Biography
Jack Morton Perkins (December 28, 1933 β August 19, 2019) was an American reporter, commentator, war correspondent, and anchorman. He was dubbed "America's most literate correspondent" by the Associated Press. Perkins and his Biography introductions were parodied several times on Mystery Science Theater 3000, with Perkins portrayed by Michael J. Nelson as a somewhat scatter-brained man prone to long, meandering, name-dropping rambles about nothing in particular, and, on syndicated versions of MST3K, dubbed The Mystery Science Theater Hour, the character introduced the films. Perkins declared himself a fan of the show and his parody on it, even participating in an online drive to save the program during its first cancellation. Perkins was also spoofed on Saturday Night Live, first by Harry Shearer reporting on the Walter Keane art exhibit in 1980; and then by Darrell Hammond, who played Perkins as a sarcastic alcoholic while hosting Biography. However, Perkins felt this portrayal of his character was grossly distorted and inaccurate. Perkins also voiced a fictional version of himself on the animated series Family Guy in the season 2 episode "Da Boom".
Filmography
all 20
Movies 18
Narrator 10
self 7
TV Shows 2
Writer 1
Becoming Acadia (2015)
The Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith (2011)
Acadia Always (2008)
Maine Biographies: L.L. Bean (2002)
A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time (2001)
Family Guy (1999)
J.W. Marriott: Host to the World (1998)
Katahdin: The Mountain of the People. (1998)
Light Spirit: Lighthouses of the Maine Coast (1997)
Air Maine (1997)
J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street (1996)
Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind (1996)
High on Maine (1996)
King Arthur: His Life and Legends (1995)
Jack The Ripper: Phantom Of Death (1995)
Maine: America's Coast (1994)
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann (1994)
Julius Caesar: Master of the Roman World (1993)
The Gift of Acadia (1992)
Biography (1987)
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GenderMale
Birthday1933-12-28
Deathday2019-08-19 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceCleveland, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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