2022Nominee
Best Performance
Groucho & Cavett
Jack Paar
Actor
Canton, Ohio, USA
May 1, 1918
Biography
Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an American talk show host, writer, radio and television comedian, and film actor. He was the second host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962. Time magazine's obituary of Paar reported wryly, "His fans would remember him as the fellow who split talk show history into two eras: Before Paar and Below Paar."
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2006Nominee
Best Performance
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
1951Nominee
Best Performance
Love Nest
Career Highlights
1990Highlight
Best Performance
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
2001Highlight
Best Performance
50 Years of NBC Late Night
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Groucho & Cavett
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Public Speaking