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Howard Cosell
Actor
Born March 25, 1918Died April 23, 1995 (77 years)
Howard William Cosell was an American sports journalist and author, who was prominent and influential on radio, television and print media from the early 1960s into the mid 1980s. He was also an actor who played minor roles in several TV programs and movies. Cosell was widely known for his blustery, confident personality. Cosell said of himself, "Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. There's no question that I'm all of those things." In its obituary for Cosell, The New York Times described Cosell's effect on American sports coverage: "He entered sports broadcasting in the mid-1950s, when the predominant style was unabashed adulation, [and] offered a brassy counterpoint that was first ridiculed, then copied until it became the dominant note of sports broadcasting."
Filmography
| 2025 | SNL50: The Anniversary Special · as Self |
| 2022 | McEnroe · as Self (voice) (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2021 | All Madden · as Self |
| 2021 | Ron Lyle · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Citizen Ashe · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Mexico's Knockout Artist · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2019 | What's My Name: Muhammad Ali · as Self |
| 2019 | What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes · as Self |
| 2018 | 1968 · as Self |
| 2017 | Battle of the Sexes · as Self |
| 2017 | Foreman · as Self |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in America · as Self |
| 2014 | I Am Ali · as Self |
| 2013 | The Trials of Muhammad Ali · as Self |
| 2011 | The Real Rocky · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Renée · as Self |
| 2010 | Lombardi · as Self |
| 2009 | Muhammad and Larry · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Facing Ali · as Self |
| 2008 | Thrilla in Manila · as Self |
| 2008 | Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories · as Self |
| 2006 | The Curse of Superman · as Self |
| 2006 | Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer · as Self |
| 2004 | Hit Celebrity TV Commercials · as Self - For Fruit Of The Loom Underwear |
| 2000 | Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1999 | Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is · as Self |
| 1999 | One Day in September · as Self |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam · as Self - 1977 World Series Announcer |
| 1998 | The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts · as Self - Roastee (archive Footage) |
| 1996 | When We Were Kings · as Self |
| 1996 | Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story · as Self |
| 1995 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | Vicki! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration · as Self |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III · as Self |
| 1990 | Outside the Lines (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Battle of the Network Stars XIX · as Self - Host |
| 1988 | Johnny Be Good · as Himself |
| 1984 | Battle of the Network Stars XVII · as Self - Host |
| 1984 | Battle of the Network Stars XVI · as Self - Host |
| 1984 | Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Mr. T · as Self |
| 1984 | Broadway Danny Rose · as Howard Cosell |
| 1983 | Battle of the Network Stars XV · as Self - Host |
| 1983 | Battle of the Network Stars XIV · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1982 | Battle of the Network Stars XII · as Self - Host |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Battle of the Network Stars XI · as Self - Host |
| 1981 | The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 1981 | Battle of the Network Stars X · as Self - Host |
| 1980 | Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier · as Howard Cosell |
| 1980 | Battle of the Network Stars IX · as Self - Host |
| 1979 | Battle of the Network Stars VII · as Self - Host |
| 1979 | Battle of the Network Stars VI · as Self - Host |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Battle of the Network Stars V · as Self - Host |
| 1978 | Battle of the Network Stars IV · as Self - Host |
| 1977 | Battle of the Network Stars III · as Self - Host |
| 1977 | Battle of the Network Stars II · as Self |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) · as Howard Cosell |
| 1976 | Battle of the Network Stars · as Self - Host |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning · as Howard Cosell |
| 1976 | Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dean Martin · as Self |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1974 | O.J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose · as Self |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Frank Sinatra: The Main Event · as Self - Host |
| 1973 | Sleeper · as Self - On Wide World Of Sports |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | The World's Greatest Athlete · as Himself - Announcer |
| 1973 | The 500 Pound Jerk · as Howard Cosell |
| 1972 | The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The ABC Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Bananas · as Himself |
| 1971 | Fight of the Century · as Self-(audience Member) |
| 1970 | a.k.a. Cassius Clay · as Self |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Howard Cosell |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple (TV Series) · as Howard Cosell |
| 1970 | NFL Monday Night Football (TV Series) · as Self - Color Commentator |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | Dinah's Place (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | What's My Line? (1968) (TV Series) · as Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | The Phil Donahue Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |