Johnny Carson
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1925-10-23
Place of Birth: Corning, Iowa, USA
Popularity: 0.8
Biography
John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.
Known For Filmography
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Cheers
1982
What's My Line?
1950
Night Court
1984
Get Smart
1965
Tony Awards
1956
Newhart
1982
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Here's Lucy
1968
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Oscars
1953No Photo
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Miss Universe
1955
Kraft Music Hall
1958
The United States Steel Hour
1953
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
The Dick Clark Show
1958
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Nineties
2017
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
1966
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
The Emmy Awards
1949
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
The Seventies
2015
There's... Johnny!
2017
Jerry Before Seinfeld
2017
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
Behind the Candelabra
2013
The Front Runner
2018No Photo
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
Audrey
2020
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Life Itself
2014
Joys
1976
The World of Jim Henson
1994
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
Mickey's 50
1978
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
The Sounds of Baseball
2020
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Soccer's American Dream
2026
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Lucy and Desi
2022
My Darling Vivian
2020
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022
Game Changers
2018
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
2023
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
2002
Looking for Love
1964
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983
The Johnny Carson Show
1955
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
2012
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
2025
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
1972
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
Cancel My Reservation
1972
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
Whitney: Can I Be Me
2017No Photo
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
You're in the Picture
1961
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
1987
Luther: Never Too Much
2024
Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker
2014
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
2007
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
2023
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
2013No Photo
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Johnny Goes Home
1982
The Capote Tapes
2021The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
2002
Pure Goldie
1971
Carnival Nights
1968
Seinfeld: How It Began
2004
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
2003
The Minnie Riperton Story
2009
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956No Photo
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
1996
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
1965
Sheena Easton: Act One
1983
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
2019
Carson Country
2006
Bad Hostage
2024
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
2008
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
2024
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain
2023
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
1970
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '60s & '70s: Heeere's Johnny!
1994
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003No Photo
Stuart Little
1966
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
1992
A Love Letter to Jack Benny
1981
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '70s & '80s: The Master of Laughs!
1994
Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front
1977
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special
1986
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '80s & '90s: The King of Late Night
1994
Finster
2022No Photo
Untitled Joan Rivers Documentary
N/A
The Swingin' A's
2017
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - The Final Show: America Says Farewell
1994
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
2013
Three Men on a Horse
1957No Photo
Whales!
1987
The Best of Johnny Carson
2010No Photo
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987No Photo
The Best of The Tonight Show: Stand - Up Comedians
2007