Johnny Carson

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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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Johnny Carson (voice)

Behind the Candelabra

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Columbo

Self - TV Host (uncredited)

Koyaanisqatsi

Self (archive footage)

Cheers

Johnny Carson

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Get Smart

Herald (uncredited)

Get Smart

Special Guest Conductor

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Breakdown: 1975 MOVIE	Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
2025	Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football TV	Self (archive footage)
2025	John Candy: I Like Me MOVIE	Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
2024	6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2024	Luther: Never Too Much MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2024	Bad Hostage MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2024	Jim Henson Idea Man MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2024	Butterfly in the Sky MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2023	Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr. MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2023	The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2023	Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields TV	Self (archive footage)
2023	The Many Faces of Jim Carrey MOVIE	Self (Archive Footage)
2022	Untold: Caitlyn Jenner MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2022	Finster MOVIE	Self
2022	Lucy and Desi MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2021	The Capote Tapes MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2021	Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2020	Audrey MOVIE	Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2020	The Sounds of Baseball TV	Self (archive footage)
2020	My Darling Vivian MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2020	The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2020	The Great Toilet Paper Scare MOVIE	Himself
2019	Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2019	Mike Wallace Is Here MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2019	Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2019	Biography: Comedy Icons TV	Self
2018	The Front Runner MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018	Won't You Be My Neighbor? MOVIE	Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2018	Game Changers MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2017	This Is Bob Hope... MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2017	There's... Johnny! TV	Self (archive footage)
2017	Jerry Before Seinfeld MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2017	The Nineties TV	Self (archive footage)
2017	Whitney: Can I Be Me MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017	The Swingin' A's MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2015	The Seventies TV	Self (archive footage)
2014	Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2014	Life Itself MOVIE	Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2014	The Battered Bastards of Baseball MOVIE	Himself (Archive Footage)
2013	Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2013	Llyn Foulkes One Man Band MOVIE	Himself
2013	Behind the Candelabra MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013	Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story MOVIE	Self (Archive Footage)
2013	Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2012	Johnny Carson: King of Late Night MOVIE	Self
2010	The Best of Johnny Carson MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2009	The Minnie Riperton Story MOVIE	(archive footage)
2008	Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas MOVIE	Self
2007	Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2007	The Best of The Tonight Show: Stand - Up Comedians MOVIE	Self
2006	The Best of Carson, Volume 1 MOVIE	Self
2006	Carson Country MOVIE	Self
2004	Seinfeld: How It Began MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2003	Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2003	Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2002	The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s MOVIE	Self
2002	The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2001	The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2001	The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1998	The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts MOVIE	Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1996	Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1996	E! True Hollywood Story TV	Self
1994	The World of Jim Henson MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1994	Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '70s & '80s: The Master of Laughs! MOVIE	Self - Host
1994	Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '80s & '90s: The King of Late Night MOVIE	Self - Host
1994	Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '60s & '70s: Heeere's Johnny! MOVIE	Self - Host
1994	Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - The Final Show: America Says Farewell MOVIE	Self - Host
1992	Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom MOVIE	Himself
1992	Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys MOVIE	Self
1989	The Simpsons TV	Johnny Carson (voice)
1987	Whales! MOVIE	Narrator
1987	Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour MOVIE	Self
1987	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life MOVIE	Self
1986	TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines MOVIE	Self
1986	Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special MOVIE	Self
1986	The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special MOVIE	Himself
1985	The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There MOVIE	Self
1985	Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1984	Night Court TV	Johnny Carson
1983	George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business MOVIE	Self
1983	Koyaanisqatsi MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1983	Sheena Easton: Act One MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
1982	Newhart TV	Self
1982	Cheers TV	Johnny Carson
1982	Johnny Goes Home MOVIE	Self
1981	A Love Letter to Jack Benny MOVIE	Himself
1980	Lucy Moves to NBC MOVIE	Self
1978	The Kennedy Center Honors TV	Self
1978	Mickey's 50 MOVIE	Self
1977	Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front MOVIE	Himself
1976	CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years MOVIE	Self
1976	NBC: The First Fifty Years MOVIE	Self
1976	Bob Hope's World of Comedy MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1976	Joys MOVIE	Self
1972	Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking MOVIE	Self
1972	Cancel My Reservation MOVIE	Himself (uncredited)
1971	Columbo TV	Self - TV Host (uncredited)
1971	Pure Goldie MOVIE	Self
1970	Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles MOVIE	Self - Host
1968	The Dean Martin Christmas Show MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
1968	Here's Lucy TV	Johnny Carson
1968	The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show TV	Self
1968	Carnival Nights MOVIE	Self
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV	Self
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV	The Mystery Person (uncredited)
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV	Dick Martin (uncredited)
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV	Self (uncredited)
1967	The Danny Thomas Hour TV	Narrator
1966	Murder at N.B.C. MOVIE	Self
1966	Space Ghost and Dino Boy TV	Self
1966	Stuart Little MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1965	Get Smart TV	Herald (uncredited)
1965	Get Smart TV	Special Guest Conductor
1965	Frank Sinatra Spectacular MOVIE	Self - Host
1964	Looking for Love MOVIE	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self - Host
1961	You're in the Picture TV	Himself
1958	Kraft Music Hall TV	Self - Host
1958	Kraft Music Hall TV	Self
1958	The Dick Clark Show TV	Self
1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar TV	Self - Guest Host
1957	Three Men on a Horse MOVIE	Erwin Trowbridge
1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV	Self
1956	The Steve Allen Show TV	Self
1956	The Steve Allen Show TV	Self - Comedian-Quiz Show Host
1956	The Steve Allen Show TV	Self - Guest
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1956	Lucy's Really Lost Moments MOVIE	Self
1955	Miss Universe TV	Host
1955	The Johnny Carson Show TV	Himself
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Self
1953	The United States Steel Hour TV	Self
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Knight Who Makes Point of Order
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Self
1950	The Jack Benny Program TV	Johnny Carson
1950	The Bob Hope Show TV	Self
1950	The Bob Hope Show TV	The Masked Killer (uncredited).
1950	The Bob Hope Show TV	Self - Cameo
1950	What's My Line? TV	Self - Mystery Guest
1950	What's My Line? TV	Self - Panelist
1949	The Emmy Awards TV	Self
1948	The Ed Sullivan Show TV	Self
	Untitled Joan Rivers Documentary MOVIE	Self (archive footage)

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