Family
Jim met his wife June during his time at Grossingers. She later became a top model with the Eileen Ford agency and later, and during their time in Canada, ran her own gallery business as well. She currently operates her own pottery and gallery, Shambhala Pottery in Bakersville, North Carolina. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 29, 2009. Jim and June currently split their time between their Florida and North Carolina residences.
His son, Sean Perry (born 1964), is a television producer and was a partner in Endeavor, a Beverly Hills-based talent agency, and is currently part of the reality group at the newly merged WME agency (merger of Endeavor and William Morris). Sean was in charge of production for the most recent version of 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 with his wife and children in Southern California.
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 Janis Joplin. She also fronts her own bands, The Erin Perry Band and "Radpack".
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