Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (/ˈriË dÊ'ɪs ˈfɪlbɪn/; August 25,
1931 â€" July 24, 2020) was an American television presenter, talk
show host, game show host, actor and singer. Once called "the hardest
working man in show business", he holds the Guinness World Record for
the most hours on U.S. television.After graduating from the University
of Notre Dame, Philbin served in the U.S. Navy and got his television
start serving as a page for The Tonight Show in the 1950s. He got his
first network TV exposure in 1967 as Joey Bishop's sidekick on The
Joey Bishop Show. He is most widely known as the co-host of the New
York City-based nationally syndicated talk show Live! with Regis and
Kathie Lee, starting in 1988, which became Live! with Regis and Kelly
in 2001, and continued as Live! with Kelly after Philbin's departure
in 2011.Philbin debuted and hosted the US version of Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire, Million Dollar Password, and the first season of
America's Got Talent.
1931 â€" July 24, 2020) was an American television presenter, talk
show host, game show host, actor and singer. Once called "the hardest
working man in show business", he holds the Guinness World Record for
the most hours on U.S. television.After graduating from the University
of Notre Dame, Philbin served in the U.S. Navy and got his television
start serving as a page for The Tonight Show in the 1950s. He got his
first network TV exposure in 1967 as Joey Bishop's sidekick on The
Joey Bishop Show. He is most widely known as the co-host of the New
York City-based nationally syndicated talk show Live! with Regis and
Kathie Lee, starting in 1988, which became Live! with Regis and Kelly
in 2001, and continued as Live! with Kelly after Philbin's departure
in 2011.Philbin debuted and hosted the US version of Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire, Million Dollar Password, and the first season of
America's Got Talent.
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