Basic Information About Marc Summers
| Category | Celebrities › Actors |
|---|---|
| Professions | Talk show host, Comedian, Film Producer, Actor |
| Net worth | $10,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1951-11-11 (73 years old) |
| Place of birth | Indianapolis |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | 16 June - Alice Filous ( 1974 - present) (2 children) |
| Gender | Male |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Marc Summers win?
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marc Summers roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story | Self |
| Wild & Crazy Kids | Self 1 episode, 1990 |
| The Loud House | Marc Summers 1 episode, 2020 |
| Robot Chicken | Self / ... 2 episodes, 2011-2016 |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self 2 episodes, 1994 |
| Sanjay and Craig | Self 1 episode, 2013 |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | Self 1 episode, 2008 |
Interesting Facts about Marc Summers
- Has obsessive-compulsive disorder, which was made public on television in 1996.
- Adopted stage name "Summers" because of media attention surrounding "Son of Sam" killer David Berkowitz.
- Attended North Central High School in Indianapolis.
- Guest-hosted one week on Scrabble (1984) in 1987 while host Chuck Woolery played against other game show hosts.
- His daughter, Meredith Berkowitz, was an assistant on Pick Your Brain (1993).
- His favorite obstacle from the Double Dare (1986) obstacle course was the Gum Drop.
- Suffered multiple broken bones in his face, from an accident involving a taxi, in which he was a passenger, in Philadelphia [August 16, 2012].
- Living in Philadelphia, since 2004. [2010]
- Like Kirk Fogg, Marc never was a panelist on Nickelodeon's "Figure It Out" in the late 1990s.
- His mentors were: Wink Martindale and Bob Barker.
- Best known by the public as host of Double Dare (1986) and Unwrapped (2001).
- He didn't host a game show until he was 34. When Summers moved to Los Angeles, at the time, the network wasn't ready for this young, unfamiliar comedian to host a game show, allowing much matured, experienced game show emcees, who hosted their own game shows.
- He and Burt Reynolds had a water fight (started spontaneously by an aggravated Reynolds) that led to a contrived (yet still intense) pie fight on Jay Leno's Tonight Show.
- Actor/singer and game show host Bert Convy took him, under his wing, when Summers was in his early twenties.
- As a 5-year-old boy, he was a lifelong Bob Barker fan, by watching Truth or Consequences (1950) and The New Price Is Right (1972). Before he was a successful game show host, he used to work as a page on "Price is Right," and a writer on "Truth or Consequences," both shows hosted by Barker.
- Credits Bert Convy as his favorite mentor/best friend and Bob Barker as his favorite childhood television hero.
- Graduated from North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1969.
- His mentor is the late Bert Convy.
