Famous People with Name Gene

Gene Saks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gene Saks: is an American Tony Award-winning stage and film director. Born in New York City, Saks studied at Cornell University and trained at the Dramatic Workshop of the New School for Social Research.

Gene Wilder            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gene Wilder: is an American Emmy Award-winning and twice Academy Award-nominated stage and screen actor, director and screenwriter.

Gene Rayburn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gene Rayburn: was an American radio and television personality. Born Eugene Rubessa (pronounced [ru'be??]) and an only child of Croatian immigrants, he graduated from Knox College.reaking into television as the original announcer on Steve Allen's Tonight, Gene Rayburn began a long association with game-show producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman in 1953. He first appeared on Robert Q. Lewis's The Name's the Same; Rayburn frequently sat in for regular panelist Carl Reiner. lending a comic touch to the panel. In 1955, he took over as host of the summer-replacement game show, Make the Connection, from original host, Jim McKay. From there he hosted shows such as Choose Up Sides, Dough Re Mi, and the daytime version of Tic Tac Dough (which, unlike the rigged nighttime version hosted by Jay Jackson, was "clean" and unaffected by the quiz show scandals). On radio, Rayburn became one of the many hosts of the popular NBC program Monitor in 1961 and remained with the show until 1973.

Gene Wood            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gene Wood: was an American television personality, known primarily for his work as an announcer on various game shows. From the 1960s to the 1990s, he served as the offstage announcer on many Mark Goodson–Bill Todman productions such as Family Feud, Card Sharks, Password, and Beat the Clock. Wood also served as a host on the latter show, and on another show entitled Anything You Can Do. After retiring from game shows in the early 1990s, Wood worked as an announcer for the television channel Game Show Network, retiring from that later in the 1990s.

Gene Shalit            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gene Shalit: is the film and book critic on NBC's The Today Show. He is known for his frequent use of puns, his oversized handlebar moustache, and for wearing colorful bowties. He is known to have had a rocky relationship with former Today Show co-host Bryant Gumbel. He has been involved in reviewing the arts since 1967. He has written for publications including Look Magazine, Ladies Home Journal (for 12 years), Cosmopolitan, TV Guide, Seventeen, Glamour, McCall's, and The New York Times. In 1987 he published Laughing Matters-A Treasury of American Humor, a critically-praised humor anthology. He currently lives in Great Barrington, Massachusetts with his cat Fellini. Shalit is the godfather of radio producer/personality Gary Dell'Abate.