Robin Ward (television)
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Robin Ward is a Canadian
actor
and television
personality. He is known for hosting a 1980 revival of the American
game show
To Tell the Truth
and later hosting a Canadian game show called Guess What
. He was also an actor on the soap opera
The Guiding Light, in addition to having starred in the Canadian-produced 1973-74 science fiction series The Starlost
and served as narrator of the late-1980s revival of The Twilight Zone
for a season.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Ward worked for CFTO-TV
in Toronto, Ontario, as a weatherman
, and as an entertainment reporter. More recently he was an on-location reporter for Good Morning Toronto, a morning program on The Weather Network
's Toronto-area feed. He has played in a number of guest and supporting roles in television and some motion pictures.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
personality. He is known for hosting a 1980 revival of the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
To Tell the Truth
To Tell the Truth
To Tell the Truth is an American television panel game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson-Todman Productions that has aired in various forms since 1956 both on networks and in syndication...
and later hosting a Canadian game show called Guess What
Guess What
Guess What is a Canadian game show that aired on the CTV Television Network from 1983 to 1987. It was originally created by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir . It was a Glen-Warren Production for the CTV Television Network.Sidney M...
. He was also an actor on the soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
The Guiding Light, in addition to having starred in the Canadian-produced 1973-74 science fiction series The Starlost
The Starlost
The Starlost is a Canadian-produced science fiction television series devised by writer Harlan Ellison and broadcast in 1973 on CTV in Canada and syndicated to local stations in the United States. The show's setting is a huge generational colony spacecraft called The Ark, which has gone off-course...
and served as narrator of the late-1980s revival of The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...
for a season.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Ward worked for CFTO-TV
CFTO-TV
CFTO-DT, broadcast on channel 9 and cable 8, is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, owned by Bell Media. Currently branded as CTV Toronto, it is the flagship station of the CTV Television Network, and was one of the charter members of the network when it was launched in 1961. It...
in Toronto, Ontario, as a weatherman
Weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
, and as an entertainment reporter. More recently he was an on-location reporter for Good Morning Toronto, a morning program on The Weather Network
The Weather Network
The Weather Network is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel that broadcasts weather-related news and information 24 hours a day....
's Toronto-area feed. He has played in a number of guest and supporting roles in television and some motion pictures.