To Tell the Truth (1969)
To Tell the Truth
1969Five-day-a-week syndicated revival of one of Goodson-Todman's most durable and longest-lived formats: A celebrity panel determines which of three contestants is the actual person associated with a given story.
Seasons & Episode
with: Bill Cullen; Kitty Carlisle; Gene Rayburn; Peggy Cass.
Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle
Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle
Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle
Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle
Ex-professional car thief; and the author of the single girl's handbook.
Wife of prize-fighter Joe Frazier; Mike McGrady, co-author of the sex-proof novel, "Naked Came the Stranger."
Tap dancer Chuck Green; and a dentist who commutes by airplane.
A lady space engineer and a bachelor who has adopted a young boy are featured.
The author of a diet book; and the first woman to sail the Pacific alone.
The head of a group of Appalachian Mountain artisans; and a professor who teaches witchcraft.
Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Gail Sheldon
Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Gail Sheldon
The winner of a nudist beauty contest; and an operator of a telephone talk service.
Robert Marx, who attempted to follow the Viking route across the Atlantic; and the wife of Senator William Proxmire.
Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen
Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen
Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen
Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen
Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen
A cowboy performer who specializes in rope tricks; and a former Roman Catholic priest.
Former U.S. senator who now sells wigs; and a young girl who trains killer whales.
The wife of comedian Henry Youngman; and the navigator of Thor Heyerdahl's ship.
A professional shoplifter; and Miss America's official chaperon.
Lebaron Moseley, who analyses personalities from drawings; and Marcia Kessler, who got a gift of a pony from the Internal Revenue Service.
A lady alligator wrestler; and the youngest boy to swim the English Channel.
Head of the deep-sea treasure-hunting firm; and the only female member of the Motion Picture Code and Rating Administration.
Mother of "Curlty McDimple" star Bayn Johnson; and the author of the new book about the French people.
Arlo Guthrie's mother; and a Navy weather coordinator who works in hurricane research.
Marjorie Craig, exercise expert; and Heather Owens, who was quarantined with the astronauts.
The builder of Hollywood's "kooky cars"; and ghost-writer Frances Spatz Leighton.
Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass
Elizabeth Post, authority on good manners; and Peter Miller, who founded a school that gives lessons on how to get along with people.
The wife of singer Jerry Vale; and the author of "The Affair."
A teacher at the world's only clown college; and a member of the first co-ed class at Princeton who is also Miss Bikini USA.
The wife of Alejandro Rey; and the author of "The Peter Principal," which analyzes the problem of inefficiency.
Kathy Lynn Baumann, first runner-up to Miss America; and Dewey Jackson, winner of the First National Hollering Contest.
The wife of band leader Doc Severinsen; and the creator of short-haired wigs for long-haired men.
Bill Monroe, the "King of Blue Grass Music"; and Joe Hughes, who runs a boutique for beautiful people.
The operator of a charm school for black women; and a dancing chef.
Marc Bohen, men's fashion designer for Christian Dior; and a man who refused to move his home from the vicinity of a nuclear blast.
A palm reader; and a man who drinks a bottle of liquor a day.
The wife of comedian Milt Kamen; and a professional lady card dealer.
The Good Humor official ice cream taster; and an aquanaut.
Singer Nina Simone's husband; and a needlepoint expert.
A lady magician; and the author of a book of advice for grandfathers.
World's lady cycling champion, and a dentist who developed toothpaste for the astronauts.
Agnes Varda, one of France's "new wave" movie directors; and scientist-author Isaac Asimov.
Bernie Casey, pro-football player turned artist; and Mary McSherry, who passed herself off as a maid for two weeks.
Ron Galella, off-guard photographer of famous people; and a former copywriter who became a Catholic nun.
Editor of "Penthouse" magazine, Bob Guccione; and a woman who heads a firm that persuades French chefs to come work in America for restaurants or families, Sylvie DuBois.
The winner of the jitterbug contest at the 1969 Harvest Moon Ball in New York; and Mary Jane Tierney, the owner of "Sam," a cat who won the "All American Glamour Kitty Contest" in Miami Beach.
Twin brothers who were separated soon after birth, and didn't see each other for 20 years.
New Jersey's only licensed female detective; and a man who has measured 10,000 big toes in his private grant research.
Alice Brock, owner of "Alice's Restaurant," of movie and cookbook fame; and a man who is the author of "It Doesn't Matter Where You Sit" about the rising toll of plane crashes.
Ron Chereskin, a "love" artist who paints posters, paper napkins, ash trays, etc, and the theme of love is presented on them; and the author of a book about famous left-handed people.
A witch who practices only "good" magic; and a German ex U-boat captain now an American citizen.
Victor Joris, 1969 Coty Fashion Critics Award winner; and a man who sailed across Lake Michigan in a bathtub powered by an outboard motor.
The male winner of a beauty contest; and a coal miner trapped underground for three days in a coal mine that collapsed.
Irv Tiebel, who records mood-inducing sound effects or sounds of nature, such as the surf, the flapping of bird wings, etc.; and a woman who raises only black sheep and creates fashionable garments from wool.
Renee Martin, handwriting analyst; and the nation's youngest school board member
The producer of a Las Vegas nightclub revue; and an expert on insomnia.
A chimpanzee trainer; and the wife of Fran Tarkenton
An 11 year-old race driver; and the ninth Earl of Hardwicke, who is opening a chain of British pubs in America.
Leena Brusiin, Miss Finland; and Broadway producer-gourmet Roland Mattson.
Jessica Crane, a woman who has written a book for women giving different techniques on how to smooth away aging lines in their faces by using their hands; and the author of "The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 20th Century."
Ralph Heifer, trainer of wild animals for movies and TV, who is organizing a labor union for animals; and the daughter of Maureen O'Hara, Bronwyn Fitzsimmons, who is a licensed bill collector.
