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Profile of Dennis James
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Dennis James |
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24th August 1917 |
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Jersey City, New Jersey, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Dennis James (August 24, 1917 - June 3, 1997) was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and was an actor, wrestling announcer, sports show host, game show host, and the first person to do a videotaped commercial.
He was mainly known as the host of game shows such as the weekly syndicated nighttime The Price Is Right (from 1972-1977) and Name That Tune. The Jersey City native began his career in radio with WNEW but switched to television in 1938, working for the soon-to-become-DuMont TV station in New York City, WABD, which is now WNYW. WABD helped to found the DuMont Television Network in 1945, and so James became the host of a few of DuMont's game shows and served as the commentator for their wrestling and boxing shows; he essentially worked as an all-arounder. James also hosted the daytime variety show Okay, Mother; the program was so named because James was famous for using that line. He was also the wrestling commetator in Rocky III for the match Thunderlips vs. Rocky Balboa.
James died on June 3, 1997 due to lung cancer.
External Links
VH1 bio
Questions and Answers with Dennis James
Audio of The Nighttime Price Is Right
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