<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Diana Dors (m . 1959; div. 1966) Gretchen Johnson (m . 1991) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> 3, including Mark </Td> </Tr> <P> Richard Dawson (born Colin Lionel Emm; 20 November 1932--2 June 2012) was a British - American actor and comedian, and a game show host and panelist in the United States . Dawson was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk on Hogan's Heroes, as a regular panelist in 1973--1978 on Match Game, and as the original host of Family Feud in 1976--1985 and 1994--1995 . </P> <P> Dawson was born Colin Lionel Emm in Gosport, Hampshire, England, on 20 November 1932 to Arthur and Josephine Emm . At the age of 14 he ran away from home to join the British Merchant Navy, where he pursued a boxing career . After his discharge, two years later, he began pursuing a comedy career using the stage name Dickie Dawson; when he reached adulthood, he revised this to become Richard Dawson, which he later legally adopted as his real name . </P>

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