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Wink Martindale
Radio & Television Personality
Los Angeles, California
Wink Martindale's career in radio & television spans more than 50 years. He joined television in its infancy in the early 1950s, focusing on music-related shows. In 1956 he conducted one of the first television interviews with Elvis Presley, just four months after Presley first hit the Top 40. In 1959 Wink scored an international Top 10 hit of his own with the spoken-word "Deck of Cards," which he performed live on The Ed Sullivan Show and others. He went on to host a variety of television game shows, most notably Gambit from 1972-1981, Tic Tac Dough from 1978 to 1985, and High Rollers from 1987-88. Today he hosts a daily 3-hour radio show called Music of Your Life. In 2006 his star was installed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For more on Wink's life and career, visit www.winkmartindale.com.
Wink interviews Elvis Presley in June 1956, just four months after Presley broke into the Top 40. |
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From 1978 to 1985, Wink hosted Tic Tac Dough, one of the most successful syndicated game shows in television history. The first three years, he was simultaneously hosting Gambit. |
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