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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.

Known For: Directing

Born: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1942-08-09

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1969	The Lost Man	Photographer	40
2	1969	Fearless Frank	The Rat	48
3	1973	A Night Train to Terror	Paul	10
4	1973	The Jews of Winnipeg	Himself	0
5	1977	The 2nd Annual HBO Young Comedians Show	Self - Host	0
6	1978	The End	Marty Lieberman	55
7	1979	Something Short of Paradise	Harris Sloane	30
8	1980	Nothing Personal	Talk Show Host	57
9	1982	Showbiz Goes to War	Self - Host	100
10	1986	The Tommy Chong Roast		55
11	1991	The One, the Only... Groucho	Narrator	0
12	2002	Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	Self	20
13	2005	The Aristocrats	Self	59
14	2013	Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic	Self	71
15	2013	Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story	Self	70
16	2013	When Jews Were Funny		66
17	2015	Being Canadian	Self	55
18	2016	The Last Laugh	Self	69
19	2018	Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind	Self	79
20	2025	From Darkness to Light	Self (archive footage)	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1959	The David Susskind Show	Self	50
3	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	54
4	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Guest Host	54
5	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
6	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
7	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self - Guest Host	75
8	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	65
9	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
10	1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Self	58
11	1969	The Music Scene		0
12	1970	The Flip Wilson Show	Self	48
13	1970	The Odd Couple	David Steinberg	78
14	1972	The David Steinberg Show		65
15	1973	The Bobby Darin Show		0
16	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
17	1976	The Sonny and Cher Show		60
18	1980	Fridays		50
19	1992	Mad About You	Director	67
20	1992	Mad About You	Bad Eulogizer	67
21	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
22	2000	Big Sound		0
23	2005	Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg	Self - Host	0
24	2012	Inside Comedy	Self - Host	65
25	2012	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars	Self - Special Guest	73