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Chuck Barris
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| Known for: | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The Gong Show, The Gong Show Movie |
| Birth name: | Charles Hirsch Barris |
| Birthday: | 3 June 1929, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Trivia
Nephew of singer/songwriter/actor Harry Barris.
As a songwriter, co-composed the song "Palisades Park", a number four hit in the US for singer Freddy Cannon in 1962.
Claimed to have been a CIA operative.
Survived lung cancer.
Introduced first-run syndication on television when he bought back an unsuccessful show he created and resold it.
Began his television career as an NBC page
Had a film made about his life, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, by George Clooney in his directorial debut with Sam Rockwell playing the man.
Daughter Della Barris died of suspected overdose. She was his only child.
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