Jack Perkins Biography

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NAME: Jack Perkins
OCCUPATION: News Anchor
BIRTH DATE: December 28, 1933 (Age: 79)
EDUCATION: Case Western Reserve University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Cleveland, Ohio
ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn

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Jack Perkins is an American reporter, dubbed "America's most literate correspondent." He has hosted and narrated for NBC Nightly News and A&E Biography.

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Jack Perkins

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Jack Perkins. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 04:16, May 21, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/jack-perkins-9542441.

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Jack Perkins. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/jack-perkins-9542441 [Accessed 21 May 2013].

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"Jack Perkins," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/jack-perkins-9542441 [accessed May 21, 2013].

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Jack Perkins [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 21] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/jack-perkins-9542441.

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Synopsis

Born in 1933, Jack Perkins is an American reporter who was named "the most literate network correspondent" by the Associated Press. Perkins has been seen as an occasional host on NBC Nightly News, The Huntley-Brinkley Report and The Today Show. He has also hosted and narrated several A&E Special Presentations. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his coverage of the 1972 Olympics.

Profile

Former Biography anchor. Jack Perkins began his association with A&E in 1990. He has served as host and narrator for many of the Network's most acclaimed programs, including A&E Premieres, A&E Revue, and Time Machine with Jack Perkins. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Perkins served as host of A&E's flagship series, Biography.

Mr. Perkins has also hosted and narrated several A&E Special Presentations, including America's Castles, a two-hour tour of the nation's greatest mansions; Dogs, a comprehensive look at man's best friend; The Face of Tutankhamun, the story of Egypt's boy king; and Cats, an A&E Special on the felines in our lives.

For 25 years, Mr. Perkins served as correspondent, commentator and anchorman at NBC News. Named "the most literate network correspondent" by the Associated Press, Mr. Perkins was seen on NBC Nightly News, The Huntley-Brinkley Report and The Today Show, where he appeared occasionally as host. His essays were heard regularly on NBC Radio. Nominated for an Emmy Award for his coverage of the 1972 Winter Olympics in Japan, Jack Perkins has covered stories as diverse as the elections in South Vietnam, an exclusive on-camera interview with assassin Sirhan Sirhan, and the youth culture of the 1970s.