Editing Gene Rayburn (section)

===Television career===
Breaking into television as the original announcer on [[Steve Allen]]'s ''[[Tonight Starring Steve Allen|Tonight]]'', Rayburn began a long association with game show producers [[Mark Goodson]] and [[Bill Todman]] in 1953. He first appeared on [[Robert Q. Lewis]]'s ''[[The Name's the Same]]''; Rayburn frequently sat in for regular panelist [[Carl Reiner]]. In 1955, he took over as host of the summer replacement game show ''[[Make the Connection]]'' from original host [[Jim McKay]] (and appearing with his WNEW morning show successor [[Gene Klavan]]). From there he hosted shows such as ''[[Choose Up Sides]]'', ''[[Dough Re Mi]]'', ''[[Play Your Hunch]]'', and the daytime version of ''[[Tic Tac Dough]]''. On radio, Rayburn became one of the many hosts of the [[NBC]] program ''[[Monitor (NBC Radio)|Monitor]]'' in 1961 and remained with the show until 1973.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

In an uncredited role (he reportedly did not want his name to appear), Rayburn played a TV interviewer in the movie ''[[It Happened to Jane]]'' (1959) starring [[Doris Day]]. Rayburn was also a frequent panelist in the 1960s and 1970s on ''[[What's My Line?]]'' and ''[[To Tell the Truth]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}