Johnny Carson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1925-10-23

Deathday 2005-01-23 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Corning, Iowa, USA

Also Known As John Carson, 约翰尼·卡森

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.

Known For

Actor

The Kraft Music Hall

as Self - Host

2024
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Jim Henson Idea Man

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Faye

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Faye

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024
Butterfly in the Sky

as Self (archive footage)

2023
2023
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

as Self (archive footage)

2023
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

as Self (archive footage)

2023
The Playboy Murders

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Lucy and Desi

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Live at Mister Kelly's

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner

as Self (archive footage)

2021
2020
Audrey

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

2020
My Darling Vivian

as Self (archive footage)

2020
The Sounds of Baseball

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Mike Wallace Is Here

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads

as Self (archive footage)

2018
The Front Runner

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2018
Won't You Be My Neighbor?

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

2018
Game Changers

as Self (archive footage)

2017
This Is Bob Hope...

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Jerry Before Seinfeld

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Whitney: Can I Be Me

as Himself (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

2017
The Swingin' A's

as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Nineties

as Self (archive footage)

2016
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014
Life Itself

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

2014
And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2014
The Battered Bastards of Baseball

as Himself (Archive Footage)

2013
Behind the Candelabra

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2013
2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

as Self (archive footage)

2011
Paul Williams Still Alive

as Self (archive footage)

2009
The Minnie Riperton Story

as (archive footage)

2007
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

as Self (archive footage)

2004
Seinfeld: How It Began

as Himself (archive footage)

2003
1998
The Newton Boys

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self - Roastee (archive footage)

1996
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents

as Self (archive footage)

1994
The World of Jim Henson

as Self (archive footage)

1989
The Simpsons

as Johnny Carson (voice)

1987
Whales!

as Narrator

1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

as Self (archive footage)

1984
Night Court

as Johnny Carson

1983
Sheena Easton: Act One

as Self (uncredited)

1982
1982
Cheers

as Johnny Carson

1980
1976
Joys

as Self

1972
Cancel My Reservation

as Himself (uncredited)

1971
Pure Goldie

as Self

1971
Columbo

as Self - TV Host (uncredited)

1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)

1968
Here's Lucy

as Johnny Carson

1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

1965
1965
Get Smart

as Herald (uncredited)

1964
1961
1958
1958
Kraft Music Hall

as Self - Host

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self - Guest Host

1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Comedian

1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Comedian-Quiz Show Host

1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1955
1955
1953
The Oscars

as Self

1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Knight Who Makes Point of Order

1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Johnny Carson

1950
1950
The Bob Hope Show

as The Masked Killer (uncredited).

1950
The Bob Hope Show

as Self - Cameo

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1949
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self - Comedian

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self - Comedian (archive footage)

Creator

1987
Mr. President

as Creator

1981
Lewis & Clark

as Creator

1955

Writer

2006
Carson Country

as Writer

1982