Allen Albert Funt was an American television producer, director, writer and television personality, best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as either a regular television show or a television series of specials.
13 Facts About Allen Funt
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Allen Funt's father Isidore Funt was a diamond wholesaler, and his mother was Paula Saferstein Funt.
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Allen Funt later earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Cornell University, studied business administration at Columbia University, then returned to Pratt for additional art instruction.
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Allen Funt began his signature program on ABC Radio as The Candid Microphone on June 28,1947, and it ran until September 23,1948.
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Allen Funt soon experimented with a visual version by doing a series of theatrical short films known as Candid Microphone.
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In 1964, Allen Funt appeared as himself in an episode of the situation comedy The New Phil Silvers Show.
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Allen Funt established a foundation which used laughter therapy for seriously ill patients by providing videocassettes of Candid Camera episodes.
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In 1946, Allen Funt married Evelyn Michal with whom he had three children, Peter, Patricia and John.
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In 1964 the couple was divorced and the same year Allen Funt married Marilyn Laron, from whom he was divorced in 1978.
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However, some of the passengers, having spotted Allen Funt, believed the whole thing to be a Candid Camera stunt.
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Allen Funt repeatedly attempted to persuade his fellow passengers as to the reality of the hijacking, but to no avail.
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Allen Funt amassed a collection of works by the Victorian painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema and engineered an exhibition of them at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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The collection's value skyrocketed as a result, and Allen Funt sold them at a handsome profit.