Johnny Carson
Acting
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.
Filmography 135
Movies (96)
Breakdown: 19752025Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me2025Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote2024Self (archive footage)
Luther: Never Too Much2024Self (archive footage)
Bad Hostage2024Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man2024Self (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky2024Self (archive footage)
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.2023Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain2023Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey2023Self (Archive Footage)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner2022Self (archive footage)
Finster2022
Lucy and Desi2022Self (archive footage)
The Capote Tapes2021Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street2021Self (archive footage)
Audrey2020Self - TV Host (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian2020Self (archive footage)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show2020Self (archive footage)
The Great Toilet Paper Scare2020Himself
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice2019Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here2019Self (archive footage)
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads2019Self (archive footage)
The Front Runner2018Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Won't You Be My Neighbor?2018Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Game Changers2018Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...2017Self (archive footage)
Jerry Before Seinfeld2017Self (archive footage)
Whitney: Can I Be Me2017Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Swingin' A's2017Self (archive footage)
Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker2014Self (archive footage)
Shows (39)
Soccer's American Dream2026Self (archive footage)
Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football2025Self (archive footage)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields2023Self (archive footage)
The Sounds of Baseball2020Self (archive footage)
Biography: Comedy Icons2019Self
There's... Johnny!2017Self (archive footage)
The Nineties2017Self (archive footage)
The Seventies2015Self (archive footage)
E! True Hollywood Story1996
The Simpsons1989Johnny Carson (voice)
Night Court1984Johnny Carson
Newhart1982
Cheers1982Johnny Carson
The Kennedy Center Honors1978Self
Here's Lucy1968Johnny Carson- The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show1968Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968Self
The Danny Thomas Hour1967Narrator
Space Ghost and Dino Boy1966
Get Smart1965Herald (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962Self - Host
You're in the Picture1961Himself
Kraft Music Hall1958Self - Host
The Dick Clark Show1958Self- Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957Self - Guest Host
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956Self
The Steve Allen Show1956Self
Tony Awards1956Self - Presenter
Miss Universe1955Host
The Johnny Carson Show1955Himself