Milton Berle

Milton Berle

Known for
Acting
Born
July 12, 1908
Died
March 27, 2002 (aged 93)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Milton Berle (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948–55), in 1948 he was the first major star of US television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr. Television to millions during TV's golden age.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special poster

The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special

Movie

2026
100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary

100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary

Movie

2023
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point poster

It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point

Movie · as Russell (archive footage)

2012
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe poster

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
Starz Inside: In the Gutter poster

Starz Inside: In the Gutter

Movie · as Self (archive)

2007
Elvis Through the Years poster

Elvis Through the Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
Pioneers of Primetime poster

Pioneers of Primetime

Movie

2005
James Dean: Forever Young poster

James Dean: Forever Young

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer poster

Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer

Movie · as Self

2003
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King poster

Elvis: Rare Moments with the King

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2002
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years poster

The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
Two Heads Are Better Than None poster

Two Heads Are Better Than None

Movie · as Uncle Leo

1999
Funny Is Money poster

Funny Is Money

Movie · as Self

1999
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club poster

Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club

Movie · as Self

1999
Television: The First Fifty Years

Television: The First Fifty Years

Movie · as Self

1998
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts poster

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Movie · as Self - Roastee (archive footage)

1997
Vaudeville poster

Vaudeville

Movie · as Self

1996
Kenan & Kel poster

Kenan & Kel

TV · as Uncle Leo · 1 ep

1995
Jingle Bell Rock poster

Jingle Bell Rock

Movie · as Jerry Labello (voice)

1994
Milton Berle's Low Impact/High Comedy Workout poster

Milton Berle's Low Impact/High Comedy Workout

Movie · as Self

1994
Storybook poster

Storybook

Movie · as Illuzor

1994
A Century of Cinema poster

A Century of Cinema

Movie · as Self

1994
Due South poster

Due South

TV · as Shelley Litvak · 1 ep

1994
The Critic poster

The Critic

TV · as Milton Berle (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Buddy Boyle · 1 ep

1994
Sister, Sister poster

Sister, Sister

TV · as Edgar Boggs · 1 ep

1993
The Nanny poster

The Nanny

TV · as Manny · 1 ep

1991
Driving Me Crazy poster

Driving Me Crazy

Movie · as Hotel Clerk

1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' poster

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

Movie · as Self

1990
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years poster

Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years

Movie · as Self

1990
Help Save Planet Earth poster

Help Save Planet Earth

Movie · as Self

1990
Beverly Hills, 90210 poster

Beverly Hills, 90210

TV · as Saul Howard · 1 ep

1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air poster

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

TV · as Max Jakey · 1 ep

1989
Going Overboard poster

Going Overboard

Movie · as Himself (uncredited)

1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC poster

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Movie · as Self

1988
Side by Side poster

Side by Side

Movie · as Abe Mercer

1988
The Spike Jones Story poster

The Spike Jones Story

Movie · as Self

1987
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge poster

Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge

Movie · as Jonathan's Father

1987
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration poster

It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration

Movie · as Himself

1986
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines poster

TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

Movie · as Self

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Harvey Chase · 1 ep

1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure poster

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1985
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1985
Television poster

Television

TV · 1 ep

1984
Broadway Danny Rose poster

Broadway Danny Rose

Movie · as Milton Berle

1984
MTV Video Music Awards poster

MTV Video Music Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Lew Feldman · 1 ep

1983
Smorgasbord poster

Smorgasbord

Movie · as Ms. Sultry

1983
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra poster

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

Movie · as Self - Crowd Member

1983
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business poster

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

Movie · as Self

1983
Family Business poster

Family Business

Movie · as Isaiah Stern

1982
Showbiz Goes to War poster

Showbiz Goes to War

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1982
Off Your Rocker poster

Off Your Rocker

Movie · as Henry Foster

1982
Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

Movie · as Self

1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo poster

Showbiz Ballyhoo

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1982
Fame poster

Fame

TV · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Isaiah Stern · 1 ep

1981
This Is Elvis poster

This Is Elvis

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1981
The Fall Guy poster

The Fall Guy

TV · 1 ep

1979
The Muppet Movie poster

The Muppet Movie

Movie · as Mad Man Mooney

1979
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

Movie

1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy poster

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

Movie · as Self

1978
Hey Abbott poster

Hey Abbott

Movie · as Self

1978
Old Friends... New Friends poster

Old Friends... New Friends

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Have I Got a Christmas for You poster

Have I Got a Christmas for You

Movie · as Morris Glickstein

1977
CHiPs poster

CHiPs

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Cyril Wolfe, Milton Berle, Ed Taylor, Zeke, Lionel Douglas, Mr. Fenley · 1 ep

1977
The Brady Bunch Hour poster

The Brady Bunch Hour

TV · 1 ep

1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood poster

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Movie · as Blind Man

1976
All This and World War II poster

All This and World War II

Movie · as Self

1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years poster

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

Movie · as Self

1976
Joys poster

Joys

Movie · as Self

1976
NBC: The First Fifty Years poster

NBC: The First Fifty Years

Movie · as Self

1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Movie · as (archive footage)

1976
Donny & Marie poster

Donny & Marie

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1976
The Muppet Show poster

The Muppet Show

TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep

1975
Lepke poster

Lepke

Movie · as Mr. Meyer

1975
The Legend of Valentino poster

The Legend of Valentino

Movie · as Jesse Lasky

1975
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1974
Tony Orlando and Dawn poster

