Most Recent Role: Steve Allen on Speeders
Alias Name(s): The Father Of TV Talk Shows
Gender: Male
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Birthday: 12-26-1921
Birth Name: Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen
Date of Death: 10-30-2000
Cause of Death: heart attack resulting from injuries sustained in auto accident
Alias Name(s): The Father Of TV Talk Shows
Gender: Male
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Birthday: 12-26-1921
Birth Name: Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen
Date of Death: 10-30-2000
Cause of Death: heart attack resulting from injuries sustained in auto accident
Height 6' 3" (1.91m)
Spouse: Dorothy Goodman (23 August 1943-1952) (divorced) 3 children.
Jayne Meadows (31 July 1954-30 October 2000) (his death) 1 child.
Most Recent Appearance
Episode 3
Friday 15 June 2007 on Court TV
Cops catch speeders on highways.
Steve was six feet three inches tall.
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Steve enlisted in the Army in WWII and became an infatryman; he was discharged early, though, due to asthma.
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Steve was cited as "the most prolific songwriter of modern times" in the 1985 edition of the Guinness Book Of World Records.
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Steve's sister-in-law was actress Audrey Meadows.
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Steve composed the score for the spy-film flop A Man Called Dagger (1967).
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Steve Allen: Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.
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Steve Allen: Nothing is better than the unintended humor of reality.
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Steve Allen: Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless.
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(replying to a psychologist that stated man's two greatest fears were loud noises and falling)
Steve Allen: I have a great fear, of making a loud noise while falling.
(edit) Steve Allen: When I ad-lib something, I laugh. I laugh for the same reasons the audience does; I've never heard that joke before -- and I'm just as surprised as they are. (edit)
Steve Allen: I have a great fear, of making a loud noise while falling.
(edit) Steve Allen: When I ad-lib something, I laugh. I laugh for the same reasons the audience does; I've never heard that joke before -- and I'm just as surprised as they are. (edit)
Other Appearances
| Star | |
|---|---|
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I've Got a Secret (1952)
Host (1964-1967) |
Meeting of Minds
Host |
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Rich Man, Poor Man
Bayard Nichols |
Speeders
Steve Allen |
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The Start Of Something Big
Host |
The Steve Allen Playhouse
Host |
| Recurring Role | |
|---|---|
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The Mike Douglas Show
Himself |
The New Hollywood Squares
Himself |
| Guest Star | |
|---|---|
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$10,000 Pyramid
Jayne Meadows & Steve Allen Himself |
Amen
Lights, Camera, Deacon Himself |
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America 2Night
Celebrity Night himself |
Batman (1966)
The Cat's Meow Alen Stevens |
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Batman (1966)
The Bat's Kow Tow Allen Stevens |
Biography
Jack Benny: Now Cut That Out! Himself |
| Other | |
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Diagnosis Murder
The Roast Ray Masters |
The Bob Hope Show
November 11, 1956 Himself |
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I've Got a Secret (1952)
On the heels of the successful What's My Line? , Goodson-Todman Productions created this spin-off of sorts, I've Got a Secret . This show, which featured a four-member celebrity panel trying to... more Meeting of Minds
Welcome to the Meeting of Minds guide at TV.com . Steve Allen, already the originator of the Tonight show, later created what one critic called "the ultimate talk show" and presented, on... more Rich Man, Poor Man
The small screen adaptation of Irwin Shaw's best-selling 1970s novel Rich Man, Poor Man was the first great American mini-series. It was an epic television event of historical proportions. The... more Speeders
Get in the front seat next to police officers as they go in pursuit of law-breakers on the road. This Court TV series turns the camera on manic motorists as they engage in high-speed chases and... more The Start Of Something Big
more The Steve Allen Playhouse
more
On the heels of the successful What's My Line? , Goodson-Todman Productions created this spin-off of sorts, I've Got a Secret . This show, which featured a four-member celebrity panel trying to... more Meeting of Minds
Welcome to the Meeting of Minds guide at TV.com . Steve Allen, already the originator of the Tonight show, later created what one critic called "the ultimate talk show" and presented, on... more Rich Man, Poor Man
The small screen adaptation of Irwin Shaw's best-selling 1970s novel Rich Man, Poor Man was the first great American mini-series. It was an epic television event of historical proportions. The... more Speeders
Get in the front seat next to police officers as they go in pursuit of law-breakers on the road. This Court TV series turns the camera on manic motorists as they engage in high-speed chases and... more The Start Of Something Big
more The Steve Allen Playhouse
more
