Johnny Gilbert

Hosting Gilbert went to New York City, where he quickly signed with the William Morris Agency, and received his first job on national television as the host of a newly created game show, Music Bingo, in 1958.

Announcing

In 1963, Gilbert was selected by Mark Goodson to replace Don Pardo as the announcer and audience host for the original Bill Cullen-hosted version of The Price Is Right when it moved from NBC to ABC. He hosted the show for the absent Cullen on June 19, 1964. Gilbert also served as the announcer and audience host for Dinah Shore's syndicated daily talk show, which ran from 1974 to 1980.

When Merv Griffin decided to reintroduce his quiz show Jeopardy! to television in 1984 as a daily syndicated program, the new version's host, Alex Trebek, convinced Griffin to hire Gilbert as announcer and audience host; Trebek had met Gilbert at a dinner party in the early 1980s and was impressed with his voice. He has become well known for opening each of the show's nightly episodes with the announcement, "This is Jeopardy!" After that opening line, Gilbert would introduce the two new challengers for the episode followed by the defending champion, stating the total winnings of the latter, before introducing the host. His additional duties have included announcing the fee plugs for the sponsors of the show (until 1996) and announcing consolation prizes offered to non-winning contestants (until 2002), as well as announcing the following day's challengers during the end credits (from 2022 to 2023) and information on visiting the Jeopardy! website about streaming the five latest episodes of the current season (since 2025). Also, on some episodes of the first season only, Gilbert would provide voice-overs during lead-ins to and exits from commercial breaks.

In 2017, Gilbert was honored by Guinness World Records for having the longest career as a game show announcer for a single show, after 32 years with Jeopardy! This was commemorated with a rare on-screen appearance by Gilbert just before the Final Jeopardy! segment of the episode aired September 28, 2017 (season #34, show #7599, Austin Rogers's 3rd win). He has also lent his announcements to most of the Jeopardy! video games since 1992, including a few game versions in which he voiced all of the clues and effectively hosted the entire game off-screen instead of Trebek. Gilbert briefly considered retirement after Trebek's death, but chose to continue in the role. In recent years, Gilbert has handled much of his announcer load remotely, with a member of the Clue Crew providing in-studio announcements that are replaced with Gilbert's in post-production. Since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Gilbert began doing his announcements in a studio built for him at his home. From December 19, 2023 to July 25, 2025, he also appeared during the show's opening titles.

Following the death of longtime host Alex Trebek on November 8, 2020, Gilbert stayed as announcer. Gilbert is the last production member of Jeopardy! to remain on the show since its revival began in September 1984.

In addition to announcing for Jeopardy!, Gilbert has worked as a guest announcer on its sister show, Wheel of Fortune. He announced on the episode that aired on April Fools' Day in 1997, as well as a few weeks worth of episodes in 2010 following the death of the show's longtime announcer, Charlie O'Donnell. Gilbert also guest announced on Wheel in late 1995, when O'Donnell was ill, and on the daytime show in 1988 before the death of then-regular announcer Jack Clark.

Other game shows for which Gilbert has announced over the decades include The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime;

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1961 Gidget Goes Hawaiian Johnny Spring Uncredited 1967 AVCO Hour of Stars Vocalist 1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School Announcer Uncredited 1992 White Men Can't Jump Jeopardy! Announcer Voice 1996 Ellen's Energy Adventure Jeopardy! Announcer Voice 2005 Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show Himself 2018 Game Changers Himself TV movie 2020 What is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show Himself

Television Year Title Role Notes 1952 Bachelor's Haven Host 1958 Music Bingo Emcee 1961 Yours for a Song Announcer Uncredited 1961–1962 Camouflage Announcer/Guest Host 4 episodes 1963–1965 The Price Is Right Announcer/Guest Host 8 episodes 1967 The Bob Braun Show Himself 1 episode 1968 Fast Draw Host 1 episode 1968–1969 Beat the Odds Host 1969 The Movie Game Announcer 1970–1971 Words and Music Announcer 1971–1976 Sports Challenge Announcer 1972–1973 The Joker's Wild Guest Announcer 1975–1976 The Magnificent Marble Machine Announcer 15 episodes 1977 Hollywood Connection Announcer 85 episodes 1979 Make Me Laugh Announcer Dinah! Announcer 1 episode 1980 Chain Reaction Announcer 71 episodes 1981 The New Tic Tac Dough Guest Announcer Family Feud Guest Announcer 21 episodes 1982 Child's Play Announcer 1982–1991 The $25,000 Pyramid Announcer 267 episodes The $100,000 Pyramid Announcer 107 episodes 1983 Fantasy Announcer 1 episode 1983–1984 Go Announcer 40 episodes Dream House Announcer 2 episodes 1984 Every Second Counts Announcer 1 episode Anything for Money Announcer 1 episode 1984–present Jeopardy! Announcer >9,272 episodes 1984; 1989 Jackpot Announcer 1985–1986 Headline Chasers Announcer 2 episodes 1985–1988 The $100,000 Pyramid Announcer 100 episodes 1986 Celebrity Double Talk Announcer $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime Announcer 1987 Money in the Blank Announcer Unsold pilot Win, Lose, or Draw Announcer 1988 Mama's Family Himself Episode: "Mama on Jeopardy!" Blackout Announcer 55 episodes 1988–1989 Love Connection Announcer 195 episodes 1989 227 Announcer Episode: "A Date to Remember" 1990 Cheers Himself Episode: "What Is... Cliff Clavin?" The Finish Line Announcer Unsold pilot Super Jeopardy! Announcer 13 episodes The Quiz Kids Challenge Announcer 1990–2000 Supermarket Sweep Announcer 27 episodes 1992 The Golden Girls Himself Episode: "Questions and Answers" 1995 Beverly Hills, 90210 Himself Episode: "Double Jeopardy" 1995–2010 Wheel of Fortune Guest Announcer 26 episodes 1997 Johnny Bravo Jackie Jacques 1 episode 1999 The Angry Beavers TV Host 1 episode 2009 The Florence Henderson Show Himself 1 episode The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Announcer in Jeopardy! 1 episode 2020 Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time Announcer 4 episodes Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Himself Episode: "Total Jeopardy"2022 Jeopardy! National College Championship Announcer 9 episodes 2022–present Celebrity Jeopardy! Announcer 40 episodes Inside Jeopardy! Guest 6 episodes 2023–present Jeopardy! Masters Announcer/Clue Giver 20 episodes This is Jeopardy!: The Story of America's Favorite Quiz Show Himself 4 episode 2024–present Pop Culture Jeopardy! Announcer/Clue Giver 40 episodes 2025 Platonic Himself Episode: "Jeopardy"

Video games Year Title Role Notes 1998 Jeopardy! Announcer Voice 2000 Jeopardy! 2nd Edition Announcer Voice 2003 Jeopardy! 2003 Announcer Voice 2007 Jeopardy! DVD Game Announcer Voice 2010 Jeopardy! America's Favorite Quiz Show Announcer Voice

Accolades On September 29, 2022, Gilbert was inducted into the inaugural class of the Jeopardy! Hall of Fame at the 1st Jeopardy! Honors event.