The original host of Family Feud starred as the host of The Running Man in the 1987 sci-fi action movie by the same name

The US game-show that pitted two families to guess the most popular answers to surveyed questions was originally hosted by Richard Dawson from 1976-1985. Dawson was cast in a self parodying role as Damon Killian in 1987’s The Running Man who hosted the ‘game show’ where convicts were given the chance to be either pardoned for the crime or killed by hunters.