Dennis James
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About
American television personality who hosted the first network game show, Cash and Carry. He also held the first telethon and starred in the first commercial.
Before Fame
He started out on the radio and then went into TV. Idiosyncratically he would call his audience Mother.
Trivia
He worked as an announcer of the quiz show Judge for Yourself, and was a host on Name That Tune.
Family Life
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and died in Palm Springs of lung cancer.
Associated With
He often filled in for Monty Hall on Let's Make a Deal.
