Allen Funt
Allen Funt
Allen Albert Funtwas an American television producer, director, writer and television personality best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as either a regular television show or a television series of specials. Its most notable run was from 1960 to 1967 on CBS...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth16 September 1914
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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