# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chuck-barris
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:59:42.574Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chuck-barris"
name: "Chuck Barris"
slug: "chuck-barris"
description: "Charles Hirsch Barris was an American game show creator, producer, and host, author, and songwriter. A key crew member of several hugely successful television game shows, he was the creator of The Dating Game (1965–2021), the original producer of The Newlywed Game (1966–2013) both for the ABC network and syndication, and the host and producer of The Gong Show from 1976 to 1980, for the NBC network and syndication."
tagline: "American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chuck_barris.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1929-06-03"
deathDate: "2017-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.60307733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0057567/"
    handle:    "nm0057567"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تشاك باريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تشاك باريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chuck Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Barris"
    title: "Chuck Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Barris"
    title: "Chuck Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "چاک باریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Barris"
    title: "Chuck Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Barris"
    title: "Chuck Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "チャック・バリス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Barris"
    title: "Chuck Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DA%A9_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "چک بیرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "恰克·貝瑞"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chuck_Barris"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/08f69219-a348-4ea6-b55c-9a2ea7d67c1d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268397"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump