Martindale was in the studio, showing some old high-school football buddies where he worked. 1956 - Elvis Presley visits the set of "Dance Party" with Wink Martindale, center, and Dewey Phillips.

Wink Martindale ... It served me well,” Martindale told ABC News in 2014. He got his first job as a DJ at a Jackson radio station during his senior year in high school in 1951.

Wink Martindale ... local radio station in Jackson for a job, Martindale was offered an audition less than two months after graduating high school in 1951. At 17, the former drugstore soda ...

By Maya Salam Wink Martindale, a radio personality who became a television star as a dapper and affable host of game shows like “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” in the 1970s and ’80s and ...

He was 17 and a senior in high school. A few years later, he made the big move to WHBQ in Memphis, about 90 miles away from home, where he hosted a radio show in the morning and a popular kids TV show ...

“So Winston turned into Winky, and then I got into the business and Wink it was! It served me well.” Martindale recorded ... He was 17 and a senior in high school. A few years later, he ...

Legendary game show host and producer Wink Martindale died on April 15, 2025, at the age of 91. The circumstances leading to the television personality's demise have yet to be made official.

Elvis Presley's good friend, rock-n-roll DJ and TV game show host pioneer Wink Martindale, has died at the age of 91. Wink's ...

Gary Jensen, a stunt coordinator who collaborated with Bryan Singer on The Usual Suspects and the first two X-Men films and ...