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Merv Griffin

Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television host, singer, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. During the 1960s, Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show, and created the game shows Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Click, and Merv Griffin's Crosswords. He is considered an entertainment business magnate.

Known For: Acting

Born: San Mateo, California, USA, 1925-07-06

Died: 2007-08-12

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Cattle Town	Governor's secretary	67
2	1953	Trouble Along the Way	Football Broadcaster (voice)	59
3	1953	So This Is Love	Buddy Nash	45
4	1953	Three Sailors and a Girl	Sailor (uncredited)	60
5	1954	The Boy from Oklahoma	Steve	52
6	1954	Phantom of the Rue Morgue	Georges Brevert	63
7	1965	Inside Daisy Clover	Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)	57
8	1968	Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?	Self	0
9	1969	Hello Down There	Himself	59
10	1976	Two-Minute Warning	Merv Griffin - National Anthem Singer	62
11	1979	The Seduction of Joe Tynan	Himself	59
12	1980	One Trick Pony	Acappella Singer	54
13	1982	Slapstick of Another Kind	Anchorma	27
14	1983	The Funny Farm	The Voice Of... (Voice)	30
15	1983	The Man with Two Brains	The Elevator Killer	62
16	1984	The Lonely Guy	Himself	63
17	1986	Rickles... On the Loose	Self	0
18	2000	Murder at the Cannes Film Festival	Self	0
19	2005	An-THOR-Logy 1976-1985	Himself	0
20	2008	Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon	Himself	45
21	2013	Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic	Self (archive footage)	71
22	2015	Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words	Self (archive footage)	72
23	2016	Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	80
24	2017	John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood	Self - TV Host (archive footage)	73
25	2018	Game Changers	Self (archive footage)	74
26	2018	Whitney	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	74
27	2019	I Am Richard Pryor	Self - TV Host (archive footage)	69
28	2020	My Darling Vivian	Self (archive footage)	75
29	2021	Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation	Self - TV Host (archive footage)	30
30	2021	The Real Charlie Chaplin		75
31	2022	Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody	Self (archive footage)	70
32	2024	Faye	Self - Host, The Merv Griffin Show (archive footage)	65

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Emmy Awards	Self	79
2	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self - Guest Host	70
3	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	70
4	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self - Host	58
5	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
6	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest	77
7	1971	The Pet Set	Self	55
8	1971	The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour		65
9	1972	Sanford and Son		74
10	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
11	1979	CBS News Sunday Morning	Self	68
12	1979	Presenting Susan Anton		0
13	1982	Newhart		71
14	1985	The Golden Girls	Merv Griffin	75
15	1985	Alice in Wonderland	Conductor	69
16	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
17	1995	Hope and Gloria	Merv Griffin	50
18	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
19	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
20	1998	Hercules	Merv Griffin (voice)	68
21	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
22	2004	TV Land Moguls		60
23	2004	Alf's Hit Talk Show		50
24	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self	61
25	2005	Fat Actress	Merv Griffin	62
26	2005	The Apprentice: Martha Stewart		0
27	2006	The Megan Mullally Show	Self - Guest	42
28	2023	Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields	Self (archive footage)	73