He was supposedly named 'Regis' because his father wanted him to attend his alma mater, the prestigious Regis High School. His mother, Filomena ('Florence' née Boscia), was a member of an Albanian-Italian immigrant family from Greci. Marine of Irish descent who served in the Pacific. His father, Francis 'Frank' Philbin, was a U.S. Philbin was born in the Manhattan borough of New York City on August 25, 1931.

Philbin also hosted Million Dollar Password and the first season of America's Got Talent. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, the most-watched prime-time series of the 1999–2000 U.S. He is also well-known as the original host of the U.S.

He is most widely known as the co-host of the New York City-based nationally syndicated talk show Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee, starting in 1988, which became Live! with Regis and Kelly in 2001, and continued as Live! with Kelly after Philbin's departure in 2011. He got his first network television exposure in 1967 as Joey Bishop's sidekick on The Joey Bishop Show. Navy and got his television start serving as a page for The Tonight Show in the 1950s. Īfter graduating from the University of Notre Dame, Philbin served in the U.S. television (surpassing previous record holder Hugh Downs).

Once called 'the hardest working man in show business', he held the Guinness World Record for the most hours spent on U.S. Regis Francis Xavier Philbin ( / ˈ r iː dʒ ɪ s ˈ f ɪ l b ɪ n/ Aug– July 25, 2020) was an American television presenter, talk show host, game show host, comedian, actor, and musician.

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