Bill Leyden

William "Bill" Leyden (born February 1, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, died March 11, 1970 in Hollywood, California) (age 53) was a television game show host and announcer who emceed six game shows, including It Could Be You (1956–61), Your First Impression (1962–64, with Dennis James), and You're Putting Me On (1969). In addition, he hosted movies on KTTV, and in fact played small roles in a handful of films, including Jerry Lewis's The Patsy (1964).

During World War II Leyden served in the Marine Corps. After returning to Chicago following the war, Leyden worked as a NBC page while getting a degree in Archaeology from DePaul University . Leyden started his broadcast career in Cleveland as a radio announcer. Then moved to LA and became a Disc jockey on stations KMPC and KFWB in Los Angeles and later served as an announcer for the syndicated radio series The Liberace Program (1954–55) before moving over to television, where he hosted several game shows, the most successful of which was It Could Be You . [1] [2]

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