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.

Filmography

• ESPN Jeopardy! — Creator
• Pop Culture Jeopardy! — Original Series Creator
• Pop Culture Jeopardy! — Original Series Creator
• Jeopardy! Masters — Creator
• 2021My Guest is Orson Welles
• Lykkehjulet — Creator
• Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune — Creator
• Merv Griffin's Crosswords — Creator
• Fat Actress — Merv Griffin
• The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
• Alf's Hit Talk Show
• TV Land Moguls
• Dance Fever — Creator
• Roda a Roda — Creator
• 2003Shade — Producer
• Hercules — Merv Griffin (voice)
• Rock & Roll Jeopardy! — Creator
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Hope and Gloria — Merv Griffin
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Monopoly — Producer, Creator
• Super Jeopardy! — Producer, Creator
• Wheel of Fortune — Creator
• Wheel of Fortune — Creator
• La Roue de la fortune — Creator
• Alice in Wonderland — Conductor
• The Golden Girls — Merv Griffin
• Jeopardy! — Executive Producer, Creator
• 1983The Funny Farm — The Voice Of... (Voice)
• 1983The Man with Two Brains — The Elevator Killer
• Wheel of Fortune — Producer, Creator
• Newhart
• 1982Slapstick of Another Kind — Anchorman
• Wheel of Fortune — Creator
• 1980One Trick Pony — Acappella Singer
• Dance Fever — Creator
• Presenting Susan Anton
• 1976Two-Minute Warning — Merv Griffin - National Anthem Singer
• Wheel of Fortune (Daytime) — Creator
• Sanford and Son
• Memory Game — Creator
• The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
• Reach for the Stars — Creator
• 1966Inside Daisy Clover — Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
• Jeopardy! — Creator
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self - Host, Writer
• 1954Phantom of the Rue Morgue — Georges Brevert
• 1954The Boy from Oklahoma — Steve
• 1953So This Is Love — Buddy Nash
• 1953Three Sailors and a Girl — Sailor (uncredited)
• 1953Trouble Along the Way — Football Broadcaster (voice)
• 1952Cattle Town — Governor's secretary
• Koło Fortuny — Creator
• Pole Chudes — Creator
• Wheel of Fortune — Creator
• Wheel of Fortune — Creator

Appearances as themselves (36)

• 2024DEVO — Self (archive footage)
• Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody — Self (archive footage)
• 2021The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2021Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation — Self - TV Host (archive footage)
• 2020My Darling Vivian — Self (archive footage)
• 2019I Am Richard Pryor — Self - TV Host (archive footage)
• 2018Game Changers — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Whitney — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2017John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood — Self - TV Host (archive footage)
• 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon — Himself
• The Megan Mullally Show — Self - Guest
• 2005An-THOR-Logy 1976-1985 — Himself
• The Tony Danza Show — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2000Murder at the Cannes Film Festival — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self (voice) (uncredited)
• 1986All Star Party for Clint Eastwood — Self
• 1986Rickles... On the Loose — Self
• 1984The Lonely Guy — Himself
• CBS News Sunday Morning — Self
• 1979The Seduction of Joe Tynan — Himself
• Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)
• Dinah! — Self
• The Pet Set — Self
• 1969Hello Down There — Himself
• 1968Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? — Self
• The Carol Burnett Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self - Guest Host
• The Emmy Awards — Self