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Regis Philbin

(1931-2020)

Who Was Regis Philbin?

Born in New York City in 1931, famed talk show host Regis Philbin grew up in the Bronx and attended the University of Notre Dame. He worked on various TV shows, eventually landing the co-hosting gig that would be known as Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee, and later Live! With Regis and Kelly. Philbin has also hosted the prime-time game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Early Career

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin was born on August 25, 1931, in New York City. Part of an Irish Catholic family, Regis Philbin was the eldest son of Frank and Florence Philbin, and grew up in the Bronx. He was named after his father's alma mater, Regis High School, a Jesuit boys school in Manhattan.

After graduating from Notre Dame in 1953, Philbin served in the U.S. Navy. Following his discharge from the military, he began his television career with several entry-level jobs in Hollywood, including a post as a film-delivery man at KCOP-TV in Los Angeles, California.

Philbin got his first big break in the business after he began writing tongue

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Regis Francis Xavier Philbin

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin was born August 25^th, 1931, and was raised in the Van Nest neighborhood of the Bronx and attended the school which makes the Concourse Grand - Cardinal Hayes High School. After graduating, he attended the University of Notre Dame and served in the U.S. Navy, where he found his calling in television and became a staple on American television since joining as the co-host of The Joey Bishop Show in the 1960s. Philbin went on to become a household name thanks to his co-hosting job on ‘Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee, which later became Live! with Regis and Kelly’ and was the original host of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’. Regis also made regular guest appearances on various shows and movies such as the Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live!Seinfeld, the Fresh Prince of Belair, Miss Congeniality, Cheaper by the Dozen, 30 Rock and Spin City. Not only did Philbin set a Guinness World Record for “Most Hours on Camera”, but he was also nominated for 37 Daytime Emmy Awards and received the prestigious Li

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Regis Philbin

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin^[1]^[2] (; August 25, 1931 – July 24, 2020) was an American media personality, actor and singer, known for hosting talk and game shows since the 1960s.^[3] Sometimes called (alternatively attributed to James Brown) "the hardest working man in show business",^[4]^[5] he held the world record for the most time spent in front of a television camera.^[6] He was most widely known for Live! with Regis and Kelly (previously Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee),^[7]Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,^[7]Million Dollar Password,^[8] and for hosting the first season of America's Got Talent.^[9]

Early life

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Philbin was born in the Bronx, New York City. His father, Francis "Frank" Philbin, a U.S. Marine who served in the Pacific, was of Irish ancestry.^[10] His mother, Filomena "Florence" (nee Boscia), was of Arbëreshë ancestry. They lived in the Van Nest section of the Bronx.^[11] Philbin was raised Roman Catho