His first appearance as a TV host came in Canada with the popular game show "Fractured Phrases" (1965). Afterwards he presided over several other game shows, including "Eye Bet" and "The Money Makers" (also called "Bingo at Home"), the latter also airing on syndicated television in some US markets for 13 weeks in 1969. Although Perry was American by birth, he and his family emigrated to Canada in the early 1970s and moved back to the U.S. in the late 1970s when he was hired to host "Card Sharks".