Richard Dawson was a game show contestant in the United States.
 During his second tenure as host, Dawson did not kiss female contestants because of a promise he had made to his young daughter to kiss only her mother
== Personal life and family ==With his first wife, actress Diana Dors, Dawson had two sons, Mark (born in London, 4 February 1960) and Gary (born in Los Angeles, 27 June 1962) The marriage ended with a divorce granted in Los Angeles in April 1967, and Dawson gained custody of both sons

