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Steve Allen
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American actor, comedian, musician and presenter (1921–2000)
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Steve Allen (1921–2000) was an American comedian, television personality, musician, and composer. Born in New York City, he served in World War II and was educated at Drake University and Arizona State University. Allen was married to Jayne Meadows and was a member of the Democratic Party. He received Peabody Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His recorded works were released on Dot Records, Coral, and Dunhill Records.
Allen authored 182 works, including *More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality*, *But Seriously...*, *How to Be Funny*, *Reflections*, and *Vulgarians at the Gate : Trash TV and Raunch Radio*. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. He resided in Arizona, New York City, and Chicago.
Allen died in Encino from a car collision and heart failure. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 182
Top works
- More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality
- But Seriously...
- How to Be Funny
- Reflections
- Vulgarians at the Gate : Trash TV and Raunch Radio
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Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen was an American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, writer, and advocate of scientific skepticism. In 1954, he achieved national fame as the co-creator and first host of The Tonight Show, which was the first late night television talk show. Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best known for his extensive…
Known for
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues — Self (voice) (archive sound)2022
- Boulevard! A Hollywood Story — Self (archive footage)2021
- Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words — Self (archive footage)2016
- Tab Hunter Confidential — Self (archive)2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2015
- Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read — Self (archive footage)2013
- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift — Self (archive footage)2010
- Elvis: #1 Hit Performances — Self (archive footage)2007
- Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn — Self (archive footage)2007
- Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll — Self (archive footage)2007
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1921
- Active to
- 2000
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 26,543
- Total plays
- 188,354
Tags
There are several artists with this name: one from the USA, another two from the UK and one from New Zealand. 1. Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen (26 December 1921 – 30 October 2000) was an American television personality, musician, actor, comedian, and writer. Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best-known for his television career. He first gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. He graduated to become the first host of The Tonight S
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,040x
- Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using
<b>lme4</b>
· 2015 · cited 75,933x
- Fast Parallel Algorithms for Short-Range Molecular Dynamics
· 1995 · cited 42,174x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,510x
- WGCNA: an R package for weighted correlation network analysis
· 2008 · cited 23,779x
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Quotes
- “This is The Tonight Show. I can't tell you too much about it, other than the fact that this program is going to go on forever.”
- “Get this to Grand Central Station as quick as you can!”
- “Sports fans, I have the final score for you on the big game between Harvard and William & Mary. It is: Harvard 14, William 12, Mary 6.”
- “It is not hardness of heart or evil passions that drive certain individuals to atheism, but rather a scrupulous intellectual honesty.”
- “Religious believers of the world, you are free to continue to debate the simple, narrow question that divides you from atheists, but you have no right, in so doing, to treat the Humanists of the world with contempt. You owe them a deep debt of gratitude, for not only have they shed much light on a naturally dark world but they have very probably helped civilize your own specific religion.”
- “Without laughter life on our planet would be intolerable. So important is laughter to us that humanity highly rewards members of one of the most unusual professions on earth, those who make a living by inducing laughter in others. This is very strange if you stop to think of it: that otherwise sane and responsible citizens should devote their professional energies to causing others to make sharp, explosive barking-like exhalations.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Stephen Valentine Allen , ( 1921-12-26 ) December 26, 1921, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- October 30, 2000 (2000-10-30) (aged 78), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Occupations
- Comedian television personality radio personality actor musician composer writer
- Years active
- 1940–2000
- Known for
- Co-creator and first host of The Tonight Show
- Political party
- Democratic
- Spouses
- Dorothy Goodman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1943 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1952 ) Jayne Meadows ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1954 )
- Website
- steveallen .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Steve
- Family name
- Allen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Encino
- Spouse
- Jayne Meadows
- Mother
- Belle Montrose
- Occupation
- radio personality
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Dunhill Records
- Conflict
- World War II
- Official website
- www.steveallen.com
- Image
- Jayne Meadows Steve Allen.jpg
- Height
- 190
- Number of children
- 4
- Residence
- Chicago
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Commons category
- Steve Allen
- date of birth
- 1921-12-26
- date of death
- 2000-10-30
- Commons gallery
- Steve Allen
- cause of death
- heart failure
- influenced by
- Alfred Korzybski
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
- birth name
- Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen
- name in native language
- Steve Allen
- manner of death
- accidental death
- end of work period
- 2000-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television and radio personality, comedian, musician, composer, writer, and actor. Though he got his start in radio, he is best known for his extensive network television career.
Allen gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. In 1954, he achieved further national fame as the co-creator and first host of The Tonight Show, which was the first late-night nationwide television talk show. He then went on to host numerous game and variety shows, including his own The Steve Allen Show, I've Got a Secret, and The New Steve Allen Show. He was a regular panel member on CBS's What's My Line? and, from 1977 until 1981, he wrote, produced, and hosted the award-winning public broadcasting show Meeting of Minds, a series of historical dramas presented in a talk format.
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