрын
The kissing on Family Feud started when a contestant was very nervous. He did that to help her calm down. After that, many of the women asked for a kiss. Then it became habit.
@chrisholmes45073 жыл бұрын
You have to admit he was a good looking guy. Who would say no to him. Look at his first wife. She could have doubled for Jane Mansfield.
@jerrysinclair37719 ай бұрын
I think it was amazing that he met and married on of the contestants on Family Feud. She had such an influence over Richard that she preferred he not kiss any more female contestants and Richard was more than happy to oblige his new bride. She alone was able to more than any network executive or the 200,000 letter writers.
@laurettabratti54023 жыл бұрын
I saw him Saturday night in "Munster Go Home".
@funkyalfonso3 жыл бұрын
He was great on Laughin.
@martyolone61402 жыл бұрын
Excellent bio
@kennethbutler13433 жыл бұрын
His best role was The Running Man IMHO...he saw the dark comedy of his game show character and wasn't afraid to exploit it.
@robertlewis19653 жыл бұрын
Who loves you? "Killian loves you " Great movie.
@marshpyke-thoth2 жыл бұрын
Did anyone mention his part in the Munster movie? The one where Herman inherits a castle in England.
@pinatajuju44713 жыл бұрын
Nice...thank you for sharing, I really liked him in everything he did. By the way does anyone know how many women he kissed?