Mike Stokey

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Mike Stokey (September 14, 1918 – September 7, 2003) was an American television game show host and producer. He was best known for Pantomime Quiz (1947–1959) and its later version Stump the Stars (1962–1970). He also produced early TV specials, including A Christmas Carol in 1949, and hosted Beat the Odds in 1961 on KTLA. Stokey was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and died of liver disease in Las Vegas, Nevada, at age 84. He was married twice: first to actress Pamela Blake, with whom he had a son, Mike Stokey II, and a daughter, Barbara; then to Spring Mitchell (born Neola Buxton) in 1955, with whom he had a daughter, Susan Stokey, and grandchildren Juliette Goglia, Dante Goglia, and Emily Goglia. Stokey is remembered as a pioneer among American game show hosts and television producers.