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.
Fotos
Películas (73)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · Self (voice) (archive sound)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley
2016 · Self
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015 · Self (archive)
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
2013 · Self (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007 · Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
2003 · Self (archive footage)
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001 · Self (archive footage)
50 Years of NBC Late Night
2001 · Self (archive footage)
On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill
2000 · Himself
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
1999 · Self
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
1998 · Self
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
1997 · Self (archive footage)
On the Road to Desolation
1997 · Self
Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast
1997 · Self
Nichols and May: Take Two
1996 · Self
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
1996 · Self
Casino
1995 · Steve Allen
James Dean: A Portrait
1995 · Self
James Dean and Me
1995 · Self (uncredited)
The Player
1992 · Steve Allen
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992 · Self
Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
1991 · Self
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990 · Self
Great Balls of Fire!
1989 · Steve Allen
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
1988 · Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Self
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987 · Steve Allen (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986 · Self
Classic Comedy Teams
1986 · Host
The Ratings Game
1984 · Steve Allen
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
1984
The Making of the Stooges
1984 · Self - Host
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984 · Self
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983
The Funny Farm
1983 · Self
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
1982 · Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Heart Beat
1980 · Steve Allen
The Gossip Columnist
1980 · Steve Allen
The Power of the Market
1980
Stone
1979 · Steve Allen
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 · Self (uncredited)
The Vent Event
1978
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977 · Martin Kaplan
Lucy Calls the President
1977 · Steve Allen
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · (archive footage)
On Location: Myron Cohen
1976 · Self - Host
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular
1976 · Self
Joys
1976 · Self
The Sunshine Boys
1975 · Self, Narrator of Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975 · Self
James Dean Remembered
1974 · Self
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972 · Self / DJ (archive footage)
The Comic
1969 · Steve Allen
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968 · Herschel Lucas
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 · Radio Announcer
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)
Warning Shot
1967 · Steve Allen
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966 · Bookstore Customer with Little Boy (uncredited)
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans
1966
College Confidential
1960 · Steve MacInter, Songs
The Big Circus
1959 · Self
The Benny Goodman Story
1956 · Benny Goodman
Allen in Movieland
1955 · Self
I'll Get By
1950 · Peter Pepper
Down Memory Lane
1949 · Steve Allen, Writer
Series (53)
Behind the Music
1997 · Self
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · Fear
Pinky and the Brain
1995 · Steve Allen (voice)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
The Critic
1994 · Steve Allen (voice)
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Ray Masters
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Mr. Cochran
Los Simpson
1989 · Bart's Altered Voice (voice), Steve Allen (voice)
The People Next Door
1989 · Self
The Wil Shriner Show
1987 · Self
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986 · Self
American Masters
1986 · Self
Alice in Wonderland
1985 · Gentleman in Paper Suit, Songs, Lyricist
Life's Most Embarrassing Moments
1983 · Self - Host
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Lech Oseransky
Hotel
1982
Nurse
1981 · Barney Ambler
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
1980 · Self - Host
Solid Gold
1980 · Self
Hart to Hart
1979 · Himself
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
Vacaciones en el mar
1977 · Durwood Moss
Meeting of Minds
1977 · Self - Host, Writer, Creator
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
The Snoop Sisters
1973 · Steve Allen
I've Got a Secret
1972 · Self - Host
McCloud
1970 · Doug King
Love, American Style
1969 · Johny
Medical Center
1969
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
Hollywood Squares
1966 · Self
Batman
1966 · Allen Stevens
Get Smart
1965 · Prime Minister's Aide (uncredited)
The Judy Garland Show
1963 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self - Guest Host, Self, Creator
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Guest
The New Steve Allen Show
1961 · Self - Host
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Dr. Ben Ellison
The David Susskind Show
1959 · Self
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · Self, Self - Host
The Thin Man
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Host
Tonight Starring Steve Allen
1954 · Self - Host, Creator
The Oscars
1953 · Self
General Electric Theater
1953 · Andy Fletcher
I've Got a Secret
1952 · Self - Host
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Martin Kaplan
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self