Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 23, 1925
Died
Jan 23, 2005
Place of Birth
Corning, Iowa, USA
Credits
137 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Soccer's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
Self (archive footage)
Luther: Never Too Much
Self (archive footage)
Bad Hostage
Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky
Self (archive footage)
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain
Self (archive footage)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
Self (Archive Footage)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Self (archive footage)
Finster
Lucy and Desi
Self (archive footage)
The Capote Tapes
Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
Audrey
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
The Sounds of Baseball
Self (archive footage)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Self (archive footage)
The Great Toilet Paper Scare
Himself
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
Self (archive footage)
Biography: Comedy Icons
Self
The Front Runner
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Game Changers
Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
There's... Johnny!
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Before Seinfeld
Self (archive footage)
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
Whitney: Can I Be Me
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Swingin' A's
Self (archive footage)
The Seventies
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker
Self (archive footage)
Life Itself
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Himself (Archive Footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self (archive footage)
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
Himself
Behind the Candelabra
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
Self (Archive Footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Self
The Best of Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage)
The Minnie Riperton Story
(archive footage)
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
Self
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
Self (archive footage)