How many game show hosts do you know that use their real name?
Here are some I can think of

Jim Lange
Geoff Edwards
Jack Barry
Bob Barker
Rolf Benirschke
Jack Narz
Dick Clark
JD Roth
Ray Combs
Bill Cullen
John Charles Daly
Todd Newton
Louie Anderson
Jim Perry
David Ruprecht
Pat Finn
Ben Stein
Jack Clark
Bob Eubanks
Bob Goen
Merv Griffin
Betty White
Vicki Lawrence
John Davidson

Just a spelling change...

Pat Sajak- Pat Sadjak
Larry Blyden- Larry Blieden

Just for fun, here are the real names of game show hosts, according to IMDB

Allen Ludden- Allen Ellsworth
Garry Moore- Thomas Garrison Morfit
Art James- Artur Simon Efimchek
Tom Kennedy- James Narz
Marc Summers- Marc Berkowitz
Alex Trebek- George Alexander Trebek
Bud Collyer- Clayton Collyer
Richard Dawson- Colin Emm
Gene Rayburn- Eugene Rubessa
Peter Marshall- Ralph Pierre LaCock
Richard Karn- Richard Karn Wilson
Bobby Van- Robert Stein
Patrick Wayne- Patrick Morrison (John Wayne's real name was Marion Morrison)

How about Regis Philbin? That would go under real names, right?

Once on TTTT, Joe Garagiola was asked if that was his real name. Joe shot back "No, my real name is Nick Blake."

Alex Trebek's real name is GEORGE? lol That's priceless! You learn something new every day.


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Ron Ely-Ronald Pierce

Dennis James-Demi SPosa

Rod Roddy-Robert Ray Roddy

I remember Marc Summers mentioning his real name, his real name was Joe Summers IIRC.

Matt Ottinger's actual name is Thurman Merman, IIRC.

It's been nice knowin' ya, foster.

Uh, I don't think you read the first post closely.

I'm searching high and low, but I could swear I read an odd article or obit or something along that line that stated Jack Barry's original name was along the lines of Baransky/Barransky/Barranski back in his tie salesman/early comic days. If someone has either confirmation or a correction on this, it would be appreciated.
Sounds like both changed their names to make them show-biz smoother. This has been Twenty-One - A Jack Barransky - Dan Ehrenreich Production!

In all seriousness, there's Winston "Wink" Martindale.

Here it is. From Jeff Kisselloff's wonderful book The Box, a quote from Herb Stempel: "[Dan] Enright's real name was Errenreich as Barry's was Barish."

TIC TAC DOUGH is a Jack Barish and Dan Errenreich Production!

Yeah, like that really rolls off the tongue. Say that five times fast. I can understand why it ended up as Barry and Enright instead.

Thanks, guys -
it's obvious I tried to do my post editing and watch 24 at the same time..no wonder I'm behind....

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So it's not true that Hugh Downs' real first name is Upson?

Not many people know that Randy West's real name is R. Algernon Biggleswade.

Man. That's quite something when you get a completely justified "wow" out of Chartier. :)

Actually, his real name is Clayton J. Heermance, Jr. This is mentioned in a booklet that came with one of the Adventures of Superman collections from our good buddies at Radio Spirits.

Also, Dick Clark's full name is Richard Augustus Wagstaff Clark II

Here's a few more:

Bert Jacobsen (Bert Parks)
Georgio Florantine (George DeWitt)
Arthur Fazzin (Art Fleming)
Bernard Whalen (Bert) Convy
Milton Hines (Soupy Sales)
Morton Halperin (Monty Hall)

Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Becky Price of the Big Board!'

Jim McKrell's surname, according to Curt A's Games of '75 Page, is actually spelled "MacKrell"...the "a" was dropped for fear that some might think it was pronounced "mackerel".

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

Yes, and people kept asking me if I was related to the Broadway actress. So I picked a name where nobody would ever ask me that again.

Ah, but the question goes unanswered.

Not my job to answer questions. My job's to ask 'em.

And we all know how well that attitude worked for me against Ken Jennings.

Ah, but that should be the attitude of every J! contestant!