Jim Perry
Jim Perry, seen here hosting the popular American game show, Card Sharks.
Birth name James Edward Dooley Born November 11, 1934 in Camden, New Jersey
Statistics Occupation former TV presenter, Game show presenter and singer Gender Male Spouse June Children Sean, Erin Notable credit(s) Card Sharks, $ale of the Century, Definition Image File history File links DzlItem58. ... Image File history File links DzlItem58. ... “Quiz show” redirects here. ... Card Sharks was an American television game show in which contestants guessed whether a playing card was higher or lower than the card that preceded it. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The City of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey in the United States. ... A television presenter is a British term for a celebrity who is best known for introducing or appearing in television programmes. ... “Quiz show” redirects here. ... Card Sharks was an American television game show in which contestants guessed whether a playing card was higher or lower than the card that preceded it. ... Sale of the Century is a television game show format that made its debut in the United States on September 29, 1969, on NBC daytime. ... Definition was a Canadian television game show, which aired on CTV from 1974 to 1989. ...

James Edward "Jim" Perry (born James Edward Dooley on November 11, 1934 in Camden, New Jersey) is a former television game show host, singer and performer in the 1970s and 1980s. He has had success on both Canadian and American television. November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The City of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey in the United States. ... “Quiz show” redirects here. ... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... The performing arts include theater, motion pictures, drama, comedy, music, dance, opera, magic and the marching arts, such as brass bands, etc. ...

Early Career

He started out as a singer in special services, working on Armed Forces Radio during the Korean war, and then replaced Eddie Fisher as the staff vocalist at Grossingers in the Catskill Mountains in New York and later did comedy working with Sid Caesar as his straight man for several years (which included a three-year stint with Caesar in Las Vegas). These were under his birth name of Jim Dooley. Due to a name conflict with AFTRA, he took his mothers maiden name of Perry when he began his TV work. Eddie Fisher is the name of these famous people: Eddie Fisher (baseball player) Eddie Fisher (singer) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sid Caesar (born Isaac Sidney Caesar on September 8, 1922) is an Emmy-winning comic actor and writer, best known as the leading man on the 1950s television sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows. ...

Perry attended the University of Pennsylvania and was at one time an outstanding basketball player in high school thanks in part to his height (at 6'4"). He was often nicknamed Big Jim because of his height, and was an avid runner, who later when he became a nationally recognized emcee, was often seen jogging onto the set as he was being introduced on a few of his game shows. This article is about the private Ivy League university in Philadelphia. ...

He became a popular game show host in Canada in the early 1970s after a stint as an overnight announcer and DJ fill in on radio station WABC in New York from 1969-1972. His first effort in Canada was the popular game show Fractured Phrases (1965), and afterwards presided over several other game shows, including Eye Bet and Money Makers (aka Bingo at Home) -- the latter also airing on syndicated television in some markets across the United States in 1969. WABC AM (770 kHz New York City) NewsTalkRadio 77 is the flagship station of the ABC Radio Network. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... EYE BET was a popular CTV (Canadian Television) Network game show hosted by Jim Perry which debuted in 1971. ...

Jim also served as an announcer for The Joan Rivers Show, a short-lived two month series that aired in 1969 on syndicated television. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 1973, Perry became announcer of the CTV game show Definition, a Hangman-based, pre-Wheel of Fortune series which would become the longest running game show in Canadian television history. The following year, Perry moved from the announce position to the host position (replacing original host Bob McLean), and remained there until the show ended its run in 1990. Perry also hosted another long-running game show, Headline Hunters, which lasted from 1972 until 1981, with a year of repeats the following year. Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... CTV is a TLA that may stand for: CTV Television Network - a Canadian English language television network Channel Television - the main television broadcaster in the Channel Islands Chukyo TV. Broadcasting - a Japanese TV station in Nagoya This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Definition was a Canadian television game show, which aired on CTV from 1974 to 1989. ... Hangman is a paper and pencil guessing game for two players. ... The daytime Wheel of Fortune was an American game show that aired on NBC from January 6, 1975 to June 30, 1989. ... Headline Hunters was a Canadian game show that appeared on CTV in the 1970s. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

In addition, Jim presided as emcee of the annual "Miss Canada" Pageant, a job he held from 1967 until 1990, about the same length of time his U.S. counterpart Bob Barker presided over the Miss USA Pageant on CBS. Like Bert Parks in the United States, Perry would sing the pageant's closing song, The Fairest Girl in Canada soon after the new Miss Canada was crowned. Miss Canada was a scholarship competition for young women in Canada. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... [[Image:MissUSA2007Crowned. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... Bert Parks (December 30, 1914 - February 2, 1992), an American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer and host, is remembered best as the longtime, iconic host (1955-1980) of the annual Miss America Pageant telecast, live from Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. ...

