What is Alan Hamel's net worth?
Alan Hamel is a Canadian entertainer and television host who has a net worth of $100 million. That is a combined net worth with his wife of more than 40 years, the late actress/entrepreneur Suzanne Somers. Alan and Suzanne were married from 1977 until her death in October 2023 at the age of 76 (one day before her 77th birthday), from cancer. Suzanne had previously been married to a man named Bruce Somers. Suzanne married Bruce in 1965 when she was 19. The same year they married, they welcomed a son named Bruce Jr. Suzanne and Bruce divorced in 1968.
Alan Hamel was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended Ryerson University where he majored in Radio and Television Arts. He began his professional career appearing on the television series, "Midnight Zone'. He then went on to become a household name as the host of the children's series, "Razzle Dazzle". He remained with the show from 1961 to 1964. He also played guest starring or co-starring roles in such projects as "Nightcap", "Lou Grant", "The Last Hurrah", "All in the Family", and "She's the Sheriff".
He is most widely recognized for hosting the game shows, "Anniversary Game" and "Wedding Party" on ABC in the late 60s, and for serving as the host of his own programs, "The Alan Hamel Show" and "Alan Hamel's Comedy Bag".
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Real Estate
Suzanne owned several impressive homes in Southern California during her lifetime.
At one point in 2008, Suzanne and her husband Alan listed a large mansion that sits on 73 acres in Palm Springs for $35 million. They owned this property since the late 1970s. In 2018, the price was more than halved to $14.5 million and then slashed again in 2019 to just $9.5 million. When the price was reduced in 2020, so was the acreage. By this point the property had been reduced to 20 acres. In May 2021 they accepted $8.5 million. Here is a video tour of their former Palm Springs mansion:
They also previously owned 480 acres of in northern Palm Springs which in 2018 they donated to the Coachella Valley Conservation Commission.
In 1999 they spent $2.3 million for an oceanfront property in Malibu. In 2001 they bought the lot next door for $2.35 million. With the second purchase they had an unreal 190-feet of ocean frontage. A fire in 2007 destroyed the homes. Suzanne and Alan opted not to rebuild and instead sold the two empty lots in 2016 for $12.03 million. Eventually a 5,000 square foot elaborate mansion was built on the lots. In late 2021 the new mansion was listed for $40 million. As of this writing it has not yet sold and the asking price has been reduced to just under $30 million. Here is a video of the new mansion on Suzanne's former lots:
