John Lawrence Narz Jr

 ohn Lawrence Narz Jr. (November 13, 1922 – October 15, 2008)

He was a radio personality, television host, and singer. Narz eluded the infamous quiz show scandals to forge a respected hosting career. Narz began his early career doing voice work as one of the narrators for Adventures of Superman. Narz also made appearances in local Los Angeles television and served as the announcer on one of TV's first nationally broadcast children's shows, Space Patrol. Narz first achieved television fame in 1952, when he was the on-camera announcer and narrator of the sitcom Life with Elizabeth starring Betty White. In 1955, as he did on radio, Narz served as the announcer-sidekick of bandleader Bob Crosby on The Bob Crosby Show on daytime TV. That same year, he also worked as announcer on Place the Face, a game show hosted by Bill Cullen and earlier Jack Bailey. "Dotto", which he hosted in 1958, was one of the first game shows involved in the quiz show scandals of the period after it was found to be rigged. However, he was cleared of any wrongdoing and was able to resume his career, going on to host, among other programs, "Video Village", "Seven Keys", "Beat the Clock", and "Concentration".

Narz's last hosting duty of any kind on national television was on Password Plus, where his brother and fellow host Tom Kennedy traded places with him on the March 5, 1982 edition of the program; Narz had been a celebrity guest for the week along with Steven Ford. He was married twice, and had four children. Narz died after a series of strokes at age 85 on October 15, 2008.