Spoiler : Parks, Bert (birth name was Bert Jacobson) Born in Atlanta, Georgia 12/30/1914; died 2/2/1992 of lung cancer in La Jolla, California. Married to Annette Liebman (1943-?). Educated at the Atlanta, Georgia Marest College (military school). Parks began his career as a radio announcer at station WGST-Atlanta, then in 1931 at age seventeen, he became a staff announcer at CBS-New York.

Spoiler : Announcer for radio programs including episodes of Renfrew Of The Mounted on CBS (1936-1937); The Columbia Workshop on CBS (1936-1942); Our Gal Sunday on CBS (1937-?); The Eddie Cantor Show on CBS (1938-1939); The Adventures Of Ellery Queen on CBS (1940); How'm I Doin'? (1942); Judy, Jill And Johnny on Mutual (1946-1947); McGarry And His Mouse on NBC (1946); Mutual (1947).

Spoiler : Host of radio programs including Matinee At Meadowbrook on CBS (1941); Break The Bank on NBC and ABC (1946-1955); Second Honeymoon on WAAT-Newark and ABC and Mutual (1947-1950); Stop The Music! on ABC (1948-1952).

Spoiler : Host of television programs including Party Line on NBC (1947); Break The Bank on ABC, NBC and CBS (1948-1957); Stop The Music on ABC (1949-1956); The Bert Parks Show on NBC and CBS (1950- 1952); The Big Payoff on NBC (1951-?); Balance Your Budget on CBS (1952-1953); Double Or Nothing on CBS and NBC (1952-1953); Two In Love on CBS (1954); Bandstand on NBC (1956); Giant Step on CBS (1956-1957); Hold That Note on NBC (1957); Bid 'N' Buy on CBS (1958); County Fair on NBC (1958-1959); Masquerade Party on NBC (1958-1960); Yours For A Song on ABC (1961-1962); syndicated programs Circus (1971-1973); Strike It Rich (1973).

Spoiler : Parks was host of the Miss America Beauty Pageant, the singer of, "There She Goes, Miss America" (1955-1979). Parks appeared in two movies, first playing Franklyn Page in That's the Way of the World (1975), then as the singer for the gourmet club party band in 1990's Freshman as a singer.