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Bud Collyer

Bud Collyer was an American radio actor and announcer and game show host who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars.

Bud Collyer was an American radio actor and announcer and game show host who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars. He is best remembered for his work as the first host of the TV game shows Beat the Clock and To Tell the Truth, but he was also famous in the roles of Clark Kent / Superman on radio and in animated cartoons, initially in theatrical short subjects and later on television.
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Bud Collyer was an American radio actor and announcer and game show host who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars.