Rich Fields

Infobox Actor
name = Rich Fields


imagesize = 125px
birthname = Richard Wayne Fields
birth_date = Birth date and age|1960|11|30
birth_place = Bay Village, Ohio, U.S.
caption = Hosting Game Show Hall of Fame ceremony 2007.
occupation = Game Show Announcer, Voice-Over, Actor, Meteorologist
credits = "The Price Is Right"
"According to Jim"
"How I Met Your Mother"
"The War at Home"
"Gameshow Marathon"
"Flamingo Fortune"

Richard Wayne "Rich" Fields (born November 30, 1960, in Bay Village, Ohio) and is an American broadcaster and meteorologist best known for being the announcer of the American television game show "The Price Is Right".

Fields was raised west of Cleveland in Avon, Ohio, before moving to Clearwater, Florida in 1976. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1983 with a degree in broadcasting and had a 25 year career as a radio personality, including a ten year stint at KCBS-FM in Los Angeles followed by another ten year stay in Tampa, Florida. In his early career, Fields worked as a show host and announcer at Universal Studios in Hollywood. Fields is a well-known voice-over personality and has done hundreds of television and radio commercials. In 1995, Fields became the announcer for the Florida Lottery's "Flamingo Fortune" television game show (a Goodson Production) and held that position for three seasons.

In early 2000, Fields returned to college at Mississippi State University [http://www.richfields.tv] to study meteorology and later became a television meteorologist. After an internship at WFLA-TV in Tampa Florida, Fields was offered the morning weather position at CBS-2 KPSP-LP in Palm Springs, California. Fields was later promoted to Chief Meteorologist for CBS-2 and worked at KPSP until May 2004.

In March of 2004 Fields auditioned for the announcing role on "The Price Is Right" that was left vacant by the death of Rod Roddy. He was named the show's permanent announcer on April 4, 2004 and host Bob Barker introduced him to viewers nation-wide on the episode that aired April 27 of that year.

In 2006, Fields appeared in the FOX sitcom "The War at Home" as an energetic game show host opposite Michael Rappaport. Also in 2006, Fields was called to do voice-over on the ABC comedy "According to Jim". In 2007 Fields appeared as himself on the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" with host Bob Barker in the episode titled "Showdown".

In addition to appearing on both the daytime and prime-time versions of "The Price is Right", Fields has also made appearances on other television shows including "Gameshow Marathon", "Inside Edition", "The Late Late Show" and many others. In 2006 Fields co-hosted the Orlando Christmas parade on Superstation WGN. In 2007 Fields was the host of the first-ever Game Show Hall of Fame Awards in Las Vegas. At that show Fields accepted Merv Griffin's induction into the Hall of Fame at the request of the Griffin family.

Los Angeles radio listeners of the popular KIIS-FM program, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, can hear Fields routinely deliver lines ranging from "Ryan's gonna pay your bills!" to "You just won $10,000 dollars!". Seacrest said during an appearance by Fields on his show (10/25/07), that Fields "Is the glue that holds [The Price is Right] together. His voice makes me feel safe. He is the unsung hero of the show."

On May 1st, 2008, Fields appeared on GSN Live on Game Show Network. On June 10, 2008, Fields guest starred on NBC's Last Comic Standing as the announcer for the event "Last Comic Smackdown". Prior to this, Fields provided narration for GSN's Top 10 Countdown of the greatest game show hosts during the segment on Bob Barker, with Bob being in the #1 position.

Fields is a former cancer patient having survived testicular and lower lymphatic cancer. He champions free cancer screening and detection programs and volunteers his time at L.A. area animal fundraisers.fact|date=August 2008

External links

* [http://www.richfields.tv Rich Fields' Official Website]
* [http://www.cbs.com/daytime/the_price_is_right/bio/rich_fields/bio.php Rich Fields' Bio at CBS - "The Price Is Right"]
*imdb name|id=1591784|name=Rich Fields
* [http://www.priceisright.com The Price Is Right Website]

sequence
list = "The Price Is Right" announcer
April 27, 2004–present
prev = Rod Roddy
1986–2003
next = "Current"

Persondata
NAME = Fields, Richard Wayne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Fields, Rich
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Announcer of The Price Is Right
DATE OF BIRTH = 30 November 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH = Bay Village, Ohio, United States
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =