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List of Steve Allen Movies: Ranked Best To Worst

1. The Sunshine Boys (1975)
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The Sunshine Boys
PG
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Lewis and Clark were both famous comedians at a time during the vaudeville era. However, off-stage they immensely dislike each other. Although they have not spoken to one another for around twenty years, they are forced to put their differences aside and work together, when a producer wants a reunion of the duo for a TV special.

Directed By:
Herbert Ross
3. The Player (1992)
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The Player
TV-MA
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The Player is an American satirical black comedy film, which tells the story of Hollywood film producer Griffin Mill, who starts receiving threats anonymously. However, he is certain that David, a scriptwriter is behind it. He invites the latter to sort things out, but things take an ugly turn, and he ends up murdering him.  

Directed By:
4. Warning Shot (1967)
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Warning Shot
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When a man pulls a gun on LAPD Sergeant Tom Valens during a stakeout, Valens fatally shoots him. This leads to trouble as the man he shot is Dr. Rustin, a respected physician with impeccable reputation, and also, no gun is found in the Coroner’s inquest. Suspended and charged with manslaughter, Valens has to find the missing gun to prove the truth.

Starring:
Eleanor Parker, Keenan Wynn, Joan Collins, Lillian Gish, Stefanie Powers, Ed Begley
Directed By:
Buzz Kulik
5. The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
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The Benny Goodman Story
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This biographical film depicts some key events in the life of clarinetist Benny Goodman starting with him learning to play clarinet from a Chicago music professor at a young age. After playing for Ben Pollack's traveling band for years, he impresses jazz lover John Hammond and falls in love with his sister Alice, which upsets his mother.

Role:
Benny Goodman
Starring:
Donna Reed, Herbert Anderson, Berta Gersten, Barry Truex
Directed By:
Valentine Davies
6. The Comic (1969)
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The Comic
PG
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The Comic is a 1969 comedy film revolving around a silent film comedian, whose talent is overshadowed by his ego. He cheats on his wife, bullies his friends, and makes a brief comeback on TV. 

Starring:
Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke, Gavin MacLeod, Carl Reiner, Michele Lee, Nina Wayne, Cornel Wilde
Directed By:
7. Joys (1976)
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Joys
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Over fifty of the best living comedians are invited for a party at the residence of Bob Hope. However, things get ugly when they are killed one after the other by someone, after which their bodies are thrown into the pool. Along with the remaining guests, Hope tries to figure out who the killer is, before anyone else is targeted.  

Role:
Himself
Starring:
Bob Hope, Jack Albertson, Don Adams, Marty Allen
Directed By:
Dick McDonough
8. I'll Get By (1950)
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I'll Get By
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Starring:
William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven, June Haver, Harry James
Directed By:
Richard Sale
9. The Big Circus (1959)
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The Big Circus
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Hank Whirling, owner of the big circus, is facing financial troubles after splitting from his corrupt partner. He tries to get heavy loan, for which he has to appoint their accountant Randy Sherman. But along with dipping finances, when a series of accidents plague the circus, Whirling starts suspecting the presence of some mysterious saboteur who seemed determined to destroy the show.

Starring:
Victor Mature, Peter Lorre, Marion Ross, Vincent Price, Rhonda Fleming, Red Buttons, Kathryn Grant
Directed By:
Joseph M. Newman
10. Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
PG
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On November 9, 1965, when a mega-blackout hits the Northeast, Waldo Zane, a New York executive, who has just misappropriated his company’s millions, gets stranded with car-breakdown and ends up at a Connecticut cottage. The cottage-owner, actress Margaret Garrison, has angrily retreated to her cottage after witnessing her husband’s infidelity. More chaos follows when her husband finds the two together in bed. 

Starring:
Doris Day, Morgan Freeman, Patrick O'Neal, Robert Morse
Directed By:
Hy Averback
11. Down Memory Lane (1949)
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Down Memory Lane
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Role:
Himself
Starring:
W. C. Fields, Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Franklin Pangborn, Frank Nelson
Directed By:
Phil Karlson
12. Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)
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Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
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This American comedy film tells the story of a few foreign spies who mistake a diner cook for a Soviet astronaut. The cook must now evade capture as well as prove his identity before it is too late.

