Johnny Carson
Acting
1925-10-23 · Corning, Iowa, USA
John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.
Filmography
Soccer's American Dream
2026 · Series
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Movie
Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
2025 · Series
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Movie
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
2024 · Movie
Luther: Never Too Much
2024 · Movie
Bad Hostage
2024 · Movie
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Movie
Butterfly in the Sky
2024 · Movie
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
2023 · Movie
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain
2023 · Movie
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023 · Series
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
2023 · Movie
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022 · Movie
Finster
2022 · Movie
Lucy and Desi
2022 · Movie
The Capote Tapes
2021 · Movie
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 · Movie
Audrey
2020 · Movie
My Darling Vivian
2020 · Movie
The Sounds of Baseball
2020 · Series
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020 · Movie
The Great Toilet Paper Scare
2020 · Movie
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019 · Movie
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019 · Movie
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
2019 · Movie
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019 · Series
The Front Runner
2018 · Movie
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018 · Movie
Game Changers
2018 · Movie
This Is Bob Hope...
2017 · Movie
There's... Johnny!
2017 · Series
Jerry Before Seinfeld
2017 · Movie
The Nineties
2017 · Series
Whitney: Can I Be Me
2017 · Movie
The Swingin' A's
2017 · Movie
The Seventies
2015 · Series
Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker
2014 · Movie
Life Itself
2014 · Movie
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014 · Movie
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013 · Movie
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
2013 · Movie
Behind the Candelabra
2013 · Movie
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
2013 · Movie
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · Movie
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
2012 · Movie
The Best of Johnny Carson
2010 · Movie
The Minnie Riperton Story
2009 · Movie
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
2008 · Movie
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
2007 · Movie
The Best of The Tonight Show: Stand - Up Comedians
2007 · Movie
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006 · Movie
Carson Country
2006 · Movie
Seinfeld: How It Began
2004 · Movie
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003 · Movie
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
2003 · Movie
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
2002 · Movie
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
2002 · Movie
50 Years of NBC Late Night
2001 · Movie
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001 · Movie
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001 · Movie
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998 · Movie
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
1996 · Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
The World of Jim Henson
1994 · Movie
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '70s & '80s: The Master of Laughs!
1994 · Movie
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '80s & '90s: The King of Late Night
1994 · Movie
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '60s & '70s: Heeere's Johnny!
1994 · Movie
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - The Final Show: America Says Farewell
1994 · Movie
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
1992 · Movie
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
Whales!
1987 · Movie
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987 · Movie
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
1987 · Movie
Mr. President
1987 · Series
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Movie
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986 · Movie
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986 · Movie
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special
1986 · Movie
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985 · Movie
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985 · Movie
Night Court
1984 · Series
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983 · Movie
Koyaanisqatsi
1983 · Movie
Sheena Easton: Act One
1983 · Movie
Newhart
1982 · Series
Cheers
1982 · Series
Johnny Goes Home
1982 · Movie
Lewis & Clark
1981 · Series
A Love Letter to Jack Benny
1981 · Movie
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980 · Movie
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Series
Mickey's 50
1978 · Movie
Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front
1977 · Movie
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976 · Movie
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976 · Movie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Movie
Joys
1976 · Movie
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
1972 · Movie
Cancel My Reservation
1972 · Movie
Pure Goldie
1971 · Movie
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
1970 · Movie
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968 · Movie
Here's Lucy
1968 · Series
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968 · Series
Carnival Nights
1968 · Movie
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Series
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967 · Series
Murder at N.B.C.
1966 · Movie
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
1966 · Series
Stuart Little
1966 · Movie
Get Smart
1965 · Series
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
1965 · Movie
Looking for Love
1964 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
You're in the Picture
1961 · Series
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · Series
The Dick Clark Show
1958 · Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Series
Three Men on a Horse
1957 · Movie
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956 · Movie
Miss Universe
1955 · Series
The Johnny Carson Show
1955 · Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
The United States Steel Hour
1953 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Series
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · Series
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Series
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Untitled Joan Rivers Documentary
Movie