Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawsonwas a British-born American actor and comedian, and a game show host and panelist in the United States. Dawson was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk on Hogan's Heroes, being the original host of the Family Feud game show from 1976-85, and from 1994–95, and a regular panelist on the 1970s version of Match Game on CBS from 1973-78. In 1984, he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth20 November 1932
CityGosport, England
moving want next
You wouldn't want to move if you sat next to me on the bus. Or maybe you would.
war hero
Hogan's Heroes' lasted longer than the war.
cocky winning wonderful
It's wonderful to win, but don't get cocky about it!
play cogs needs
Sometimes, when you do the music for a play, there are very clear boundaries as to what needs to be achieved. You're very much a little cog in a much bigger machine.
nice different whole
Be nice to each other. You can make a whole day a different day for everybody.
mother children color
And I asked my mother about it; I said, 'Is there something wrong?' She said, 'God... God makes people. You understand that, don't you?' And I said, 'Yeah!' She said, 'Who makes a rainbow?" I said, 'God.' She said, 'I never presumed to tell anyone who could make a rainbow what color to make children.'
sweet people world
If I never do another thing, I've met the good sweet people of the world