Wink Martindale

Wink Martindale: Biography in Details

Who is Wink Martindale?

Wink Martindale is an American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host, and television producer.

Additionally, Wink is well known for hosting Tic-Tac-Dough from 1978 to 1985, Gambit from 1972 to 1976 (and again from 1980 to 1981), High Rollers from 1987 to 1988, and Debt from 1996 to 1998.

Wink Martindale: Childhood, Education, and Family

Wink was born in Jackson, Tennessee, the United States on December 4, 1933, his mother’s name is Frances Geraldine Martindale but his father’s name is unknown.

His birth name is Winston Conrad “Wink” Martindale.  There isn’t any information regarding his siblings.

Wink Martindale belongs to American nationality and English ethnicity. His birth sign is Sagittarius.

Talking about his education, he attended the University of Memphis and graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1957.

While there, he also became a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

Wink Martindale: Early Professional Career, Salary, and Net Worth

On talking about his profession, in 1954, he was showing the WHBQ studio to some friends when he realized that his colleague.

Whereas, his rendition of the spoken-word song “Deck of Cards” went to no. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

In addition, his first game-show hosting job was on the show What’s This Song? Then, from 1970 to 1971, he also hosted a similar song-recognition game show, Words, and Music, again on NBC.

In 2006, Wink Martindale received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Whereas, he has also appeared in various TV commercials, including a stint as a pitchman for the travel website Orbitz.

On June 2, 2009, he also signed with the syndicated Hit Parade Radio format.

The format began operation on February 7, 2010, with him as an afternoon drive personality. The syndicator stopped operating on June 6, 2010.

In 2008, he also appeared on GSN Live, an interstitial program during the afternoon block of classic game show reruns.

Likewise, his last program was the GSN original series Instant Recall, which premiered on March 4, 2010. In 2012, he returned to radio, as host of The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits Of All-Time.

Wink Martindale garnered the ACE Awards in 1989. He won the Star on the Walk of Fame Award for Television. There is no information about his salary. His net worth is around  $20 million dollars as of 2022.

Wink Martindale: Rumors and Controversy

There was a controversy that, he had a long-standing friendly feud with Chuck Woolery and Gene Rayburn.

During 1999, Wink Martindale admitted that Rayburn and Woolery were responsible for his potty-humored nickname of “Stink Fartindale” and would always fondly remember their times together.

Wink Martindale: Description of Body Measurements

Wink Martindale’s hair color is brown and his eye color is grayish blue. However, his height, weight, shoe sizes, etc are unknown.

Wink Martindale: Social Media

Wink Martindale has over 1.5K followers on Facebook. Likewise, he has over 3.1K followers on Twitter. He is not active on Instagram.

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