Actor
Art Linkletter
July 17, 1912 · Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Arthur Gordon Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly or Arthur Gordon Kelly [sources differ]; July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, which aired on NBC radio and television for 19 years. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1942.
Old clips from Linkletter's House Party program were later featured as segments on the first incarnation of Kids Say the Darndest Things. A series of books followed which contained the humorous comments made on-air by children. He appeared in four films.
Notable work
Often works with
Vincent Price
2 titles together
Batman, Champagne for Caesar
Lucille Ball
2 titles together
The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy
Gale Gordon
2 titles together
The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy
Vivian Vance
2 titles together
The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy
Sid Gould
2 titles together
The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy
Mary Jane Croft
2 titles together
The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy
Full filmography · 12
Kids Say the Darndest Things
as Co-Host
1998
The Alan Hamel Show
cast
1976
Here's Lucy
as Art Linkletter
19686.7
Batman
as Art Linkletter
19667.3
The Lucy Show
as Art Linkletter
19627
Wagon Train
as Sam Darland
19576.6
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Albert Pierce
1956
General Electric Theater
as Bill Baxter and as Herb Stillman and as Bert Holman and as Howard Douglas
1953
The Jack Benny Program
as Art Linkletter
1950