Mr. McMahon
2024 · TV Show
as Self (Voice)
Robin Leach
1941-08-29
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Perivale, London, England
Robin Douglas Leach (29 August 1941 – 24 August 2018) was a British entertainment reporter, writer, columnist and TV personality. After beginning his career as a print journalist, first in England and then in the United States, he became best known for hosting the television series Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous from 1984 to 1995. The show focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic details. At age 15 he became a general news reporter for the Harrow Observer, and earned £6 a week after graduation. Leach moved on to the Daily Mail as Britain's youngest "Page One" reporter at age 18. In 1963, he emigrated to the United States, though he maintained his English accent throughout his life (which would become a trademark of his when he began working in television years later). He wrote for several American newspapers, including New York Daily News, People and Ladies' Home Journal, before launching GO Magazine in 1967[3] and then became show business editor of The Star. Leach got his start in television as a regular contributor to AM Los Angeles, with Regis Philbin and Sarah Purcell on KABC-TV. Other television work included reporting for People Tonight, on CNN and Entertainment Tonight and helping start Good Morning Australia, as well as the Food Network. Leach was also a guest at the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania IV, where he read the rules for the championship tournament. Leach hosted an exposé documentary of Madonna – Madonna Exposed – for the Fox network in March 1993. He also hosted the Lifestyles spinoffs Runaway with the Rich and Famous and Fame, Fortune and Romance, along with future Today Show host Matt Lauer. He also served as the public address announcer for the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. From 1999, he resided in Las Vegas. He wrote for the Las Vegas Sun and the daily VegasDeluxe.com website from 2008 through June 2016, when he was hired by Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Review-Journal. On 20 November 2017, Leach had a stroke while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas. He had another stroke on 20 August 2018, and died under hospice care in Las Vegas on 24 August, at the age of 76.
Filmography
Davi's Way
2018 · Movie
as Self
Great News
2017 · TV Show
as Robin Leach
Spring Broke
2016 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of Trump
2015 · Movie
as Self
The Ridiculous 6
2015 · Movie
as Herm (voice)
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I.M. Caravaggio
2011 · Movie
as Robin Leach
The Surreal Life: Fame Games
2007 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Criss Angel Mindfreak
2005 · TV Show
Hell's Kitchen
2005 · TV Show
as Self - Restaurant Patron
Everybody Hates Chris
2005 · TV Show
as Himself
Penn & Teller: Bull!
2003 · TV Show
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2003 · TV Show
as Self
MasterChef USA
2000 · TV Show
as Self - Guest Judge
Family Guy
1999 · TV Show
as Robin Leach (voice)
Free Money
1998 · Movie
as Robin Leach
Seven Days
1998 · TV Show
V.I.P.
1998 · TV Show
as Robin Leach
Thriller Zone
1995 · Movie
as Second Reporter (segment "Fanatical Extreme") (archive footage)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · TV Show
as Chamberlain (voice)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994 · Movie
as Adrian Lye
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994 · TV Show
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Madonna Exposed
1993 · Movie
as Self - Host
Boy Meets World
1993 · TV Show
as Robin Leach
Palace Guard
1991 · TV Show
The Real Story of Rain Rain Go Away
1990 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Troop Beverly Hills
1989 · Movie
as Robin Leach
She-Devil
1989 · Movie
as Robin Leach
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988 · Movie
as Robin Leach
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: The World's Most Exotic Vacation Resorts
1988 · Movie
as Host
thirtysomething
1987 · TV Show
The Charmings
1987 · TV Show
Rickles... On the Loose
1986 · Movie
as Self
Sledge Hammer!
1986 · TV Show
WWF Superstars
1986 · TV Show
as Robin Leach
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986 · TV Show
as Robin Leach
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Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
1984 · TV Show
as Host
The Last Horror Film
1982 · Movie
as Second Reporter
Hotel
1982 · TV Show
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · TV Show
as Self - Correspondent
