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Sep 29, 1914 Died on 01 May 2000 (aged 85)
American television producer
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About Gil Fates
- Joseph Gilbert Fates (September 29, 1914, Newark, New Jersey - May 1, 2000, New York City) was an American television producer. Nicknamed "Gil", Fates was the executive producer of What's My Line? Fates produced the game show its entire quarter-century span of CBS and syndicated runs.
- Fates and panelist Arlene Francis (who debuted on the second week) were with the show from 1950 until it ended in 1975.
- Fates also hosted CBS Television Quiz, the first television game show ever to be broadcast regularly; and was credited as a creative consultant on Play Your Cards Right, the British version of Goodson-Todman's Card Sharks.
- Before World War II, he was a stage actor.
- He also wrote a book in 1978 called What's My Line? The History of America's Most Famous Panel Show.