Tony Orlando and Dawn

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts poster

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

TV · as Self · 6 eps

1972
Evil Roy Slade poster

Evil Roy Slade

Movie · as Harry Fern

1972
Journey Back to Oz poster

Journey Back to Oz

Movie · as Cowardly Lion (voice)

1970
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles poster

Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles

Movie · as Self

1970
McCloud poster

McCloud

TV · 1 ep

1969
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? poster

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Movie · as Goodtime Eddie Filth

1969
Seven in Darkness poster

Seven in Darkness

Movie · as Sam Fuller

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · as Harry · 1 ep

1968
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows poster

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

Movie · as The Movie Director: The 'In' Group

1968
Star Spangled Salesman poster

Star Spangled Salesman

Movie · as Studio President

1968
For Singles Only poster

For Singles Only

Movie · as Mr. Parker

1968
Here's Lucy poster

Here's Lucy

TV · as Cheerful Charlie, Milton Berle · 1 ep

1968
The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad

TV · 1 ep

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

1967
Who's Minding the Mint? poster

Who's Minding the Mint?

Movie · as Luther Burton

1967
The Happening poster

The Happening

Movie · as Fred

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Ross Howard · 1 ep

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · as Danny Brite · 1 ep

1966
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title poster

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title

Movie · as Bookstore Customer with Rope (uncredited)

1966
The Oscar poster

The Oscar

Movie · as Kappy Kapstetter

1966
Murder at N.B.C.

Murder at N.B.C.

Movie

1966
Batman poster

Batman

TV · as Louie, the Lilac, Prison Guard · 4 eps

1966
That Girl poster

That Girl

TV · 1 ep

1965
The Loved One poster

The Loved One

Movie · as Mr. Kenton

1965
F Troop poster

F Troop

TV · 1 ep

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as Josiah Freeman · 1 ep

1965
I Dream of Jeannie poster

I Dream of Jeannie

TV · as Charles · 1 ep

1965
Get Smart poster

Get Smart

TV · as Desk Clerk (uncredited) · 1 ep

1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Movie · as J. Russell Finch

1963
The Sound of Laughter poster

The Sound of Laughter

Movie · as Elmer Brown (Singer with Cocktail Glasses)

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre

TV · as Sam Morris · 1 ep

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Lucy Show poster

The Lucy Show

TV · as Milton Berle · 2 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self, Self - Guest Host · 3 eps

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Denny Martin · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self, Self - Co-Host · 4 eps

1960
The Bellboy poster

The Bellboy

Movie · as Milton Berle (uncredited)

1960
Let's Make Love poster

Let's Make Love

Movie · as Milton Berle (uncredited)

1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show poster

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

TV · as Charlie · 1 ep

1959
Sunday Showcase

Sunday Showcase

Movie

1959
The Music Shop

The Music Shop

TV · 9 eps

1959
Jackpot Bowling

Jackpot Bowling

TV · as Host · 1 ep

1959
NBC Sunday Showcase

NBC Sunday Showcase

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

1958
The All-Star Christmas Show poster

The All-Star Christmas Show

Movie · as Self

1958
Kraft Music Hall poster

Kraft Music Hall

TV · as Self - Host · 48 eps

1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour poster

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

TV · as Milton Berle · 1 ep

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
The Steve Allen Show poster

The Steve Allen Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

1954
The Jimmy Durante Show

The Jimmy Durante Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Morris Glickstein · 1 ep

1951
The Red Skelton Show poster

The Red Skelton Show

TV · as Duke No-Good, Self - Guest Host · 1 ep

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1950
The Jack Benny Program poster

The Jack Benny Program

TV · as Milton Berle · 1 ep

1950
The Bob Hope Show poster

The Bob Hope Show

TV · as Self - Cameo · 2 eps

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1949
Always Leave Them Laughing poster

Always Leave Them Laughing

Movie · as Kipling Cooper

1949
Breakdowns of 1949 poster

Breakdowns of 1949

Movie · as Self

1948
Texaco Star Theater

Texaco Star Theater

TV · as Host · 5 eps

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1948
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade poster

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

TV · 1 ep

1947
Kraft Television Theatre poster

Kraft Television Theatre

TV · as Joe Hillyer · 1 ep

1943
Margin for Error poster

Margin for Error

Movie · as Moe Finkelstein

1942
Whispering Ghosts poster

Whispering Ghosts

Movie · as H.H. Van Buren

1942
A Gentleman at Heart poster

A Gentleman at Heart

Movie · as Lucky Cullen

1942
Over My Dead Body poster

Over My Dead Body

Movie · as Jason Cordry

1941
Sun Valley Serenade poster

Sun Valley Serenade

Movie · as Jerome K. 'Nifty' Allen

1941
Rise and Shine poster

Rise and Shine

Movie · as Seabiscuit

1941
Tall, Dark and Handsome poster

Tall, Dark and Handsome

Movie · as Frosty Welch

1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 poster

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Movie · as Self

1939
Hollywood Hobbies poster

Hollywood Hobbies

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1938
Radio City Revels poster

Radio City Revels

Movie · as Teddy

1937
New Faces of 1937 poster

New Faces of 1937

Movie · as Wallington Wedge

1933
Poppin' the Cork poster

Poppin' the Cork

Movie · as Elmer Brown

1923
Ruth of the Range poster

Ruth of the Range

Movie · as (uncredited)

1922
Tess of the Storm Country poster

Tess of the Storm Country

Movie · as Bit Role (uncredited)

1921
Little Lord Fauntleroy poster

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Movie · as Boy (uncredited)

1920
The Mark of Zorro poster

The Mark of Zorro

Movie · as Boy (uncredited)

1917
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm poster

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Movie · as Bit Part (Uncredited)