Chuck Woolery originally set his sights on a career in the music industry but had a change of heart when he joined the U.S. Navy instead. After two years military service, he attended college in his home state of Kentucky and afterward held various jobs including a stint as a sales rep at Pillsbury. He later moved to Nashville where he formed the rock band "Avant Garde". Woolery's family consists of his third wife, Teri Nelson (granddaughter of Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard) and their two boys. He has one daughter and an adopted son from his first marriage, and one daughter from his second marriage.


Attended Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, KY. Worked 39 days per year while hosting "Love Connection" (1983). Has eight children. Former son-in-law of David Nelson. Over 2,000 episodes of "Love Connection" (1983) were tapped in the 11 years he hosted the show (1983-1994), making it one of the longest lasting game shows in syndication. His longest lasting game show is "Love Connection" (1983). He hosted that show for 11 years (1983-1994). He hosted "Scrabble" (1984) on NBC for 7 years (1984-1990, 1993) and was the first host of "Wheel of Fortune" (1975) (1975-1981) before he left after a contract dispute with creator Merv Griffin (Pat Sajak took over and still is the host today). Woolery's most recent game show outputs were a short lived syndicated revival of "The Dating Game" (1997) from 1998 to 2000 and the big money game show "Greed" (1999) on FOX from 1999 to 2000. Starting in August of 2002, Chuck has been hosting "Lingo" (2002) on Game Show Network (GSN).