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.
124 acting credits
Acting · 124
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
The Love Boat
1977
Batman
1966
Love, American Style
1969
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
St. Elsewhere
1982
Get Smart
1965
Hotel
1982
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Hart to Hart
1979
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Medical Center
1969
What's My Line?
1950
American Masters
1986
Behind the Music
1997
The Oscars
1953
McCloud
1970
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Kraft Music Hall
1958
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Pinky and the Brain
1995
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
The Critic
1994
Casino
1995
I've Got a Secret
1952
Solid Gold
1980
The Thin Man
1957
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
The Emmy Awards
1949
The Snoop Sisters
1973
Nurse
1981
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Player
1992
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
Alice in Wonderland
1985
The David Susskind Show
1959
The Judy Garland Show
1963
General Electric Theater
1953
Meeting of Minds
1977
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Great Balls of Fire!
1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
The Movie Orgy
1968
The Ratings Game
1984
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Joys
1976
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007
The Sunshine Boys
1975
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
The People Next Door
1989
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016
Life's Most Embarrassing Moments
1983
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
The Comic
1969
Tonight Starring Steve Allen
1954
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Warning Shot
1967
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990
Heart Beat
1980
The Benny Goodman Story
1956
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986
Something's Got to Give
1962
Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast
1997
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
The Funny Farm
1983
Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
1991
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
1998
The Big Circus
1959
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
1996
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966
The New Steve Allen Show
1961
Stone
1979
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
1999
Down Memory Lane
1949
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
I'll Get By
1950
Allen in Movieland
1955
The Making of the Stooges
1984
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
1988
Nichols and May: Take Two
1996
College Confidential
1960
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
2002
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
2003
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
1980
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
Lucy Calls the President
1977
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
2007
The Gossip Columnist
1980
I've Got a Secret
1972
James Dean Remembered
1974
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
2007
On Location: Myron Cohen
1976
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972
The Wil Shriner Show
1987
On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill
2000
The Power of the Market
1980
James Dean and Me
1995
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
1997
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
2013
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
1984
On the Road to Desolation
1997
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans
1966
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
1982
The Vent Event
1978