Steve Allen

🎂 Data nașterii: 1921-12-26 (New York City, New York, USA)

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.

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Mitzi & 100 Guys

The Movie Orgy

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Allen in Movieland

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

The Benny Goodman Story

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title

Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

College Confidential

Warning Shot

Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

The Big Circus

Casino

No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg

I'll Get By

The Power of the Market

The Sunshine Boys

The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years

Stone

Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast

On Location: Myron Cohen

Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club

Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

The Making of the Stooges

Lucy Calls the President

Great Balls of Fire!

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

The Comic

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

The Universal Mind of Bill Evans

Heart Beat

James Dean and Me

Joys

The Gossip Columnist

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

The Ratings Game

Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll

James Dean Remembered

The Funny Farm

Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read

Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot

Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer

Now You See It, Now You Don't

Have I Got a Christmas for You

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted

WWE WrestleMania VI

Nichols and May: Take Two

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

Down Memory Lane

Noaptea a 100 de stele

Amazon Women on the Moon

Elvis: Rare Moments with the King

On the Road to Desolation

On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill

James Dean: A Portrait

The Vent Event

Classic Comedy Teams

Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Tab Hunter Confidential

Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius

50 Years of NBC Late Night

Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley