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Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson

Acting
October 23, 1925 (79) — January 23, 2005
Corning, Iowa, USA
October 23, 1925 (79) — January 23, 2005
Corning, Iowa, USA

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: 1975
    2025
    Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
  • John Candy: I Like Me
    2025
    Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
  • 6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
    2024
    Self (archive footage)
  • Luther: Never Too Much
    2024
    Self (archive footage)
  • Bad Hostage
    2024
    Self (archive footage)
  • Jim Henson Idea Man
    2024
    Self (archive footage)
  • Butterfly in the Sky
    2024
    Self (archive footage)
  • Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
    2023
    Self (archive footage)
  • The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain
    2023
    Self (archive footage)
  • The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
    2023
    Self (Archive Footage)
  • Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
    2022
    Self (archive footage)
  • Finster
    2022
  • Lucy and Desi
    2022
    Self (archive footage)
  • The Capote Tapes
    2021
    Self (archive footage)
  • Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
    2021
    Self (archive footage)
  • Audrey
    2020
    Self - TV Host (archive footage)
  • My Darling Vivian
    2020
    Self (archive footage)
  • The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
    2020
    Self (archive footage)
  • The Great Toilet Paper Scare
    2020
    Himself
  • Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
    2019
    Self (archive footage)
  • Mike Wallace Is Here
    2019
    Self (archive footage)
  • Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
    2019
    Self (archive footage)
  • The Front Runner
    2018
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Won't You Be My Neighbor?
    2018
    Self - TV Host (archive footage)
  • Game Changers
    2018
    Self (archive footage)
  • This Is Bob Hope...
    2017
    Self (archive footage)
  • Jerry Before Seinfeld
    2017
    Self (archive footage)
  • Whitney: Can I Be Me
    2017
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Swingin' A's
    2017
    Self (archive footage)
  • Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker
    2014
    Self (archive footage)

Shows (39)

  • Soccer's American Dream
    2026
    Self (archive footage)
  • Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
    2025
    Self (archive footage)
  • Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
    2023
    Self (archive footage)
  • The Sounds of Baseball
    2020
    Self (archive footage)
  • Biography: Comedy Icons
    2019
    Self
  • There's... Johnny!
    2017
    Self (archive footage)
  • The Nineties
    2017
    Self (archive footage)
  • The Seventies
    2015
    Self (archive footage)
  • E! True Hollywood Story
    1996
  • The Simpsons
    1989
    Johnny Carson (voice)
  • Night Court
    1984
    Johnny Carson
  • Newhart
    1982
  • Cheers
    1982
    Johnny Carson
  • The Kennedy Center Honors
    1978
    Self
  • Here's Lucy
    1968
    Johnny Carson
  • The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
    1968
    Self
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
    1968
    Self
  • The Danny Thomas Hour
    1967
    Narrator
  • Space Ghost and Dino Boy
    1966
  • Get Smart
    1965
    Herald (uncredited)
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
    1962
    Self - Host
  • You're in the Picture
    1961
    Himself
  • Kraft Music Hall
    1958
    Self - Host
  • The Dick Clark Show
    1958
    Self
  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar
    1957
    Self - Guest Host
  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
    1956
    Self
  • The Steve Allen Show
    1956
    Self
  • Tony Awards
    1956
    Self - Presenter
  • Miss Universe
    1955
    Host
  • The Johnny Carson Show
    1955
    Himself