1. Charles Herbert Woolery was an American television host, actor, and musician.
17 Facts About Chuck Woolery
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Chuck Woolery was the original host of the original daytime Wheel of Fortune from 1975 until 1981, when he was replaced by Pat Sajak.
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Charles Herbert Chuck Woolery was born in Ashland, Kentucky, on March 16,1941, the son of Katherine, a homemaker, and Dan Chuck Woolery, who owned a fountain supplies company.
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In 1963, Chuck Woolery worked as a wine consultant for Wasserstrom Wine and Import Company in Columbus, Ohio.
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Chuck Woolery sang in a duo called The Avant-Garde who were in the psychedelic pop genre.
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Chuck Woolery charted on Hot Country Songs with "Painted Lady" and "The Greatest Love Affair".
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Chuck Woolery co-wrote "The Joys of Being a Woman" on Tammy Wynette's 1971 album We Sure Can Love Each Other.
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Chuck Woolery performed as Mr Dingle on the children's television series New Zoo Revue in the early 1970s.
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On January 6,1975, he began hosting Wheel of Fortune at the suggestion of creator Merv Griffin, who had seen Chuck Woolery sing on The Tonight Show.
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Chuck Woolery hosted the show for six years, and in 1978 was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show.
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Chuck Woolery's contract was not renewed and his final episode aired on December 25,1981.
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Chuck Woolery hosted his own talk show, The Chuck Woolery Show, which lasted for only a few months in 1991.
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Chuck Woolery later hosted 80s Quiz Show, a game show based on trends and norms of the 1980s, which streamed on Fox Nation on June 7,2024.
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From 2012 to 2014, Woolery hosted a nationally syndicated radio commentary show, Save Us Chuck Woolery, which grew out of his YouTube videos.
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Chuck Woolery was an active supporter of the Republican Party, and had mainly donated to Republican and conservative causes.
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On July 12,2020, Chuck Woolery tweeted that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, doctors, the media, and the Democratic Party were lying about the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chuck Woolery was married five times and was the father of five children.