Bill Leyden

William Leyden (February 1, 1917,[1] in Chicago, Illinois – March 11, 1970, in Hollywood, California) was a television game show host and announcer who emceed six game shows, including It Could Be You (1956–61), Your First Impression (1962–64, with Dennis James), and You're Putting Me On (1969).

In addition, he hosted movies on KTTV, and played small roles in a handful of films, including Jerry Lewis's The Patsy (1964).

After returning to Chicago following the war, Leyden worked as an NBC page while getting a degree in Archaeology from DePaul University.

Then moved to Los Angeles and became a disc jockey on radio stations KMPC and KFWB, and later was an announcer for the syndicated radio series The Liberace Program (1954–55), before moving over to television, where he hosted several game shows, the most successful of which was It Could Be You.

[4] Although he was extremely popular, both in front of the camera and behind the microphone, Leyden's chronic health problems limited his on-screen work in the latter half of the 1960s.