Bert Convy was born on July 23, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA as Bernard Whalen Convy. He was an actor, known for Super Password (1984), Tattletales (1974) and The Bert Convy Special: There's a Meeting Here Tonight (1981). He was married to Catherine Hall and Anne Anderson. He died on July 15, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
July 15, 1991, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack, Producer
Education
University of California, Los Angeles, North Hollywood High School
Nationality
American
Spouse
Catherine Hills (m. 1991–1991), Anne Anderson (m. 1959–1987)
Children
Jennifer Convy, Jonah Convy, Joshua Convy
Parents
Monica Whalen, Bert Fleming Convy
Awards
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, Grammy Hall of Fame
Music Groups
The Cheers
Nominations
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor In A Daytime Drama Special
Movies
The Cannonball Run, Semi-Tough, Hero at Large, A Bucket of Blood, SST: Death Flight, Susan Slade, Jennifer, Weekend Warriors, The Man in the Santa Claus Suit, Hanging by a Thread, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, The Girl on the Late, Late Show, Love Thy Neighbor, Gunman's Walk, Racquet, Hel...
TV Shows
Tattletales, Password Plus and Super Password, Win, Lose or Draw, The Snoop Sisters, Love of Life, Super Password, The Late Summer Early Fall Bert Convy Show, People Do The Craziest Things, 3rd Degree, It's Not Easy
Star Sign
Leo
#
Quote
1
The [UCLA] dean told the 500 of us, 'if you are very, very lucky, one of you will make his living in this business . . . one!' I remember walking out, feeling sorry for the other 499.
#
Fact
1
The November 17, 1971, issue of Variety, in the Hollywood Production Pulse section, lists the movie The Poppies of Hell, director Patrice Rhomm, starring Bert Convy. Filming began Sep 22, 1971, in Yugoslavia, suspended Oct 6, 1971. Filming was to resume in March 1972. No evidence the film was ever completed.
2
Identified in the book "Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live" as one of several celebrities who asked to host "Saturday Night Live" but was rejected by the SNL producers.
3
Went to college with Comedian Carol Burnett at UCLA.
In April 1990, Convy was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after collapsing while visiting his mother. It was there that he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and was given a short time to live, resulting in the relinquishing his role of host in a planned Match Game (1990) series. After seeking many treatments from several hospitals, Convy died from the tumor on July 15, 1991, eight days shy of his 58th birthday. He is buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery.
7
His father was in the shoe business. His parents split up when he was seven and his mother moved them to the San Fernando Valley where he attended North Hollywood High and was deemed "class clown".
8
Spent a couple of years shuttling between college and Philadelphia Phillies farm clubs in outposts like Klamath Falls, Oreg. and Miami, Okla. In 1952 he managed to get on stage at UCLA in a non-speaking role as a butler in Molière's "The Imaginary Invalid".
9
Bert and Anne had separated in 1987, but were going through a long, difficult divorce. In the meantime, Bert, who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, had met another woman named Catherine Hills, who was 25 years old. After suffering a series of severe strokes in 1990, Bert reportedly asked his first wife to give him a divorce so he could die married to Catherine. Anne agreed to it. Bert and Catherine were married in February of 1991 and Bert died five months later.
In 1968 Convy was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. When police waded into the crowd outside his hotel beating them with billy clubs and truncheons, many of the demonstrators ran into the hotel to escape the beatings, and several found their way to Convy's room. Police burst into his room, beat the demonstrators bloody, arrested them and hauled them off to jail (whre many were beaten yet again). Convy, horrified at the unprovoked and vicious assaults and enraged at the police's kicking in his hotel room door, showed up at the jail, passed himself off as the demonstrators' lawyer and demanded that they be released immediately. He caused such a ruckus that just to get rid of him, the police turned over 17 of the demonstrators to him before they could be charged with anything.
12
Two Broadway musicals he appeared in ("Fiddler on the Roof" and "Cabaret") were later recreated for cinema. In both instances, the characters he played were changed to non-singing parts.
13
1967: He was seriously considered for the role of Barnabas Collins on Dark Shadows (1966), but lost out to Jonathan Frid.
14
Attended the film program at UCLA.
15
Was slated as host of the new Match Game (1990) on ABC, but he became too ill and was replaced by Ross Shafer.
16
Was part of the 1950s pop group, The Cheers, along with Sue Allen and Gil Garfield. The trio had hit #6 with "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" in 1955.
17
Convy played first base for a Philadelphia Phillies farm team before entering show business.
18
Interred at Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, California, USA, Court of Liberty, left of sidewalk.
$5 Million
