Biography
Roger Price (March 6, 1918 – October 31, 1990) was an American humorist, author and publisher, who created Droodles in the 1950s, followed by his collaborations with Leonard B. Stern on the Mad Libs series. Price and Stern became partners with Larry Sloan in the publishing firm Price Stern Sloan. Price was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and grew up in the mining town of Widen, West Virginia. He graduated from Greenbrier Military School in 1934, then attended the University of Michigan (1934–1936) and the American Academy of Art in Chicago (1936–1938).
During the 1940s, he wrote for The Bob Hope Show and worked with Hope on a newspaper humor column. On Broadway he performed in Arthur Klein's musical revue Tickets, Please! (1950), and he contributed sketch material to Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952. Price hosted the television panel show How To (1951), and he was a panelist on other game shows of the early 1950s: Who's There? What Happened? That Reminds Me, The Name's the Same and What's My Line?
Filmography
all 16
TV Shows 10
Movies 6
self 4
Get Smart, Again! (1989)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Mama's Family (1983)
For the Love of It (1980)
Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II (1978)
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Mame (1974)
The Waltons (1972)
Get Smart (1965)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Name's the Same (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Your Show of Shows (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1918-03-06
Deathday1990-10-31 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceCharleston, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsTheatre World Award
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