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  • What's My Line (1951–1964)
  • TV Series | 30 min | Game-Show
What's My Line (1951–1964)
TV Series | 30 min | Game-Show

A panel of celebrities trying to guess what a person does for a living, or figure out who a mystery guest is. This is the version for the United Kingdom.
Seasons
12   |   11   |   10   |   9   |   8   |   7   |   6   |   5  | …   See all
Writers
Mark Goodson (devised by) | Kenneth Milne-Buckley (presented by) | Bill Todman (devised by)
Production Designer
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Jul 16, 1951

Release date (First episode)
Jul 16, 1951 (United Kingdom)

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Cast

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92 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Eamonn Andrews
Self - Host / Self - Panellist Self - Host / Self - Panellist   See fewer
390
Isobel Barnett
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
327
Gilbert Harding
Self - Panellist / Self - Host / Self - What's My Line? Panellist Self - Panellist / Self - Host / Self - What's My Line? Panellist   See fewer
278
Barbara Kelly
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
230
David Nixon
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
150
Cyril Fletcher
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
83
Jerry Desmonde
Self - Panellist / Self - Host Self - Panellist / Self - Host   See fewer
70
Elizabeth Allan
Self - Panellist / Self - Host / Self - What's My Line? Panellist Self - Panellist / Self - Host / Self - What's My Line? Panellist   See fewer
56
Bob Monkhouse
Self - Panellist / Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Panellist / Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
51
Ghislaine Alexander
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
43
Alan Melville
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
41
Marghanita Laski
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
24
Polly Elwes
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
20
Louise Collins
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
17
Zoe Gail
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
13
Gerald Nabarro
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
12
Ben Lyon
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
11
Jimmy Edwards
Self - Panellist / Self - What's My Line? Panellist Self - Panellist / Self - What's My Line? Panellist   See fewer
11
Michael Denison
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
9
Denis Norden
Self - Panellist / Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Panellist / Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
8
Frank Muir
Self - Panellist / Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Panellist / Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
8
Maurice Edelman
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
8
Frances Day
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
7
Richard Dimbleby
Self - Panellist / Self - Twenty Questions Panellist Self - Panellist / Self - Twenty Questions Panellist   See fewer
6
Jean Dawnay
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
6
Adrienne Corri
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
6
Ted Moult
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
6
Dawn Addams
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
6
Sidney James
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
6
Ron Randell
Self - Host / Self - Panellist Self - Host / Self - Panellist   See fewer
5
Pat Kirkwood
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
5
Yolande Donlan
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
5
Douglas Duff
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
5
Robert Boothby
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
5
Eric Robinson
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
5
Pippa Stanley
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
5
Sara Leighton
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
5
Jill Craigie
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
4
Josephine Douglas
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
4
Kenneth Horne
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
3
Lesley Storm
Self - Panellist / Self - What's My Line? Panellist Self - Panellist / Self - What's My Line? Panellist   See fewer
3
Ted Kavanagh
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
3
Helen Cherry
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
3
Roy Foster-Brown
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
3
Terry-Thomas
Self - Celebrity Challenger / Self - Panellist Self - Celebrity Challenger / Self - Panellist   See fewer
2
Joy Adamson
Self - Panellist / Self - Twenty Questions Panellist Self - Panellist / Self - Twenty Questions Panellist   See fewer
2
Joan Greenwood
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
2
Bennett Cerf
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
2
Arthur Askey
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
2
Marshall Pugh
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
2
Roger Bannister
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
Kathryn Beaumont
Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
1
Basil Radford
Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
1
Dorothy Dickson
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Jack Train
Self - Twenty Questions Panellist Self - Twenty Questions Panellist   See fewer
1
Anona Winn
Self - Twenty Questions Panellist Self - Twenty Questions Panellist   See fewer
1
Joe Loss
Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
1
Alec Bedser
Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
1
W.J. Brown
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Robert Fabian
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Eric Bedser
Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
1
Ruby M. Ayres
Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
1
Muriel Gregory
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Norman Hackforth
Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
1
Cesar Romero
Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
1
Norman Wisdom
Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
1
Belita
Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
1
Walt Disney
Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
1
Richard Basehart
Self - Celebrity Challenger Self - Celebrity Challenger   See fewer
1
Arlene Francis
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Benny Hill
Self - Guest Celebrity Self - Guest Celebrity   See fewer
1
Frankie Howerd
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Noel Langley
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Denzil Batchelor
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Nancy Spain
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Michael Flanders
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Tom O'Brien
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Denis Compton
Self - Guest Celebrity Self - Guest Celebrity   See fewer
1
Eric Sykes
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Ian Carmichael
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Dick Bentley
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Chic Murray
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Brian Reece
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Henry Sherek
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
John Gregson
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Adam Faith
Self - Guest Celebrity Self - Guest Celebrity   See fewer
1
Uffa Fox
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Tony van den Berg
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
1
Desmond Skirrow
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Lance Percival
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
Leo Abse
Self - Panellist Self - Panellist   See fewer
1
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