Star Facts

  • Category Television

    Address 6801 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 08/24/1973

About
Monty Hall
Born:
1921-08-25,
Winnipeg,
Canada
Education:
University of Manitoba, Canada
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
2017-09-30
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Monty Hall

In memory of entertainer and Walk of Famer Monty Hall, flowers were placed on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, October, 2, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. PDT. The star in category of Television is located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. “Rest in peace Mr. Hall.” Ana Martinez, Producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame signed the card on behalf of the Hollywood Historic Trust and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

Monte Halperin, OC, OM, better known by the stage name Monty Hall, is a Canadian-born emcee, producer, actor, singer and sportscaster, best known as host of the television game show Let's Make a Deal.

Hall was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the son of Rose and Maurice Harvey Halperin, both of whom belonged to an Orthodox congregation of Judaism and who jointly owned a slaughterhouse. He was raised in Winnipeg's north end, where he attended St. John's High School. Hall started his career in Toronto in radio.

Early in his career, Hall hosted game shows such as Bingo at Home on DuMont and guest-hosted more established game shows such as Strike It Rich on CBS, before hosting the first show of his own, Keep Talking in 1958. He succeeded Jack Narz as host of a well-received and unique game show called Video Village, which ran from 1960 to 1962 on CBS. On Video Village, contestants played on a giant game board consisting of three sections: Money Street, Bridge Street and Magic Mile. Players advanced with the roll of a large die. The further contestants advanced along the board, the better the prizes that were offered. A spinoff called Video Village Junior, featuring youngsters, was hosted by Hall and ran during the 1961?1962 regular television season.

Hall had also served as the host/performer of two local New York City TV film shows for children: "Cowboy Theater" for WRCA in 1956 and "Fun In The Morning" for WNEW in the early 1960s.

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