Goen, Bob 1954- (Robert Goen)

PERSONAL

Full name, Robert Kuehl Goen; born December 1, 1954, in Long Beach, CA; son of Robert and Mildred (maiden name, Kuehl) Goen; married Sabrina, 1988 (divorced, 1997); married Marianne Curan (a television personality), March 20, 2004; children: (first marriage) Maxwell. Education: San Diego State University, B.S., telecommunications and film, 1976; also attended Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA.

Addresses:

Agent—Rebel Entertainment Partners, Inc., 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 456, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Career:

Reporter, host, and actor. KFOX (radio station), Long Beach, CA, news reader, 1977; KPRO-FM, Riverside, CA, disc jockey (some sources also cite producer and director), 1977-81; KESQ-TV, Palm Springs, CA, anchor, reporter, producer, writer, and editor, 1981-86. Worked as a bartender. Founder of the Bob Goen Lexus Celebrity Golf Classic (fund-raiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation).

Awards, Honors:

Two Daytime Emmy Award nominations, outstanding game show host, for Wheel of Fortune; inducted into the Long Beach City College Hall of Fame.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Host, Perfect Match, syndicated, beginning 1986.

Host, Home Shopping Game (also known as The Home Shopping Game Show), CBS and syndicated, 1987.

Host, Blackout, CBS, 1988.

Host, Great Weekend, syndicated, 1988.

Host, Wheel of Fortune, CBS, 1989-91, NBC, 1991.

Host, The Hollywood Game, CBS, 1992.

Host, Born Lucky, Lifetime, beginning 1992.

Correspondent, Entertainment Tonight (also known as E.T., ET Weekend, Entertainment This Week, and This Week in Entertainment), syndicated, 1993-96.

Anchor and host, Entertainment Tonight (also known as E.T., ET Weekend, Entertainment This Week, and This Week in Entertainment), syndicated, 1996-2004.

Host, ET in TV Land, TV Land, beginning 2003.

Himself, Poker Royale: The James Woods Gang vs. The Unabombers, GSN (Game Show Network), 2005.

Host, That's the Question, GSN (Game Show Network), beginning 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Host, Lifetime Salutes Mom, Lifetime, 1987.

Pledge host, Star-athon '92: A Weekend with the Stars, syndicated, 1992.

Host, The Miss Universe Pageant, CBS, 1994, 1995, 1996.

Host, The Miss USA Pageant, CBS, 1994, 1995, 1996.

Host, The Miss Teen USA Pageant, CBS, 1994, 1996.

Host, The Orange Bowl Parade, CBS, 1995.

Host, Entertainment Tonight Presents: The Dukes of Hazzard—The Untold Story, 1999.

Host, Entertainment Tonight Presents: Indiana Jones—Behind the Adventure, 2000.

Host, Entertainment Tonight Presents: The Love Boat—Secrets from the Ship, 2000.

Host, Entertainment Tonight Presents: The Real Designing Women, 2000.

The Making of "Jimmy Neutron," 2001.

Host, Countdown to the Emmys 2003, Fox, 2003.

Himself, AKC/Eukanuba National Championship 2006 Live 2-Day Event, The Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, 2006.

Big Break All-Star Challenge, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Robert Goen) Reporter, "No More Mr. Nice Guy," Freddy's Nightmares (also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series, Freddy, le cauchemar de vos nuits, Freddyn painajaiset, Las pesadillas de Freddy, and Les cauchemars de Freddy), syndicated, 1988.

Television announcer, "The End of the World," Freddy's Nightmares (also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series, Freddy, le cauchemar de vos nuits, Freddyn painajaiset, Las pesadillas de Freddy, and Les cauchemars de Freddy), syndicated, 1988.

Bink Warmington, "Games People Play," Perfect Strangers, ABC, 1989.

Himself, "Vowel Play," L.A. Law, NBC, 1990.

Himself, "Suckup," Space Ghost Coast to Coast (live action and animated; also known as SGC2C), Cartoon Network, 1997.

Himself, "Thankless-Giving," Hiller and Diller, ABC, 1997.

Himself, "Veronica's Husband Won't Leave," Veronica's Closet (also known as Veronica, El secreto de Veronica, Les dessous de Veronica, Los secretos de Veronica, Os segredos de Veronica, and Veronican salaisuudet), NBC, 1997.

Himself, "Once a Secretary, Always a Secretary," The Nanny, CBS, 1998.

Himself, "The Other Cheek," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1998.

Himself, "Superstar," Cosby, CBS, 1999.

Himself, Rock & Roll Jeopardy!, VH1, 1999.

Himself, "Mary Hart: Heart's Ambition," Biography (also known as A&E Biography: Mary Hart), Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

Host, "In/Famous," Robbery Homicide Division (also known as Metro and R.H.D./LA: Robbery Homicide Division/Los Angeles), CBS, later USA Network, 2002.

Himself, Good Day Live, syndicated, 2002.

Himself, "The Last Action Queero," I'm with Her (also known as Elaemaeae taehden kanssa), ABC, 2003.

Himself, The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2003.

Himself, "The Peck-Peck," I'm with Her (also known as Elaemaeae taehden kanssa), ABC, 2004.

Himself, Larry King Live, Cable News Network, 2004.

Voice of Bob Glimmer, "Blondes Have More Fun/Five Days of F.L.A.R.G.," The Fairly OddParents (animated; also known as The Fairly GodParents, TheFairly Odd Parents, and Oh My! GodParents), Nickelodeon, 2005.

Appeared as himself in "Do Not Go Squealing into That Good Night," an unaired episode of Style and Substance, CBS.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Himself, I'm with Her (also known as Elaemaeae taehden kanssa), ABC, 2003.

Appeared in other pilots.

Film Appearances:

Game show host, Wicked Stepmother (also known as A madrasta, En haexa till styvmorsa, Ma belle-mere est une sorciere, Noita muuttaa taloon, Strega per un giorno, and Tanz der Hexen), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989.

Himself, Homage, Arrow Releasing, 1995.

Himself (host of Entertainment Tonight), Junket Whore (documentary), 1998.

Voice of newscaster, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (animated), Paramount, 2001.

Radio Appearances:

Host of The Keith and Bob Show, broadcast by a Long Beach City College radio station. Appeared in other radio productions.