Starring:
Milton Berle, Danny Thomas, Carl Reiner, Richard Deacon
Directed By:
Harmon Jones
13. College Confidential (1960)
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College Confidential
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Role:
Steve 'Mac' Macinter
Starring:
Herbert Marshall, Jayne Meadows, Mickey Shaughnessy, Walter Winchell
Directed By:
Albert Zugsmith
14. Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)
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Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
R
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Role:
Himself (archiveFootage)
Starring:
Angel, Chuck Ash, Arthur Barrow, Adrian Belew
Directed By:
Thorsten Schütte
15. Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show (1991)
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Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
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Role:
Himself
Starring:
Rodney Dangerfield, Corbin Bernsen, Harry Basil, Roger Behr
Directed By:
Debbie Palacio
16. For Goodness Sake (1993)
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For Goodness Sake
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Starring:
Florence Henderson, Scott Bakula, Cindy Williams, Jason Alexander, Bonnie Hunt, Eugene Levy, Bob Bancroft
Directed By:
David Zucker
17. The St. Tammany Miracle (1994)
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The St. Tammany Miracle
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Starring:
Soleil Moon Frye, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Julie McCullough, Jamie Luner
Directed By:
Jim McCullough Sr., Joy N. Houck Jr.
18. Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993)
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Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America
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Role:
Himself
Starring:
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Pearl Bailey, Louise Beavers, Bill Bellamy
Directed By:
Yvonne Smith

TV Movie(s)

1. Now You See It, Now You Don't (1968)
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Now You See It, Now You Don't
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Role:
Herschel Lucas
Starring:
Luciana Paluzzi, John Aniston, Jonathan Winters, Jayne Meadows
Directed By:
Don Weis
2. Have I Got a Christmas for You (1977)
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Have I Got a Christmas for You
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Role:
Martin Kaplan
Starring:
George Takei, Adrienne Barbeau, Kim Fields, Milton Berle, Milton Berle
Directed By:
Marc Daniels
3. Allen in Movieland (1955)
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Allen in Movieland
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Role:
Himself
Starring:
Clint Eastwood, Keith Andes, Jeff Chandler, Buck Clayton
Directed By:
Dick McDonough
4. Alice in Wonderland (1985)
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Alice in Wonderland
TV-PG
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Starring:
Scott Baio, Sherman Hemsley, Patrick Duffy, Shelley Winters, John Stamos, Lloyd Bridges, Ernest Borgnine
Directed By:
Harry Harris
5. The Gossip Columnist (1980)
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The Gossip Columnist
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Role:
Himself
Starring:
Betty White, Kim Cattrall, Jack Carter, Jim Backus
Directed By:
James Sheldon
6. Don't Ask Me, Ask God (1984)
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Don't Ask Me, Ask God
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Role:
Himself - Question Presenter
Starring:
Tony Danza, Michael J. Fox, Pat Robertson, Anita Gillette, Ned Beatty
Directed By:
Warren Marcus
7. The I'm Exhausted Concert (1988)
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The I'm Exhausted Concert
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Role:
Himself
Starring:
Richard Lewis, Richard Dimitri, Jackie Collins, Steve Dahl
Directed By:
Bruce Gowers
8. Comic Relief (1986)
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Comic Relief
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Role:
Himself
Starring:
Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Harry Anderson, Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Belzer
Directed By:
Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, John Moffitt, Billy Crystal
9. Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast (1997)
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Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast
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Role:
Himself
Starring:
Rodney Dangerfield, Paul Rodriguez, Sandra Bernhard, Louie Anderson
Directed By:
Bruce Gowers
10. The Desilu Story (2003)
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The Desilu Story
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Role:
Himself (archiveFootage)
Starring:
Eddie Albert, Edie Adams, Desi Arnaz Jr., Larry Anderson
Directed By:
Marshall Flaum
11. Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth 2 (1992)
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Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth 2
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Role:
Himself
Starring:
Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold, Chris Farley, Sandra Bernhard
Directed By:
Peter Segal

Animation(s)

The Simpsons (1989)
The Simpsons
TV-14
Starring:
Liam Neeson, Jon Hamm, Werner Herzog, Topher Grace, Fred Armisen, Tom Waits, Nick Kroll
Directed By:
Mark Kirkland, Steven Dean Moore, Bob Anderson, Matthew Nastuk, Jim Reardon
The Critic (1994)
The Critic
TV-14
Starring:
Judd Apatow, Rhea Perlman, Adam West, Rod Steiger, Phil Hartman, Ricki Lake, Margaret Cho
Directed By:
Gregg Vanzo, Bret Haaland, Lauren MacMullan, Rich Moore, Dan Jeup

