RIP to Peter Marshall, star of Broadway's LA CAGE, SKYSCRAPER, and many a summer stock show –– and host of Hollywood Squares.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/15/24 at 2:03pm

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/peter-marshall-dead-hollywood-squares-1235975744/

He's also on the London cast recording of BYE BYE BIRDIE with Chita Rivera, if you're looking to celebrate his legacy + Lee Adams' 100th birthday.

Updated On: 8/15/24 at 02:03 PM

[CJRochester]

Posted: 8/15/24 at 3:12pm

I grew up watching him in Hollywood Squares. He was Georges when I first saw La Cage. RIP

[David10086]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 12:22am

Didn’t he play Billy Flynn in CHICAGO  in the early 2000s ? Or am I mixing him up with another game show host from back then? It may have been on tour. So much stunt casting I can’t keep up! 

[devonian.t]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 2:24am

I loved his quirky performance as the Captain of HMS Pinafore with Frankie Howerd.

[The Other One]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 7:32am

David10086 said: "Didn’t he play Billy Flynn in CHICAGO in the early 2000s ? Or am I mixing him up with another game show host from back then? It may have been on tour. So much stunt casting I can’t keep up!"

According to ibdb.com, his only three Broadway appearances were in How To Make a Man, Skyscraper and La Cage Aux Folles.  Maybe he did Chicago somewhere else?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 8:52am

David10086 said: "Didn’t he play Billy Flynn in CHICAGO in the early 2000s ? Or am I mixing him up with another game show host from back then? It may have been on tour. So much stunt casting I can’t keep up!"

Marshall never played Billy Flynn in CHICAGO. You’re probably confusing him with John O’Hurley or Jerry Springer but definitely not Wayne Brady - all who’ve hosted game shows.