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Soupy Sales Biography (1926?-)

Original name, Milton Supman; born January 8, 1926 (some sources say 1930), in Franklinton, NC (some sources say Wake Forest, NC); son of Irving (a dry goods store owner) and Sadie (a dry goods store owner) Supman; married BarbaraFox (divorced); married Trudy Carson (a dancer), 1980; children: (first marriage) Hunt (a musician), Tony (a musician). Addresses: Office: c/o J. Cast Productions, 2550 Greenvalley Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90046-1438.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

January 8, 1926?

Franklinton, North Carolina, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Officer McGovern, The Two Little Bears, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963
• (Uncredited) Desk clerk, Critic's Choice, Warner Bros., 1963
• Melvin Byrd, Birds Do It, Columbia, 1966
• (Scenes deleted) Himself, Hooper, Warner Bros., 1978
• Moses, The Making of " ... And God Spoke" (also known as ... And God Spoke), 1993
• Himself, Holy Man, Buena Vista, 1998
• Ernie, Palmer's Pick Up, Framework Entertainment Group, 1999
• Max, A Little Bit of Lipstick (also known as J. T. Foster's A Little Bit of Lipstick), 2000
• Cigar salesman, Everything's George, 2000
• Behind the Seams, RGH/Lions Share Pictures, 2000
• Sonny Dey/Professor Prophet, Black Scorpion Returns, New Concorde,2001
• John, This Train, 2001
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Soupy's Soda Shop, WKRC-TV (Cincinnati, OH), c. 1949
• Club Nothing, WKRC-TV (Cincinnati, OH), c. 1949
• Soupy's On!, WEXL-TV (Cleveland, OH), early 1950s
• 12 O'Clock Comics (later known as Lunch with Soupy Sales!),WXYZ-TV (Detroit, MI), 1953-1960
• Host, The Soupy Sales Show (also known as Lunch with Soupy Sales), ABC, 1959-1961
• Host, The Soupy Sales Show!, ABC, 1962, then syndicated, 1964-1966
• Himself/panelist, What's My Line?, syndicated, 1965-1967
• Himself/panelist, To Tell the Truth, syndicated, 1969
• Host, Junior Almost Anything Goes, ABC, 1976
• Host, The Soupy Sales Show, syndicated, 1976
• Host, The New Soupy Sales Show, syndicated, 1979-1980
• Wisecracking cop then Igor, Sha Na Na, syndicated, 1978-1981
• Voice of Donkey Kong, Saturday Supercade, CBS, 1983
• Semi-regular panelist, To Tell the Truth, syndicated, 2000
• Sonny Dey/Professor Prophet, Black Scorpion (also known as Roger Corman Presents Black Scorpion), Sci-Fi Channel, 2001
• Movies
• Santola, Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready, NBC, 1977
• Specials
• Host, The Soupy Sales Show, CBS, 1970
• Make 'em Laugh, CBS, 1979
• Super Bloopers & New Practical Jokes, NBC, 1989
• Interviewee, NYTV: By the People Who Made It, PBS, 1998
• Also appeared as himself, Palisades Amusement Park: A Century of FondMemories; himself, Television: Our Life & Times; himself, 40 Years of Fine Tuning.
• Pilots
• Pete Richards, Barney and Me, NBC, 1973
• Episodic
• Stable owner, "The Legacy," The Rebel, ABC, 1960
• Meyers, "The Hope Chest," The Rebel, ABC, 1960
• Himself, "Hennesey Meets Soupy Sales," Hennesey, 1962
• Henry Geller, "Who Killed Mr. X?," Burke's Law, ABC, 1963
• Himself, The Judy Garland Show, CBS, 1963
• Harlan Livingston III, "This Is Going to Hurt Me More than It Hurts You,"Route 66, CBS, 1964
• Guest, The Ed Sullivan Show, 1965
• Himself, Hullabaloo, NBC, 1965, 1966
• "Murder at N.B.C.," Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, NBC, 1966
• The Carol Burnett Show, 1968, 1969, 1970
• Himself, The Hollywood Palace, 1969
• Lance Bradford, "The Hero," The Beverly Hillbillies, CBS, 1969
• Lance Bradford, "Our Hero the Banker," The Beverly Hillbillies, CBS, 1969
• Himself, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1970
• "Love and the Big Surprise," Love, American Style, ABC, 1972
• "Love and the Wishing Star," Love, American Style, ABC, 1972
• Himself, Tony Orlando and Dawn, CBS, 1976
• Himself, Match Game 73, 1976
• "What's a Museum For, Anyway?," The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People, CBS, 1978
• Mr. Marshall, "Accidental Cruise/The Song Is Ended/A Time for Everything/Anoushka," The Love Boat, ABC, 1978
• Guest, The $25,000 Pyramid, 1982
• Guest panelist, The $10,000 Pyramid, CBS, 1987
• "The Farmer's Daughter," Monsters, syndicated, 1989
• Fred Gardner, "Miss Jenkins," Wings, NBC, 1994
• Mr. Martini, "Easy Street," Boy Meets World, ABC, 1996
• Also appeared as himself, Wonderama; title role, The Pied Piperof Astroworld; himself, The Mike Douglas Show; himself, The Merv Griffin Show; himself, The Barbera McNair Show; panelist, Match Game PM; himself, Kraft Music Hall; in Chain Reaction,NBC; Can You Top This.
• RECORDINGS
• Singles
• "Do the Mouse," 1965
• Albums
• Blaa-Oh Blaa-Oh Blaa-Oh: The Complete Reprise Recordings, Rhino, 2001
• WRITINGS
• Nonfiction
• (With Charles Salzberg) Soupy Sez: My Life and Zany Times! (memoir), M. Evans, 2001
• Also wrote Soupy Sales: Did You Hear the One About?! (joke book);Stop Me If You've Heard This One?! (joke book).

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, 2000

Periodicals

• People Weekly, October 19, 1998, p. 155