Monty Hall
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{{Infobox actor
| name = Monty Hall
| image =
| birthname = Monte Halparin
| birthdate = {{Birth date and age|1921|8|25}}
| birthplace = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]]
| occupation = Retired TV presenter and game show host
| spouse = Marilyn Hall
| children = [[Joanna Gleason]], actress<br />Sharon Hall, [[TV director]]/writer<br />Richard Hall, [[TV producer]]
| website =
}}
'''Monte "Monty Hall" Halparin''', [[Order of Canada|OC]] (born [[August 25]], [[1921]] in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]]-born [[emcee]], [[Television producer|producer]], [[actor]], [[singer]] and [[sportscaster]], best known as host of the long-running television game show ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]''.
==Biography==
Hall was the host of the long-running game show ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'', which he developed and produced with partner [[Stefan Hatos]]. ''Let's Make a Deal'' aired on [[NBC]] daytime from [[December 30]], [[1963]] to [[December 27]], [[1968]] and on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] daytime from [[December 30]], 1968 to [[July 9]], [[1976]], along with two primetime runs. It also aired in syndication from [[1971]] to [[1977]], from [[1980]] to [[1981]], from [[1984]] to [[1986]], and again on NBC briefly from [[1990]] to [[1991]]. He was producer or executive producer of the show through most of its runs. During the show's initial run, Hall became well known alongside model [[Carol Merrill]] and announcer [[Jay Stewart]].
Early in his career, Hall hosted such game shows as ''Bingo At Home'' and guest-hosted more established game shows such as ''[[Strike It Rich (1950s TV series)|Strike It Rich]]'' before hosting the first show of his own, ''[[Keep Talking]]'' in [[1958]]. He succeeded [[Jack Narz]] as host of a well-received and unique game show called ''[[Video Village]]'', which ran in 1960-1962 on [[CBS]]. On ''Video Village'', contestants played on a giant game board consisting of three sections: Money Street, Bridge Street and Magic Mile. Players advanced with the roll of a large [[Dice|die]]. The further contestants advanced along the board, the better the prizes that were offered. A spinoff called ''Video Village Junior'', featuring youngsters, was hosted by Hall and ran during the 1961-1962 regular television season.
In [[1962]], with co-producer Art Stark, Hall sold his first game show to NBC, ''Your First Impression'', which ran for two years. Stefan Hatos was the Producer of that show, and eventually, he and Hall formed a production company which is still running. Hatos died in [[1999]]. Besides ''Let's Make a Deal'', the game show ''[[Split Second]]'' which originally ran on ABC from 1972-75, and again in syndication in [[1987]] (with Hall also hosting that version) was the only other successful program from Hatos-Hall Productions. Other game shows from their production company included ''[[Chain Letters]]'' in [[1966]]; a revival of the venerable 1950s-era panel quiz, ''[[Masquerade Party]]'' in [[1974]]; ''3 For the Money'' in [[1975]]; ''[[It's Anybody's Guess]]'' in [[1977]], which reunited ''Let's Make a Deal'' announcer [[Jay Stewart]] with Hall, who also hosted the show, and the Canadian-based [[The Joke's on Us]] in [[1983]]. Hall filled in as guest host on several daytime game shows while ''Let's Make a Deal'' was on NBC, most notably ''[[What's This Song?]]'' and ''[[PDQ (game show)|PDQ]]''. In [[1979]], Hall hosted the only game show since ''Video Village'' which he did not produce — [[Mark Goodson|Goodson-Todman]]'s ''[[Beat the Clock#1979 format|All-New Beat the Clock]]''.
[[Image:Halperin.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The handprints of Monty Hall in front of [[Hollywood Hills Amphitheater]] at [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] theme park.]]
Hall received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] on [[August 24]], [[1973]], a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Fame in 2000, and in [[2002]], he was also inducted into [http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/02_monty_hall.xml.htm Canada's Walk of Fame]. Hall is one of only two game show hosts on both Hollywood's and Canada's Walks of Fame, the other being [[Alex Trebek]]. In May [[1988]], the Government of Canada bestowed on him the prestigious [[Order of Canada]] for his [[humanitarianism|humanitarian]] work in Canada and other nations of the world. For many years, he has been associated with [[Variety, the Children's Charity]], helping to raise millions of dollars through their telethons and other related fund-raisers.
Hall was the recipient of the [[2005]] [[Ralph Edwards]] Service Award from [[Game Show Congress]], in recognition of all the work the emcee-producer has done for charity through the years.
Hall graduated from the [[University of Manitoba]], where he majored in [[chemistry]] and [[zoology]], receiving his Bachelor of Science degree.
He has been married for many years to his wife, Marilyn, and has two daughters — actress and Tony Award winner [[Joanna Gleason]] and Sharon Hall, a [[television executive]] and — and one son, Richard Hall, a [[television producer]].
In addition to his work on game shows, Hall was a radio analyst for the [[New York Rangers]] of the [[National Hockey League]] during the 1958-60 season.<ref>{{cite web
| last = Halligan
| first = John
| title = "Alumni Spotlight"
| url = http://www.newyorkrangers.com/tradition/alumnispotlight.asp?Alumni=TVhistory
| accessdate = 2007-06-08}}</ref> Between 1956 and 1960, Hall worked as a host of NBC Radio's "Monitor" weekend broadcast.<ref>{{cite web
| title = "Monitor's Communicators"
| url = http://www.monitorbeacon.com/communicators.html
| accessdate = 2008-05-22}}</ref> At least one recording of Hall on "Monitor" is known to exist.
Although retired, Hall still makes occasional television appearances. He played the host of a beauty pageant who schemed to become "the world's most powerful game show host" in the Disney animated series ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]''. Monty appeared on [[GSN Live]] on [[March 14th]], [[2008]]
==Monty Hall problem==
{{main|Monty Hall problem}}
Because of his work on ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'', Hall's name is used in a popular [[probability]] puzzle known as the Monty Hall problem. In the mathematical sciences, the problem examines the [[counter-intuitive]] effects of switching one's choice of doors if "Monty" reveals a goat behind one of doors the player didn't choose. Hall himself gave an explanation of the solution to that problem, and why the solution did not apply to the case of the actual show, in an interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'' reporter [[John Tierney (journalist)|John Tierney]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web
| title = "Behind Monty Hall's Doors: Puzzle, Debate and Answer?"
| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFDD1E3FF932A15754C0A967958260
| accessdate = 2008-07-04}}</ref>
Because Hall had control over the way the game progressed, he played on the psychology of the contestant. The puzzle was mentioned on the [[CBS]] drama ''[[Numb3rs]]'' in an episode during its first season, and also in the newly-released movie ''[[21 (2008 film)|21]]''.
==References==
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==External links==
*{{imdb name|id=0355937|name=Monty Hall}}
*[http://letsmakeadeal.com/mh-Bio.htm Monty's Bio] at letsmakeadeal.com
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{{succession box | before = [[Bob Hilton]] | title = Host of ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'' | after=[[Billy Bush]]| years=1990–1991}}
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