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.

Фільмографія

• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Fear
• Pinky and the Brain — Steve Allen (voice)
• 1995Казино — Steve Allen
• The Critic — Steve Allen (voice)
• Шоу Космічного привида
• Diagnosis: Murder — Ray Masters
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Mr. Cochran
• 1992Гравець — Steve Allen
• 1989Great Balls of Fire! — Steve Allen
• Сімпсони — Bart's Altered Voice (voice), Steve Allen (voice)
• 1987Амазонки на Місяці — Steve Allen (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
• 1986Classic Comedy Teams — Host
• Alice in Wonderland — Gentleman in Paper Suit, Songs, Lyricist
• 1984Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
• 1984The Ratings Game — Steve Allen
• 1983Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
• Hotel
• Сент Елсвер — Lech Oseransky
• Nurse — Barney Ambler
• 1980Heart Beat — Steve Allen
• 1980The Gossip Columnist — Steve Allen
• 1980The Power of the Market
• 1979Stone — Steve Allen
• 1978The Vent Event
• 1977Have I Got a Christmas for You — Martin Kaplan
• 1977Lucy Calls the President — Steve Allen
• Meeting of Minds — Self - Host, Writer, Creator
• The Love Boat — Durwood Moss
• What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
• 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy — (archive footage)
• Rich Man, Poor Man
• 1975The Sunshine Boys — Self, Narrator of Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
• The Snoop Sisters — Steve Allen
• McCloud — Doug King
• Love, American Style — Johny
• Medical Center
• 1969The Comic — Steve Allen
• 1968Now You See It, Now You Don't — Herschel Lucas
• 1968Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? — Radio Announcer
• 1967Warning Shot — Steve Allen
• 1966Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title — Bookstore Customer with Little Boy (uncredited)
• 1966The Universal Mind of Bill Evans
• Бетмен — Allen Stevens
• Get Smart — Prime Minister's Aide (uncredited)
• «Сьогодні ввечері» з Джонні Карсоном — Self - Guest Host, Creator
• 1960College Confidential — Steve MacInter, Songs
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson — Dr. Ben Ellison
• The Thin Man
• 1956The Benny Goodman Story — Benny Goodman
• Tonight Starring Steve Allen — Self - Host, Creator
• General Electric Theater — Andy Fletcher
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Martin Kaplan
• 1950I'll Get By — Peter Pepper
• 1949Down Memory Lane — Steve Allen, Writer

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (71)

• 2022Життя і джаз Луї Армстронґа — Self (voice) (archive sound)
• 2021Boulevard! A Hollywood Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley — Self
• 2015Tab Hunter Confidential — Self (archive)
• 2013Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read — Self (archive footage)
• 20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Elvis: #1 Hit Performances — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn — Self (archive footage)
• 2005The Adventures of Errol Flynn — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Elvis: Rare Moments with the King — Self (archive footage)
• 2002The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years — Self (archive footage)
• 200150 Years of NBC Late Night — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot — Self (archive footage)
• 2000On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill — Himself
• 1999Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club — Self
• 1998Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth — Self
• Behind the Music — Self
• 1997No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg — Self (archive footage)
• 1997On the Road to Desolation — Self
• 1997Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast — Self
• 1996Abbott & Costello Meet Biography — Self
• 1996Nichols and May: Take Two — Self
• 1995James Dean and Me — Self (uncredited)
• 1995James Dean: A Portrait — Self
• Пізня ніч із Конаном О'Браєном — Self - Guest
• 1992Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys — Self
• 1991Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show — Self
• 1990WWE WrestleMania VI — Self
• The People Next Door — Self
• 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self
• 1988Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted — Self
• The Wil Shriner Show — Self
• American Masters — Self
• 1986TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines — Self
• WWF Wrestling Challenge — Self
• 1984Don't Ask Me, Ask God — Self
• 1984The Making of the Stooges — Self - Host
• Life's Most Embarrassing Moments — Self - Host
• 1983The Funny Farm — Self
• 1982Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• Solid Gold — Self
• The Steve Allen Comedy Hour — Self - Host
• Hart to Hart — Himself
• 1979The Muppets Go Hollywood — Self (uncredited)
• 1976Joys — Self
• 1976On Location: Myron Cohen — Self - Host
• 1975Mitzi & 100 Guys — Self
• 1974James Dean Remembered — Self
• I've Got a Secret — Self - Host
• 1972Lenny Bruce: Without Tears — Self / DJ (archive footage)
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self
• 1968The Movie Orgy — Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Squares — Self
• The Judy Garland Show — Self
• Шоу Мерва Ґріффіна — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Guest
• The New Steve Allen Show — Self - Host
• 1959The Big Circus — Self
• The David Susskind Show — Self
• Kraft Music Hall — Self, Self - Host
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• The Steve Allen Show — Self - Host
• 1955Allen in Movieland — Self
• Оскар — Self
• I've Got a Secret — Self - Host
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Emmy Awards — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self