Steve Allen
Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen was an American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, writer, and advocate of scientific skepticism. In 1954, he achieved national fame as the co-creator and first host of The Tonight Show, which was the first late night television talk show. Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best known for his extensive network television career. He gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. After he hosted The Tonight Show, he went on to host numerous game and variety shows, including his own The Steve Allen Show, I've Got a Secret, and The New Steve Allen Show. He was a regular panel member on CBS's What's My Line?, and from 1977 until 1981 wrote, produced, and hosted the award-winning public broadcasting show Meeting of Minds, a series of historical dramas presented in a talk format. Allen was a pianist and a prolific composer. By his own estimate, he wrote more than 8,500 songs, some of which were recorded by numerous leading singers. Working as a lyricist, Allen won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition. He also wrote more than 50 books, including novels, children's books, and books of opinions, including his final book, Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio. In 1996 Allen was presented with the Martin Gardner Lifetime Achievement Award from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSICOP). He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Hollywood theater named in his honor.
Casino
as HimselfIn early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers...
Movie pageThe Player
as Steve AllenA Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected -...
Movie pageThe story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians...
Movie pageAmazon Women on the Moon
as Steve Allen (segment "Roast Your Loved One")Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with...
Movie pageRobin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
as Self (archive footage)A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive...
Movie pageThe Sunshine Boys
as HimselfLewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but...
Movie pageThe Sunshine Boys
as Narrator of Fictional TV Program (uncredited)Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but...
Movie page2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as Self (archive footage)The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from...
Movie pageThe Ratings Game
as Steve AllenA New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.
Movie pageThe Muppets Go Hollywood
as SelfKermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the...
Movie pageNight of 100 Stars
as SelfThe most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...
Movie pageHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as SelfStars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Movie pageEat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are...
Movie pageThe Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels,...
Movie pageLouis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (voice) (archive sound)An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of...
Movie pageTasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
as Himself (Archive Footage)The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals,...
Movie pageWhere Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Radio AnnouncerWhen the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark,...
Movie pageJay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
as Self (archive footage)An illuminating portrait of Jay Sebring — the long-forgotten artist, designer, and entrepreneur...
Movie pageThe Comic
as Steve AllenAn account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his...
Movie pageWWE WrestleMania VI
as HimselfMore than 65,000 fans pack the Toronto SkyDome to witness The Ultimate Challenge as The Ultimate...
Movie pageCollege Confidential
as Steve MacInterSociology professor Steve MacInter is conducting a survey at Collins College about the mores and...
Movie pageWarning Shot
as Steve AllenHounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
Movie pageLaurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as HimselfModern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of...
Movie pageHeart Beat
as HimselfAn exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal...
Movie pageAllen in Movieland
as SelfTV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming...
Movie pageThe Big Circus
as Himself - Cameo appearanceA circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of...
Movie pageThe Benny Goodman Story
as Benny GoodmanYoung Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever...
Movie pageStone
as Steve AllenDennis Weaver is a Joseph Wambaugh-type novelist cop and Pat Hingle is his hard-nosed superior...
Movie pageLucy Calls the President
as Steve AllenHomemaker Lucy Whittaker calls up President Carter to complain about a local political issue—and...
Movie pageTV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
as SelfA compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest...
Movie pageMitzi & 100 Guys
as SelfMitzi Gaynor in a song and dance hour with an all-male, star-studded ensemble featuring her main...
Movie pageThe Gossip Columnist
as Steve AllenNew Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt...
Movie pageLenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
as SelfIn 1948, Lenny Bruce was just another comic who couldn't get arrested. By 1961, all that would...
Movie pageHave I Got a Christmas for You
as Martin KaplanMembers of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and...
Movie pageRodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
as SelfRodney Dangerfield wants the hottest up-and-coming comedians for his new HBO special, but as...
Movie pageThe Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
as Self (archive footage)"The Television Years" examines the events that took place in the years between 1956 and 1960,...
Movie pageDon't Ask Me, Ask God
as [Self]Don't Ask Me, Ask God is a TV Special starring Michael J. Fox.
Movie pageI'll Get By
as Peter PepperI'll Get By is an updated remake of the 1940 20th Century-Fox musical Tin Pan Alley. William...
Movie pageJames Dean and Me
as Self (uncredited)A documentary about James Dean. People who knew him or had worked with him reminisce.
Movie pageThe Power of the Market
as uncreditedDr. Friedman states, "There is not a single person in the world who can make this pencil." He...
Movie pageBoulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the...
Movie pageLet Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
as SelfNostalgic history of the Friars Club. Aired on Cinemax Reel Life
Movie pageDon't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
as Bookstore Customer with Little Boy (uncredited)A man is mistaken by foreign agents for a defecting cosmonaut and must prove his identity while...
Movie pageRichard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
as SelfThe sun's too bright, the traffic's going to be bad, there's too many people out there... It's...
Movie pageNichols and May: Take Two
as SelfA documentary made for the PBS program American Masters about the comedy team Nichols and May.
Movie pageThe Funny Farm
as HimselfThe laughs are nonstop as a gang of ambitious young comics strives to make it in the exciting...
Movie pageJoys
as SelfOver fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where...
Movie pageThe Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self (archive footage)A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family.
Movie pageAbbott & Costello Meet Biography
as uncreditedA biography of comedian duo Bud Abbott & Lou Costello
Movie pageSomething's Got to Give
as PsychiatristRemake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and...
Movie pageLenny Bruce: Without Tears
as Himself / DJ (archive footage)The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative...
