Gene Wood(1925-2004)
- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Gene Wood was a prolific game show announcer during the 1970s and
1980s. Most often heard over Goodson-Todman (later Mark Goodson
Productions) game shows, he was the voice that introduced game shows
including "Card Sharks", "Tattletales," "Classic Concentration," "Password
Plus"/"Super Password" and "Family Feud." Few fans will ever forget his
beckoning contestants to get "ready for action!"; and "On your marks,
let's start ... the 'FAMILY FEUUUDDD!'" or the sotto whisper of "The
password is ..." Wood's first regular run as an announcer (after
several substitute jobs in the 1960s) was on the 1969 version of "Beat
the Clock," which Wood later hosted. In the mid-1990s, he retired from
the world of game show announcing, apparently bitter over younger
announcers taking his place.