While hosting the 1978 Miss Canada pageant, during a commercial break, a female protester hit Perry with a packet of flour while on camera, claiming that the pageant was sexist. Amazingly, Perry, though shaken from the incident, regained his composure and continued on with the broadcast as if nothing happened.

Perry's first major American network hosting tenure came in 1967, with a short-lived charades-type game called It's Your Move. The series, however, was produced in Canada for ABC television in the United States. Another game show also produced in Canada for syndicated TV in the U.S., Money Makers (a game based on Bingo), aired in 1969, originally titled Bingo at Home, in which contestants and home viewers had a chance to win money (albeit less than $100 at a time). Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Its Your Move was a short-lived television sitcom starring Jason Bateman, Tricia Cast, Caren Kaye, Ernie Sabella and David Garrison. ... Look up BINGO, Bingo, bingo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Stardom as an emcee

His biggest break in his native United States came in 1978 when NBC and Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions cast him for their new show Card Sharks. Perry hosted the entire NBC version and the two pilots that preceded the series, airing from April 24, 1978 until October 23, 1981. Perry was twice considered as host for the daytime and the nighttime revival of Card Sharks in 1986, but due to his commitments with NBC and CTV, the daytime version was given to Bob Eubanks, and the nighttime version was hosted by Bill Rafferty. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Mark Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an accomplished American television producer who specialized in game shows. ... Bill Todman (July 31, 1916-July 29, 1979) was an American television producer born in New York City. ... Card Sharks was an American television game show in which contestants guessed whether a playing card was higher or lower than the card that preceded it. ... is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Robert Leland Bob Eubanks (born January 8, 1938, Flint, Michigan, raised in California) is an American radio, game show host and television personality best known for hosting the game show The Newlywed Game on and off from 1966 to 2000, where he was known for using the catch-phrase, Makin... Rafferty on an episode of Card Sharks Bill Rafferty (born June 7, 1944 in Queens, New York) is a comedian and impressionist who hosted the game shows Every Second Counts (1984, syndicated), Card Sharks (1986-87, syndication), and Blockbusters (1987, NBC). ...

Jim also hosted two game show pilots that never made it to television: Casino in 1981 (from Heatter-Quigley Productions), a game show combining elements of High Rollers, Gambit and The Joker's Wild; and Twisters in 1982, which was similar in format to Jackpot and was produced by Bob Stewart Productions. High Rollers was an American television game show which aired on the NBC network from July 1, 1974 to June 11, 1976 and again from April 24, 1978 to June 20, 1980. ... // The Jokers Wild was an American game show of the 1970s and 1980s, billed as the game where knowledge is king and lady luck is queen. ... Jackpot! was a television game show seen in three different run from the mid-1970s through 1990. ... Bob Stewart (1920 - ) is a former American television game show producer. ...

In 1982, NBC named Perry host of $ale of the Century, a revived version of the 1969 - 1973 series, airing from January 3, 1983 until March 24, 1989. For more than six seasons, he presided over the fast-paced Q&A game. Starting in January 1985, he added a third hosting gig to his resume, taking the reins of a nightly syndicated Sale of the Century that ran until September 1986. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Sale of the Century is a television game show format that made its debut in the United States on September 29, 1969, on NBC daytime. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...

His style and sensational salesmanship helped to make the show a big hit for the network in the last golden era of game shows, and made Perry one of the top game show personalities of the 1980s in the United States. Not forgetting the time he spent with Sid Caesar, Perry would often tell jokes related to some of the questions asked on $ale. Sid Caesar (born Isaac Sidney Caesar on September 8, 1922) is an Emmy-winning comic actor and writer, best known as the leading man on the 1950s television sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows. ...

