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Bill Boggs | |
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| Born | William Boggs III July 11, 1941 |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation(s) | Television host, producer, author, professional speaker |
William Boggs III (born July 11, 1941) is an American television host and journalist.
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Boggs was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA. He earned a master's degree from the university's Annenberg School for Communication. He was a celebrity correspondent for the syndicated My Generation television show airing on PBS, featuring interviews inspired by his 2007 HarperCollins book, Got What it Takes?: Successful People Reveal How They Made It to the Top. The book includes interviews with Renée Zellweger, Donald Trump, Sir Richard Branson, Clive Davis, Joe Torre, and others.
His novel, At First Sight (Grosset and Dunlap 1980) and Talk Show Confidential, his one-man show about his TV career, were optioned for a screenplay inspired by his life. Boggs’ Wonder Dog books–The Adventures of Spike the Wonder Dog (Post Hill Press 2020) and Spike Unleashed (Post Hill Press 2023) feature Spike, an English Bull Terrier with a politically incorrect sense of humor and a heart of gold. They tell the story of his rise to fame on both his master’s TV talk show and social media, and the price he pays for that fame.
Boggs began his show business career in comedy, when he became the manager for a comedy team named Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses, who were coworkers with Boggs at the Armstrong Cork Company in Lancaster. The three men left Armstrong for show business. While helping to launch their careers Boggs also worked as a substitute teacher in the Philadelphia public school system and later as Assistant Dean of Men, at his alma mater, UPenn. After working with them for three years. Boggs took his first on-camera job at KYW-TV in Philadelphia and stopped managing the team, who went on to write for Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore, and others.
In 1972, Boggs left KYW for then-ABC affiliate WGHP-TV in High Point, North Carolina, where he hosted and produced his first talk show, Southern Exposure. He also hosted the syndicated All Star Anything Goes on ABC in 1977–78.
Boggs was a long-time personality on WNEW-TV (now WNYW) from 1975-86. He succeeded Lee Leonard as host of Midday Live and later did likewise on Saturday Morning Live, replacing Gene Rayburn. [1] [2]
He created the first national restaurant review show, TV Diners, for the Food Network, and spent many years hosting the network's first non-cooking/celebrity interview show, Bill Boggs' Corner Table. He co-executive produced and hosted TV's first syndicated stand-up comedy series, Comedy Tonight (1985–86).[ citation needed ]
Boggs was executive producer of The Morton Downey Jr. Show and a founding executive producer of TruTV.
Boggs appeared in several film and television dramas including Oz and Miami Vice . He appeared as himself in the movie Eyes of Laura Mars and Trading Places. He has also appeared in several documentaries.
He debuted a solo stage show called Talk Show Confidential in 2003. The show included stories and video clips from his years as a television talk show host. In 1980 he formed Boggs/Baker Productions Inc. with Richard Baker. The company produced several music shows including artists as varied as Lou Reed (A Night with Lou Reed), Bobby Short (Bobby Short & Friends at the Cafe Carlyle), Ian Hunter, Mink DeVille, and a documentary on The Stuttgart Ballet (The Miracle Lives) as well as a syndicated series, Comedy Tonight.
Boggs is a member of the board of directors of the American Popular Song Society, and has been inducted into the Northeast Philadelphia Hall of Fame.
Boggs has performed six stage presentations drawn from his career: Talk Show Confidential, Memories of Sinatra, Fun at the Food Network, A Ratpack Revival, Voices of Our Time, and Confessions of a Talk Show Host.
Boggs has been married four times. His first marriage was to a college classmate but it was annulled. [3] His second marriage was to Leslie Bennetts.[ citation needed ] He was married to Canadian actress Linda Thorson for 2 years, and they have a son, Trevor. [4] His fourth marriage, to publishing executive Carol Edmunds Campbell, ended in divorce in 2010. [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1978 | Eyes of Laura Mars | Himself | |
| 1983 | Trading Places | Newscaster | |
| 1989 | The Lemon Sisters | MC | |
| 1994 | Safe Passage | Newsperson #2 | |
| 1996 | Sudden Manhattan | Newscaster | |
| 1996 | Night Falls on Manhattan | News #2 | |
| 1997 | The Devil's Advocate | Reporter #2 | |
| 1997 | What's Up Matador | Himself - Host | [6] |
| 1998 | Species II | Bill Boggs | |
| 2001 | Double Whammy | Bill Berman | |
| 2001 | Piñero | Lennon Anchorman | |
| 2001 | Carman: The Champion | Himself | |
| 2016 | The Comedian | Bill Boggs |
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