1. Robert Kuehl Goen was born on December 1,1954 and is an American game show emcee and television personality, best known for his work on Entertainment Tonight between 1993 and 2004 and as the fourth and final host of the daytime Wheel of Fortune from 1989 to 1991.
Bob Goen was born in Long Beach, California, but was raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Lakewood.
Bob Goen graduated from Lakewood High School in 1972, and from San Diego State University in 1976 with a degree in telecommunications and film.
Bob Goen had a small role in the opening of the 1988 series premiere episode of Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Series, "No More Mr Nice Guy", as a nightly news anchorman and on-scene reporter at the Springwood Municipal Courthouse for the pre-trial hearing of accused mass-murderer Fred Krueger.
Bob Goen served as host for the "Name That Tune" video game released for the Philips CD-i in 1993.
Bob Goen hosted several Miss Universe pageants in 1994,1995, and 1996.
Bob Goen was co-host of GSN Radio with Marianne Curan, his wife.
Bob Goen has hosted live traveling versions of Family Feud and The Price Is Right.
Bob Goen has hosted a locally produced version of Let's Ask America called Let's Ask Cincinnati for Scripps' WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio featuring local Cincinnati celebrities and personalities playing for local charities in 2014.
Goen, playing a character named Bob Glimmer, appeared with Mary Hart as anchors of a show named Fairytainment Tonight.
Bob Goen appeared as an interviewee on a 1997 episode of the cartoon mock-talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
Bob Goen was married to Sabrina in 1988, and in 1994, had a son, Max.