During his tenure at NBC, Jim appeared in the made-for-TV movie The Great American Traffic Jam (1980) along with fellow game show hosts Wink Martindale and Art James. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Wink Martindale entering on Tic Tac Dough Wink Martindale (born Winston Conrad Martindale on December 4, 1933 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA) is a disc jockey and television game show host. ... Art James (October 15, 1929 - March 27, 2004) was best known as the announcer on the classic game show Concentration. ...

Success in two countries

As the result of his successful work in both the United States and Canada, Jim spent over a decade commuting between Southern California and Toronto, Ontario (except between late-1981 and late-1982, although he did work on a few game show pilots during that time). By hosting Card Sharks in the United States and Definition and Headline Hunters in Canada, Perry in 1978 became the first game show host in the industry to emcee game shows concurrently on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Card Sharks was an American television game show in which contestants guessed whether a playing card was higher or lower than the card that preceded it. ... Headline Hunters was a Canadian game show that appeared on CTV in the 1970s. ...

In total, Jim Perry hosted approximately ten different game shows (including unsold pilots) in a career that spanned about 25 years. He was also involved in charitable causes and was a regular host of the annual Telemiracle telethon in Saskatchewan for many years in support of the Kinsmen Clubs in that province. His daughter Erin also appeared on several of these telethons, and on one occasion, performed a song together. Telemiracle is a telethon organized by the Kinsmen and Kinettes in Saskatchewan, Canada for the benefit of the Kinsmen Foundation. ... The 2005 Telethon on Seven Perth. ... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: The Strength of Many Peoples) Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Gordon Barnhart - Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (Split from NWT) (9th (province)) Area  Ranked... Kin (service club), also known as Kinsmen or Kinettes, is a Canadian service organization that promotes service, fellowship, positive values, and national pride. ...

Retirement

Jim is retired from the game show industry and lives with his wife, June, in Florida and North Carolina. In recent years he authored two self-awareness books, and appeared in a few infomercials (mostly produced by his daughter Erin and Pat Finn). His last television appearance was on CNBC in the late-1990s to discuss one of his books. Patrick Pat Finn (born July 24, 1956 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is the former host of several game shows. ...

Family

Jim met his wife June during his time at Grossingers. She later became a top model with the Eileen Ford agency and later, during their time in Canada, ran her own gallery business as well. She currently operates her own pottery, Shambhala Pottery in Bakersville, North Carolina. The couple have been married since 1959.

His son, Sean Perry, who like his father is 6'4" tall, is a television producer and a partner in Endeavor,a Beverly Hills-based talent agency. Sean was in charge of production for the most recent version of The Hollywood Squares and has worked on other television programs over the past decade, including ABC's Extreme Makeover. Sean, who appeared alongside his father on both Card Sharks and Sale of the Century, began his career with Reg Grundy Productions as a production staff member. Sean still lives in the Los Angeles area. For other uses, see: Beverly Hills (disambiguation). ... Hollywood Squares is a American television comedy and game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win money and prizes. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Extreme Makeover:Gabriella Hetenyi edition is a television program from ABC where Gabriella volunteers to receive an extensive makeover in Sydney. ... Reg Grundy Productions was the American wing of the worldwide television production company Grundy Worldwide, which was founded by Australian television producer Reg Grundy. ...

Jim's daughter, Erin Perry, worked with Bob Stewart Productions as an associate producer to The $25,000 Pyramid, and also served with Pat Finn's production company, In-Finn-ity Productions, as its vice-president. She is now living in Europe as a popular singer and songwriter, working as a back-up singer for several European artists including Paul Young, and since 2005 having the lead role in the European musical hit Kosmic Blues, a tribute to the late Janis Joplin. She also fronts her own bands, The Erin Perry Band and "Radpack". Pyramid is an American television game show where contestants tried to guess a series of words or phrases, based on descriptions that were given to them, in the shortest amount of time. ... Patrick Pat Finn (born July 24, 1956 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is the former host of several game shows. ... Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – 4 October 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ...

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External links

• Jim Perry at the Internet Movie Database