Phil Donahue
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Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024) 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
Credits
Sunshine Superman (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Finding Vivian Maier (2014)
as Self - Talk Show Host
First Steps (1985)
as Self
BRATS (2024)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years (1990)
as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
The Billboard Boys (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter (2011)
as Self
The Making of Trump (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Godless in America (2006)
as Himself
An Empire of Reason (1988)
as Self
Free to Be... a Family (1988)
as Self
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television (2011)
as Self
Man of the Year (1995)
as Himself
Bella! (2023)
as Self
South to Black Power (2023)
as Self
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988)
as Self
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)
as Self
Project Censored the Movie (2013)
as Self
Preventive Warriors (2004)
as Self
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown (2015)
as Self
War Made Easy (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Swap (2016)
as Self (voice)
Skum Rocks! (2013)
as Self
The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White (1992)
as Self
Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti (2007)
as Narrator