Alan Hamel is a Canadian entertainer, producer, and television host.
He is known for co-hosting the Canadian children’s television series Razzle Dazzle from 1961 to 1964.
He also hosted two syndicated game shows in the late 1960s: Wedding Party (1968) and Anniversary Game (1969), where he first met Suzanne Somers, whom he later married in 1977.
Who is Alan Hamel?
Alan Hamel was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended Ryerson University where he majored in Radio and Television Arts.
He began his professional career appearing on the television series, “Midnight Zone’. He then went on to become a household name as the host of the children’s series, “Razzle Dazzle”.
The show featured a talking turtle, Howard. In the late 1960s he hosted two syndicated game shows which aired on all the ABC owned and operated TV stations as well as others: Wedding Party (1968) and Anniversary Game (1969), where he first met Suzanne Somers, whom he later married in 1977.
In the late 1970s, he hosted The Alan Hamel Show, a popular daytime talk show on CTV. People magazine considered him “Canada’s leading TV talk show host”.
During that time, he hosted the ill-fated People television series on CBS for a few months in 1978.
After Hamel stepped down as host in 1980, fellow Canadian Alan Thicke took over and the show was retitled The Alan Thicke Show and, later, Don Harron continued the franchise as host of his own eponymous talk show that aired in the same time slot.
For several years during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Hamel was a commercial pitchman for American Stores, a coast-to-coast chain of supermarkets.
Specifically, he did advertisements for Alpha Beta stores in the western United States, and also appeared in occasional spots for Acme Markets in the northeastern United States.
Hamel eventually became a producer, often working on projects involving his wife. He occasionally performed as an actor as well, also sometimes on Somers’ shows.
About Alan Hamel Net Worth
Alan Hamel is a Canadian entertainer and television host who has a net worth of $100 million.
That is a combined net worth with his wife of more than 40 years, actress/entrepreneur Suzanne Somers.
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