Johnny Gilbert (born July 13, 1924 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American television personality who has worked primarily on game shows. Originally a game show host, he has become known primarily as an announcer for several titles dating back to the 1950s. Since 1984, he has been the announcer of the quiz show Jeopardy!.
A former nightclub singer and entertainer, Gilbert also emceed a number of game shows in the 1950s and 1960s, among them bei...
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Johnny Gilbert (born July 13, 1924 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American television personality who has worked primarily on game shows. Originally a game show host, he has become known primarily as an announcer for several titles dating back to the 1950s. Since 1984, he has been the announcer of the quiz show Jeopardy!.
A former nightclub singer and entertainer, Gilbert also emceed a number of game shows in the 1950s and 1960s, among them being Music Bingo, Fast Draw, and Beat the Odds. In the 1960s, he replaced Don Pardo as the voice of the Bill Cullen-hosted The Price Is Right when it moved from NBC to ABC. He also hosted his own local talk/variety show on WLWD-TV (now WDTN) in Dayton, Ohio (when Gilbert left Dayton on short notice to accept a hosting job in Los Angeles, his slot was given to a reporter in the station's news department, Phil Donahue.)
Other credits that Gilbert has held over the years included The Dinah Shore Program (from 1973-1981), Sports Challenge,...
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