Count Gore de Vol
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Count Gore de Vol | |
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| File:Count Gore De Vol (cropped).jpg Dick Dyszel as Count Gore de Vol in 2023 | |
| Other names | Dick Dyszel |
| Occupations | Television personality, interviewer |
| Website | www |
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Count Gore de Vol is a television horror host who originally appeared on Washington, D.C.'s WDCA from 1973 to 1987.[1] Originally named M.T. Graves and played by announcer Dick Dyszel, the character first appeared on the WDCA version of the Bozo the Clown program. When the character got a positive reaction, he was given his own program, called Creature Feature. The choice of Gore de Vol as the character's name was either a pun involving the name of acerbic author Gore Vidal or the name of a prominent Washington, D.C. funeral home, "de Vol".[2] Gore de Vol became the Washington/Baltimore area's longest-running horror host, broadcast every Saturday night on WDCA from March 1973 to May 1987.[3]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Virginia Creepers Documentary film site dedicated to 50 years of horror hosting in Virginia
- Interview with Dick Dyszel where he talks about Count Gore de Vol, including his beginnings as "M.T. Graves."
- Official website of The Spooky Movie Film Festival- Washington, D.C.'s International Horror Film Festival
- The Horror Host Underground- Count Gore's listing.