To anyone on here who remembers the game show host, film actor, Bert Convy. What was he like as a person? I know he was married twice. He has three children. His daughter, Jennifer Convy, hosted a show on HGTV in the 1990's called Awesome Interiors. Bert Convy died of a brain tumor in 1991. Let's get the discussion about him started.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 85 | July 4, 2018 1:30 PM |
I seriously thought that he was agay
by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 4, 2016 12:25 PM |
I saw him in CABARET. Good voice.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 4, 2016 12:25 PM |
Wasn't he considered for the male lead - Tony - in the film version of WEST SIDE STORY? Seriously!
by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 4, 2016 12:27 PM |
He may have been married but I'll eat my hat if he wasn't gay.
I really like Bert Convy. He has a smallish role in what should be a DL classic: Susan Slade.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 4, 2016 12:40 PM |
Always had a crush on him
by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 4, 2016 12:42 PM |
Bert Convy sang on the Tonight Show in 1978.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 6 | June 4, 2016 12:42 PM |
I was never really attracted to Bert Convy, he always seemed just too pleasant and benign. (nothing wrong with that)
However, when he gives this really intense,," I wanna fuck you " stare to Cheryl Ladd in this clip from "Love Boat Angels" I realized he could definitely be sexy.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 7 | June 4, 2016 12:51 PM |
His daughter, Jennifer Convy - 3 Minute Host Reel
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 8 | June 4, 2016 12:54 PM |
Everyone was sexy in that clip, R7, even Gavin MacLeod. Too bad he (and Smith) turned out to be nutters.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 4, 2016 12:56 PM |
R10 = Peter Tomarkin, wondering where HIS thread is
by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 4, 2016 1:02 PM |
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1979) Bert was in the TV movie.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 12 | June 4, 2016 1:10 PM |
(Announcer whisper) The password is........flaming.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 4, 2016 1:25 PM |
He and Burt Reynolds were bros back in the day, I used to come home from school and watch 'Win, Lose or Draw', which Convey hosted and Reynolds was almost always a guest star on, along with his coterie of pals: Charles Nelson Reilly, Dom Deluise and probably some other gay people who I can't remember right now. After Convey passed, Vicki Lawrence took over hosting duties. I always remember the closing credits V.O.: 'Win, Lose or Draw is a Burt and Bert Production!'
by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 4, 2016 1:48 PM |
Reynolds was friends to a LOT of queens, both closeted and out. Burt and Bert Productions sealed the deal for me as far as deciding whether Convy was gay or not.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 4, 2016 1:53 PM |
He shopped in my grocery store!
by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 4, 2016 2:23 PM |
He was among that generation of celebrities who you always saw on television but you were never quite sure why he was famous, what his talents were, etc. It's like "Name a Bert Convy movie!" and no one could answer.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 4, 2016 3:38 PM |
Nice body. Good looking guy.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 4, 2016 4:32 PM |
This is his son, Jonah Convy.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 21 | June 4, 2016 4:40 PM |
I wanked to a fantasy he starred in...
by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 4, 2016 5:25 PM |
Why did Bert Convy and Anne Anderson divorce?
by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 4, 2016 6:42 PM |
Always thought he was hot in a nice guy sort of way.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | June 5, 2016 2:07 AM |
Before he was a host, he often guested on game shows. he was like Phyllis Newman and some others who were "famous" but it wasn't clear why.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | June 5, 2016 3:30 AM |
He played Paul Revere on Bewitched when they visited Salem
by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 5, 2016 3:38 AM |
I always thought of him as a Ken doll.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | June 5, 2016 3:42 AM |
A sweet kid, but also a destitute man's Bob Goulet
by Anonymous | reply 30 | June 5, 2016 3:46 AM |
Bert Convy was a successful Broadway actor, having played Perchik in the original cast of Fiddler on the Roof and then the second male lead in Cabaret. Could have had a big career if he hadn't decided to be a "Quiz Master!"
by Anonymous | reply 31 | June 5, 2016 3:56 AM |
Bert was gay but did not feel the need to act upon it. The lifestyle was not so accepted then, so he chose to desire women.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | June 5, 2016 5:53 AM |
Convy is an Irish surname.
He's one of those British Isles descendants who for some reason people think is Jewish.
The Naughton brothers, James and David and actor James Woods also fall into that category.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | June 5, 2016 1:19 PM |
The blandest guy ever.
As someone up above said - a Ken doll.
And like Ken, I suspect he has no penis.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 36 | June 5, 2016 1:26 PM |
Jill Haworth, who played Sally Bowles, loved working with him in Cabaret.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | June 5, 2016 1:49 PM |
I saw him in both the original Fiddler and Cabaret. He was serviceable, bland, did the job, but was totally forgettable. He's fit right in with the stars on Broadway today.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | June 5, 2016 2:25 PM |
I always thought he was sexy as hell.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | June 5, 2016 2:27 PM |
Bert Convy seemed like the kind of guy who had a clean cut image. A family man with a wife. I don't know if he had any controversies surrounding him when he was alive.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | June 5, 2016 2:27 PM |
Wasn't he rocking a perm in the '80s, I just remember thinking that he was good looking but the big hair seemed a bit dated and cheesy.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | June 5, 2016 2:55 PM |
Helmet hair and massive honker.
