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.
Filmography
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self 99
Movies 84
TV Shows 54
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth (2020)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read (2013)
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (2012)
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances (2007)
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances & More (2007)
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue (2004)
The Desilu Story (2003)
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (2002)
Elvis Presley: His Early Performances (2002)
Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot (2001)
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001)
I've Got a Secret (2000)
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club (1999)
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998)
no movie (1998)
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg (1997)
Behind the Music (1997)
Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast (1997)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)
Nichols and May: Take Two (1996)
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (1996)
Casino (1995)
Pinky and the Brain (1995)
James Dean and Me (1995)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
The Critic (1994)
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
For Goodness Sake (1993)
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992)
The Player (1992)
Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show (1991)
WWE WrestleMania VI (1990)
The Power of the Market (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition (1989)
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted (1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
Elvis '56 (1988)
The Beat Generation: An American Dream (1987)
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
The Wil Shriner Show (1987)
WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986)
American Masters (1986)
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines (1986)
Super Duper Bloopers (1986)
Alice in Wonderland (1985)
The Ratings Game (1984)
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer (1984)
Don't Ask Me, Ask God (1984)
The Making of the Stooges (1984)
Here's Television Entertainment (1983)
Taggart (1983)
Life's Most Embarrassing Moments (1983)
The Funny Farm (1983)
St. Elsewhere (1982)
Hotel (1982)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Nurse (1981)
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980)
Solid Gold (1980)
Heart Beat (1980)
The Gossip Columnist (1980)
The Big Show (1980)
Hart to Hart (1979)
Stone (1979)
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
The Vent Event (1978)
Have I Got a Christmas for You (1977)
What Really Happened To the Class Of '65? (1977)
Lucy Calls the President (1977)
The Love Boat (1977)
Meeting of Minds (1977)
On Location: Myron Cohen (1976)
Joys (1976)
Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975)
James Dean Remembered (1974)
Tomorrow (1973)
I've Got a Secret (1972)
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears (1972)
McCloud (1970)
The Comic (1969)
Medical Center (1969)
Now You See It, Now You Don't (1968)
Pat Paulsen for President (1968)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
A Man Called Dagger (1967)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
Warning Shot (1967)
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)
Batman (1966)
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans (1966)
Get Smart (1965)
The Judy Garland Show (1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Something's Got to Give (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The New Steve Allen Show (1961)
College Confidential (1960)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
The Big Circus (1959)
The David Susskind Show (1959)
Kraft Music Hall (1958)
The Thin Man (1957)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
The Bachelor (1956)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
Allen in Movieland (1955)
Tonight Starring Steve Allen (1954)
Max Liebman Presents (1954)
The Oscars (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
I've Got a Secret (1952)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
I'll Get By (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
Down Memory Lane (1949)
The Emmy Awards (1949)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
The Milton Berle Show: Vol. 2
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1921-12-26
Deathday2000-10-30 (78 years old)
Birth NameStephen Valentine Patrick William Allen
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
Religionatheism
Height
RelationshipsJayne Meadows (1954-01-01 - 2000-01-01)
MotherBelle Montrose
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesNew York City · Chicago · Arizona, United States of America
Also Known AsStephen Valentine Patrick William Allen, Steven Allen, Steve Allen Jr.
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition, Peabody Awards
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