Arthur Fleming Fazzin (May 1, 1924 – April 25, 1995), more well known as Art Fleming, was an American actor and television host. He was the original host of the television game show Jeopardy!, hosting its first 3 versions as both a network show on NBC (1964-1975; 1978-1979) and a weekly syndicated show (1974-1975).

Fleming was born in New York City. His parents, William and Marie Fazzin, had immigrated to the United States from Austria. They were a popular dance team in Europe and brought their show to America. Their son Art was a varsity letterman football player at James Monroe High School in New York City, standing 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m), weighing 220 pounds (100 kg). He later attended Colgate and Cornell Universities, starring on the football team, as well as the water polo teams at both colleges. Fleming was a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Navy for three and a half years as the pilot of a patrol bomber in the Atlantic.

After leaving the Navy, Fleming became an announcer at a radio station in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Here, he changed his name to "Art Fleming". His radio career later took him to Akron, Ohio, and back home to New York. He was the first announcer to deliver the slogan "Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should" for Winston cigarettes.

Fleming's first television role was as a stunt double for Ralph Bellamy in the detective series Man Against Crime. In 1959 he starred as detective Ken Franklin in the ABC TV series International Detective, credited as Arthur Fleming. He also played attorney Jeremy Pitt in The Californians, an NBC Western set in San Francisco during the gold rush of the 1850s. Fleming also appeared in many television commercials, in addition to anchoring the eleven o’clock news on WNBC.

In 1964, Fleming was living in New York City when he was contacted by Merv Griffin regarding his availability to host a daytime game show. Griffin and his wife Julann had spotted Art on a commercial for Trans World Airlines where Griffin thought Fleming was "authoritative, yet warm and interesting". Fleming took the audition and competed against 2 other people for the job of hosting the new show. It was during this time that the show got its name, 'Jeopardy!'. The choice of which of the 3 candidates would be host was decided by show of hands in a meeting of 5 people (3 NBC executives, Merv Griffin & one of Griffin's associates). At the end of this meeting, Fleming had been selected as host.

Jeopardy! was filmed at the NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City and began its original run on March 30th, 1964 at 11:30 AM Eastern Standard Time with Fleming hosting opposite announcer Don Pardo. The show was a success from the start, appealing to working folks and college students on their lunch break. In 1965, the show was moved to 12 Noon Eastern Standard Time which proved to be its most popular time slot. Due to the success of the show, Fleming was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host at the 1st Daytime Emmy Awards in 1974. During his tenure as host of Jeopardy!, Fleming never missed a taping.

Because he hosted a quiz show, and in part because he was an avid reader with multiple college degrees, Fleming earned a reputation as being a storehouse of trivia. Despite this, Fleming was self-admittedly a terrible game player even at the show (Jeopardy!) which he called his profession:

"If I didn't have that sheet in front of me you wouldn't find me in the studio" - Fleming, 1990