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- Birth nameArthur Dale Oldfield
- Barney Oldfield was born on December 18, 1909 in Tecumseh, Nebraska, USA. He was married to Vada Margaret Kinman. He died on April 26, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseVada Margaret Kinman(May 6, 1935 - February 25, 1999) (her death)
- Press officer with the Allied forces in WWII.
- He was the great nephew of actor and legendary racing car driver Barney Oldfield. He first met his famous great uncle at the age of four years old at the Nebraska State Fair.
- Barney appeared on the game show You Bet Your Life (1950) in 1958 and won $1,050. When Groucho Marx asked what Barney planned on doing with his winnings, Barney made his scholarship announcement. What Vada & Barney did not realize was that they would need several thousand more dollars in order to award an annual scholarship of $1,000. Barney contributed to the fund by appearing twice as an impostor on To Tell the Truth; by lasting on Password through the lightening round; for writing a script for Walter Cronkite's CBS TV program, 20th Century called "The Road to Berlin"; by turning over all the income for his book, "Never A Shot In Anger; and by contributing numerous lecture and magazine fees he received.
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