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Soupy Sales
Actor, Additional Credits
Born January 28, 1926Died October 22, 2009 (83 years)
Milton Supman, known professionally as Soupy Sales, was an American comedian, actor, radio/television personality, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television show Lunch with Soupy Sales, a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. From 1968 to 1975 he was a regular panelist on the syndicated revival of What's My Line? and appeared on several other TV game shows. During the 1980s, Sales hosted his own show on WNBC-AM in New York City.
Sales is best known for his daily children's television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales. The show was originally called 12 O'Clock Comics, and was later known as The Soupy Sales Show. Improvised and slapstick in nature, Lunch with Soupy Sales was a rapid-fire stream of comedy sketches, gags, and puns, almost all of which resulted in Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. Sales developed pie-throwing into an art form: straight to the face, on top of the head, a pie to both ears from behind, moving into a stationary pie, and countless other variations. He claimed that he and his visitors had been hit by more than 20,000 pies during his career. He recounted a time when a young fan mistakenly threw a frozen pie at his neck and he "dropped like a pile of bricks."
Sales is best known for his daily children's television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales. The show was originally called 12 O'Clock Comics, and was later known as The Soupy Sales Show. Improvised and slapstick in nature, Lunch with Soupy Sales was a rapid-fire stream of comedy sketches, gags, and puns, almost all of which resulted in Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. Sales developed pie-throwing into an art form: straight to the face, on top of the head, a pie to both ears from behind, moving into a stationary pie, and countless other variations. He claimed that he and his visitors had been hit by more than 20,000 pies during his career. He recounted a time when a young fan mistakenly threw a frozen pie at his neck and he "dropped like a pile of bricks."
Soupy Sales Filmography
| 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes · as Self |
| 2022 | George Carlin's American Dream (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | Super Duper Alice Cooper · as Self |
| 2010 | 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2005 | Howard Stern on Demand (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles · as Self |
| 1998 | Holy Man · as Soupy Sales |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | To Tell the Truth (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1988 | Family Feud (1988) (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Bloopermania · as Self |
| 1986 | Wordplay (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Panelist |
| 1986 | The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | The $100,000 Pyramid (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1984 | TV Bloopers And Practical Jokes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1983 | Sally Jessy Raphael (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | Body Language (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | An Evening At the Improv (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1980 | Chain Reaction (1980) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | Shoot for the Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | The Soupy Sales Show (1976) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | The $25,000 Pyramid (1982) (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1974 | Tony Orlando And Dawn (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | The $10,000 Pyramid (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1972 | The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | To Tell the Truth (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1969 | The Johnny Cash Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Playboy After Dark (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Storybook Squares (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | That Show with Joan Rivers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | What's My Line? (1968) (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1967 | Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Personality (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 Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1965 | Hullabaloo! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | The Judy Garland Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Match Game (TV Series) · as Self - Team Captain |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | Your First Impression (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1961 | Password (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 1952 | I've Got a Secret (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Star |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Angels with Angles · as Tobacconist #2 |
| 2001 | Black Scorpion Returns · as Sonny Dey / Professor Prophet |
| 2001 | Black Scorpion (TV Series) · as Professor Prophet |
| 1999 | Palmer's Pick-Up · as Ernie Bolza |
| 1993 | The Making of '...and God Spoke' · as Moses |
| 1993 | Boy Meets World (TV Series) · as Mr. Martini |
| 1990 | Wings (TV Series) |
| 1989 | True Blue (TV Series) |
| 1988 | |
| 1983 | Saturday Supercade (TV Series) · as Donkey Kong (voice) |
| 1983 | Donkey Kong (TV Series) · as Donkey Kong (voice) |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Victor Marshall |
| 1977 | Sha Na Na (TV Series) · as Coach |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Birds Do It · as Melvin Byrd |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Henry Geller |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse (TV Series) · as Fred Brady |
| 1963 | Critic's Choice · as Boston Desk Clerk |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Ensign O'Toole (TV Series) · as Johnson |
| 1962 | McKeever and the Colonel (TV Series) · as T. Lemoyne Days Iii |
| 1961 | The Two Little Bears · as Officer Mcgovern |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Hennesey (TV Series) |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys (TV Series) · as Hank Salamanca |
| 1976 | The Soupy Sales Show (1976) (TV Series) · as Written By |