Jim Perry Biography

Fast Facts

• Served in the Special Services as a singer and later served with Armed Forces Radio during the Korean War
• Worked for General Electric before becoming the staff vocalist at Grossingers in the Catskill Mountains
• Got his start as a television host on the game show "Fractured Phrases" in 1965
• Best known as a game show host and announcer whose shows include "Card Sharks" and "Sale of the Century․"
• Worked as an announcer on "That Show" and was a weekend overnight DJ at New York's WABC radio
• Was the host of the Miss Canada pageant in the 1970s and 1980s