Roy Ward Dickson
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[[Abracadabra]] (devisor and host) | [[Abracadabra]] (devisor and host) | ||
| - | [£100 Word]] (devisor) | + | [[Full House (1)|Full House]] (devisor and host) |
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| + | [[Gair am Air]] (devisor) | ||
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| + | [[£100 Word]] (devisor) | ||
[[Mr and Mrs]] (devisor) | [[Mr and Mrs]] (devisor) | ||
[[Pix]] (devisor and host) | [[Pix]] (devisor and host) | ||
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| + | [[Pwy Fase'n Meddwl]] (devisor) | ||
[[Sion a Sian]] (devisor) | [[Sion a Sian]] (devisor) | ||
| - | [[ | + | [[Think of a Number (2)|Think of a Number]] (devisor and host) |
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| + | [[Three Little Words]] (devisor) | ||
[[Try for Ten]] (devisor) | [[Try for Ten]] (devisor) | ||
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| + | [[Turnabout (2)|Turnabout]] (devisor and host) | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| - | '' | + | Serial game show devisor and host Roy Ward Dickson was a Canadian, though he was born in England in 1910, and divided his career between the two countries. His original career was teaching, but after a couple of years he left to became a newspaper journalist in Vancouver, later moving to Toronto where he attempted to interest his employers in a game he had invented. Unfortunately the newspaper wasn't interested, so he set up his own company and in 1935 made his radio debut in Toronto as host of a show called ''Professor Dick and his Question Box''. He never looked back from then on, becoming a familiar voice (and later face) on both sides of the Atlantic. He died in 1978. |
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
| - | + | His real name was Richard del Valle. | |
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| + | [http://www.roywarddickson.com/ Official site] | ||
| - | [[Category:People| | + | [[Category:People|Ward Dickson, Roy]] |
| + | [[Category:Devisors|Ward Dickson, Roy]] | ||
Current revision as of 06:58, 2 November 2023
Contents |
Shows
Abracadabra (devisor and host)
Full House (devisor and host)
Gair am Air (devisor)
£100 Word (devisor)
Mr and Mrs (devisor)
Pix (devisor and host)
Pwy Fase'n Meddwl (devisor)
Sion a Sian (devisor)
Think of a Number (devisor and host)
Three Little Words (devisor)
Try for Ten (devisor)
Turnabout (devisor and host)
Biography
Serial game show devisor and host Roy Ward Dickson was a Canadian, though he was born in England in 1910, and divided his career between the two countries. His original career was teaching, but after a couple of years he left to became a newspaper journalist in Vancouver, later moving to Toronto where he attempted to interest his employers in a game he had invented. Unfortunately the newspaper wasn't interested, so he set up his own company and in 1935 made his radio debut in Toronto as host of a show called Professor Dick and his Question Box. He never looked back from then on, becoming a familiar voice (and later face) on both sides of the Atlantic. He died in 1978.
Trivia
His real name was Richard del Valle.
