Bert Convy

Although best remembered for his lengthy career as a television game show host, Bert Convy also enjoyed a run as a recording artist, even cracking the U.S. Top 10 as a member of the early rock & roll trio the Cheers. Born Bernard Whalen Convy in St. Louis on July 23, 1933, Convy graduated from UCLA and pursued a career as a professional baseball player, patrolling left field for the Far West League's Klamath Falls, Oregon team in 1951. As a member of the Philadelphia Phillies' farm system, he played for a series of Western Association teams before he lost his starting job and ...