Jim Perry (television Personality)
Jim Perry (born November 9, 1933) is a former Canadian-American television game show host, singer, announcer, and performer in the 1970s and 1980s. He has had success on both Canadian and American television, and is best known for his roles as a host on the American game shows Card Sharks and $ale of the Century, as well as the Canadian game shows Definition and Headline Hunters. Perry is also known as the host of the Miss Canada pageant in the 1970s and 1980s.
Read more about Jim Perry (television Personality): Early Career, Stardom As An Emcee, Success in Two Countries, Retirement, Family
Famous quotes containing the words jim and/or perry:
“Just kids! That’s about the craziest argument I’ve ever heard. Every criminal in the world was a kid once. What does it prove?”
—Theodore Simonson. Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr.. Jim Bird, The Blob, responding to the suggestion that they not lock up the teens pulling the alien “prank,” (1958)
“You’ll admit there’s always the possibility of some employee becoming disgruntled over some fancied injustice. Dissatisfaction always leads to temptation. There’s always purchasers for valuable secrets.”
—Joseph O’Donnell. Clifford Sanforth. Donald Jordan, Murder by Television, trying to bribe Perry into revealing Professor Houghland’s secret (1935)