
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.

The Universal Mind of Bill Evans

Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll

Meeting of Minds

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show

James Dean and Me

Hallmark Hall of Fame

WWE WrestleMania VI

ホミサイド/殺人捜査課

ザ・シンプソンズ

Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted

The Judy Garland Show

カジノ

The Emmy Awards

それ行けスマート

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Rich Man, Poor Man

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Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

Something's Got to Give

ピンキー&ブレイン

The Gossip Columnist

The Thin Man

I've Got a Secret

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

The Critic

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レイト・ナイト・ウィズ・コナン・オブライエン

American Masters

Behind the Music

The Snoop Sisters

ザ・プレイヤー

Diagnosis: Murder

McCloud

Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read

アカデミー賞

The New Steve Allen Show

What's My Line?

探偵ハート&ハート

The Sunshine Boys

Hotel

不思議の国のアリス

WWF Wrestling Challenge

エド・サリヴァン・ショー

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

ルイ・アームストロング Black & Blues

Night of 100 Stars

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Nichols and May: Take Two

The Big Circus

Tonight Starring Steve Allen

General Electric Theater

The Movie Orgy

ベニイ・グッドマン物語

Warning Shot

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The Love Boat

Great Balls of Fire!

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

The Merv Griffin Show

The Muppets Go Hollywood

恋愛専科

Medical Center

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

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

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

Elvis: Rare Moments with the King

Solid Gold

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Life's Most Embarrassing Moments

The Comic

Amazon Women on the Moon

College Confidential

The Ratings Game

I'll Get By

St. Elsewhere

The Steve Allen Show

Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

Heart Beat

The Mike Douglas Show

The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years

Lucy Calls the President

The David Susskind Show

Nurse

The People Next Door

ニューヨークの大停電

Kraft Music Hall

Allen in Movieland

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

Joys

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

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

The Funny Farm

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

Mitzi & 100 Guys

The Power of the Market

Stone

Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast

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

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography

James Dean Remembered

Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer

Now You See It, Now You Don't

Have I Got a Christmas for You

Down Memory Lane

On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill

James Dean: A Portrait

Classic Comedy Teams

Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983