Johnny Gilbert

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Johnny Gilbert (born c. 1924, Newport News, Va.) is a prolific American television game show announcer, best known for his 20-year association with TV's Jeopardy!. His other credits include Sports Challenge, Camoflage,Chain Reaction, Go, Supermarket Sweep, Card Sharks, Family Feud, The $25,000 Pyramid, and Love Connection. Although he is widely credited as the only voice actor to have announced on both the Bill Cullen and Bob Barker versions of The Price Is Right'', in reality he was not among the group of announcers requested to sub the CBS daytime format following the death of legendary Johnny Olson in 1985. A former nightclub singer and entertainer, he also emceed a number of game shows in the 1950s and 1960s eg Music Bingo, Fast Draw, and Beat The Odds. In 1996, Johnny was a sub-announcer for Charlie O'Donnell on Wheel of Fortune.

At age 82 (as of 2006), Johnny Gilbert is believed to be the oldest active game show announcer in the business. Don Pardo, a former game show announcer (also the announcer on the first version of Jeopardy!) and currently the announcer for Saturday Night Live, is believed to be the oldest active announcer with prior game show experience at age 88.

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