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| Name: | Monty Hall |
| Born: | August 25, 1921 |
| Birth Hometown: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died: | September 30, 2017 (age 96) |
| Place of death: | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Host, Producer |
| Years active: | 1953-2017 |
| Known for: | Creating/Hosting Let's Make a Deal |
Monty Hall (originally Monte Halperin, OC, OM born on August 25, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, passed away on September 30, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.), better known by the stage name Monty Hall, is a Canadian-born emcee, producer, actor, singer and sportscaster, best known as host & producer of the television game show Let's Make a Deal.
Shows hosted[]
- The Sky's the Limit (1955-1956; local WNBC series)
- Bingo at Home (1958)
- Keep Talking (July-October 1958)
- Twenty One (August-September 1958)
- Video Village (September 1960-1962)
- Video Village Jr. (1961-1962)
- What's This Song? (sub)
- Let's Make a Deal (1963-1977, 1980-1981, 1984-1986, 1991; also made one-deal appearances in 2003, 2010, and 2013)
- Take My Word (1965 unsold pilot)
- The Big Money (1966 unsold pilot)
- Shoot for the Stars (1976 unsold pilot)
- Talking Pictures (1976 unsold pilot)
- It's Anybody's Guess (1977)
- Beat the Clock (1979-1980)
- The Joke's On Us! (1983-1984)
- Split Second (1986-1987)
Shows invented[]
- 3 for the Money
- ABC Carnival '74 (unsold pilot)
- Chain Letter
- The Choice Is Yours
- It's Anybody's Guess
- Let's Make a Deal
- Shoot for the Stars (unsold pilot)
- Split Second (1971 version)
- Take My Word (unsold pilot)
- Talking Pictures (unsold pilot)
- The Waiting Game (unsold pilot)
Show produced[]
- It Pays to Be Ignorant (1973–1974 version)
- Masquerade Party (1974–1975 version)
Shows appeared[]
- Golf for Swingers
- Password Plus
- Relatively Speaking
- Those Wonderful TV Game Shows
- Knights and Warriors
Shows based on Hall's formats[]
- Big Deal (Extreme version of Let's Make a Deal) (1996)
- Trato Hecho (Spanish language version of Let's Make a Deal) (2005)
- Gameshow Marathon (Let's Make a Deal seen in episode 2) (2006)
- Let's Make a Deal (NBC Primetime with Billy Bush in 2003; CBS Daytime with Wayne Brady since 2009)
Gallery[]
Death[]
On September 30, 2017, Hall died in Beverly Hills, California of heart failure at age 96.
Hall's 95th Birthday Celebration with Buzzr[]
In conjunction with his 95th birthday on August 25, 2016; Buzzr started airing a mini-marathon of 4 episodes of Let's Make a Deal, along with 2 episodes of the short-lived 1979-80 revival of Beat the Clock.
Monty Hall Tribute[]
Buzzr did a mini-marathon tribute to Hall from October 3 until October 4, 2017, due to his death on September 30, 2017, with a various episode of his hit signature creation Let's Make a Deal along with the short-lived 1979-80 revival of Beat the Clock. Additionally, the marathon aired again on October 7, 2017.
On October 8, 2017, GSN aired their tribute to Monty Hall with a six-hour marathon of Let's Make a Deal. Every episode, except for one, was from the 1971-1977 syndicated run and included both its premiere and finale. One episode from 1984 was also featured in the marathon. At least one episode in the marathon was never aired on Buzzr as of yet.
Commemorative Speech[]
“Last Week, we lost the creator and the original host of Let’s Make a Deal, Mr. Monty Hall. Now we all know that Monty was a great host, but he was a great man as well in every single sense of the word. He was a philanthropist who raised hundreds of millions of dollars for charities, and even more important than his charitable work, he was a family man, he loved his family. Monty made everyone feel special and he was an inspiration to people that he would meet on the street, he was an inspiration to myself and everyone here on the set of Let’s Make a Deal. He would come by, he would visit us, we’d laugh, and it was absolute magic. He absolutely loved the show, this show which he created 54 years ago. So today, we are celebrating his memory with this episode and we are going to do, what we know what Monty would want us to do. We’re gonna have fun, we’re gonna make deals, and we’re gonna change lives. Monty we’re gonna celebrate your legacy, and this show is for you, thank you!” - Wayne Brady, (at the start of the Let’s Make a Deal Episode dated October 5, 2017)
Books[]
In 1973, Hall and Bill Libby co-authored a biography titled Emcee Monty Hall and published by Grosset & Dunlap.
In 2019, Ken Rotcop and Kimberly Kaplan co-authored a book on Hall's life titled Rmembering Monty which was published by BearManor Media.
In the Fall of 2022, Bill Libby and Adam Nedeff teamed up to co-write another book on Hall's life titled Monty Hall: TV's Big Dealer which was also published by BearManor Media.
