Martindale's second wife, Sandy Ferra, briefly dated Presley after meeting him on the set of "G.I. Blues" in 1960. In 1959, Martindale moved to Los Angeles to host a morning show on KHJ.

Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a young Elvis Presley, has died ...

Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a young Elvis Presley, has died ...

Wink Martindale, the genial game-show host and an early TV interviewer of Elvis Presley, dies at 91 By BETH HARRIS The Associated Press,Updated April 15, 2025, 8:04 p.m.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a young Elvis ...