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 Godfreys 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, Ive Got a Secret, and The New Steve Allen Show. He was a regular panel member on CBSs Whats 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, childrens 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.

All movies available from Steve Allen

Poster movie The Player

The Player

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Poster movie Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

Where Were You When the L

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Poster movie The Benny Goodman Story

The Benny Goodman Story

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Poster movie Warning Shot

Warning Shot

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Poster movie I'll Get By

I'll Get By

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Poster movie Lucy Calls the President

Lucy Calls the President

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Poster movie The Comic

The Comic

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Poster movie The Ratings Game

The Ratings Game

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Poster movie Amazon Women on the Moon

Amazon Women on the Moon

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Poster movie The Love Boat

The Love Boat

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Poster movie Batman

Batman

Tv series
Poster movie Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Str

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Poster movie Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Tv series
Poster movie Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Tv series
Poster movie The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Tv series
Poster movie The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Tv series
Poster movie Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

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Poster movie Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witc

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Poster movie The Snoop Sisters

The Snoop Sisters

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Movies unavailable from Steve Allen

Mitzi & 100 Guys

Self

Movie 1975

The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1968

Allen in Movieland

Self

Movie 1955

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

Himself

Movie 1992

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title

Bookstore Customer with Little Boy (uncredited)

Movie 1966

Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show

Self

Movie 1991

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

Himself / DJ (archive footage)

Movie 1972

College Confidential

Steve MacInter

Movie 1960

Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

Self

Movie 1998

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2005

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Self

Movie 1988

The Big Circus

Himself - Cameo appearance

Movie 1959

Casino

Himself

Movie 1995

No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1997

The Power of the Market

Movie 1990

The Sunshine Boys

Himself

Movie 1975

The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2002

Stone

Steve Allen

Movie 1979

Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast

Movie 1997

On Location: Myron Cohen

Himself - Host

Movie 1976

Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club

Self

Movie 1999

Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2007

The Making of the Stooges

Himself / Presenter

Movie 1984

Great Balls of Fire!

himself

Movie 1989

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

[Self]

Movie 1984

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (voice) (archive sound)

Movie 2022

TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

Self

Movie 1986

The Sunshine Boys

Narrator of Fictional TV Program (uncredited)

Movie 1975

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography

Movie 1996

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2010

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2016

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2020

The Universal Mind of Bill Evans

Movie 1966

Heart Beat

Himself

Movie 1980

James Dean and Me

Self (uncredited)

Movie 1995

Joys

Self

Movie 1976

The Gossip Columnist

Steve Allen

Movie 1980

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

Himself (Archive Footage)

Movie 2007

Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2007

James Dean Remembered

Self

Movie 1974

The Funny Farm

Himself

Movie 1983

Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read

Movie 2013

Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot

Self

Movie 2001

Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer

Movie 1984

Now You See It, Now You Don't

Herschel Lucas

Movie 1968

Have I Got a Christmas for You

Martin Kaplan

Movie 1977

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Self

Movie 1979

Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted

Self

Movie 1988

WWE WrestleMania VI

Himself

Movie 1990

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2018

Nichols and May: Take Two

Self

Movie 1996

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2021

Down Memory Lane

Self

Movie 1949

Night of 100 Stars

Self

Movie 1982

Something's Got to Give

Psychiatrist

Movie 1962

Elvis: Rare Moments with the King

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2003

Tv series unavailable from Steve Allen

St. Elsewhere

Tv 1982

The Critic

Tv 1994

Taggart

Tv 1983

The David Susskind Show

Self

Tv 1959

Hotel

Tv 1982

Solid Gold

Self

Tv 1980

Tonight Starring Steve Allen

Host

Tv 1954

Medical Center

Tv 1969

General Electric Theater

Andy Fletcher

Tv 1953

Get Smart

Tv 1965

I've Got a Secret

Self - Host

Tv 1952

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

Tv 1993

American Masters

Self

Tv 1986

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self

Tv 1967

McCloud

Tv 1970

The Thin Man

Tv 1957

Meeting of Minds

Tv 1977

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

Tv 1956

Rich Man, Poor Man

Tv 1976

The Steve Allen Show

Self - Host

Tv 1956

The Oscars

Self

Tv 1953

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Dr. Ben Ellison

Tv 1959

Nurse

Barney Ambler

Tv 1981

The Emmy Awards

Self

Tv 1949

What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?

Tv 1977

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self - Guest Host

Tv 1962

Life's Most Embarrassing Moments

Self - Host

Tv 1983

Pinky and the Brain

Tv 1995

Behind the Music

Self

Tv 1997

The Judy Garland Show

Self

Tv 1963

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

Tv 1961

I've Got a Secret

Self - Host

Tv 1972

WWF Wrestling Challenge

Himself

Tv 1986

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Tv 1948

The New Steve Allen Show

Self - Host

Tv 1961

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Tv 1994

Hart to Hart

Himself

Tv 1979

St. Elsewhere

Lech oseransky

Tv 1982

The Steve Allen Comedy Hour

Himself - Host

Tv 1980

What's My Line?

Self

Tv 1950

What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

Tv 1950

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Tv 1962

The Wil Shriner Show

Self

Tv 1987

Kraft Music Hall

Self

Tv 1958

Kraft Music Hall

Self - Host

Tv 1958

Love, American Style

Johny

Tv 1969