Garry Moore

"There is something durably unremarkable about me," Garry Moore once said, modestly evaluating his remarkable longevity as game and variety show host and comedian over the course of almost three decades on the small screen. Compact in size and genial in manner, Moore began on the radio as a writer and performer while still a teenager. He achieved success on local radio shows in his native Baltimore, St. Louis and Chicago before enjoying almost five years of success teamed with Jimmy Durante in the mid-40s.