David Steinberg
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Steinberg (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was one of the best-known stand-up comics in the United States. He appeared on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show more than 130 times (second only to Bob Hope in number of appearances) and served as guest host 12 times, the youngest person ever to guest-host. Steinberg directed several films and episodes of many of the most successful television situation comedies of the last twenty years, including Seinfeld, Friends, Mad About You, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and more than 35 episodes of Designing Women. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Steinberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
36 directing credits · 49 acting credits
Directing · 36
Friends
1994
Seinfeld
1989
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Weeds
2005
Mad About You
1992
The Golden Girls
1985
The Twilight Zone
1985
Newhart
1982
Designing Women
1986
Even Stevens
2000
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
The Comeback
2005
The Parent 'Hood
1995
Evening Shade
1990
Get a Life
1990
The Comedy Factory
1985
Duet
1987
Ink
1996
Help Me Help You
2006
Eisenhower and Lutz
1988
Sons & Daughters
2006
Living in Your Car
2010
Annie McGuire
1988
Living in Captivity
1998
The Wrong Guy
1997
Daddy Dearest
1993
It Had to Be You
1993
Family Man
1988
Switching Goals
1999
Going Berserk
1983
Paternity
1981
Casey at the Bat
1986
Norm Macdonald: Me Doing Standup
2011
What's Up, Peter Fuddy?
2001
Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached
2006
Kevin Pollak: Stop With The Kicking
1991
Acting · 49
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show
1996
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Mad About You
1992
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Odd Couple
1970
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
Dinah!
1974
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Fridays
1980
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
Inside Comedy
2012
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
The David Susskind Show
1959
Big Sound
2000
The David Steinberg Show
1972
The Aristocrats
2005
Being Canadian
2015
Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
2005
The Last Laugh
2016
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
The Music Scene
1969
The End
1978
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
The Lost Man
1969
From Darkness to Light
2025
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Something Short of Paradise
1979
Energy Crisis
1974
When Jews Were Funny
2013
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991
Fearless Frank
1969
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
2013
Nothing Personal
1980
The 2nd Annual HBO Young Comedians Show
1977
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
The Tommy Chong Roast
1986
Dad's A Dog
1990
A Night Train to Terror
1973
Information Processing
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The Jews of Winnipeg
1973
David Steinberg in Concert With John Candy
1984
The Return of the Smothers Brothers
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On Location: David Steinberg
1976