Johnny Carson
Born
23 October 1925 (100)
Place of Birth
Corning, Iowa, USA
Also known as
John Carson, John William 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.
Filmography (40)
Breakdown: 1975
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
2024
Luther: Never Too Much
2024
Bad Hostage
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
2023
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain
2023
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
2023
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022
Finster
2022
Lucy and Desi
2022
The Capote Tapes
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Audrey
2020
My Darling Vivian
2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
The Great Toilet Paper Scare
2020
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
2019
The Front Runner
2018
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018
Game Changers
2018
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
Jerry Before Seinfeld
2017
Whitney: Can I Be Me
2017
The Swingin' A's
2017
Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker
2014
Life Itself
2014
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
2013
Behind the Candelabra
2013
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
2012
The Best of Johnny Carson
2010
The Minnie Riperton Story
2009