Monty Hall Net Worth

Interesting Facts about Monty Hall

1. Father, with Marilyn Hall, of Joanna Gleason, Sharon Hall and Richard Hall.
2. Worked at the Canadian Wheat Board in Winnipeg, Manitoba in the late 1940s and early 1950s with Ernest P. O'Dowda prior to beginning his career in television.
3. Filled in as master of ceremonies on other daytime game shows on NBC (What's This Song?, P. D. Q.) from time to time before Let's Make a Deal (1963) moved to ABC.
4. Hall was the host/performer and narrator of two television film shows for kids: "Cowboy Theater", which was seen on Saturday afternoons on WRCA TV Ch. 4 in New York City from Saturday September 15, 1956 to Saturday March 2, 1957; and "Fun In the Morning", seen on Saturday mornings on WNEW TV Ch. 5 in New York City from Saturday May 16, 1959 to Saturday September 25, 1959. Mr. Hall also hosted a kids game show: "Video Village Junior" (Kids version of The Weekday morning adults game show: "Video Village". Hall hosted "Video Village Junior" with actress/singer and model, Eileen Barton, and announcer, Kenny Williams (Ms. Barton and Mr. Williams also served as comedy relief on the show) Saturday mornings on the CBS TV Network from Saturday September 30, 1961 to Saturday June 16, 1962.
5. (June 5, 2002) Fell and broke his hip during a visit to his doctor at Mount Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California.
6. Father-in-law of Chris Sarandon and Todd Ellis Kessler.
7. Former Mayor of Hollywood.
8. "The Monty Hall problem" is the name of a classic mathematics problem dealing with probability theory, based on a scenario similar to Hall's work in Let's Make a Deal (1963).
9. Monty's brother Robert also changed his last name from Halperin to Hall.
10. Well known for his many philanthropic interests with organizations such as Variety Clubs.
11. He was awarded the OC (Officer of the Order of Canada) by the Governor General of Canada on December 21, 1987 for his services to broadcasting.
12. Inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame on October 13, 2007. Other inductees included Peter Marshall, Wink Martindale and Hugh Downs.
13. Before he was a successful game show host, he worked at a butcher's shop - where his father used to work years earlier. He also worked at a clothing factory, for $9 a week.
14. Hall was honored with the Lifetime Title of International Chairman (1981).
15. He suffered from double pneumonia as a little boy.
16. Met Max Freed when he was age 19. They were friends for more than five decades.
17. Ranked #4 as GSN's Top 10 Game Show Hosts of All Time.
18. Received the Ralph Edwards Awards for Service to Broadcasting at the Game Show Congress Convention in Los Angeles, California [2005].
19. Has a couple of streets named after him; both in Cathedral City, California and in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
20. Before he was a successful game show host, he served as broadcaster on both shows with Jack Benny and Fred Allen on radio, where he played all the parts during the winter season.