Johnny Carson

Known for: Acting
Born: October 23, 1925, Corning, Iowa, USA
Died: January 23, 2005
Movies: 98

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.

Upcoming Johnny Carson Movies

We Are Made of Star Stuff

2027

July 16, 2027

Best-Known Movies

6.6

Behind the Candelabra

2013

7.9

Koyaanisqatsi

1983

8.0

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

2018

5.9

The Front Runner

2018

7.5

Life Itself

2014

6.6

Whitney: Can I Be Me

2017

6.7

Jerry Before Seinfeld

2017

7.9

John Candy: I Like Me

2025

7.4

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

2014

7.1

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013

Filmography

2027	We Are Made of Star Stuff	Self (archive footage)
2025	Breakdown: 1975	Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage), Self (archive footage)
2025	John Candy: I Like Me	Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
2024	6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote	Self (archive footage)
2024	Luther: Never Too Much	Self (archive footage)
2024	Bad Hostage	Self (archive footage)
2024	Jim Henson Idea Man	Self (archive footage)
2024	Butterfly in the Sky	Self (archive footage)
2023	Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.	Self (archive footage)
2023	The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain	Self (archive footage)
2023	The Many Faces of Jim Carrey	Self (Archive Footage)
2022	Untold: Caitlyn Jenner	Self (archive footage)
2022	Finster
2022	Lucy and Desi	Self (archive footage)
2021	The Capote Tapes	Self (archive footage)
2021	Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street	Self (archive footage)
2020	Audrey	Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2020	My Darling Vivian	Self (archive footage)
2020	The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show	Self (archive footage)
2020	The Great Toilet Paper Scare	Himself
2019	Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice	Self (archive footage)
2019	Mike Wallace Is Here	Self (archive footage)
2019	Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads	Self (archive footage)
2018	The Front Runner	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018	Won't You Be My Neighbor?	Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2018	Game Changers	Self (archive footage)
2017	This Is Bob Hope...	Self (archive footage)
2017	Jerry Before Seinfeld	Self (archive footage)
2017	Whitney: Can I Be Me	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017	The Swingin' A's	Self (archive footage)
2014	Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker	Self (archive footage)
2014	Life Itself	Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2014	The Battered Bastards of Baseball	Himself (Archive Footage)
2013	Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia	Self (archive footage)
2013	Llyn Foulkes One Man Band	Himself
2013	Behind the Candelabra	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013	Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story	Self (Archive Footage)
2013	Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic	Self (archive footage)
2012	Johnny Carson: King of Late Night	Self
2010	The Best of Johnny Carson	Self (archive footage)
2009	The Minnie Riperton Story	(archive footage)
2008	Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas	Self
2007	Jimmy Carter Man from Plains	Self (archive footage)
2007	The Best of The Tonight Show: Stand - Up Comedians
2006	The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006	Carson Country
2004	Seinfeld: How It Began	Self (archive footage)
2003	Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection	Self (archive footage)
2003	Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer	Self (archive footage)
2002	The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
2002	The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s	Self (archive footage)
2001	50 Years of NBC Late Night	Self (archive footage)
2001	The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1	Self (archive footage)
2001	The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2	Self (archive footage)
1998	The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts	Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1996	Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents	Self (archive footage)
1994	The World of Jim Henson	Self (archive footage)
1994	Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '60s & '70s: Heeere's Johnny!	Self - Host
1994	Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '70s & '80s: The Master of Laughs!	Self - Host
1994	Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '80s & '90s: The King of Late Night	Self - Host
1994	Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - The Final Show: America Says Farewell	Self - Host
1992	Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom	Himself
1992	Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys	Self
1987	Whales!	Narrator
1987	It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration	Himself - Guest
1987	Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour	Self
1987	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life	Self
1986	TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines	Self
1986	Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special	Self
1986	The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special	Himself
1985	The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985	Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers	Self (archive footage)
1983	George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business	Self
1983	Koyaanisqatsi	Self (archive footage)
1983	Sheena Easton: Act One	Self (uncredited)
1982	Johnny Goes Home	Self
1981	A Love Letter to Jack Benny	Himself
1980	Lucy Moves to NBC	Self
1978	Mickey's 50	Self
1977	Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front	Himself
1976	CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years	Self
1976	NBC: The First Fifty Years	Self
1976	Bob Hope's World of Comedy	(archive footage)
1976	Joys	Self
1972	Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking	Self
1972	Cancel My Reservation	Himself (uncredited)
1971	Pure Goldie	Self
1970	Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles	Self - Host
1968	The Dean Martin Christmas Show	Self (uncredited)
1968	Carnival Nights	Self
1966	Murder at N.B.C.
1966	Stuart Little	Narrator (voice)
1965	Frank Sinatra Spectacular	Self - Host
1964	Looking for Love	Self
1957	Three Men on a Horse	Erwin Trowbridge
1956	Lucy's Really Lost Moments	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2006	Carson Country	Writer
1982	Johnny Goes Home	Writer

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