That's why the dummy types assume he's Jewish
by Anonymous | reply 42 | June 5, 2016 6:25 PM |
He played Tony Polar in the bad TV remake of VALLEY OF THE DOLLS 1980
by Anonymous | reply 43 | June 5, 2016 7:43 PM |
He played Veronica Hamel's lover in the bad TV remake of VALLEY OF THE DOLLS 1980.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | June 5, 2016 8:06 PM |
Notorious pussyhound. Big Bush supporter.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | June 5, 2016 8:23 PM |
Bert Convy had his people let the folks at Saturday Night Live he was available to guest host. The folks at SNL never replied back.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | June 5, 2016 8:28 PM |
He seemed like a nice guy. He and John Davidson seemed interchangeable at times.
The son? WTF with that video?
by Anonymous | reply 47 | June 5, 2016 8:29 PM |
Great Idea. Let's start a rumor: Bert Convy and John Davidson were lovers.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | June 5, 2016 8:42 PM |
He did win an EMMY award for Tattletales
by Anonymous | reply 49 | June 5, 2016 8:46 PM |
He and Victoria Wyndham guested on the Mary Tyler Moore Show as husband and wife. Mary winds up dating Convy's character after Vicky's character leaves him. Good episode. Season 4, I think, because Rhoda was still around.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | June 5, 2016 8:50 PM |
R50 it was Beth Howland (Alice) not Vicky Wyndham
by Anonymous | reply 51 | June 5, 2016 8:52 PM |
Jennifer Convy Host/Producer Covering Legends LCDQ 2014 Event
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 52 | June 5, 2016 10:57 PM |
He was a douchebag who was obsessively homophobic on his Win, Lose or Draw game show. Because he wasn't funny. The only way he could get laughs is by implying someone is gay, the height of 1987 hilarity. And no, I don't care that he was "cute" or the other defense would be that he was secretly gay. He was just a stupid, offensive creep.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | June 5, 2016 11:12 PM |
Bert Convy on Why he Left Win, Lose Or Draw
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 54 | June 5, 2016 11:30 PM |
[quote]The only way he could get laughs is by implying someone is gay, the height of 1987 hilarity.
Gay banter was standard for all game shows from 1973 through 1992. I don't recall him ever being mean or homophobic about it but if you have video of his crimes I'm willing to watch and see for myself.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | June 6, 2016 12:21 PM |
Bert Convy On The Price Is Right
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 56 | June 6, 2016 3:14 PM |
Tattletales - November 10, 1975
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 59 | June 6, 2016 5:32 PM |
Is the son trying to ride his father's coat tails in Hollywood? Because maybe 10 people under the age of 50 know who Burt Convy is and I can't imagine the people who do remember him being too impressed by meeting or working with his son.
I'm sure that the son met Dom and Burt and the gang so it must sting to get booted from that world after your dad dies.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | June 6, 2016 5:34 PM |
Here is Bert in his big movie role from "A Bucket of Blood". Roger Corman knew talent.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 61 | June 6, 2016 5:52 PM |
R42 well that and the fact that he was in productions like Fiddler on the Roof!
A lot of names get Americanized when families come over.
Im sticking with Jewish. He had that vibe in spades. (Irish? Yeah right) More sure if that than the gay thing.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | June 6, 2016 6:05 PM |
At least Jennifer is not writing on her father's coat tails because she has done well for herself. Bert would have been proud of her.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | June 6, 2016 7:06 PM |
"Aren't you Bert Convy's boy? Wow, I'd love to give you a job or invest in your acting career. I'm sure that you've got some of that ol' Bert Convy magic that will pay off at the box office!"
by Anonymous | reply 64 | June 6, 2016 7:43 PM |
Bert had a raw sexual heat
by Anonymous | reply 65 | June 6, 2016 7:51 PM |
[quote]Bert had a raw sexual heat
He was into barebacking?
by Anonymous | reply 66 | June 6, 2016 8:11 PM |
Wasn't everyone in the 70s?
by Anonymous | reply 67 | June 6, 2016 8:44 PM |
Match Game 1990 Pilot w/ Bert Convy
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 68 | June 6, 2016 10:38 PM |
I always thought he died of AIDS.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | June 6, 2016 10:51 PM |
He was extremely looking when he was very young. The Susan Slade days. Remained good looking. He seemed as dumb as a box of rocks though. Everytime he hosted a game show it was like it was the first time he did it. Especially Password Plus. Everytime he hosted you wonder if he's ever heard about the show. As good looking as he was he had zero sex appeal.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 70 | June 6, 2016 11:50 PM |
My older sister cried when he died. She had a huge crush on him in the 1970s and it never ended.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | June 7, 2016 12:31 AM |
Almost cast as Barnabas Collins!
by Anonymous | reply 72 | June 7, 2016 1:45 AM |
So many men who died in their 50s and not accidental: Convy, Michael Landon, Patrick Swayze, Bill Bixby, Bernie Mac, Steve Jobs, James Gandolfini, Luther Vandross...
by Anonymous | reply 73 | June 7, 2016 2:07 AM |
To Tell The Truth (1968) (Hosted by Bert Convy)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 74 | June 8, 2016 3:19 PM |
he wore the highest pants ever
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 75 | June 8, 2016 3:26 PM |
tightest no highest (lol!)
by Anonymous | reply 76 | June 8, 2016 3:27 PM |
I think JFK Jr. would have grown up to look like Bert.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | June 8, 2016 3:31 PM |
That could have been possible, r78.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | June 9, 2016 8:04 PM |
He shops at my grocery store!
by Anonymous | reply 81 | April 1, 2017 4:02 PM |
R4, get the hat out. Convy was a womanizer.
What's with the weird ears?
by Anonymous | reply 82 | April 1, 2017 4:31 PM |
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