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Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an American talk show host, writer, radio and television comedian, and film actor. He was the second host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962.
With apologies to the late Jack Paar, who uttered those words his first night back as host of the old “Tonight Show” after a three-week absence in 1960, the Monitor returns this week after its...
- Jason Maoz
Paar was one of the four children of Howard Paar and Lillian (Hein) Paar, both of Dutch descent. His father worked as a division superintendent for the New York Central Railroad and was frequently transferred to new locations; his mother was a homemaker.
Jack Paar, who died on Tuesday at 85, was an immense talent. He appeared to be uninfluenced. His delivery of material was like that of no one who came before.
Jack Paar. Actor: Walk Softly, Stranger. Became host of the Tonight Show in 1957 and quickly grew very popular with viewers. So popular, in fact, that the show was renamed "The Jack Paar Show" after only one year of hosting.
- May 1, 1918
- January 27, 2004
May 7, 1997 · “Jack Paar: As I Was Saying . . .” is a two-hour “American Masters” documentary chronicling, in exhaustive detail, his career as he rose from small-town radio announcer to controversial ...
Jack Paar was an American humorist who, as host (1957–62) of The Tonight Show (later called The Jack Paar Show), was one of the pioneers of late night television. Paar quit school when he was 16 years old and went to work first as a radio announcer and later as a comic and disc jockey on a series.
