Bob Barker Biography

Bob Barker was the host of TV's Truth or Consequences for 18 years before signing on to host the popular game show The Price Is Right in 1972. (He succeeded the original host, Bill Cullen.) The show, in which contestants try to guess the price of potential prizes, is now the longest-running game show in television history. Barker has won 12 Daytime Emmys for his hosting and producing talents, and he was given a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement award in 1999. Barker is also a well-known advocate for animal welfare and animal rights; for years he has ended The Price is Right telecasts with a reminder to viewers to spay and neuter their pets.

Extra credit: Barker announced in October of 2006 that he would retire and leave The Price is Right in June of 2007.

Barker also appears with Chrissie Hynde in our loop Critter Defenders.

Other game show hosts on Who2 include Richard Dawson, Pat Sajak and Gene Rayburn.