TV Shows and Videos

Meeting of Minds (1977)
Meeting of Minds
Role:
Himself / ... (17 episodes, 1977-1981)
Starring:
Leon Askin, John Hoyt, Jayne Meadows, Harris Yulin
Jazz Scene USA (1962)
Jazz Scene USA
Starring:
Larry Bunker, Oscar Brown Jr., Cannonball Adderley, Danny Alguirre, Monty Budwig
Kraft Television Theatre (1947)
Kraft Television Theatre
Starring:
Cliff Robertson, Sal Mineo, Ossie Davis, Art Carney, Lorne Greene, Elaine Stritch, Jack Lemmon
Directed By:
William A. Graham, Stanley Quinn, Paul Bogart, Harry Herrmann, Richard Dunlap
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
The Steve Allen Show
Role:
Himself - Host (159 episodes, 1956-1960)
Starring:
Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Alan Young, Larry Fine, Lou Costello, Gloria Swanson, Keenan Wynn
Directed By:
Dwight Hemion
Johnny Staccato (1959)
Johnny Staccato
Starring:
Michael Landon, Elizabeth Montgomery, Gena Rowlands, Cloris Leachman, Martin Landau, Mary Tyler Moore, John Cassavetes
Directed By:
Paul Henreid, John Brahm, John Cassavetes, Richard Whorf, Robert B. Sinclair
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Starring:
Anne Baxter, Harpo Marx, Ann Sothern, Ron Howard, Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, James Franciscus
Directed By:
Don Taylor, Paul Henreid, Robert Butler, Richard Dunlap, James Neilson
The Milton Berle Show (1966)
The Milton Berle Show
Role:
Himself (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Starring:
Bruce Lee, Adam West, Milton Berle, Donna Loren, Irving Benson
Directed By:
Mark Goode
The Steve Allen Show (1959)
The Steve Allen Show
Role:
Himself - Host / ... (8 episodes, 1959-1971)
Starring:
Jayne Meadows, Pat Harrington Jr., Sue Gossick, Lionel Hampton
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
The Red Skelton Show
TV-G
Starring:
George Harris Kennedy, Jr, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Raymond Burr, Buddy Ebsen, Barbara Feldon, Mary Wickes, Vivian Vance
Directed By:
Seymour Berns, Bill Hobin, John Gaunt, Terry Kyne, Martin Rackin
Get Smart (1965)
Get Smart
TV-G
Starring:
Alice Ghostley, Don Rickles, Carol Burnett, Broderick Crawford, Tom Bosley, Fred Willard, Leonard Nimoy
Directed By:
Bruce Bilson, Reza Badiyi, Charles R. Rondeau, Earl Bellamy, Richard Benedict
Matinee Theatre (1955)
Matinee Theatre
Starring:
Jack Nicholson, Roger Moore, John Banner, Rita Moreno, James Whitmore, John Drew Barrymore, John Carradine
Directed By:
Lamont Johnson, Walter Grauman, Boris Sagal, Allan A. Buckhantz, Sherman Marks
The New Steve Allen Show (1961)
The New Steve Allen Show
Role:
Himself - Host (28 episodes, 1961-1964)
Starring:
Mel Brooks, Don Knotts, Carl Reiner
Directed By:
Steve Binder
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV-14
Starring:
Bruce Campbell, John Waters, Chris Rock, Daniel Baldwin, Christopher Meloni, Neil Patrick Harris, Eric Stoltz
Directed By:
Kenneth Fink, Alan Taylor, Nick Gomez, Peter Medak, Jean de Segonzac
Summer Playhouse (1954)
Summer Playhouse
Role:
Cameo (1 episode, 1964)
Starring:
Jimmy Durante, Jane Wyman, William Frawley, Ray Walston, Fred MacMurray
Danger (1950)
Danger
Starring:
John Forsythe, Eva Gabor, Jack Palance, Leslie Nielsen, Joanne Woodward, Jackie Cooper, James Dean
Directed By:
Sidney Lumet, John Frankenheimer, Yul Brynner, John Peyser, Ted Post
Nurse (1981)
Nurse
Starring:
Estelle Getty, Danny Aiello, Robert Reed, James Cromwell, Dennis Boutsikaris, Hattie Winston, Michael Learned
Directed By:
Seymour Robbie, Philip Leacock, James Sheldon, Virgil W. Vogel
St. Elsewhere (1982)
St. Elsewhere
TV-PG
Starring:
Ray Liotta, Jane Wyatt, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Guest, Jane Kaczmarek, Candace Cameron Bure, Kate Mulgrew
Directed By:
Linda Day, Victor Lobl, Bethany Rooney, Leo Penn, Thomas Carter
The Steve Allen Playhouse (1962)
The Steve Allen Playhouse
Role:
Himself - Host (8 episodes, 1962-1964)
Starring:
John Raitt, Johnny Jacobs, Donn Trenner, Herb Ellis
The Snoop Sisters (1972)
The Snoop Sisters
Starring:
Jill Clayburgh, Helen Hayes, Bert Convy, William Devane, Geraldine Page, Paulette Goddard, Art Carney
Directed By:
Leonard Horn
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1967)
