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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 26, 1921
Died
October 30, 2000
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen
- Steven Allen
- Steve Allen Jr.
Steve Allen
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.7
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
6.2
Self (archive footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021
7.3
Self (archive footage)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
2013
6.1
Self (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
5.5
Self (archive footage)
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
2007
10.0
Self (archive footage)
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
2007
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007
7.8
Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
2003
Credits
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
2022
6.7
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
2021
6.2
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2016
7.3
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.0
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as Self (archive footage)
2010
6.1
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
as Self (archive footage)
2007
5.5
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
as Self (archive footage)
2007
10.0
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
as Self (archive footage)
2007
9.0
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self (archive footage)
2005
7.8
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.0
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
as Self (archive footage)
2002
5.2
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
as Self (archive footage)
2001
6.0
On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill
as Himself
2000
0.0
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
as Self
1999
0.0
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
as Self
1998
7.7
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
as Self (archive footage)
1997
1.0
🎬
On the Road to Desolation
as Self
1997
0.0
Behind the Music
as Self
1997
7.2
Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast
as Self
1997
0.0
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Fear
1996
7.8
Nichols and May: Take Two
as Self
1996
6.5
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
as Self
1996
0.0
Casino
as Steve Allen
1995
8.0
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self
1995
0.0
Pinky and the Brain
1995
7.7
James Dean and Me
as Self (uncredited)
1995
8.7
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
7.8
The Critic
as Steve Allen (voice)
1994
7.3
Diagnosis: Murder
as Ray Masters
1993
7.1
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Mr. Cochran
1993
8.1
The Player
as Steve Allen
1992
7.2
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as Self
1992
6.7
Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
as Self
1991
8.7
WWE WrestleMania VI
as Self
1990
8.4
The Simpsons
as Bart's Altered Voice (voice)
1989
8.0
The Simpsons
as Steve Allen (voice)
1989
8.0
Great Balls of Fire!
as Steve Allen
1989
6.3
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
as Self
1988
8.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
1988
6.0
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Steve Allen (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
1987
5.9
🎬
The Wil Shriner Show
as Self
1987
0.0
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Self
1986
6.8
American Masters
as Self
1986
7.5
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
as Self
1986
0.0
Classic Comedy Teams
as Host
1986
0.0
Alice in Wonderland
as Gentleman in Paper Suit
1985
6.8
The Ratings Game
as Steve Allen
1984
5.6
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
1984
0.0
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
as Self
1984
0.0
🎬
The Making of the Stooges
as Self - Host
1984
0.0
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983
0.0
Life's Most Embarrassing Moments
as Self - Host
1983
6.0
The Funny Farm
as Self
1983
3.0
St. Elsewhere
as Lech Oseransky
1982
5.6
Hotel
1982
6.8
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Nurse
as Barney Ambler
1981
5.0
🎬
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
as Self - Host
1980
0.0
Solid Gold
as Self
1980
6.0
Heart Beat
as Steve Allen
1980
5.5
The Gossip Columnist
as Steve Allen
1980
7.5
The Power of the Market
1980
0.0
Hart to Hart
as Himself
1979
6.9
Stone
as Steve Allen
1979
0.0
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
1979
6.2
🎬
The Vent Event
1978
0.0
Have I Got a Christmas for You
as Martin Kaplan
1977
0.0
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
4.5
Lucy Calls the President
as Steve Allen
1977
5.0
The Love Boat
as Durwood Moss
1977
6.3
Meeting of Minds
as Self - Host
1977
9.5
🎬
On Location: Myron Cohen
as Self - Host
1976
0.0
Joys
as Self
1976
4.0
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
7.8
The Sunshine Boys
as Self
1975
6.8
The Sunshine Boys
as Narrator of Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
1975
6.8
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975
0.0
James Dean Remembered
as Self
1974
0.0
The Snoop Sisters
as Steve Allen
1973
7.2
🎬
I've Got a Secret
as Self - Host
1972
0.0
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
as Self / DJ (archive footage)
1972
3.3
McCloud
as Doug King
1970
7.1
The Comic
as Steve Allen
1969
5.9
Love, American Style
as Johny
1969
6.1
Medical Center
1969
6.1
Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Herschel Lucas
1968
0.0
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Radio Announcer
1968
4.9
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.3
Warning Shot
as Steve Allen
1967
6.3
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
as Bookstore Customer with Little Boy (uncredited)
1966
3.5
Batman
as Allen Stevens
1966
7.3
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans
1966
10.0
Get Smart
1965
7.9
The Judy Garland Show
as Self
1963
8.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Something's Got to Give
as Psychiatrist
1962
8.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The New Steve Allen Show
as Self - Host
1961
7.0
College Confidential
as Steve MacInter
1960
5.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Dr. Ben Ellison
1959
6.3
The Big Circus
as Self
1959
6.5
The David Susskind Show
as Self
1959
5.0
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
4.7
Kraft Music Hall
as Self - Host
1958
4.7
The Thin Man
1957
7.5
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Host
1956
5.6
The Benny Goodman Story
as Benny Goodman
1956
6.3
Allen in Movieland
as Self
1955
4.5
Tonight Starring Steve Allen
as Self - Host
1954
6.4
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
General Electric Theater
as Andy Fletcher
1953
6.4
I've Got a Secret
as Self - Host
1952
7.4
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Martin Kaplan
1951
8.6
I'll Get By
as Peter Pepper
1950
5.6
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Down Memory Lane
as Self
1949
0.0
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8