Steve Allen
Acting
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.
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
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Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
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Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
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Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
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Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
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Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn
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Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
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The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
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Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
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On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill
Himself
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
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Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
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No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
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On the Road to Desolation
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Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast
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Nichols and May: Take Two
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Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
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Casino
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James Dean: A Portrait
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James Dean and Me
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The Player
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Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
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Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
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WWE WrestleMania VI
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Great Balls of Fire!
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Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
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Amazon Women on the Moon
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TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
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Classic Comedy Teams
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The Ratings Game
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Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
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The Making of the Stooges
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Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
The Funny Farm
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Night of 100 Stars
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Heart Beat
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The Gossip Columnist
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The Power of the Market
Stone
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The Muppets Go Hollywood
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The Vent Event
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Martin Kaplan
Lucy Calls the President
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On Location: Myron Cohen
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Joys
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The Sunshine Boys
Narrator of Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
The Sunshine Boys
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Mitzi & 100 Guys
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James Dean Remembered
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Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
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The Comic
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Now You See It, Now You Don't
Herschel Lucas
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Radio Announcer
The Movie Orgy
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Warning Shot
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Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Bookstore Customer with Little Boy (uncredited)
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans
Something's Got to Give
Psychiatrist
College Confidential
Steve MacInter
The Big Circus
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The Benny Goodman Story
Benny Goodman
Allen in Movieland
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I'll Get By
Peter Pepper
Down Memory Lane
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