You're a romantic. Cast. Charles Hirsch Barris (June 3, 1929 March 21, 2017) [1] was an American game show creator, producer, and host. The last game he sold was in 1972; it was called The Parent Game. He finally decides to marry Penny. Quotes Was. {{item.username.toUpperCase().substr(0,1)}}. Apart from the gonzo murder claims, Confessions also focuses on a fictionalized relationship with a character named Penny Pacino, played by Drew Barrymore, and ignores Barris real-life marriages. In 1976, Barris creates The Gong Show and becomes famous as its host. The two were divorced in 1999. Robin Altman was born on May 8, 1952. Chuck Barris married Lyn Levy in 1957. (Photo by Jerry Engel/New York Post Archives / NYP Holdings, Inc. via Getty Images)" Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images As the movie tracks Barris's double life and Penny's steadfast commitment to him from the fifties through the eighties, Barrymore personifies each decade. Meanwhile, ABC green-lights The Dating Game and by 1967 the show is a phenomenon. After her death, he returns home and begins writing his autobiography Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.