Peter Marshall (entertainer)

Ralph Pierre LaCock, better known by his stage name Peter Marshall , is an American television and radio personality, singer, and actor. He was the original host of The Hollywood Squares, from 1966 to 1981. He has almost fifty television, movie, and Broadway credits. His stage name reportedly derived from the college in his home town .

Peter Marshall was born Ralph Pierre LaCock on March 30, 1926, to Ralph and Jean LaCock, a show business family, in Huntington, West Virginia. Following his fathers death, when Marshall was a teenager he moved to New York City to be with his mother, a costume designer. His elder sister Joan became a film and television actress known as Joanne Dru. She was bestknown for her roles in such films as Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and All the Kings Men.

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