Merv Griffin
July 6, 1925 (99 years old) in San Mateo, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television host, singer, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. During the 1960s, Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show, and created the game shows Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Click, and Merv Griffin's Crosswords. He is considered an entertainment business magnate. Description above from the Wikipedia article Merv Griffin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Faye as Self - Host, The Merv Griffin Show (archive footage)
- 2023 · Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
- 2020 · My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · I Am Richard Pryor as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
- 2018 · Whitney as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2018 · Game Changers as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
- 2016 · Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2015 · Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon as Himself
- 2006 · The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · The Apprentice: Martha Stewart as
- 2005 · Fat Actress as Merv Griffin
- 2005 · An-THOR-Logy 1976-1985 as Himself
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2004 · Alf's Hit Talk Show as
- 2004 · TV Land Moguls as
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2000 · Murder at the Cannes Film Festival as Self
- 1998 · Hercules as Merv Griffin (voice)
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Hope and Gloria as Merv Griffin
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1986 · Rickles... On the Loose as Self
- 1985 · Alice in Wonderland as Conductor
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Merv Griffin
- 1984 · The Lonely Guy as Himself
- 1983 · The Man with Two Brains as The Elevator Killer
- 1982 · Slapstick of Another Kind as Anchorma
- 1982 · Newhart as
- 1980 · One Trick Pony as Acappella Singer
- 1979 · The Seduction of Joe Tynan as Himself
- 1979 · Presenting Susan Anton as
- 1979 · CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- 1976 · Two-Minute Warning as Merv Griffin - National Anthem Singer
- 1972 · Sanford and Son as
- 1971 · The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour as
- 1971 · The Pet Set as Self
- 1969 · Hello Down There as Himself
- 1968 · Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? as Self
- 1967 · The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest
- 1965 · Inside Daisy Clover as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self - Host
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self - Guest Host
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1954 · Phantom of the Rue Morgue as Georges Brevert
- 1954 · The Boy from Oklahoma as Steve
- 1953 · Three Sailors and a Girl as Sailor (uncredited)
- 1953 · So This Is Love as Buddy Nash
- 1953 · Trouble Along the Way as Football Broadcaster (voice)
- 1952 · Cattle Town as Governor's secretary
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self