Movie pageErroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
as uncreditedIn a triumphant career that lasted forty years Erroll Garner pushed the playability of the piano...
Movie pageJames Dean Remembered
as SelfPeter Lawford hosts this documentary taking a look at the life and films of James Dean.
Movie pageElvis: #1 Hit Performances
as Self (archive footage)Elvis fans, thank your lucky stars. This jam-packed collection of pulse-raising performances...
Movie pageNow You See It, Now You Don't
as Herschel LucasA bumbling art expert, hired by an insurance company to protect a Rembrandt on loan from the...
Movie pageElvis: Rare Moments with the King
as Self (archive footage)Featuring a host of archival appearances, interviews and performances, this comprehensive...
Movie pageElvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
as Self (archive footage)Elvis fans, thank your lucky stars. This jam-packed collection of pulse-raising performances...
Movie pageDown Memory Lane
as SelfThis film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett...
Movie pageNo More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
as Self (archive footage)Witness the last days of the Beat poet whose works would capture the very essence of the 1960...
Movie pageThe Universal Mind of Bill Evans
as uncreditedJazz Pianist on the Creative Process & Self-Teaching. Here is the late, brilliantly original...
Movie pageNobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot
as SelfDocumentary discussing the casting and making of "Some Like It Hot", the film voted as the Best...
Movie pageComputability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
as uncreditedSteve Allen and Jayne Meadows teach viewers computer terminology, basic functionality and the...
Movie pageThe Simpsons
as Bart's Altered Voice (voice)Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...
TV Show pageThe Simpsons
as Steve Allen (voice)Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...
TV Show pageThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest HostThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
TV Show pageThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
TV Show pageThe Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
TV Show pageAmerican Masters
as SelfAmerican Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers,...
TV Show pageThe Love Boat
as Durwood MossPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
TV Show pageDiagnosis: Murder
as Ray MastersDr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
TV Show pageBatman
as Allen StevensWealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...
TV Show pageSabrina, the Teenage Witch
as FearOn her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her...
TV Show pageHart to Hart
as HimselfWealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife,...
TV Show pageSt. Elsewhere
as uncreditedSt. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...
TV Show pageSt. Elsewhere
as Lech oseranskySt. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...
TV Show pageLate Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - GuestStepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that...
TV Show pageHomicide: Life on the Street
as Mr. CochranAn American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore...
TV Show pageMedical Center
as uncreditedMedical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...
TV Show pageLove, American Style
as JohnyAn anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...
TV Show pageGet Smart
as uncreditedGet Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created...
TV Show pageHotel
as uncreditedHotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...
TV Show pageSpace Ghost Coast to Coast
as uncreditedA cartoon superhero interacts with live guests via his television set in this parody talk show...
TV Show pageWhat's My Line?
as SelfFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
TV Show pageWhat's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
TV Show pageMcCloud
as uncreditedDeputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the...
TV Show pageWWF Wrestling Challenge
as HimselfWWF Wrestling Challenge was a professional wrestling television program produced by the World...
TV Show pageI've Got a Secret
as Self - HostA panel tries to determine a contestant's secret: something that is unusual, amazing,...
TV Show pageBehind the Music
as SelfAn intimate look into the personal lives of pop music's greatest and most influential artists.
TV Show pageKraft Music Hall
as SelfKraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United...
TV Show pageKraft Music Hall
as Self - HostKraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United...
TV Show pageThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as SelfThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...
TV Show pageThe Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
TV Show pageSolid Gold
as SelfSolid Gold was an American syndicated music television series that debuted on September 13,...
TV Show pageTaggart
as uncreditedTaggart is a Scottish detective television programme.The series revolves around a group of...
TV Show pageThe Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
TV Show pageWhat Really Happened To the Class Of '65?
as uncreditedSam Ashley, a graduate of 1965 class of Bret Harte High School, who was now a teacher at the...
TV Show pagePinky and the Brain
as uncreditedPinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in a cage in the Acme Labs...
TV Show pageThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Dr. Ben EllisonThe DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from...
TV Show pageThe Critic
as uncreditedThe Critic is an American prime time animated series created by writing partners Al Jean and...
TV Show pageRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as SelfAn American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
TV Show pageThe Thin Man
as uncreditedNick Charles was a private detective who married the wealthy Nora and decided to settle down and...
TV Show pageNurse
as Barney AmblerNurse is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from April 2, 1981 to May 1982. Series star...
TV Show pageRich Man, Poor Man
as uncreditedBased on the best-selling 1969 novel by Irwin Shaw, the series follows the divergent career...
TV Show pageThe Judy Garland Show
as SelfThe Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on...
TV Show pageThe Snoop Sisters
as Steve AllenTwo elderly mystery novelists solve real crimes.
TV Show pageAlice in Wonderland
as Gentleman in Paper SuitSometimes she's too big. Or much too small. Sometimes things are backwards. And there's always...
TV Show pageThe David Susskind Show
as SelfThe David Susskind Show is an American television talk show hosted by David Susskind. The...
TV Show pageThe Emmy Awards
as SelfAn annual awards ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen...
TV Show pageHallmark Hall of Fame
as Martin KaplanHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
TV Show pageMeeting of Minds
as Self - HostThe show featured guests who played significant roles in world history. Guests would interact...
TV Show pageGeneral Electric Theater
as Andy FletcherGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
TV Show pageLife's Most Embarrassing Moments
as Self - HostA series of television comedy specials primarily featuring some of the most well-known faces in...
TV Show pageTonight Starring Steve Allen
as HostTonight Starring Steve Allen is a talk show hosted by Steve Allen. It was the first version of...
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