John O'Hurley

John O'Hurley
Spouse(s)	Lisa Mesloh Eva LaRue (1992-1994)
Children	William Dylan (born December 6, 2006)

John Gerald O'Hurley (born October 9, 1954, in Kittery, Maine) is an American actor and popular television personality who is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Jacopo Peterman on the 1990s NBC sitcom Seinfeld. John attended Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut and graduated from Providence College in 1976.

Career

On September 11, 2006, John replaced Richard Karn as the fifth host of Family Feud. In March 2007, John took the lead role in the Wynn Las Vegas's production of Spamalot, in which he plays the lead role of King Arthur.

O'Hurley financed the re-launch of The J. Peterman Company with the (real) John Peterman and thus became a joint owner of the (reincarnated, real) J. Peterman Company.

He also is one of the guest speakers in the Candlelight Processional at Epcot Center in Walt Disney World.

O'Hurley has also been the host of the Annual Purina Dog Show every Thanksgiving since 2002.

He was a contestant on the first season of the popular television show Dancing with the Stars which aired during the summer of 2005. After fans of the show complained that the final competition between O'Hurley and ABC soap opera star Kelly Monaco was set up so that Monaco would win despite O'Hurley's superior showing (a controversy that O'Hurley did nothing to dispel in interviews afterwards), the network announced that O'Hurley, Monaco and their professional dancing partners would face off in a special episode of the series. The "grudge match" was broadcast on September 20, 2005, with results to be announced two days later. Unlike the first episode, the three professional ballroom-dance judges had no say in the outcome — they only offered commentary, and a viewer vote determined the winner. This time, O'Hurley and his dance partner Charlotte Jørgensen emerged as the winners. O'Hurley and Jørgensen have since produced a dance instruction video called, "Learn to Dance with John and Charlotte".

Notable roles

• Game Show Countdown: Top 10 Hosts - narrator
• Spamalot (Wynn Casino, Las Vegas) - Lead (31 Mar 2007–23 Sep 2007)
• Family Feud - Host (TV series and DVD game) (2006–present)
• Dancing with the Stars - Contestant and runner-up
• The Great American Celebrity Spelling Bee - Host
• The Mullets - Roger Heidecker
• To Tell the Truth - Host (2000–2002)
• House of Mouse - voice of The Phantom Blot
• Smart Guy- host of "Knowledge College"
• Seinfeld - J. Peterman
• What's New, Scooby-Doo? - Mayer
• Valley of the Dolls - Allen Cooper
• General Hospital - Greg Bennett
• Frasier - Thomas Jay Fallow (Episode: Slow Tango in South Seattle)
• Santa Barbara - Steven Slade #2
• The Young and the Restless - Jim Grainger #2
• Loving - Keith Lane/Jonathan Matalaine
• The Edge of Night - Greg Shaeffer
• Duck Dodgers - Star Johnson
• Lies and Liars - Host (TV Talkshow)
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command - King Nova
• SpongeBob SquarePants - King Neptune
• Family Guy - Cult Leader / Man In White
• Hey Arnold - Councilman Gladhand
• Drake & Josh - Doctor
• Boy Meets World- 2 roles - Cal Kilbrine and host of "We're Not Making This Up!"
• Phineas and Ferb - Doofenshmirtz's brother
• Father of the Pride - Blake the tiger
• Narrator of Coors Light commercials

Books

• It's Okay to Miss the Bed on the First Jump (2006)
• Before Your Dog Can Eat Your Homework, First You Have to Do It (2007)

External links

• The official John O'Hurley web site
• FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN: LISA MESLOH & JOHN O'HURLEY
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• John O'Hurley at the Internet Broadway Database
• Dance-off for ‘Dancing with the Stars’: Kelly Monaco and John O’Hurley to face-off on September 20 (MSNBC.com)
• Learn to Dance with John and Charlotte
• John O'Hurley pushes casinos in ads
• John O'Hurley Training videos and DVDs - Enterprise Media is John O'Hurley's official business training program distributor.