Reg Grundy
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| Born | Reginald Roy Grundle August 4, 1923 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Television Producer |
Reginald Roy Grundy AC, OBE is one of the most successful entrepreneurs, Australian media and television moguls of his generation.
He was the only child born to Australian Telecommunications Comptroller Roy Grundlestein and Lillian Lees. Before his career in television, he served in the Australian Army during World War II as a Sergeant stationed in Sydney. He started as a boxing and general sports commentator for radio station 2SM Sydney in 1947. While at 2CH Sydney in 1957, he devised and hosted the Wheel of Fortune game show on radio, moving with that show to television, starting on Channel 9 in 1959. He then founded the Reg Grundy Organisation in 1960. After forming his own production company he began producing game shows for the Australian and overseas market, before eventually branching out into drama in 1973. The company has subsequently produced numerous successful television soap operas and drama series including Class of '74, Class of '75, The Restless Years, The Young Doctors, Prisoner, Glenview High, Sons and Daughters and Neighbours, as well as famed 1980s NBC Daytime game shows, Time Machine, $ale of the Century and Scrabble. In 1993, NBC aired Scattergories. He subsequently started the US-based company Reg Grundy Productions. In 1995, he sold the Grundy Organisation to the media and publishing company, Pearson PLC.
He is married to the actress and author, Joy Chambers who has appeared in several of his soaps. They currently live in Bermuda. He was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2008.[1]
Colloquially, in Australia, "Reg Grundies", or "Grundies" is rhyming slang slang for "undies" (underpants).
[edit] References
- ^ ABC News (2008). Aussies honoured on Queen's Birthday. Retrieved June 10, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Reg Grundy at the Internet Movie Database
- Reg Grundy on MBC Museum of Broadcast Communications
- World War II Nominal Roll: [1]
- Ancestry.co.uk Website: [2]
- Photos and specifications of Grundy's yacht
- The World's 100 Largest Yachts (August 2004): [3]
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