Cast
Steve Allen
Acting
Cast
Steve Allen
Known for
Acting
Born
1921-12-26
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
2000-10-30
Also known as Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen, Steven Allen, Steve Allen Jr.
Biography
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.
Casino
as Steve Allen
The Player
as Steve Allen
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self (archive)
Joys
as Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
Great Balls of Fire!
as Steve Allen
The Comic
as Steve Allen
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as Self (archive footage)
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Steve Allen (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
The Sunshine Boys
as Self
The Sunshine Boys
as Narrator of Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
Something's Got to Give
as Psychiatrist
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self (archive footage)
The Ratings Game
as Steve Allen
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
James Dean Remembered
as Self
Warning Shot
as Steve Allen
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
Classic Comedy Teams
as Host
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Radio Announcer
Have I Got a Christmas for You
as Martin Kaplan
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
as Self (archive footage)
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
as Self (archive footage)
Heart Beat
as Steve Allen
The Benny Goodman Story
as Benny Goodman
Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast
as Self
College Confidential
as Steve MacInter
Allen in Movieland
as Self
The Funny Farm
as Self
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
as Self
The Gossip Columnist
as Steve Allen
WWE WrestleMania VI
as Self
James Dean and Me
as Self (uncredited)
Stone
as Steve Allen
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
as Self (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as Self
Lucy Calls the President
as Steve Allen
The Big Circus
as Self
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
as Self (archive footage)
Nichols and May: Take Two
as Self
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self
Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
as Self
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
as Self
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
as Self / DJ (archive footage)
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
as Self
I'll Get By
as Peter Pepper
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
as Self
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
as Self
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
as Bookstore Customer with Little Boy (uncredited)
Down Memory Lane
as Steve Allen
On the Road to Desolation
as Self
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
as Self
The Power of the Market
Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Herschel Lucas
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
The Making of the Stooges
as Self - Host
On Location: Myron Cohen
as Self - Host
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
as Self
On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill
as Himself
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
as Self (archive footage)
The Vent Event
