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Johnny Carson
Actor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born October 23, 1925Died January 23, 2005 (79 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything · as Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
| 2024 | Cheech & Chong's Last Movie · as Self |
| 2024 | Truman Capote & the Murder of Holcomb · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency · as Self - Comedian |
| 2024 | Luther: Never Too Much · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Faye · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution · as Self |
| 2024 | Brats · as Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
| 2024 | Reagan: Portrait of a Presidency · as Self - Tv Talk Show Host |
| 2024 | Jim Henson: Idea Man · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Thank You Very Much · as Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
| 2023 | Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr. · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Albert Brooks: Defending My Life · as Self |
| 2023 | Sly · as Self |
| 2023 | Donyale Luna: Supermodel · as Self |
| 2023 | Let the Canary Sing · as Self |
| 2023 | Rather · as Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
| 2023 | Love to Love You, Donna Summer · as Self |
| 2023 | The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Butterfly in the Sky · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | It Ain't Over · as Self |
| 2022 | George Carlin's American Dream (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Lucy and Desi · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | The Super Bob Einstein Movie · as Self |
| 2021 | Listening to Kenny G · as Self |
| 2021 | King of Cool · as Self |
| 2021 | Julia · as Self |
| 2021 | Live at Mister Kelly's · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over · as Self |
| 2021 | Untold: Caitlyn Jenner · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Wolfgang · as Self |
| 2021 | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Tina · as Self |
| 2021 | My Name Is Lopez · as Self |
| 2020 | I Am Burt Reynolds · as Self |
| 2020 | Audrey · as Self - Tv Host (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Charles Bronson, Hollywood's Lone Wolf · as Self |
| 2020 | Tiny Tim: King for a Day · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | My Darling Vivian · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | The Sounds of Baseball (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project · as Self |
| 2019 | The Capote Tapes · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas · as Self |
| 2019 | Valerie · as Self |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | I Am Mother · as Self |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Biography: Jeff Dunham - Talking Heads · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Biography: Jeff Foxworthy - Stand Up Guy · as Self |
| 2019 | Biography: Comedy Icons (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 2018 | The Front Runner · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2018 | Jane Fonda in Five Acts · as Self |
| 2018 | What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael · as Self - Host, The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson |
| 2018 | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind · as Self |
| 2018 | Game Changers · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Won't You Be My Neighbor? · as Self - Tv Host (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling · as Self |
| 2018 | Billy Graham: An Extraordinary Journey · as Self |
| 2017 | This Is Bob Hope... · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond · as Self |
| 2017 | Jerry Before Seinfeld · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | The Nineties (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | The Most Hated Woman in America · as Self |
| 2017 | Whitney: Can I Be Me · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg · as Self |
| 2016 | Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You · as Self |
| 2015 | Kareem: Minority of One · as Self |
| 2015 | Conspiracy Theorists Lie · as Self |
| 2015 | The Seventies (2015) (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | The Battered Bastards of Baseball · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | Life Itself · as Self - Tv Host (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me · as Self - Talk Show Host |
| 2014 | Super Duper Alice Cooper · as Self |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes to... · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love · as Self |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | The Other Shore: The Diana Nyad Story · as Self |
| 2013 | Carson on TCM (TV Series) · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | The Battle of the Sexes · as Self |
| 2013 | Llyn Foulkes One Man Band · as Himself |
| 2013 | Behind the Candelabra · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2013 | Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday · as Self |
| 2012 | The Paperboy · as Self |
| 2012 | Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read · as Self |
| 2012 | Ted · as Self |
| 2012 | Johnny Carson: King of Late Night · as Self |
| 2012 | Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy · as Self |
| 2011 | Paul Williams: Still Alive · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Family Band: The Cowsills Story · as Self |
| 2011 | Cinema Verite · as Self |
| 2011 | Renée · as Self |
| 2011 | The 2011 Comedy Awards · as Self |
| 2010 | Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work · as Self |
| 2009 | JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America · as Self |
| 2009 | The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 2008 | Run for Your Life · as Self |
| 2008 | Religulous · as Self |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project · as Self |
| 2007 | Jimmy Carter Man from Plains · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | Talk to Me · as Self |
| 2007 | Hair, Let the Sun Shine In · as Self |
| 2007 | Brando · as Self |
| 2007 | The Making of 'the Larry Sanders Show' · as Self |
| 2006 | When Stand Up Stood Out · as Self |
| 2005 | The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Special Memorial Tribute |
| 2005 | The Last Mogul · as Self |
| 2005 | Inside Deep Throat · as Self |
| 2005 | The 77th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Special Memorial Tribute |
| 2004 | Seinfeld: How It Began · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | Retrosexual: The '80s (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (TV Series) · as Self #11 |
| 2003 | Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | The Ocean's Eleven Story · as Self |
| 2001 | 50 Years of NBC Late Night · as Self |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Wild Desk Ride · as Self |
| 2000 | Isn't She Great · as Self |
| 1999 | Pitch People · as Self |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | The Newton Boys · as Himself (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1998 | The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts · as Self - Roastee (archive Footage) |
| 1997 | George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy · as Self |
| 1996 | Bob Hope: Laughing with the Presidents · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | The World of Jim Henson · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts · as Self - Honoree |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Bob Hope: The First 90 Years · as Self |
| 1993 | The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom · as Self - Former Talk Show Host |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | Laurel & Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys · as Self |
| 1992 | Oscar's Greatest Moments · as Self |
| 1989 | Pink Cadillac · as Self |
| 1988 | James Stewart's Wonderful Life · as Self |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson · as Self - Host |
| 1986 | The New Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Cameo |
| 1986 | NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration · as Self |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special · as Himself |
| 1986 | Super Duper Bloopers and Silly Shorts · as Self |
| 1985 | Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1984 | The 56th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Host |
| 1984 | TV Bloopers And Practical Jokes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | Night Court (TV Series) · as Johnny Carson |
| 1983 | The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 1982 | Cheers (TV Series) · as Johnny Carson |
| 1982 | Koyaanisqatsi · as Self - On Tv (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | The 54th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Host |
| 1982 | Johnny Goes Home · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | The 53rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Host |
| 1980 | The 52nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Host |
| 1980 | Lucy Moves to NBC · as Self |
| 1979 | The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 1979 | The 51st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Host |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years · as Self |
| 1976 | Joys! · as Self |
| 1975 | The Smothers Brothers Show (TV Series) · as Self - Cameo |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | The 28th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking · as Self |
| 1972 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 10th Anniversary · as Self - Host |
| 1972 | Cancel My Reservation · as Himself (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '72 · as Self - Host |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Self - Tv Host (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Johnny Carson |
| 1969 | Goodbye, Columbus · as Johnny Carson |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Host, The Tonight Show (segment "here's... Johnny") |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) · as Johnny Carson |
| 1968 | That Show with Joan Rivers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | The Phil Donahue Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Snap Judgement (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Looking for Love · as Self |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | The Jerry Lewis Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | The Doctors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Match Game (TV Series) · as Self - Cameo |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1961 | Your First Impression (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | Password (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1961 | Sing Along with Mitch (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | You're in the Picture (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1958 | Garry Moore Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1958 | Concentration (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1958 | The Dick Clark Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 1956 | To Tell the Truth (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Comedian |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments · as Self |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Johnny Carson Show (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | I've Got a Secret (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) · as Johnny Carson |
| 1950 | Four Star Revue (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Comedian (sketch) |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Perry Como Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |