Johnny Carson
Acting
Born: 1925-10-23 · Corning, Iowa, USA
Died: 2005-01-23
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.
🎬 Movies (20)
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
2024
Self (archive footage)
Luther: Never Too Much
2024
Self (archive footage)
Bad Hostage
2024
Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
Self (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Self (archive footage)
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
2023
Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain
2023
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
2023
Self (Archive Footage)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022
Self (archive footage)
Finster
2022
Lucy and Desi
2022
Self (archive footage)
The Capote Tapes
2021
Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Self (archive footage)
Audrey
2020
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
2020
Self (archive footage)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
Self (archive footage)
The Great Toilet Paper Scare
2020
Himself
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
Self (archive footage)
📺 TV Shows (20)
Soccer's American Dream
2026
Self (archive footage)
Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
2025
Self (archive footage)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
Self (archive footage)
The Sounds of Baseball
2020
Self (archive footage)
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
Self
There's... Johnny!
2017
Self (archive footage)
The Nineties
2017
Self (archive footage)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Seventies
2015
Self (archive footage)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Simpsons
1989
Johnny Carson (voice)
Night Court
1984
Johnny Carson
Newhart
1982
Cheers
1982
Johnny Carson
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Self
Here's Lucy
1968
Johnny Carson
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Mystery Person (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Dick Martin (uncredited)