- Has the record for hosting more game shows than any host in history at 24.
- Was the first game show host ever to have a disability.
- He was partially crippled by childhood polio.
- Lived right next door to Wilt Chamberlain.
- Had commuted from New York to Los Angeles every day for a year to host Place the Face (1953).
- His physical disabilities were (and largely remain) unknown to the general public due to the creative set design of his shows. The games' structures, props and any physical movements by contestants were deliberately arranged so that Cullen could, for the most part, remain stationary. Rather than the grand entrance common for game show hosts, Cullen would begin each show either already seated or concealed on set behind a sign or podium so he would have to take only a few steps. Cullen always sat in a chair while hosting, even on shows where the other participants stood. Similar accommodations were made when he served as a celebrity guest on other game shows.
- Was considered for the hosting of the revamped version of the long-running game show, The Price is Right (1972). However, the physical demands of the job would have been too difficult for him given his physical condition at the time, and the job was given to Bob Barker.
- He had many hobbies: photography, interior decorating, model plane building, painting (watercolor and oils), magic, music (he tried to learn saxophone and guitar), raising fish, writing plays and poetry. Of all his hobbies, though, his passion was flying.
- Spent a number of years attempting various forms of rehabilitation and exercise regimens to reduce the effects of childhood polio, but gave up after doctors determined his leg muscles were too damaged.
- Was a heavy smoker for most of his life. He died of lung cancer.
- Was involved in a serious car accident at age 17, which put him in the hospital for nine months.
- Was idolized by: Bob Eubanks, Bob Goen, Pat Finn, Chuck Woolery, Graham Elwood, Todd Newton and Wink Martindale.
- Shortly after Eye Guess (1966) ended, Cullen fell seriously ill. Diagnosed with pancreatitis and requiring major surgery, he took time off from work to recuperate. When he returned to television, especially to his position on the panel for To Tell the Truth (1969), his physical appearance had drastically changed; his hair had grown out, and his pancreatitis had caused him to lose over 30 pounds, leaving his face gaunt and wrinkled.
- He was the first game show host to appear on all three networks at the same time in the 1960s.
- Was enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh as a pre-med student. He dropped out of college because of a shortage of funds. He then took on a job as a mechanic at his father's garage and a tow-truck driver before going back to college and graduating with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.
- At one time was an announcer with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra.
- Ranked #7 as GSN's Top 10 Game Show Hosts of All Time.
- His favorite game show to date was Child's Play (1982).
- Beat out Dick Van Dyke for the role as host of The Price Is Right (1956).
- On I've Got a Secret (1952), producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman and host Garry Moore quickly learned to never start the questioning with Cullen if the guest's secret was anything sports-related or mechanical, because chances were good that he would guess it immediately.
- Met fellow game show host Gene Rayburn while the two were under contract to Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions (later Mark Goodson Productions) in 1953. The two remained friends until Cullen's death in 1990.
- Worked as a TV game show host (often working on more than one show at a time), a radio personality and did the play-by-play for various sporting events.
- Best remembered by the public as host of the original The Price Is Right (1956), Eye Guess (1966), Three on a Match (1971) and the original Blockbusters (1980).
- Ex-brother-in-law of Jack Narz and Tom Kennedy.
- Like fellow game show host Peter Tomarken, he had a pilot's license when he was a teenager.
- Served in the Civil Air Patrol as an instructor and patrol pilot in his native Pennsylvania, although he had been turned down for service in the US military due to his childhood bout of polio.
- Served as a teacher in the pilot-training division of the US Air Force.
- Retired at age 66 after his last game show The Joker's Wild (1972).
- Was among the last of the popular game show hosts to make the move from New York City to Los Angeles, in part because of his long-time association with producer Bob Stewart, who also resisted relocating to the West Coast. However, by the 1970s both Cullen and Stewart faced reality and joined their colleagues in California.
- Was employed by Goodson-Todman Productions (later Mark Goodson Productions) from 1952-83.
- At one point, he was going to replace Allen Funt as host of Candid Camera (1960), until a sponsor conflict ended those plans.
- When Jack Barry died, Cullen replaced him for the final two seasons of The Joker's Wild (1972).
- Was the first game show host ever to appear on the front cover of "TV Guide"--altogether he was on it seven times.
- First game show was Winner Take All (1948).
- Worked with game show announcer Johnny Gilbert on three shows: The Price Is Right (1956), Chain Reaction (1980) and Child's Play (1982).
- Was about to replace Allen Ludden as host of Password Plus (1979), but was hosting the original Blockbusters (1980) at the time. Because of the conflict the job was ultimately given to Tom Kennedy (who was his brother-in-law).
- Filled in for Garry Moore on To Tell the Truth (1969), especially when Moore was suffering from throat cancer, late in 1976.
- Last game show was The Joker's Wild (1972).
- His father-in-law, Heinz Roemheld, wrote the song "Ruby".
- Was employed at Bob Stewart Productions from 1966-80.
- Met future wife Ann Cullen on a blind date arranged by her sister Mary Lou, who was the wife of Jack Narz at that time.
- Had worked with Charlie O'Donnell on two game shows (ironically for Barry & Enright): Hot Potato (1984) and The Joker's Wild (1972).
- In the early 1970s he hosted the weekend radio program "Monitor". Other emcees hosting the show were: Gene Rayburn, Ed McMahon, Monty Hall, Garry Moore and Art Fleming.
- Was the last-minute replacement as host of Hot Potato (1984), after it became apparent that the original host wasn't going to work out.
- Guest-hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) while Johnny Carson took a vacation during his first year on the show.
- Son-in-law of film composer Heinz Roemheld.
- Met Carol Ames when she made a guest appearance on a radio show he announced. They were married in 1949, but divorced in 1955.
- Met fellow game show host Geoff Edwards when he was under contract to Bob Stewart Productions in 1971.
- His first exposure in the broadcasting industry was performing for a radio audience on "The 1500 Club", an overnight program on tiny WWSW in Pittsburgh, PA.
- Survived by his wife of nearly 35 years, Ann Cullen.
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