Roger Lodge (born August 19, 1960) is an American TV game show and sports radio host and actor. He is known for hosting the syndicated dating show Blind Date. Lodge's acting credits include appearances on the ABC sitcom Full House; CBS's Yes, Dear; and UPN's The Parkers. He also appeared in the Tony Scott film The Fan and Not of This Earth. He hosts The SportsLodge on radio station KLAA AM 830, which is owned by the Los Angeles Angels baseball team and serves as their radio flagship station. He also hosts the Angels pregame show on AM 830 and the Angels Baseball Radio Network.

Life and career

Lodge was born as Roger Chavez in Fontana, California, and raised in Lakewood, California. After his father left, Lodge's mother Helga married Robert Lodge and started using the last name Lodge. Lodge is the brother of retired homicide detective and California politician Steven Albert Chavez Lodge. Growing up, Lodge was a star basketball guard at Cerritos High School, where he was teammates with Ben Howland, and also played basketball at Whittier College. He played various minor roles in the entertainment industry for several years, most notably regular guest host for the program Talk Soup, on E! Entertainment Television. He also hosted his own half-hour weekly show for the Sci-Fi Channel, entitled S.F. Vortex, revolving around science-fiction news with roundtable discussions. Lodge's acting credits include appearances on the ABC sitcom Full House, CBS's Yes, Dear, and UPN's The Parkers. He also appeared in the Tony Scott film The Fan and in Not of This Earth.

From 1998 to 2006, Lodge was the host of the syndicated dating show Blind Date, his best known role. In July 2007, he began hosting a new game show called Camouflage on GSN. Lodge also hosted and Executive Produced the television show Celebridate which aired for two seasons on Mark Cuban's HDnet TV.

Selected filmography

Film

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! Year

! Title

! Role

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|1988

|Not of This Earth

|Harry

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|1994

|Tammy and the T-Rex

|Dr. Rosenthal

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|1996

|The Fan

|Reporter

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|2010

|Why Did I Get Married Too?

|Sportscaster #2

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Television

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! Year

! Title

! Role

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|1989-1994

|Full House

|Roger

|3 episodes

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|1999-2005

|Blind Date

|Himself; host

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|rowspan="2" | 2000

|Yes, Dear

|John

|Episode: "The Good Couple"

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|Sabrina the Teenage Witch

|Roger Lodge

|Episode: "Heart of the Matter"

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|rowspan="2" | 2001

|Providence

|Himself

|Episode: "The Mating Dance"

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|The Parkers

|Himself

|Episode: "Blind Date Mistake"

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|2002

|Spin City

|Roger Lodge

|Episode: "Sex, Lies and Video Date"

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|2004

|That's So Raven

|Rodney Rivers (Termidate host)

|Episode: "The Dating Shame"

|-

|2005-2010

|Jim Rome Is Burning

|Himself; host

|117 episodes

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|2006

|Girlfriends

|Roger Lodge

|Episode: "The It Girl"

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|2007

|Camouflage

|Himself; host

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|2008-2010

|World's Dumbest...

|Himself; host

|59 episodes

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References

  • The Sports Lodge