Regis Philbin

Born on August 25, 1931, Philbin was a longtime television host born in the Bronx and earned a sociology degree in 1953 at the University of Notre Dame. Before his career in the entertainment industry, he served in the navy. He became a writer then earned a spot in front of the camera in 1961 with a local talk show in San Diego called The Regis Philbin Show. He then became a known and charismatic sidekick for Joey Bishop on The Joey Bishop Show.

Philbin won many accolades for his talent at hosting these include a Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding talk show host for Live! in 2001 and 2011. He became a host for the popular game show ‘Who wants to be a Millionaire?’ and won again for best talk show host. Sadly, he passed away in July 2020 at age 88, just a month before his birthday.