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
Role:
Himself - Host (8 episodes, 1967)
Starring:
Jayne Meadows, Louis Nye, Ruth Buzzi, John Byner
What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977)
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
Starring:
Larry Hagman, Don Johnson, Meredith Baxter, Kim Cattrall, Leslie Nielsen, Tony Bill, Jane Curtin
Directed By:
Harry Falk, Richard Irving
Batman (1966)
Batman
TV-G
Starring:
Werner Klemperer, Carolyn Jones, James Brolin, Jerry Lewis, Edward G. Robinson, Dina Merrill, Rob Reiner
Directed By:
Oscar Rudolph, James B. Clark, George Waggner, Sam Strangis, Robert Butler
Medical Center (1969)
Medical Center
Starring:
John Ritter, Della Reese, Slim Pickens, Christina Crawford, Dick Van Patten, Gary Coleman, Celeste Holm
Directed By:
Vincent Sherman, Earl Bellamy, Paul Stanley, Murray Golden, Michael Caffey
Tonight! (1953)
Tonight!
TV-PG
Role:
Himself - Host / ... (56 episodes, 1953-1957)
Starring:
Gene Rayburn, Skitch Henderson, Ernie Kovacs, LeRoy Holmes
McCloud (1970)
McCloud
Starring:
Patrick Wayne, Linda Evans, Don Ameche, Carl Weathers, Teri Garr, Eric Braeden, Claude Akins
Directed By:
E.W. Swackhamer, Ron Satlof, Bruce Kessler, Russ Mayberry, Lou Antonio
Love, American Style (1969)
Love, American Style
Starring:
Mako Iwamatsu, Annette Funicello, Anne Meara, Scatman Crothers, Connie Stevens, Richard Dawson, Albert Brooks
Directed By:
Charles R. Rondeau, Bruce Bilson, Leslie H. Martinson, Gary Nelson, Richard Michaels
The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
The Jerry Lewis Show
Starring:
Sid Caesar, Jerry Lewis, Del Moore, Kaye Stevens
Directed By:
Jack Shea, John Dorsey
Riptide (1984)
Riptide
Starring:
George Clooney, Elinor Donahue, Kelly Preston, James Cromwell, Richard Lewis, James Whitmore, Jack Ging
Directed By:
Chuck Bowman, Michael Lange, Ron Satlof, Bruce Kessler, Arnold Laven
I've Got a Secret (1972)
I've Got a Secret
TV-G
Role:
Himself - Host (3 episodes, 1972)
Starring:
Richard Dawson, Pat Carroll, It seems that there's no person with personID "0647692", Meredith MacRae
Hotel (1983)
Hotel
Starring:
Laurence Luckinbill, Johnny Depp, Sarah Jessica Parker, James Doohan, Mary Ann Mobley, Michael Moriarty, Elizabeth Taylor
Directed By:
Bruce Bilson, Jerome Courtland, Nancy Malone, James Brolin, Vincent McEveety
Fantasy Island (1977)
Fantasy Island
Starring:
Heather Locklear, Michelle Phillips, Dawn Wells, Britt Ekland, Dorothy McGuire, Doris Roberts, Nicole Eggert
Directed By:
Cliff Bole, Don Weis, Earl Bellamy, George McCowan, Philip Leacock
The People Next Door (1989)
The People Next Door
Starring:
Christina Pickles, Tony Jay, Joyce Brothers, Jeffrey Jones
Diagnosis Murder (1993)
Diagnosis Murder
Starring:
Jane Seymour, Debra Jo Rupp, Danny Bonaduce, Donny Osmond, Elizabeth Berkley, Melody Thomas Scott, Alexandra Hedison
Directed By:
Christian I. Nyby II, Christopher Hibler, Frank Thackery, Vincent McEveety, Victor Lobl
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980)
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
Role:
Himself - Host (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Starring:
Billy Crystal, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, Kaye Ballard
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV-G
Starring:
Debbie Harry, Frankie Muniz, Raquel Welch, Frankie Avalon, Sophia Bush, Milo Ventimiglia, Avril Lavigne
Directed By:
Linda Day, Jeff Melman, Leonard R. Garner Jr., Joyce Gittlin, David Grossman
The Love Boat (1977)
The Love Boat
TV-G
Starring:
Janet Gaynor, Eve Plumb, Leslie Caron, Todd Bridges, Flip Wilson, Tom Hanks, Martin Short
Directed By:
Richard Kinon, Roger Duchowny, Robert Scheerer, Allen Baron, Ted Lange
Don't Quit Your Day Job (1996)
Don't Quit Your Day Job
M
Starring:
George Lopez, Joe Walsh, Andrea Abbate, Max Alexander
General Electric Theater (1953)
General Electric Theater
Starring:
Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Amanda Blake, Ryan O'Neal, Teresa Wright, Jeanne Crain, Mel Blanc
Directed By:
Herschel Daugherty, Don Medford, James Neilson, Jules Bricken, Mitchell Leisen

Steve Allen Awards

Grammy Awards
Winner Best Original Jazz Composition 1964