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Garrison Keillor
Actor, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn August 7, 1942 (82 years)
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He is best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016.
Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of his books, including Lake Wobegon Days and Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. Other creations include Guy Noir, a detective voiced by Keillor who appeared in A Prairie Home Companion comic skits. Keillor is also the creator of the five-minute daily radio/podcast program The Writer's Almanac, which pairs one or two poems of his choice with a script about important literary, historical, and scientific events that coincided with that date in history.
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Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of his books, including Lake Wobegon Days and Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. Other creations include Guy Noir, a detective voiced by Keillor who appeared in A Prairie Home Companion comic skits. Keillor is also the creator of the five-minute daily radio/podcast program The Writer's Almanac, which pairs one or two poems of his choice with a script about important literary, historical, and scientific events that coincided with that date in history.
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Filmography
| 2015 | Jug Band Hokum · as Self |
| 2014 | The 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Presenter |
| 2014 | Sharon Isbin: Troubadour · as Self - Speaker |
| 2010 | Overheard (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2007 | The States (TV Series) · as Self (minnesota) |
| 2007 | A Prairie Home Companion: Deleted Scenes · as Self |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | A Prairie Home Companion 30th Broadcast Season Celebration · as Garrison Keillor |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The Haunted History of Halloween · as Self |
| 1997 | The Big One · as Himself |
| 1996 | No Spin News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio · as Self - Writer |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self - Humorist |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Austin City Limits (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Radio Host (segment "npr") |