Regis Philbin

Regis Philbin is a TV talk show veteran: from the 1950s to 1980s he hosted many local and national shows, including a stint as sidekick to Joey Bishop on the comedian's late-night talk show from 1967-69. Philbin's morning show Live With Regis and Kathie Lee debuted nationally on ABC TV in September of 1988. It became his signature show and a long-running hit. (His co-host Kathie Lee Gifford left the show in 2000 and was replaced by Kelly Ripa.) In 1999 Philbin became the host of another hit, the prime-time game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Philbin won two Emmy awards in 2001, one each as host of Live and WWTBAM. He has published two memoirs: I'm Only One Man (1995) and Who Wants to Be Me? (2000).

Extra credit: Philbin is a graduate of Notre Dame university... Philbin had small roles in the movie The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) and on the TV soap opera Ryan's Hope (1987-88)... Philbin was succeeded as host of Millionaire by Meredith Vieira.