Jack Paar
Jack Paar | |
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Paar, early 1950s | |
| Born | Jack Harold Paar May 1, 1918 Canton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 2004 (aged 85) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Notable work | Host of Tonight Starring Jack Paar (NBC) |
| Spouse(s) | Irene Gubbins (twice divorced) Miriam Wagner
(m. 1943) |
| Children | 1 |
| Comedy career | |
| Years active | 1947–1998 |
| Medium | Television Film Memoirs |
| Genre | Observational comedy |
| Subjects | Everyday life, American culture |
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."