Guy Lux

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French television presenter

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Field	Value
name	Guy Lux
image	GuyLux-1970-crayon.png
image_upright	Guy Lux vers 1970, période ORTF.
birth_name	Guy Maurice Lux
birth_date
birth_place	Paris, France
death_date
death_place	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
resting_place	Saint-Gratien Cemetery in Val-d'Oise
show	Intervilles
network	RTF, ORTF, FR3, TF1
show2	Top Club
network2	Antenne 2
style	Television host
Television producer
country	France
spouse(s)	Paulette Lisle, 1942–1995 (her death)
partner	Vonny (extramarital)
Muriel Montossey (extramarital)
children	6 (2 deceased)
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Guy Maurice Lux (21 June 1919 – 13 June 2003) was a French TV host and producer best known for his 1961 creation of the game show Intervilles and its numerous spinoffs. During his 40 year career, he produced, directed, hosted, and wrote more than 40 television shows.

Biography

Lux was born Guy Maurice Lux on 21 June 1919 in Paris, France, and had Alsatian ancestry. He attended Lycée Arago for high school then École Estienne for university. He studied fine arts and applied arts and studied to be a lyricist. After the war, he was awarded the Escapees' Medal and a Croix de Guerre.

Due in part to the economic conditions in post-war France, Lux had difficulty finding buyers for his songs. In the 1940s, he ran a hardware store in Asnières-sur-Seine, where he would set up games for his customers to play, especially during the Tour de France. He did not start working in media until 1952.

Television career

Lux hosted his first game show, Contact, in 1960. This show would later become La roue tourne, which he hosted alongside Jean-Francois Chiappe and Marina Gray in 1960-1964. which popularized the word schmilblick, similar to the English thingamajig. He created and produced the shows La Classe, La Une est à vous, Succès fous, Capitale d'un soir, and L'Or à l'appel as well.

Though he mainly worked with television, he appeared, oftentimes as a fictionalized version of himself, in several films, including Clémentine chérie (1964), Bang Bang (1967), Les fous du stade (1972), Comme sur des roulettes (1977), and Le Bourreau des cœurs (1983). In 2021, Lux and Zitrone were featured in the documentary Les Duos mythiques de la television as one of France's legendary duos. He wrote and directed the comedy film Drôles de zèbres in 1977, starring Coluche, and in 1980 created his own production company, People Production.

He retired from his television career in 1993, due largely to his age and the new talent available elsewhere.

Personal life

Lux was known to enjoy betting on horses, so much so that there is now a race called Prix Guy Lux et Léon Zitrone held in Paris. In 1994, Lux started Pas d'enfants sans vacances (English: No child without vacation), which takes children from families who cannot afford vacations over the summer holidays to the beach and/or countryside.

Lux married Paulette Lisle in 1942 and the couple had two children: Christiane (1942-1964) and Michel (1943-present). Jean-Christophe released music under the name Christophe Jenac in the 1980s.

Lux had at least two extramarital affairs during his marriage to Paulette, resulting in four illegitimate children, three of which he never publicly acknowledged.

Lux died on 13 June 2003 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He is buried in Saint-Gratien Cemetery in Val-d'Oise alongside his wife Paulette and daughter Christiane.

Selected filmography

Television

::data[format=table] | Year | Title | Show type || Role(s) | Episodes | Ref | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1965–1968, 1979–1981 | Le palmarès des chansons | Music competition | Self, producer | 65 | | 1969 | Le schmilblic | Game show | Host | 2 | | 1971 | Les étoiles de la chanson | Music competition | Host, executive producer | 11 | | 1962–1971 | Intervilles | Game show | Host, creator, writer, producer | 21 | | 1971–1973 | Cadet Rousselle | Variety show | Host, producer | 28 | | 1974 | Domino | Music | Host, producer | 17 | | French CanCan | | Host, producer | 8 | url=https://www.europe1.fr/medias-tele/sophie-darel-travailler-avec-guy-lux-ce-netait-pas-facile-du-tout-2888849|title=Sophie Darel : "Travailler avec Guy Lux ? Ce n'était pas facile du tout !"|date=2016-11-02|publisher=Europe 1|access-date=2022-04-26|language=fr}} | | 1975–1976 | Samedi est à vous | Music competition | Presenter, producer | | | Ring Parade | Music competition | Host, producer | 64 | | | Système 2 | Music competition | Host, producer | 64 | | | 1977 | Un taxi en or | Variety show, soap opera | Host, creator | | | 1978–1981 | Top Club | Music competition | Host, producer | 88 | | 1965–1982 | Jeux sans frontières | Game show | Host, creator, writer | 56 | | 1983–1985 | Cadence 3 | Variety show | Host, writer (1 ep), producer | 50 | | 1987 | La classe | Variety show | Producer | 45 | | 1989 | La une est à vous | Competition | Creator, writer, songwriter, producer | 1 | | 1992 | Double jeu | Talk show | Self | 1 | ::

Film

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Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1964	Clémentine chérie	Self
1967	Bang Bang	Guy Descartes, Sheila's uncle
1972	Les fous du stade	Self
1977	Drôles de zèbres	Self (uncredited), director, writer
La Bastille en chantant	Host, producer	TV special
Comme sur des roulettes	Guy Lux
1980	Sur son 31	Self, producer	TV special
1983	Le Bourreau des cœurs	Guy Lux
1996	L'Or à l'appel	Writer
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References

Muller, Véronique. (2019-06-23). "Généalogie: les racines alsaciennes de Guy Lux". DNA.
Perrone, Pierre. (2003-06-24). "Guy Lux". Independent.
(n.d.). "Guy Lux". Gala.
(2018-01-30). "Dave : "Le grand-père de Jacques Martin était le cuisinier du tsar Nicolas II"". France Dimanche.
(2003-06-13). "L'animateur Guy Lux est mort". Le Monde.
Lebelley, Frédérique. (1983-06-24). "1983 – Guy Lux, les secrets de l'amuseur public". L'Express.
(2009-06-09). "GUY LUX, le père des « Jeux » : présentateur et producteur français de 1965 à 1982". JSFnet.
(2021-02-05). "Les Duos mythiques de la télévision". FranceTV pro.
Michel, Ugo. (2021-02-05). "Guy Lux : à cause de quel drame ses cheveux étaient-ils devenus blancs en une nuit ?". TeleStar.
(2022-02-10). "PRIX GUY LUX ET LEON ZITRONE". Equidia.
Terrade, Xavier. (2021-02-05). "VIDÉO – « Guy Lux a jeté un séchoir à la tête d'une assistante » : Sophie Darel l'admirait quand même". Gala.
Michalik, Marie-Liévine. (2020-07-28). "Cet été, un enfant sur quatre ne partira pas en vacances". Le Figaro.
(2018-12-13). "Guy Lux : ce DJ à la mode qui n'est autre que son arrière-petit-fils". Gala.
Alfonso Almeida, Laura. (2021-03-24). "amour caché, déces de sa fille, coup de sang... La vie tourmentée de l'animateur Guy Lux". Planet fr.
(2016-11-02). "Sophie Darel : "Travailler avec Guy Lux ? Ce n'était pas facile du tout !"". Europe 1.
Coudène, Eric. (n.d.). "La Une est à vous / Samedi est à vous (1973-1976)". Sens Critique.
(n.d.). "EMISSIONS TV Un Taxi en or". Toutela tele.
(n.d.). "Top Club". Melody.
(2012-11-03). "Guy Lux, l'animateur fidèle à Saint-Gratien". Le Parisien.
(n.d.). "Sur son 31". Melody.

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