Steve Allen
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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
Credits
Casino (1995)
as Steve Allen
The Player (1992)
as Steve Allen
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
as Steve Allen (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
as Steve Allen
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
as Self
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self (uncredited)
50 Years of NBC Late Night (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as (archive footage)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Ratings Game (1984)
as Steve Allen
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Warning Shot (1967)
as Steve Allen
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
as Radio Announcer
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
as Self (archive)
The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
as Benny Goodman
The Big Circus (1959)
as Self
Now You See It, Now You Don't (1968)
as Herschel Lucas
James Dean and Me (1995)
as Self (uncredited)
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears (1972)
as Self / DJ (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Have I Got a Christmas for You (1977)
as Martin Kaplan
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines (1986)
as Self
Nichols and May: Take Two (1996)
as Self
I'll Get By (1950)
as Peter Pepper
Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975)
as Self
Joys (1976)
as Self
Lucy Calls the President (1977)
as Steve Allen
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (1996)
as Self
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of the Stooges (1984)
as Self - Host
The Comic (1969)
as Steve Allen
Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast (1997)
as Self
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Don't Ask Me, Ask God (1984)
as Self
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted (1988)
as Self
Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show (1991)
as Self
On the Road to Desolation (1997)
as Self
Down Memory Lane (1949)
as Steve Allen
Heart Beat (1980)
as Steve Allen
Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley (2016)
as Self
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998)
as Self
James Dean: A Portrait (1995)
as Self
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius (1982)
as Self
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)
as Bookstore Customer with Little Boy (uncredited)
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill (2000)
as Himself
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club (1999)
as Self
WWE WrestleMania VI (1990)
as Self
The Gossip Columnist (1980)
as Steve Allen
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans (1966)
Actor
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer (1984)
Actor
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983 (1983)
Actor
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
as Host
The Funny Farm (1983)
as Self
College Confidential (1960)
as Steve MacInter
Allen in Movieland (1955)
as Self
The Power of the Market (1980)
Actor
Stone (1979)
as Steve Allen
James Dean Remembered (1974)
as Self
The Vent Event (1978)
Actor
On Location: Myron Cohen (1976)
as Self - Host