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Jack Barry (born Jack Barasch; March 20, 1918 – May 2, 1984) was an American game show host, television personality and executive who made a name for himself in the game show field.
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May 4, 1984 · Mr. Barry, whose broadcasting career spanned more than 40 years, was the creator and host of ''The Joker's Wild,'' a daytime game show that has been on the air for the last 12 years. His...
- Early Life and Career
- Quiz Show Scandal
- After The Scandal
- Move to Los Angeles
- Return to Game Shows
- Death
Barry was born and raised in Lindenhurst, New York, graduating from Lindenhurst High School. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, in Philadelphia. In the 1940s he began on radio, where he met his eventual business partner, Dan Enright. Once television broadcasting began, Barry and Enright got in...
In 1956, Barry and Enright launched Twenty One (sponsored by Geritol) and Tic Tac Dough. Both quiz shows were hosted by Barry. In a 1991 PBS documentary, Barry's partner, Dan Enright, said that after the first (unrigged!) broadcast of Twenty-One, sponsor Geritol complained to Barry and Enright the following day about the dullness of that episode. (...
Dan Enright found television work in Canada with Columbia-Screen Gems, while Jack Barry went to California. The two collaborated on small Canadian-produced quiz shows including Line 'em Up, Photo Finish, shot in Montreal, and It's a Match, taped in Toronto. It was on these shows that several young American and Canadian producers and directors got t...
After being unable to find national broadcasting work for several years in the wake of the quiz scandal, Barry decided to purchase a Los Angeles-area radio station (KKOP 93.5 FM, Redondo Beach, later renamed KFOX, now KDAY). In later interviews, he stated that he bought the station specifically because it would require him to have a license from th...
"Slowly," said a 1984 article in TV Guide which discussed game show hosts, "he began to receive calls: Would he fill in for five weeks on this game show? Yes. Of course." Barry appeared on a few local game shows in Los Angeles during this time (mostly on KTLA), which included a local version of You Don't Say! This was later hosted nationally by Tom...
Since 1981, Barry, along with then-producer Ron Greenberg, eventually began grooming Jim Peck as his successor for The Joker's Wild. Peck had periodically stood in for Barry from 1981–1984, and Barry had planned to retire from hosting in September 1984. On May 2, 1984, less than a month after completing Joker'sseventh syndicated season and returnin...
Jack Barry, who created the show and eventually used it to revive his partnership with longtime producer Dan Enright, hosted all versions of the show up until his death in May 1984. Barry was not the original choice to host, due to his past involvement in the 1950s quiz show scandals.
May 2, 1984 · NEW YORK, May 2, 1984 -- Television game show host and producer Jack Barry died here today while jogging in Central Park. He was 66.
Jack Barry was a producer, actor, and writer who was known for producing 'Private Lessons,' 'The Joker's Wild,' and 'Tic Tac Dough.'.
May 2, 1984 · NEW YORK -- Television game showproducer and star Jack Barry died Wednesday while jogging in Central Park, hospital officials said. He was 66. Barry, who created the popular daytime game...
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