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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 6, 1925
Died
August 12, 2007
Place of Birth
San Mateo, California, USA
Also Known As
- Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr.
Merv Griffin
0.7 Popularity
Biography
Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television host, singer, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. During the 1960s, Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show, and created the game shows Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Click, and Merv Griffin's Crosswords. He is considered an entertainment business magnate.
Known For
7.5
Self (archive footage)
DEVO
2024
7.4
Self (archive footage)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
7.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
2.5
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021
6.8
Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
2020
6.9
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
7.3
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Whitney
2018
7.4
Self (archive footage)
Game Changers
2018
7.3
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
Credits
DEVO
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.5
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.4
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.0
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
7.5
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2021
2.5
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.8
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2019
6.9
Whitney
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
7.3
Game Changers
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.4
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2017
7.3
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
as Self (archive footage)
2014
2.0
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.0
🎬
Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon
as Himself
2008
4.5
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
2006
4.2
🎬
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
0.0
Fat Actress
as Merv Griffin
2005
5.2
🎬
An-THOR-Logy 1976-1985
as Himself
2005
0.0
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2004
6.1
Alf's Hit Talk Show
2004
5.0
🎬
TV Land Moguls
2004
6.0
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival
as Self
2000
0.0
Hercules
as Merv Griffin (voice)
1998
6.9
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Hope and Gloria
as Merv Griffin
1995
5.0
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
🎬
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
as Self
1986
6.0
Rickles... On the Loose
as Self
1986
0.0
Alice in Wonderland
as Conductor
1985
6.8
The Golden Girls
as Merv Griffin
1985
7.6
The Lonely Guy
as Himself
1984
6.2
The Man with Two Brains
as The Elevator Killer
1983
6.2
The Funny Farm
as The Voice Of... (Voice)
1983
3.0
Slapstick of Another Kind
as Anchorma
1982
2.7
Newhart
1982
7.1
One Trick Pony
as Acappella Singer
1980
5.1
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Himself
1979
5.7
Presenting Susan Anton
1979
0.0
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
1979
6.9
Two-Minute Warning
as Merv Griffin - National Anthem Singer
1976
6.2
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Sanford and Son
1972
7.4
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
6.5
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
5.5
Hello Down There
as Himself
1969
5.7
Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?
as Self
1968
0.0
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
1967
7.7
Inside Daisy Clover
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1966
5.6
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self - Host
1962
6.2
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self - Guest Host
1957
7.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Georges Brevert
1954
6.4
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Steve
1954
5.2
Three Sailors and a Girl
as Sailor (uncredited)
1953
6.0
So This Is Love
as Buddy Nash
1953
3.8
Trouble Along the Way
as Football Broadcaster (voice)
1953
5.9
Cattle Town
as Governor's secretary
1952
6.7
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9