Bob Dyer

For persons of a similar name, see Robert Dyer (disambiguation).
Bob Dyer
OBE
Born
Robert Neal Dyer

(1909-05-22)22 May 1909
Hartsville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died9 January 1984(1984-01-09) (aged 74)
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Occupations
  • Vaudevillian
  • entertainer
  • singer
  • radio and television personality
  • quiz show host
Years active1936−1971
SpouseDolly Dyer
AwardsGold Logie

Robert Neal Dyer OBE (22 May 1909 – 9 January 1984) was a Gold Logie-award-winning American-born vaudeville entertainer and singer, radio and television personality, and radio and television quiz show host who made his name in Australia. Dyer is best known for the long-running radio and then television quiz show, Pick a Box.

At the height of his radio career, Dyer and his friend and rival, Jack Davey, were regarded as Australia's top quiz comperes.[1]

Bob and his wife, Dolly, were probably, after Sir Robert and Dame Pattie Menzies, the most recognised double act in Australia in the 1960s.[2] Bob and Dolly's main interest besides performing was big-game fishing and, between them, they broke some 200 world and Australian fishing records.

  1. ^ Kent, Jacqueline (1990) Out of the Bakelite Box: the Heydey of Australian Radio, Rev ed., Crows Nest, ABC Enterprises, p. 168
  2. ^ McGinness, Mark (2004) "An elegant and affable sidekick: Dolly Dyer, Quiz show hostess, fisherwoman, 1921–2004 (Obituary)", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-02-15