Bert Convy
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Biography
Amiable, curly-haired musical comedy performer and game-show host who started out as a first baseman with the Philadelphia Phillies' farm club one day after graduating from high school. He played for two years before quitting to perform with a rock band called the Cheers. Convy appeared in ten Broadway shows, most notably as the Christopher Isherwood character in the Kander and Ebb musical "Cabaret," as the intellectual revolutionary Perchik in the Bock-Harnick musical "Fiddler on the Roof" and as ace reporter Hildy Johnson in the 1969 Robert Ryan revival of "The Front Page." Convy was perhaps best known as the affable host of such game shows as "Tattletales," "Win, Lose or Draw" and "Super Password" which kept him visible on U.S. TV sets through the 1970s and '80s.
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1954
Started as first baseman for Philadelphia Phillies farm team in Las Vegas and Miami, Oklahoma
1958
Feature acting debut, "Gunman's Walk"
1959
TV acting debut, "Love of Life" (1951-80) and "Dear Mom, Dear Dad" for "Alcoa Theater"
1971
Acted in first TV movie, "Death Takes a Holiday"
1976
Hosted own TV special, "The Late Fall, Early Summer Bert Convy Show"
1979
Produced first TV special, "The Celebrity Football Classic"
1986
Executive produced and directed feature, "Weekend Warriors"
1989
Executive produced and hosted TV show, "3rd Degree"
1990
Diagnosed as having a brain tumor (April)
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