Dan Enright
Daniel "Dan" Enright (August 30, 1917 – May 22, 1992) was one of the most successful game show producers in American television. Enright worked with Jack Barry from the 1940s until Barry's death in 1984. They were partners in creating programs for radio and television. Their company was called Barry & Enright Productions.
Enright (original surname Ehrenreich), who grew up in British Palestine and New York, met up with Barry as the latter was working in stand-up comedy. After a stint at WOR radio, the two developed several early TV shows, including the seminal "interactive" show Winky Dink and You, as well as Juvenile Jury and Life Begins at Eighty, and Wisdom of the Ages.
The duo hit the jackpot as producers of network game shows Back That Fact, You're On Your Own, Tic-Tac-Dough, Twenty One, Concentration, and Dough Re Mi in the 1950s.
Read more about Dan Enright: The Quiz Scandal, Exile, Return To Success, Ventures in Film, Later Years and Death
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