Steve Allen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 26, 1921
- Died
- October 30, 2000 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Movie · as Self (voice) (archive sound)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley
Movie · as Self
Tab Hunter Confidential
Movie · as Self (archive)
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
50 Years of NBC Late Night
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill
Movie · as Himself
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
Movie · as Self
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
Movie · as Self
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast
Movie · as Self
On the Road to Desolation
Movie · as Self
Behind the Music
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Movie · as Self
Nichols and May: Take Two
Movie · as Self
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV · as Fear · 1 ep
Casino
Movie · as Steve Allen
James Dean and Me
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
James Dean: A Portrait
Movie · as Self
Pinky and the Brain
TV · as Steve Allen (voice) · 1 ep
The Critic
TV · as Steve Allen (voice) · 1 ep
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV · 1 ep
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Mr. Cochran · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Ray Masters · 1 ep
The Player
Movie · as Steve Allen
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Movie · as Self
Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
Movie · as Self
WWE WrestleMania VI
Movie · as Self
Great Balls of Fire!
Movie · as Steve Allen
The Simpsons
TV · as Steve Allen (voice), Bart's Altered Voice (voice) · 1 ep
The People Next Door
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie · as Self
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
Movie · as Self
Amazon Women on the Moon
Movie · as Steve Allen (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
The Wil Shriner Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
Movie · as Self
Classic Comedy Teams
Movie · as Host
American Masters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Alice in Wonderland
TV · as Gentleman in Paper Suit · 1 ep
The Making of the Stooges
Movie · as Self - Host
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Movie · as Self
The Ratings Game
Movie · as Steve Allen
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
Movie
The Funny Farm
Movie · as Self
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
Movie
Life's Most Embarrassing Moments
TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
Movie · as Self
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Lech Oseransky · 3 eps
Hotel
TV · 1 ep
Nurse
TV · as Barney Ambler · 1 ep
The Power of the Market
Movie
Heart Beat
Movie · as Steve Allen
The Gossip Columnist
Movie · as Steve Allen
Solid Gold
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps
Stone
Movie · as Steve Allen
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Hart to Hart
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
The Vent Event
Movie
Lucy Calls the President
Movie · as Steve Allen
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Movie · as Martin Kaplan
The Love Boat
TV · as Durwood Moss · 1 ep
Meeting of Minds
TV · as Self - Host · 24 eps
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
TV · 1 ep
On Location: Myron Cohen
Movie · as Self - Host
Joys
Movie · as Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie · as (archive footage)
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular
Movie · as Self
Rich Man, Poor Man
TV · 1 ep
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Movie · as Self
The Sunshine Boys
Movie · as Self, Narrator of Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
James Dean Remembered
Movie · as Self
The Snoop Sisters
TV · as Steve Allen · 1 ep
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
Movie · as Self / DJ (archive footage)
I've Got a Secret
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
McCloud
TV · as Doug King · 1 ep
The Comic
Movie · as Steve Allen
Medical Center
TV · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Johny · 1 ep
The Movie Orgy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Movie · as Radio Announcer
Now You See It, Now You Don't
Movie · as Herschel Lucas
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Warning Shot
Movie · as Steve Allen
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Movie · as Bookstore Customer with Little Boy (uncredited)
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans
Movie
Batman
TV · as Allen Stevens · 2 eps
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Get Smart
TV · as Prime Minister's Aide (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Judy Garland Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 5 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The New Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Host · 14 eps
College Confidential
Movie · as Steve MacInter
The Big Circus
Movie · as Self
The David Susskind Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Dr. Ben Ellison · 1 ep
Kraft Music Hall
TV · as Self, Self - Host · 1 ep
The Thin Man
TV · 1 ep
The Benny Goodman Story
Movie · as Benny Goodman
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Host · 163 eps
Allen in Movieland
Movie · as Self
Tonight Starring Steve Allen
TV · as Self - Host · 27 eps
General Electric Theater
TV · as Andy Fletcher · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I've Got a Secret
TV · as Self - Host · 115 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Martin Kaplan · 1 ep
I'll Get By
Movie · as Peter Pepper
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 111 eps
Down Memory Lane
Movie · as Steve Allen
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep