What's My Line? (1950)
| Release Date | 02 February 1950 |
| Genre | Game-Show, Family |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | CBS Broadcast Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White, Color |
What's My Line? is a panel game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. The game tasked celebrity panelists with questioning contestants in order to determine their occupations. It is the longest-running game show in the history of U.S. prime time network television. Hosted by John Charles Daly and with panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf, What's My Line? won three Emmy Awards for "Best Quiz or Audience Participation Show," in 1952, 1953 and 1958 and Golden Globe for Best TV Show in 1962.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Hal Block
Himself - Panelist
Martin Gabel
Himself - Guest Panelist
Hal Simms
Himself - Announcer
Lee Vines
Himself - Announcer
Robert Q. Lewis
Himself - Guest Panelist
Louis Untermeyer
Himself - Panelist
Ralph Paul
Himself - Announcer
Susan Oakland
Herself - Guest Panelist
Henry Morgan
Himself - Guest Panelist
Bern Bennett
Himself - Sub-Announcer
Sheila MacRae
Herself - Mystery Guest
Bill Todman
Himself - Mystery Guest
Dick Stark
Himself - Announcer
Elsa Maxwell
Herself - Mystery Guest
Pat Finch
Herself - Contestant
Marty Allen
Himself - Mystery Guest
Deems Taylor
Himself - Guest Panelist
Quincy Howe
Himself - Guest Panelist
Richard Hoffmann
Himself - Panelist
Toots Shor
Himself - Mystery Guest
Perle Mesta
Herself - Mystery Guest
Clifton Fadiman
Himself - Guest Moderator
Herman Wouk
Himself - Guest Panelist
Maurice Edelman
Himself - Guest Panelist
George Axelrod
Himself - Guest Panelist
Arthur Feinberg
Himself - Contestant
Seymour Kolodny
Himself - Contestant
Marguerite Higgins
Herself - Mystery Guest
John Fulton Short
Himself - Contestant
Julius LaRosa
Himself - Mystery Guest
Clifton Daniel
Himself - Guest Panelist
Jeanne Parr
Herself - Contestant
Marianne Means
Herself - Contestant
Peter Gabel
Himself - Guest
John V. Lindsay
Himself - Guest Panelist
Digby Wolfe
Himself - Guest Panelist
Director
Franklin Heller
Frank Satenstein
Paul Alter
S. Robert Rowe
Paul Monroe
Ira Skutch
Producer
Bill Todman
co-producer / producer
Gil Fates
executive producer / producer
Milt Myers
supervising producer
Bob Bach
associate producer / coordinating producer
Ann Kaminsky
associate producer
Frances Trocaine
associate producer
Bill Egan
associate producer
Casting Director
Helen Marcus
Art Director
Robert Rowe Paddock
Set Decorator
Robert Rowe Paddock
John Ward
Makeup Department
Dee Darnay
makeup artist
Production Manager
Milt Myers
production supervisor
Sid Sirulnick
production supervisor
Ann Kaminsky
production supervisor
Anthony Boschetti
production supervisor
James Murphy
production supervisor
Gil Herman
production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alvin R. Mifelow
associate director
John Kuehn
associate director
Art Department
Willard Levitas
set designer
John Ward
set designer
Jack Landau
scenic designer
Robert Rowe Paddock
set designer
Sound Department
B.A. Taylor
sound / audio
A.J. Gulino
sound
Camera and Electrical Department
Gene Ulrich
lighting director
Hal Anderson
lighting director / lighting technician
Charles Reinhard
lighting director
Vernon Cook
lighting director
Ralph Holmes
lighting director
Stan Alper
lighting director
Music Department
Lou Busch
composer: closing theme "Rollercoaster"
Milton Delugg
composer: closing theme "Rollercoaster"
Sascha Burland
composer: opening theme "Sounds"
Wilfred Burns
composer: opening theme "Melody in Moccasins"
Other Crew
Bob Bach
production coordinator
Frances Trocaine
program manager / program staff
Carl Schutzman
technical director
Dan F. Smith
associate director
Vernon Gamble
technical director
Barbara Griff
program staff / program coordinator
Alyce Finell
program staff / production assistant
Ted Miller
technical director
Alvin R. Mifelow
associate director
David Roth
associate director
Alan J. Shalleck
associate director
Roland Vance
associate director
William Guyon
technical director
Walter Pile
technical director
Hal Warner
technical director
Production Company
CBS Television
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Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions
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Distributor
CBS Television
Alpha Video Distributors
Fremantle Corporation, The
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Miscellaneous
Allstate Insurance
original sponsor
CBS Studio #50
origination
CBS Studio #52
origination
CBS Studio #59
origination
CBS Studio #72
origination
Grand Central Studios, New York
origination
Helene Curtis
original sponsor
Kellogg's Cereals
original sponsor
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
original sponsor
Remington Rand
original sponsor
Standard Brands
original sponsor
Stopette Deodorant
original sponsor
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