Edward Vincent Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American television personality, impresario, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. He was the creator and host of the television variety program called The Ed Sullivan Show, which ran from 1948 to 1971, setting a record as the longest-running variety show in U.S. broadcast history.

Filmography

• 2005Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties
• 2005Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits — Host
• 2001The Three Stooges Funniest Moments - Volume II — Show Host (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1997Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
• 1992A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show — Host
• 1991The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
• 1970The Phynx — Ed Sullivan
• The Phil Silvers Show
• 1954Great Lady Has an Interview — Executive Producer
• General Electric Theater — Ed Sullivan
• The Jack Benny Program — Ed Sullivan
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 1940Alice in Movieland — Story
• 1940Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! — Story
• 1939Big Town Czar — Narrator / Newspaper Columnist, Story
• 1938Merrily We Live — Additional Dialogue
• 1938There Goes My Heart — Story
• 1934Ed Sullivan's Headliners — Ed Sullivan
• 1933Mr. Broadway — Ed Sullivan, Screenplay, Story

Appearances as themselves (48)

• 2025Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Beatles '64 — Self (archive footage)
• 2024I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Jim Henson Idea Man — Self (archive footage)
• 2024The Beach Boys — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Say Hey, Willie Mays! — Self
• 2021Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God? — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Julie Andrews Forever — Self (archive footage)
• Elvis Presley: The Searcher — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Listen to Me Marlon — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2010When You're Strange — Self (archive footage)
• 2008The Rolling Stones: Fade Away - The US TV Appearances 1964-1969 — Self
• 2003Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back — Self - Host (archive footage)
• 2003Ed Sullivan's Rock & Roll Classics-Elvis & Other Rock Greats Vol. 4 — Himself
• 2003Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show — Self - Host (archive footage)
• 2003Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' — Himself
• 2002Elvis: King of Entertainment — Self (archive footage)
• 2002The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years — Self (archive footage)
• Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics — Himself
• 1992Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' — Self (archive footage)
• 1991The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit — Self (archive footage)
• 1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years — Self (archive footage)
• 1981This Is Elvis — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1977The Beatles at Shea Stadium — Self - Host
• 1974Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles — Self (archive footage)
• 1972Elvis on Tour — Self - (archive footage)
• 1971Fight of the Century — Self-(Audience Member)
• 1970The 5th Dimension Special: An Odyssey in the Cosmic Universe of Peter Max — Self
• The Flip Wilson Show — Self
• 1970The Great Santa Claus Switch — Self / Host / Narrator (uncredited)
• 1968The Movie Orgy — Self (archive footage)
• 1968The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' — Self
• 1966The Singing Nun — Himself
• 1964What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA — Self - TV Host
• 1963Bye Bye Birdie — Himself
• Miss USA — Self - Judge
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• 1959Disneyland '59 — Self
• Kraft Music Hall — Self
• 1958Senior Prom — Himself
• 1952Ghost of the Town — Self (voice) (uncredited)
• The Red Skelton Show — Himself
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Emmy Awards — Self
• 1938Hollywood Goes to Town — Self (uncredited)