# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wink-martindale
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:38:47.620Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wink-martindale"
name: "Wink Martindale"
slug: "wink-martindale"
description: "Winston Conrad \"Wink\" Martindale was an American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host and television producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he was known for his outgoing and jovial demeanor and his booming voice, who was also well-known for hosting the game shows: Gambit from 1972 to 1976, Tic-Tac-Dough from 1978 to 1985, High Rollers from 1987 to 1988, and Debt from 1996 to 1998. He also presented Wink's Vault, on his YouTube Channel, from 2014 until his death in 2025."
tagline: "American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host, and television producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wink_Martindale_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-12-04"
deathDate: "2025-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.19
  momentum:             2.351020408163265
  historical:           17.596128
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/WinkMartindale"
    handle:    "WinkMartindale"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553272/"
    handle:    "nm0553272"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://winkmartindale.org/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wink_Martindale"
    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wink_Martindale"
    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wink_Martindale"
    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wink Martindale"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wink_Martindale"
    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wink_Martindale"
    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wink Martindale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wink Martindale"
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  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wink_Martindale"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/19d9e100-ae55-489d-8374-f763494bb1fa"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump