Details

Release year: 1961

Storyline

Two celebrity-contestant teams compete to guess words by giving one-word clues in this all-time classic game show.

Top credits

Cast

Allen Ludden — Self - Host, Self - celebrity contestant, Self - Celebrity Contestant, Self
Jack Clark — Self - Announcer, Self - Substitute Host, Self - Substiture Host, Self - announcer, Self - Guest host, Self - Guest Host
John Harlan — Self - announcer, Self - Announcer, Self
Lee Vines — Self - Announcer

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Awards

0 wins & 2 nominations

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Did you know

• When Jack Benny appeared as a celebrity guest on the game show 'Password (1961)', he got the word "miser" and gave his first clue as, "Me!" thus bringing down the house.

• The CBS daytime version is lost, except for the last year or so (1966-1967). The ABC version is also largely lost.

• Robert Cobert composed the 2nd theme for the series, which was used from 1963 until 1967. Cobert also composed the music for the ABC daytime supernatural soap opera, Dark Shadows (1966), which ironically, this series' revival replaced in 1971.