Bert Convy Biography

Fast Facts

• Studied drama and film at the UCLA
• Passed away one week before his 58th birthday in 1991 due to complications stemming from an inoperable brain tumor
• After years of numerous appearances on game shows during the '60s and '70s as a panelist, he would eventually turn to hosting with "Super Password", "Tattletales" and others, work that would earn him several Daytime Emmy nominations
• Began his television and film career in the late '50s in various dramas before turning to Broadway by the mid-60s
• Headlined the 1976 variety series "The Late Summer Early Fall Bert Convy Show" and later a film of the same name three years later
• A baseball player in high school, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies at 17-years-old and played with their minor league team in the early '50s
• Joined The Cheers as a singer in the 1950s, a band best known for their 1955 top 10 hit, "Black Demin Trousers and Motorcycle Boots"