Steve Allen
Acting
1921-12-26 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · Movie
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021 · Movie
Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley
2016 · Movie
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016 · Movie
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015 · Movie
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
2013 · Movie
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 · Movie
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
2007 · Movie
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
2007 · Movie
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007 · Movie
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 · Movie
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
2003 · Movie
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
2002 · Movie
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001 · Movie
50 Years of NBC Late Night
2001 · Movie
On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill
2000 · Movie
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
1999 · Movie
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
1998 · Movie
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
1997 · Movie
On the Road to Desolation
1997 · Movie
Behind the Music
1997 · Series
Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast
1997 · Movie
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · Series
Nichols and May: Take Two
1996 · Movie
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
1996 · Movie
Casino
1995 · Movie
James Dean: A Portrait
1995 · Movie
Pinky and the Brain
1995 · Series
James Dean and Me
1995 · Movie
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994 · Series
The Critic
1994 · Series
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Series
The Player
1992 · Movie
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992 · Movie
Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
1991 · Movie
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
The People Next Door
1989 · Series
Great Balls of Fire!
1989 · Movie
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
1988 · Movie
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Movie
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987 · Movie
The Wil Shriner Show
1987 · Series
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986 · Series
American Masters
1986 · Series
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986 · Movie
Classic Comedy Teams
1986 · Movie
Alice in Wonderland
1985 · Series
The Ratings Game
1984 · Movie
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
1984 · Movie
The Making of the Stooges
1984 · Movie
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984 · Movie
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983 · Movie
Life's Most Embarrassing Moments
1983 · Series
The Funny Farm
1983 · Movie
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
1982 · Movie
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Series
Hotel
1982 · Series
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
Nurse
1981 · Series
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
1980 · Series
Solid Gold
1980 · Series
Heart Beat
1980 · Movie
The Gossip Columnist
1980 · Movie
The Power of the Market
1980 · Movie
Hart to Hart
1979 · Series
Stone
1979 · Movie
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 · Movie
The Vent Event
1978 · Movie
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977 · Movie
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977 · Series
Lucy Calls the President
1977 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Meeting of Minds
1977 · Series
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Movie
On Location: Myron Cohen
1976 · Movie
Joys
1976 · Movie
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976 · Series
The Sunshine Boys
1975 · Movie
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975 · Movie
James Dean Remembered
1974 · Movie
The Snoop Sisters
1973 · Series
I've Got a Secret
1972 · Series
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972 · Movie
McCloud
1970 · Series
The Comic
1969 · Movie
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
Medical Center
1969 · Series
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968 · Movie
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 · Movie
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Series
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Movie
Warning Shot
1967 · Movie
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966 · Movie
Batman
1966 · Series
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans
1966 · Movie
Get Smart
1965 · Series
The Judy Garland Show
1963 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
The New Steve Allen Show
1961 · Series
College Confidential
1960 · Movie
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Series
The Big Circus
1959 · Movie
The David Susskind Show
1959 · Series
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · Series
The Thin Man
1957 · Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
The Benny Goodman Story
1956 · Movie
Allen in Movieland
1955 · Movie
Tonight Starring Steve Allen
1954 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
I've Got a Secret
1952 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
I'll Get By
1950 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Down Memory Lane
1949 · Movie
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series