Mike Stokey
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Mike Stokey was an American game show
host and producer, best known for Pantomime Quiz and its later incarnation, Stump the Stars
. He also produced early TV specials, including A Christmas Carol in 1949, for the Jerry Fairbanks Company.
His ex-wife was B-movie
actress Pamela Blake
, with whom he had one son, Mike Stokey Jr., former USMC Vietnam veteran, whose career as a technical advisor on war movies led to his working with many notable movie giants, including Steven Spielberg
. Mike Stokey Jr. recently published a book titled "River of Perfumes", about his experience during the battle of Hue in 1968. Both Pantomime Quiz and Stump The Stars episodes can still be seen on TV4U.Com.
He died from complications from liver disease on September 7, 2003 (seven days before his 85th birthday) in Las Vegas.
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
host and producer, best known for Pantomime Quiz and its later incarnation, Stump the Stars
Stump the Stars
Pantomime Quiz is an American television game show produced and hosted by Mike Stokey. Running from 1947-1959, it has the distinction of being one of the few television series—along with The Arthur Murray Party, Down You Go, and The Original Amateur Hour — to air on all four TV networks in the US...
. He also produced early TV specials, including A Christmas Carol in 1949, for the Jerry Fairbanks Company.
His ex-wife was B-movie
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
actress Pamela Blake
Pamela Blake
Pamela Blake was an American film actress. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1939 film Wyoming Outlaw....
, with whom he had one son, Mike Stokey Jr., former USMC Vietnam veteran, whose career as a technical advisor on war movies led to his working with many notable movie giants, including Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
. Mike Stokey Jr. recently published a book titled "River of Perfumes", about his experience during the battle of Hue in 1968. Both Pantomime Quiz and Stump The Stars episodes can still be seen on TV4U.Com.
He died from complications from liver disease on September 7, 2003 (seven days before his 85th birthday) in Las Vegas.