Phil Donahue

Phillip John Donahue (born December 21, 1935) was an American media personality, writer, film producer and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first talk show format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television in America that began in Dayton, Ohio in 1967 and ended in New York City in 1996. His shows often focused on issues that divided liberals and conservatives in the United States, such as abortion, consumer protection, civil rights and war issues. His most frequent guest was Ralph Nader, for whom Donahue campaigned in 2000. Donahue also briefly hosted a talk show on MSNBC from July 2002 to March 2003. Donahue is one of the most influential talk show hosts and has been called the "king of daytime talk". Oprah Winfrey has stated, "If it weren't for Phil Donahue, there would never have been an Oprah Show." In 1996, Donahue was ranked #42 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Donahue, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Dayton, Ohio, USA, 1935-12-21

Died: 2024-08-18

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	First Steps	Self	0
2	1988	An Empire of Reason	Self	0
3	1988	Sesame Street \| Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special	Self	60
4	1988	Free to Be... a Family	Self	93
5	1990	Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music	Self	100
6	1992	The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White	Self	0
7	1993	Audrey Hepburn: Remembered	Self (archive footage)	70
8	1995	Man of the Year	Himself	31
9	2006	Godless in America	Himself	60
10	2007	Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti	Narrator	0
11	2011	Bob Ross: The Happy Painter	Self	72
12	2011	Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television	Himself	0
13	2013	Project Censored the Movie	Self	0
14	2013	Skum Rocks!	Self	30
15	2014	Finding Vivian Maier	Himself - Talk Show Host	76
16	2015	Sunshine Superman	Himself (archival footage)	65
17	2015	Unity	Narrator (voice)	75
18	2015	Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown	Self	92
19	2015	The Making of Trump	Self (archive footage)	37
20	2016	The Billboard Boys	Himself (Archive Footage)	50
21	2016	The Swap	Self (voice)	0
22	2018	Three Identical Strangers	Self (archive footage)	73
23	2023	Bella!	Self	0
24	2023	South to Black Power	Self	60
25	2024	BRATS	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	60

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	The Phil Donahue Show	Self - Host	0
2	1974	The Daytime Emmy Awards	Self	100
3	1990	Blossom		61
4	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
5	1993	Frasier	Larry (voice)	77
6	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
7	1997	The View	Self	45
8	2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self	60
9	2008	Sex: The Revolution		70
10	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
11	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
12	2023	Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields	Self (archive footage)	73

Phil Donahue

Film

Television