Years active: Late 1950's
Now here is an interesting example. Most hosts stay hosts, or a channel might hire an actor (see William Shatner), but it rare for the host to move onto other things. Ted Knight, who you might remember as Ted Baxter from the Mary Tyler Moore Show or the announcer of the Superfriends, was the only horror host from Rhode Island, and as near as I can tell was the very first.
Dr. Death, from what few accounts I could find, seemed to be mostly a mummy with a pinch of Dr. Phibes thrown in.
I can't seem to find anything on the show's name, but Knight was employed by WJAR-TV Channel 10 in Providence for most of the late 1950's until he moved onto bigger things, mostly fame on various televisions shows of the 1970's.
He passed away in 1986.
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