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Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen, Steven Allen, Steve Allen Jr.
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1921-12-26
- event Death Date 2000-10-30
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4.2
- info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Steve Allen
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Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975-03-24
6.2
The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01
7.2
The Player
1992-04-03
5
Allen in Movieland
1955-07-02
5.2
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968-06-19
6.4
The Benny Goodman Story
1956-02-02
6.5
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992-04-05
3.5
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966-05-01
7
Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
1991-08-03
3.3
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972-01-01
5.8
College Confidential
1960-08-26
6.6
Warning Shot
1967-01-18
7.7
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
1998-10-21
7.8
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005-04-05
6
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988-05-16
6.5
The Big Circus
1959-07-05
8.1
Casino
1995-11-22
1
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
1997-11-21
5.5
I'll Get By
1950-10-02
0
The Power of the Market
1990-01-01
6.8
The Sunshine Boys
1975-11-06
5.2
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
2002-03-31
0
Stone
1979-08-26
0
Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast
1997-01-01
0
On Location: Myron Cohen
1976-10-16
0
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
1999-10-26
5.5
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
2007-11-12
0
The Making of the Stooges
1984-01-01
5
Lucy Calls the President
1977-11-21
6.3
Great Balls of Fire!
1989-06-30
0
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984-01-01
6.9
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022-10-27
0
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986-04-16
5.9
The Comic
1969-11-19
6.8
The Sunshine Boys
1975-11-06
0
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
1996-04-29
6.6
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010-08-03
7.4
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016-05-03
7.5
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020-03-06
0
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans
1966-01-01
5.6
Heart Beat
1980-04-25
8.7
James Dean and Me
1995-01-01
4
Joys
1976-03-05
7.5
The Gossip Columnist
1980-03-21
9
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007-10-17
5.7
The Ratings Game
1984-12-15
10
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances & More
2007-11-12
0
James Dean Remembered
1974-01-01
3
The Funny Farm
1983-02-18
7
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
2013-04-09
6
Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001-12-31
0
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
1984-06-05
0
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968-11-11
0
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977-12-16
6.3
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979-05-16
8
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
1988-06-18
8.4
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990-04-01
7.9
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018-01-19
6.5
Nichols and May: Take Two
1996-05-22
4.5
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021-08-16
0
Down Memory Lane
1949-08-01
6
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
8.5
Something's Got to Give
1962-01-01
6
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987-09-18
5.4
St. Elsewhere
1982-10-26
6.3
The Love Boat
1977-09-24
7.3
The Critic
1994-01-26
7.3
Batman
1966-01-12
6.3
Taggart
1983-09-06
5
The David Susskind Show
1959-01-18
6.7
Hotel
1982-08-21
6
Solid Gold
1980-09-13
6.7
Tonight Starring Steve Allen
1954-09-27
6.1
Medical Center
1969-09-24
5.5
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
7.9
Get Smart
1965-09-18
8
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993-01-31
7.5
I've Got a Secret
1952-06-19
7.1
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
6.9
American Masters
1986-06-23
6.4
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967-09-09
7.1
McCloud
1970-02-17
7.6
The Thin Man
1957-09-20
10
Meeting of Minds
1977-01-10
4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956-10-05
7.8
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976-02-01
4
The Steve Allen Show
1956-06-24
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
6.3
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959-09-21
5
Nurse
1981-04-02
7.5
The Emmy Awards
1949-01-25
4.5
What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?
1977-12-08
6.9
Alice in Wonderland
1985-12-09
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
8.1
The Simpsons
1989-12-17
8.1
The Simpsons
1989-12-17
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993-10-29
6
Life's Most Embarrassing Moments
1983-04-27
7.7
Pinky and the Brain
1995-09-09
7.9
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996-09-27
6.8
Behind the Music
1997-08-17
8
The Judy Garland Show
1963-12-08
4.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
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I've Got a Secret
1972-09-11
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986-09-07
6.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
8
The New Steve Allen Show
1961-09-27
7.8
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994-04-15
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979-09-22
5.4
St. Elsewhere
1982-10-26
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The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
1980-12-09
6.6
What's My Line?
1950-02-02
6.6
What's My Line?
1950-02-02
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
0
The Wil Shriner Show
1987-09-14
7.2
The Snoop Sisters
1973-12-19
4
Kraft Music Hall
1958-10-08
4
Kraft Music Hall
1958-10-08
6.9
Alice in Wonderland
1985-12-09
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6.9
Down Memory Lane
1949-08-01
6.9
College Confidential
1960-08-26
6.9
Meeting of Minds
1977-01-10
6.9
Alice in Wonderland
1985-12-09
6.9
Alice in Wonderland
1985-12-09
6.9
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
6.9
Tonight Starring Steve Allen
1954-09-27
6.9
Meeting of Minds
1977-01-10