About Jim Perry (television personality)
James Edward Perry (né Dooley; November 9, 1933 – November 20, 2015) was a Canadian television game show host, singer, announcer, and performer in the 1970s and 1980s. Perry enjoyed success on both Canadian and American television. He was the host of the American game shows Card Sharks and $ale of the Century, as well as the Canadian game shows Definition and Headline Hunters. Perry was also the host of the Miss Canada pageant in the 1970s and 1980s. == Early career == Perry was born James Edward Dooley in Nova Scotia, Canada, but raised in the United States. His mother, Genevieve Perry, was a record-holding swimmer, as well as a known marathon dancer. His father, Edward Dooley, was a musician. While briefly attending Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, California, Perry was an outstanding basketball player thanks in part to his height (at 6'4" or 193 cm); he graduated in 1952. He was often nicknamed "Big Jim" because of his height. Perry started out as a singer in Special Services after college at University of Pennsylvania, working on Armed Forces Radio during the Korean War.
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