Allen Funt Was With His Family… and a Camera Crew
On that February morning, Allen Funt and his wife and two young children boarded a plane from New Jersey to Florida. At the time, his son, William, was one, and his daughter, Juliet, was two. Considering that Funt spent the past decade as the face of the hit prank show Candid Camera, he was famous and easily recognizable.
Marilyn Funt, Allen Funt. Photo by Tim Boxer/Getty Images
The show, which began on the radio and then moved to TV between 1960 and 1967, made Funt a loveable yet mischievous prankster known to millions. If you’re wondering why he had a camera crew with him, you’ll see there was a very good reason.