Bill Cullen

After relocating to southern California Cullen sub-hosted Password Plus for four weeks in April 1980 while original host Allen Ludden was being treated for stomach cancer. The job was instead split between Bob Barker (daytime) and Dennis James (nighttime); Barker took over both versions in 1977 and hosted The Price Is Right until his retirement in 2007. He was best known for television game shows having hosted multiple series (including Place the Face the original The Price Is Right the syndicated The $25000 Pyramid and Blockbusters) and served as a panelist on I've Got a Secret and To Tell the Truth.

He was best known for television game shows having hosted multiple series (including Place the Face the original The Price Is Right the syndicated The $25000 Pyramid and Blockbusters) and served as a panelist on I've Got a Secret and To Tell the Truth. William Lawrence Francis "Bill" Cullen (February 18 1920 – July 7 1990) was an American radio and television personality whose career spanned five decades.