Seinfeld On
Seinfeld, O'Hurley played
J. Peterman, a fictionalized version of catalog-company entrepreneur
John Peterman, from 1995 until the show's end in 1998. O'Hurley invested in the relaunch of
The J. Peterman Company, and since 1999 has been a part-owner and member of the board of directors.
Dancing with the Stars O'Hurley was a contestant on the
first season of the television show
Dancing with the Stars, which aired during mid-2005. O'Hurley and his dance partner
Charlotte Jørgensen made it to the final competition, which they lost to
ABC soap opera star
Kelly Monaco. After fans alleged that Monaco's victory was a set-up, the network announced that O'Hurley, Monaco and their professional dancing partners would face off in a special "grudge match" episode broadcast September 20, 2005. Unlike the first episode, viewer vote solely determined the outcome as opposed to a combination between the three professional judges and the viewer votes. O'Hurley and Jørgensen emerged as the winners. The rematch earned $126,000 for Golfers Against Cancer charity. Afterward the duo produced a dance instruction video called, "Learn to Dance with John and Charlotte".
Other roles O'Hurley made two guest appearances on
Baywatch in 1992 and 1994, in two different roles. The first was as villainous yacht club president Fred Adler in "Masquerade," and again as a grieving father named Bill in "Red Wind." In 2003, he played the role of Roger Heidecker on the
UPN television series
The Mullets. O'Hurley returned to the Baywatch universe in a 1995
Baywatch Nights episode "Bad Blades," playing the villainous Kemp, in a
roller hockey themed episode. He also co-starred on the short-lived sitcom
A Whole New Ballgame, had a role as Ralph Stafford on the
Murder She Wrote episode "Nailed", and guest-starred in an episode of
Drake & Josh. O'Hurley has been the host of
Purina's annual
National Dog Show every
Thanksgiving since 2002. In March 2007, O'Hurley took the lead role in the
Wynn Las Vegas's production of
Spamalot, in which he plays
King Arthur. In July 2008, O'Hurley reprised his role as King Arthur in the
Los Angeles production of
Spamalot at the
Ahmanson Theatre. In June 2013, he once again reprised the role of King Arthur in Spamalot at
The Muny Theater in
St. Louis, Missouri. O'Hurley starred on Broadway and on National Tour as Billy Flynn in
Chicago. He has hosted the Mrs. America and Mrs. World Pageants. O'Hurley is one of the guest speakers in the Candlelight Processional at
Epcot in
Walt Disney World. He is the voice of the owner of the Cow and Corset bar in the
Fable II videogame for the
Xbox 360. O'Hurley also replaced
Frank Welker as the "
Phantom Blot" for
Mickey Mouse Works and
House of Mouse. He has also provided the voice of King Neptune XIV on
SpongeBob SquarePants and done voice-over work for radio stations, including
WBEN-FM in
Philadelphia,
KPKX in
Phoenix (as "Jim Peakerman"),
KMAX in San Francisco (as "J.J. Maxwell"), and
WARH in St. Louis (as "Simon Archer"). O'Hurley is also the voice of
Coors Light commercials for more than 10 years. O'Hurley guest-starred in an episode of ''
The Emperor's New School'' called "Malina's Big Break", in 1999 as a cult leader in the
Family Guy episode "Chitty Chitty Death Bang", and in 2010, guest-starred on
Wizards of Waverly Place as Captain Jim-Bob Sherwood. From 2008 to 2015, O'Hurley voiced Mayor Roger Doofenshmirtz, Heinz Doofenshmirtz's brother, in
Phineas and Ferb. He also played in the award-winning
2000x dramatic series produced by the
Hollywood Theater of the Ear for
National Public Radio. O'Hurley was a guest star on multiple episodes of the soap opera
All My Children during its last month on ABC, in September 2011, playing Kit Sterling, a producer who approaches Erica Kane to make a movie based on the new book she has just written. O'Hurley previously appeared as Dr. James R. Grainger on
The Young and the Restless from 1989-90, and acted in the soap opera
Loving as Keith Lane / Jonathan Matalaine. In 2015, O'Hurley had a recurring role as Dr. Christopher Neff on
Devious Maids. He also provided the voice for Victor the Villain on the children's animated TV series
Wallykazam!.
Game show host From 2000 to 2002, O'Hurley hosted a revival of
To Tell the Truth. In 2004, he hosted the limited-run game show
The Great American Celebrity Spelling Bee. On September 11, 2006, O'Hurley replaced
Richard Karn as the fifth individual to host
Family Feud. O'Hurley hosted the show for four seasons, before leaving the show at the beginning of 2010. He was replaced by fellow comedian and film star
Steve Harvey. In a 2017 interview with
Fox News, O'Hurley agreed that the show became less family-friendly and admitted that as one of the reasons for leaving. He went on to explain:I got tired of people writing to me saying: 'I can't watch your show. It's a misnomer calling it that because, it's
not family. It feels like everything became a penis joke' and I got a little tired of that. I just felt that there are other ways to be more interesting on television and always trying to push that style of family entertainment. I had a great time doing it, but it was time to move on. ==Personal life==