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.

Filmography

• 2015Unity — Narrator (voice)
• 2007Body of War — Director
• 2007Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti — Narrator
• Frasier — Larry (voice)
• Blossom
• L.A. Law — Phil Donahue
• Phil Donahue Examines the Human Animal
• 1985First Steps — Self, Phil Donahue
• The Phil Donahue Show — Self - Host, Creator

Appearances as themselves (34)

• 2024BRATS — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2023Bella! — Self
• Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields — Self (archive footage)
• 2023South to Black Power — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 2016The Billboard Boys — Self (archive footage)
• 2016The Swap — Self (voice)
• 2015Sunshine Superman — Self (archive footage)
• 2015The Making of Trump — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown — Self
• 2014Finding Vivian Maier — Self - Talk Show Host
• 2013Project Censored the Movie — Self
• 2013Skum Rocks! — Self
• 2011Bob Ross: The Happy Painter — Self
• 2011Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Sex: The Revolution — Self
• 2007War Made Easy — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Godless in America — Himself
• 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Preventive Warriors — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The View — Self
• 1995Man of the Year — Himself
• 1993Audrey Hepburn: Remembered — Self (archive footage)
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1992The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White — Self
• 1990Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years — Self
• 1990Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music — Self
• 1988An Empire of Reason — Self
• 1988Free to Be... a Family — Self
• 1988Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie — Self
• The Daytime Emmy Awards — Self