Who Is Gene Rayburn’s Daughter, Lynne Rayburn? As Gene became synonymous with the success of Match Game, his wife and daughter made appearances on television alongside him.

The Sad But True Story of Gene Rayburn, the Host of ‘Match Game’© Allen Ludden, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Gene Rayburn, Dolly Read Martin, Richard Dawson and Betty White.

GENE Rayburn was the most frightening of all game-show hosts. Unlike most of the other hosts of the 1960s and ’70s – beaming mannequins such as Bob Eubanks (“The Newlywed Game”) or Wink ...

Here are eight tidbits you may not have known about “Match Game,” its original host, Gene Rayburn, and the other crazies who appeared on the show.

Gene Rayburn hosted Match Game from 1962-1968 and again from 1973-1984, and he presided over the lunacy with an impish glee and a refreshingly impatient attitude. Match Game could be a circus.

One of the best game shows in the history of television, "The Match Game" premiered 51 years ago on NBC during daytime from 1962-1969, and then on CBS from 1973-1979.

Rayburn’s understudy, who also had a small role in “Birdie,” was Reilly, later a fixture on the ’70s “Match Game.” 5. BRETT SOMERS BELONGED TO THE ACTORS STUDIO ...

Original Match Game host Gene Rayburn takes the wheel for the Match Game bits, then three more celebrities run out to make the tic-tac-toe board, Gene trades seats with Jon “Bowzer” Bauman who ...

Match Game was hosted for most of its run by Gene Rayburn, and it featured a rotating cast of regulars and occasional drop-ins, including Betty White, Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, Gary ...