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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1921-12-26

Died: 2000-10-30

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	Down Memory Lane	Self	0
2	1950	I'll Get By	Peter Pepper	56
3	1955	Allen in Movieland	Self	50
4	1956	The Benny Goodman Story	Benny Goodman	63
5	1959	The Big Circus	Self	65
6	1960	College Confidential	Steve MacInter	58
7	1962	Something's Got to Give	Psychiatrist	85
8	1966	The Universal Mind of Bill Evans		100
9	1966	Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title	Bookstore Customer with Little Boy (uncredited)	35
10	1967	Warning Shot	Steve Allen	63
11	1968	The Movie Orgy	Self (archive footage)	65
12	1968	Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?	Radio Announcer	52
13	1968	Now You See It, Now You Don't	Herschel Lucas	0
14	1969	The Comic	Steve Allen	59
15	1972	Lenny Bruce: Without Tears	Self / DJ (archive footage)	33
16	1974	James Dean Remembered	Self	0
17	1975	Mitzi & 100 Guys	Self	0
18	1975	The Sunshine Boys	Self	68
19	1975	The Sunshine Boys	Narrator of Fictional TV Program (uncredited)	68
20	1976	Joys	Self	40
21	1976	On Location: Myron Cohen	Self - Host	0
22	1977	Lucy Calls the President	Steve Allen	50
23	1977	Have I Got a Christmas for You	Martin Kaplan	0
24	1979	The Muppets Go Hollywood	Self	63
25	1979	Stone	Steve Allen	0
26	1980	The Gossip Columnist	Steve Allen	75
27	1980	Heart Beat	Himself	56
28	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	67
29	1983	The Funny Farm	Self	30
30	1984	The Making of the Stooges	Self - Host	0
31	1984	Don't Ask Me, Ask God	[Self]	0
32	1984	Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer		0
33	1984	The Ratings Game	Steve Allen	57
34	1986	TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines	Self	0
35	1987	Amazon Women on the Moon	Steve Allen (segment "Roast Your Loved One")	59
36	1988	Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC	Self	60
37	1988	Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted	Self	80
38	1989	Great Balls of Fire!	himself	63
39	1990	The Power of the Market		0
40	1990	WWE WrestleMania VI	Self	84
41	1991	Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show	Self	87
42	1992	Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys	Self	67
43	1992	The Player	Steve Allen	72
44	1995	James Dean and Me	Self (uncredited)	87
45	1995	James Dean: A Portrait	Self	0
46	1995	Casino	Himself	80
47	1996	Abbott & Costello Meet Biography	Self	0
48	1996	Nichols and May: Take Two	Self	65
49	1997	Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast	Self	0
50	1997	On the Road to Desolation	Self	0
51	1997	No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg	Self (archive footage)	10
52	1998	Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth	Self	77
53	1999	Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club	Self	0
54	2000	On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill	Himself	0
55	2001	Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot	Self (archive footage)	60
56	2002	The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years	Self (archive footage)	52
57	2003	Elvis: Rare Moments with the King	Self (archive footage)	60
58	2005	The Adventures of Errol Flynn	Self (archive footage)	78
59	2007	Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn	Self (archive footage)	90
60	2007	Elvis: #1 Hit Performances	Self (archive footage)	55
61	2007	Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll	Self (archive footage)	100
62	2010	2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift	Self (archive footage)	64
63	2013	Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read	Self (archive footage)	70
64	2016	Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words	Self (archive footage)	73
65	2018	Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind	Self (archive footage)	79
66	2020	Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth	Self (archive footage)	75
67	2021	Boulevard! A Hollywood Story	Self (archive footage)	50
68	2022	Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues	Self (voice) (archive sound)	66

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1949	The Emmy Awards	Self	79
3	1950	What's My Line?	Self	69
4	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
5	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Martin Kaplan	86
6	1952	I've Got a Secret	Self - Host	78
7	1953	General Electric Theater	Andy Fletcher	63
8	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
9	1954	Tonight Starring Steve Allen	Self - Host	64
10	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Host	56
11	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
12	1957	The Thin Man		76
13	1958	Kraft Music Hall	Self	47
14	1958	Kraft Music Hall	Self - Host	47
15	1959	The David Susskind Show	Self	50
16	1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Dr. Ben Ellison	63
17	1961	The New Steve Allen Show	Self - Host	70
18	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
19	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self - Guest Host	75
20	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
21	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
22	1963	The Judy Garland Show	Self	80
23	1965	Get Smart		79
24	1966	Batman	Allen Stevens	73
25	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	65
26	1969	Medical Center		61
27	1969	Love, American Style	Johny	61
28	1970	McCloud		71
29	1972	I've Got a Secret	Self - Host	0
30	1973	The Snoop Sisters	Steve Allen	72
31	1976	Rich Man, Poor Man		78
32	1977	Meeting of Minds	Self - Host	95
33	1977	The Love Boat	Durwood Moss	63
34	1977	What Really Happened to the Class of '65?		45
35	1979	Hart to Hart	Himself	68
36	1980	Solid Gold	Self	60
37	1980	The Steve Allen Comedy Hour	Self - Host	0
38	1981	Nurse	Barney Ambler	50
39	1982	Hotel		68
40	1982	St. Elsewhere		55
41	1982	St. Elsewhere	Lech oseransky	55
42	1983	Life's Most Embarrassing Moments	Self - Host	60
43	1985	Alice in Wonderland	Gentleman in Paper Suit	69
44	1986	American Masters	Self	74
45	1986	WWF Wrestling Challenge	Self	68
46	1987	The Wil Shriner Show	Self	0
47	1989	The Simpsons	Bart's Altered Voice (voice)	80
48	1989	The Simpsons	Steve Allen (voice)	80
49	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street	Mr. Cochran	80
50	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
51	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Ray Masters	71
52	1994	The Critic	Steve Allen (voice)	73
53	1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast		78
54	1995	Pinky and the Brain		77
55	1996	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Fear	78
56	1997	Behind the Music	Self	72

Steve Allen

Film

Television