Overview (3)

Born November 29, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Birth Name Howie Michael Mandel II Height 5' 9¾" (1.77 m)

Mini Bio (1)

Spouse (1)

Trade Mark (4)

Clean-Shaven Head





Does double "fist pound" with contestants on Deal or No Deal (2005)

"Dust bunny" beard



Pulling a surgical glove over his head to just past his nose, then blowing it up with his nose from inside.



Trivia (24)

An alumnus of Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am's Hebrew School where he celebrated his bar mitzvah.





Once an opening act for Diana Ross in Las Vegas.

He was expelled from his high school in Toronto after pretending to be from the school board and convincing a local construction company to start construction of an addition onto the high school.



Suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and mysophobia (fear of germs). As a result, he will not shake hands with people.



Instead of shaking hands, a tap fist became a sort of his signature.



Has a bikini wax named after him, for his clean-shaven head.



Was once food poisoned by eating contaminated chicken.





His daughter, Jackelyn Shultz , is a teacher.



Received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto on September 19, 2009. He is the third game show host to be inducted (the first was Monty Hall in 2002 and the second was Alex Trebek in 2006).



His road manager is Rich Thurber



Best known by the public for his role as Dr. Wayne Fiscus on St. Elsewhere (1982).



His idol was Julie London



His acting mentor was William Daniels



Release of his book, "Here's the Deal, Don't Touch Me" by Howie with Josh Young . [December 2009]

Hospitalized for irregular heartbeat in Toronto, Canada. [January 2009]



Mandel suffers from ADHD.





Has highly praised William Daniels for his stardom in doing stand up comedy, in addition to acting and producing.



Stage actor William Daniels took Mandel, under his wing, when he was 26.



As an actor, he was highly influenced by William Daniels



Credits William Daniels as his favorite acting mentor/best friend.

Personal Quotes (8)

I'm from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I'm thankful for that.





[Who was leery about Deal or No Deal (2005)'s structure, until Rob first explained to him]: I thought it was a joke. Rob had this project board that looked like it had been made by an eight-year-old doing a school arts and crafts project. It made what I now know to be 'the board.' There were all these numbers and amounts on the board, and he cut out these little cards, which were the cases...I was looking at my buddy who I was sitting with, and I was going, 'This is a joke. I'm waiting for Ashton Kutcher to come around any minute.' Then [Rob] started playing the game with me, and I started getting into the game.

[If he joked a lot when he was attending school]: Yes, but nobody thought I was that funny. I was kind of a misfit, actually. When you're young, you want to be like everybody else, and I was like nobody else. I couldn't sit still. I was impulsive. I still am. What is now called a 'talent' did not serve me well as a child. I didn't have friends. I was really an outcast.



I thought that was funny, but nobody else did. I was mostly entertaining myself, though. My parents both had a great sense of humor, and always laughed a lot. One night, when they were watching Candid Camera, I finally understood what comedy was all about. I heard the laughter on television, I turned around and saw my parents laughing, and that's when I thought: 'This is great. This is what I can do. I'm gonna prank somebody.'





[Who always gave a damn, about adoring Norman Lloyd , who starred in St. Elsewhere (1982)]: I love Norman Lloyd. He is a legend. I have spent hours like a little kid while he regaled us with stories of Hitchcock. He teaches, he entertains. He is a legend!



[on his on- and off-screen chemistry with Norman Lloyd , who played Dr. Daniel Auschlander]: He was very inspirational between scenes, always cheering up everybody, and always smiles when Norman Lloyd passed through!



[Of Norman Lloyd ]: Norman Lloyd is a great actor and is still around and certainly he was like a really good friend. He could regale us as stores -- He was in 'Spellbound' - Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945). He had great old Hollywood stories and connections that none of us 'youngins' had the experience. It was just fun to sit around and talk to him and hear the stories, I don't know if he was like a grandfather, he never lend me money or anything like that. He was certainly great to work with him, whenever I bump into him still, it's always a thrill.

I don't believe anybody's actually reading this magazine online. If they're online, they're looking at porn. [laughter] ABILITY is what they click to when their wife comes into the room: What are you doing? Reading that article from ABILITY, honey.

