Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the first ...

Wink Martindale, the host of game shows like “Tic-Tac-Dough,” “Headline Chasers” and “High Rollers,” has died at 91. He died ...

(AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) FILE – Host Wink Martindale looks at a card during game show, May 22, 1997. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) FILE – Game show host Wink Martindale smiles for media and ...

FILE – Host Wink Martindale looks at a card during game show, May 22, 1997. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) “Gambit” had been beating its competition on NBC and ABC for over two years. But a new ...

LOS ANGELES — Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as "Gambit" and "Tic-Tac-Dough" who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a young Elvis Presley, has ...

FILE – Host Wink Martindale looks at a card during game show, May 22, 1997. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) “Gambit” had been beating its competition on NBC and ABC for over two years. But a new show debuted ...

Host Wink Martindale looks at a card during game show in 1997. Nick Ut / AP In 1959, Martindale moved to Los Angeles to host a morning show on KHJ. That same year he reached No. 7 on the Billboard ...