Merrill Heatter

Merrill Heatter was born on December 16, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965), The Celebrity Game (1964) and Fantasy (1982). He was married to Elaine Stewart, Julienne Phyllis Bean and Arlene Roberts. He died on October 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.




Bio:
Merrill Heatter was born on December 16, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965), The Celebrity Game (1964) and Fantasy (1982). He was married to Elaine Stewart, Julienne Phyllis Bean and Arlene Roberts. He died on October 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.


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Along with Bob Quigley Heater came up with a concept for a game show called "Wacky Races" in which contestants would bet on various race cars. However, when it was presented to Fred Silverman, who at the time was in charge of daytime programming for CBS, he instead had it retooled to become a... [Details Intro]