A representative of a firm that manufactures beach wear made of special fabric that allows the sun's rays to penetrate the garment and give women an all-over tan; and a couple that can reach their home and leave it only by air.
A pretty young girl who works for the Baltimore Orioles dusting off the bases and the shoes of the infielders; and a female doctor who is a physician aboard the famed hospital ship S.S. HOPE.
A female sky diver who has made more than 900 jumps; and a man who has compiled a questionnaire to determine hobby preferences of individuals.
An expert on smuggling; and a psychologist who teaches husbands and wives how to fight properly.
An authority on movie monsters; and the wife of a P.O.W. held in North Vietnam.
Olga, famous lingerie fashion designer; and Helen Bentley, recently appointed Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission.
The author of a book on adjusting from single to married life; and one of the world's leading astronomers.
A Playboy Club bunny; and a white woman who passed for black.
Featured today are Trudy Donicik, "Miss Navel" of the University of Miami; and rock songwriter Benjamin.
Manu Tupou, a Fiji Islander who plays Sitting Bull in the Broadway Show "Indians"; and the author of "The Expense Account Diet."
The Sergeant-At-Mace for the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, England; and a wine expert.
Joan Weston, a member of a roller derby team that toured 55 cities in 62 days; and Rev. Carl Burke, who "translated" the Bible into street talk and works with youngsters in jail and detention homes
Alice McGrath, who teaches women self-defense; and the innovator of the "singles only" bar.
A lady phrenologist, who reads bumps on heads; and the Secretary of State of Washington State, who moonlights at a service station.
A housewife who returned to college; and an alcoholic turned minister.
Prof. Al Wright, head of Purdue's band department; and a man who broke his leg celebrating a job promotion and consequently received workmen's compensation.
An eight year-old aviator; and an anti-establishment city alderman.
Don Porter, who's played Snoopy and Nana, the dog in "Peter Pan"; and a Vietnamese War bride.
Robert Reisner, author of a book on graffiti writing and button slogans; and Rep. John Tunney of California, son of heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney, investigated the Santa Barbara oil leak by diving down 200 feet with an aqua lung.
Arch Oboler, writer of the famous radio and TV series "Lights Out"; and a teacher who has written a book for teenage girls advising them how to handle boys.
Joe Jay Jalbert, skier and cameraman fro the movie "Downhill Racer"; and a man who spent 17 years in prison raising canaries.
Wick Fowlwe, the world's "champion chili chef"; and former Jackie Gleason performer Helen Curtis who decided to lose weight three years ago and has now shed 170 pounds.
Bob Kane, who created the Batman cartoon strip; and a woman who is foster mother of 20 boys, all under 16.
Bill Cullen, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass
Bill Cullen, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass
Bill Cullen, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass
Bill Cullen, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass
Bill Cullen, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass
Barbara Shawcroft, who sculpts with yarn; and Jay Carlisle, who owns a Tahiti hotel, are featured.
A swimsuit designer; and the founder of a fish and chips chain.
A mimic who studies with the great mime Marcel Marceau; and the inventor of inland surfing.
Gemologist Jerry Call; and the author of a book on birth control pill hazards, Barbara Seaman.
The founder of the Pussycat League of "feminine women"; and Mario Badescu, who creates cosmetics from natural food products.
Member of Princeton University's musical company troupe; and New York's most elegant butcher.
"Soul Suit" swimwear by Cole.
Tobacconist Walter E. Harris Jr.; and Judy Blackwell, the complete staff of "Horses" magazine.
Charlotte Curtis, the women's editor of the New York Times; a man who walked 3,800 miles across the top of the world.
The winner of the of 19 beauty contests; and Jay Richard Kennedy, who wrote a book about Mao Tse Tung.
The inventor of an electric car; and the former Miss USA who is now a tax attorney working for the U.S. Government.
Kitty Carlisle, Orson Bean, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen
Kitty Carlisle, Orson Bean, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen
Kitty Carlisle, Orson Bean, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen
Kitty Carlisle, Orson Bean, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen
An artist who paints hex sign designs; and Agnes Nixon, creator of TV soap operas.
The author of the book "The Youth Doctors"; and a heroic schoolboy who prevented a runaway bus from hurtling off a road into a lake.
The man who serves as a model for the movies' King Kong'; and a girl who runs a charm school for men.
The personal photographer of Monaco's Princess Grace; and the official doorkeeper of the House of Representatives.
Ice Capades trampoline star Victoria Zoble; and Playboy Bunny of the Year.
Bill Cullen, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass
Young Rickey Snyder who drifted from Met Stadium to the Mississippi River in a balloon during a Vikings game at halftime.
Teacher of a new art of self-defense; and foreign correspondent Elaine Sheppard.
Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Gail Sheldon
A college student who conducts surveys on campuses to help close the generation gap; a man who heads a group dedicated to fight news in the cities.
1st contestant is Hy Lippstein the Bagel King; 2nd contestant is Jean Brady who is a blackjack dealer in Las Vegas.
Bill Fabrey, Founder of the National Organization to Help Fat Americans; Gussie Moran. Tennis player and tennis dress designer.
Durward Kirby, Peggy Cass, Mark Goodson, Kitty Carlisle
1st contestant is Daniel O'Connell Kirwin, manager of McSorley's Alehouse which now admits women; 2nd contestant is Ricky Lowe the Young National Hula Hoop Champion.
Durward Kirby, Peggy Cass, Mark Goodson, Kitty Carlisle
Five-day-a-week syndicated revival of one of Goodson-Todman's most durable and longest-lived formats: A celebrity panel determines which of three contestants is the actual person associated with a given story.