Richard Dawson was the host of Family Feud in the 1970s in the United States .
Dawson was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk on `` Hogan 's Heroes '' , and being the director of the Family Feud game show from 1976 to 1985 , and a regular panelist on the 1970s version of Match Game on CBS from 1973 to 1978 .