Leslie Crowther
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Revision as of 03:00, 11 June 2006
Biography
Presenter whose 30-year career will be most fondly remembered by a long run on the BBC children's program Crackerjack in the 1960s. He was the original host of the UK version of The Price Is Right - in retrospect, a very odd choice for such a slick show with horn-rimmed glasses and old-fashioned patter. He was angry when ITV axed the show without telling him. However, he went on to further success with Stars in Their Eyes. He died in 1996, 4 years after a serious car accident which effectively forced him into early retirement.
Trivia
He didn't want to do the "Come On Down" catchphrase on Price is Right because his wife thought it was rather brash.
In 1979, he presented the televised finals for Nurse of the Year.
His full name was Leslie Douglas Sargent Crowther.
He appeared as himself in a 1990 episode of "Birds of a Feather".
