Chester Feldman

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| name = Chester Feldman

| image = ChesterFeldman1.jpg

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| caption = Feldman appearing on I've Got a Secret in 1964

| birthname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|1|8|mf=y}}

| birth_place = The Bronx, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|5|25|1926|1|8|mf=y}}

| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| othername =

| occupation = Television producer

| years_active = 1948–1995

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Chester Feldman (January 8, 1926 – May 25, 1997) was an American producer of game shows born in The Bronx, New York, who was also associated with Mark Goodson Productions.

Biography

Before beginning his career in television, Feldman served in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he attended the University of Missouri where he earned a degree in journalism. Feldman first began his career as a radio producer. He later moved to television where he produced I've Got a Secret, Card Sharks (in which he created and was a creative consultant for the British version, Play Your Cards Right for the first series{{cite web|title=Play Your Cards Right (1980)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUrvxhoIolw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215175627/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUrvxhoIolw |archive-date=2019-12-15 |url-status=dead|website=YouTube|accessdate=7 December 2016}}) and many other game shows.

On May 25, 1997, Feldman died of complications following surgery at New York Hospital in New York City.{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/vstory/VR1117342824.html?categoryid=38&cs=1|title=Chester Feldman|date=1997-06-27|publisher=variety.com|accessdate=2008-10-31}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|271013|Chester Feldman}}

Category:1926 births

Category:1997 deaths

Category:Television producers from New York City

Category:United States Navy officers

Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II

Category:University of Missouri alumni

Category:Mass media people from the Bronx

Category:20th-century American businesspeople