Johnny Carson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-10-23 (80 years old)

Deathday

2005-01-23

Place of Birth

Corning, Iowa, USA

Johnny Carson

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Carson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1985

2021

Live at Mister Kelly's

as Self (archive footage)

1998

The Newton Boys

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

2017

The Swingin' A's

as Self (archive footage)

2021

1987

Whales!

as Narrator

2022

Lucy and Desi

as Self (archive footage)

1982

2013

Behind the Candelabra

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1964

2009

The Minnie Riperton Story

as (archive footage)

2018

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

2003

2020

Audrey

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

2004

Seinfeld: How It Began

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Untold: Caitlyn Jenner

as Self (archive footage)

1983

Sheena Easton: Act One

as Self (uncredited)

2023

2024

Jim Henson Idea Man

as Self (archive footage)

2024

Butterfly in the Sky

as Self (archive footage)

2023

The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

as Self (archive footage)

1972

Cancel My Reservation

as Himself (uncredited)

2024

Faye

as Self (archive footage)

2024

Faye

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1968

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)

1996

2016

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2017

Whitney: Can I Be Me

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1976

Joys

as Self

2017

Jerry Before Seinfeld

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

as Self (archive footage)

2017

This Is Bob Hope...

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Game Changers

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Mike Wallace Is Here

as Self (archive footage)

2013

1971

2011

Paul Williams Still Alive

as Self (archive footage)

1994

The World of Jim Henson

as Self (archive footage)

2020

My Darling Vivian

as Self (archive footage)

1965

1998

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self - Roastee (archive footage)

2018

The Front Runner

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014

Life Itself

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

2014

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

as Himself (Archive Footage)

2007

Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads

as Self (archive footage)

2024

1966

Stuart Little

as Narrator

1983

Koyaanisqatsi

as Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014

Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker

as Self (archive footage)

2024

Luther: Never Too Much

as Self (archive footage)

1978

2021

The Capote Tapes

as Self (archive footage)

2024

Bad Hostage

as Self (archive footage)

2013

1968

Production

1982

2006

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