Basic Information About Randy West
Category | Celebrities βΊ Actors |
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Professions | Pornographic actor, Exotic dancer, Film Director, Model, Film Producer, Singer |
Net worth | $2,500,000 |
Date of birth | 1947-10-12 (77 years old) |
Place of birth | New York City |
Nationality | United States of America |
Gender | Male |
Height | 6 ft (1.83 m) |
Social Media | βοΈ Wikipedia βοΈ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Randy West win?
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Randy West roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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It's Garry Shandling's Show. | TV Wedding Announcer 1 episode, 1990 |
Interesting Facts about Randy West
- Was the final champion on the short-lived game show "Hit Man" (1983).
- Was a contestant on "Press Your Luck" very early in the show's run.
- Was a contestant on the ABC daytime game show "All Star Blitz" in 1985.
- Before becoming a prolific game show announcer, he was a contestant on four game shows: "Hit Man", "Press Your Luck", "All Star Blitz", and "Sweethearts."
- His mentors were the late Johnny Olson and the legendary Bob Barker.
- Lifelong friend of Rose Marie, from 1981, until her death in 2017.
- Fan of Rose Marie.
- Considers Rose Marie a good influence in comedy.
- Remains close to Wink Martindale.
- Met Wink Martindale in 1982 when the game show host was voicing and West was selling the syndicated radio show "20:20 Musicworld" to local stations. A working relationship was formed, and a decade later West announced the Martindale-hosted game shows "Trivial Pursuit," "Boggle," "Jumble" and "Shuffle" Trivial Pursuit (1993).
- Was mentored into the business by legendary TV announcer Johnny Olson. Thirty years later he performed Olson's signature role as announcer on "The Price is Right" during 2003 and 2004.
- Re-created his TV announcer role in the stage production "The Price is Right - Live" in Las Vegas, Atlantic City as well as other showrooms and theaters 2003 - 2018. He continues to substitute in the role periodically.
- Was the first champion to be retired after exceeding the maximum winnings on CBS' "Press Your Luck" in 1993 (episodes #9, 10 and 11).
- Before becoming a prolific game show announcer, he was a contestant on nine game shows, including "What's My Line?" "To Tell The Truth," "Hit Man", "Press Your Luck", "All Star Blitz", "Face The Music" and "Sweethearts.".
- When Johnny Olson's widow, Penny Olson, sold the couple's West Virginia home, Randy was entrusted with the boxes of scripts, press clippings, personal writings, microphone, Emmy Award plaque and other ephemera that Johnny had saved over his 58 year career.
- As an announcer, he was highly influenced by both Johnny Olson and Bob Barker .
- Credits Johnny Olson and Bob Barker as his favorite mentors/best friends.
- As a 3-year-old boy, he was a lifelong Bob Barker fan, by watching Truth or Consequences (1950), decades before he would work with Barker, as a substitute announcer on The New Price Is Right (1972), from 2003 and 2004.
- Announcer Johnny Olson took him under his wing, when he was only 17, for West in becoming a radio disc jockey, as with legendary television game show host Bob Barker, who also took him under his wing, when he was 18, the following year later, and became acquaintances for decades, until West began announcing on The New Price Is Right (1972) with Barker, in 2003.
- Has highly praised both Johnny Olson and Bob Barker for his stardom in announcing and/or television production.