Dick Dyszel

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Richard E. Dyszel
Dick Dyszel in his "Count Gore de Vol" alter ego
Born	(1947-03-20) March 20, 1947 (age 74) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Other names	Dick Dyszel
Occupation	Television personality, interviewer

Richard E. Dyszel, known professionally as Dick Dyszel, is an American television personality, known for his television alter-egos Count Gore De Vol and Captain 20.

Biography[]

The Chicago native attended Southern Illinois University and graduated with a degree in radio-TV. He became the local Bozo the Clown at in Paducah, Kentucky, before moving on to WDCA in Washington in 1972. He was a jack of all trades at WDCA, functioning as the station's announcer, as kids' show host Captain 20 as well as Washington's second Bozo, after Willard Scott had originated the local version of the character. The horror host character of Count Gore de Vol (whose name was either a play on author and (native Washingtonian) Gore Vidal or the name of a prominent Washington D.C. funeral home, "De Vol.") originated as a character called M.T. Graves on Bozo. He stayed on as the Count until 1987 when the station ceased local production.

In 1998, Dyszel presented a weekly show on the Internet at Count Gore.com, featuring Count Gore hosting streaming video of movies and shorts as well as celebrity interviews.^[1] In 2005 he returned to the DC area, built a high-definition studio and expanded the role of Count Gore de Vol to include live-hosted horror movies at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland. This series started on February 3, 2013, with the 40th anniversary celebration of his hosted horror movie on WDCA-TV—House of Frankenstein!.

He owns and operates Sounds Fabulous Entertainment, providing a virtual DJ system named George that he developed for small-venue parties.^[2] As Count Gore de Vol, he is a guest at 6 to 10 conventions a year and is closely associated with the Spooky Movie Film Festival, an annual week-long celebration of horror feature films and shorts, which celebrated its tenth year in 2015.^{[3][failed verification][citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Dick Dyszel at IMDb