TOM O’CONNOR

 

 

 

BORN:  October 31, 1939

PLACE:  Bootle, England

 

 

 

Career:

 

Name That Tune     (host)                        (open)

Cross-Wits   (host) (1987-97)                  (open) (open)

Password (host)

I’ve Got A Secret (host) (1982-84)

That’s News To Me (host)

The Zodiac Game (host) (1986-89)

 

Tom O’Connor a great emcee, the longest running Cross-Wits host.   Of course, the British take American shows and make them more successful than they were over here, while we take their shows and they don’t.  Tom O’Connor took three successful American shows and made successful work of them in England.  I realize that the British are good at game shows, but Tom O’Connor ranks number 3 in my book as the greatest British game show host.  Bruce Forsyth is first and Cilla Black is second.  Tom is equally comparable to Bruce and Cilla, in every way.  Tom has some Allen Ludden and Jack Clark in him.  He does things like both of them on all his shows that I have seen.  The shows that I have seen him in are Cross-Wits and Name That Tune.  He did exceptionally well, I heard on Password, but I didn’t see it.  His exceptionally well sense of style made him one the greats.  Cross-Wits was seen on Challenge TV in reruns, and was highly successful mainly due to this great guy.

 

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