Welling is married

Q. I read that the actor who plays Clark Kent on "Smallville" is married and has three children. Is this true?

A. It's "tr," which is another way of saying it's partly true. Tom Welling, who plays Clark on that CW series, has been married for five years, but he and his wife have no children.

Q. I keep seeing reruns of "Family Feud" with Ray Combs. Whatever happened to him?

A. Combs, who hosted "Family Feud" from 1988 until 1994, committed suicide in 1996. He was 40.

Q. I caught a rerun of "Who's the Boss?" the other day and wondered what has become of Judith Light.

A. Well, she and Tony got married and lived happily ever after in Connecticut. Tony's daughter, Alyssa Milano, went on to star in "Charmed" and to make soft porn movies. Oh — you mean in real life? Light appears occasionally as Judge Elizabeth Donnelly on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." She also plays Claire Meade on ABC's "Ugly Betty."

Q. I was recently told that Kathie Lee Gifford and Regis Philbin's wife, Joy, are sisters. When I had previously heard that, I thought it was a running joke, but this person said they were "100 percent sure." Are they related or was it just a joke?

A. You know, folks, misinformation like this is too serious to kid about. So please believe me when, in all sincerity, I tell you that Kathie Lee Gifford and Joy Philbin are not related in any way. Please — tell others. Start spreading the news. Drop it into the middle of conversations about unrelated topics. Tattoo it on your ankle. Together we can help make stupid celebrity relations rumors a thing of the past. Thank you.

Q. Before my family got a TV (1954), I seem to remember being at a neighbor's house and watching a soap opera-like show, but the setting was the Old West. Did such a show exist or am I having nightmares?

A. That was no nightmare, that was "Action in the Afternoon," a Western soap that ran on CBS in 1953 and was absurd on a number of levels. For one, it was produced in the rough-and-tumble Wild West town of Philadelphia. For another, outdoor location shots (it was supposed to be Montana) were often marred by the sound of airplanes flying overhead. For another, the Wild West soundtrack was actually the musical stylings of the Tommy Ferguson Trio. Anyway, the cast included Barry Cassell, Mary Elaine Watts and John Zacherle, who, as Zacherle the Cool Ghoul, went on to host late-night horror movies during the 1960s and '70s.