Bert Convy

Bert Convy (born July 23, 1933, died on July 15, 1991) was an actor, singer, and game show personality who was most known for hosting Tattletales and Super Password. He was also a celebrity panelist on Match Game during the 1970s. He hosted a series of pilots for a revival of Match Game in 1989, and was being considered as host, but fell ill prior to the series launching production, and the gig went to Ross Shafer.

Prior to hosting Super Password, he appeared as a celebrity player on its predecessor, Password Plus which aired on NBC from January 1979 to March 1982.

During his tenure of hosting Super Password, Convy, along with actor Burt Reynolds, formed their own production company, Burt and Bert Productions, whose first major project was the game show Win, Lose or Draw, which aired from 1987 to 1989 on NBC, hosted by Vicki Lawrence-Shultz. Convy hosted a syndicated version which enjoyed a longer run, consisting of 585 episodes from 1987 until 1990. Super Password would be the final game show Convy hosted that aired on network television, and the final Mark Goodson production he hosted to air on television. Win, Lose or Draw would be his final game show to air on television.

Health issues and death
In April 1990, just over a year after Super Password ended its run, Convy was hospitalized after suffering a stroke, and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Clinic. He was then diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, which was impossible to operate on.

Convy died at his Brentwood residence on July 15, 1991, just eight days shy of his 58th birthday.