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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, Carl Reiner, Gavin MacLeod, 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:
Danny Thomas, Milton Berle, 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, Cindy Williams, Jason Alexander, Scott Bakula, 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, Shelley Winters, Patrick Duffy, John Stamos, Telly Savalas, 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, Adam West, Ben Stiller, Carmen Electra, Katey Sagal, Benedict Cumberbatch, Anne Hathaway
Directed By:
Mark Kirkland, Steven Dean Moore, Bob Anderson, Matthew Nastuk, Jim Reardon
The Critic (1994)
The Critic
TV-14
Starring:
Queen Latifah, Phil Hartman, Rhea Perlman, Ricki Lake, Rod Steiger, Judd Apatow, 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:
Art Carney, Lee Remick, Anthony Perkins, Maggie Smith, Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, George Peppard
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, Gloria Swanson, Larry Fine, Lou Costello, Alan Young, Keenan Wynn
Directed By:
Dwight Hemion
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Starring:
Ginger Rogers, James Franciscus, Harpo Marx, Irene Dunne, John Banner, Ann Sothern, Carolyn Jones
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:
Barbara Feldon, Julie London, Cliff Robertson, Jane Russell, Eva Gabor, Clayton Moore, Arthur Godfrey
Directed By:
Seymour Berns, Bill Hobin, John Gaunt, Terry Kyne, Martin Rackin
Get Smart (1965)
Get Smart
TV-G
Starring:
Carol Burnett, Leonard Nimoy, Don Rickles, Fred Willard, Tom Bosley, Broderick Crawford, Alice Ghostley
Directed By:
Bruce Bilson, Reza Badiyi, Charles R. Rondeau, Earl Bellamy, Richard Benedict
Matinee Theatre (1955)
Matinee Theatre
Starring:
Roger Moore, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jack Nicholson, Geraldine Page, Angie Dickinson, James Whitmore, Jerry Mathers
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:
Jake Gyllenhaal, David Simon, Charles Durning, Eric Stoltz, Anne Meara, John Waters, Richard Belzer
Directed By:
Kenneth Fink, Alan Taylor, Nick Gomez, Peter Medak, Jean de Segonzac
Summer Playhouse (1954)
Summer Playhouse
Role:
Cameo (1 episode, 1964)
Starring:
Jane Wyman, Fred MacMurray, William Frawley, Jimmy Durante, Ray Walston
Danger (1950)
Danger
Starring:
Inger Stevens, Jackie Cooper, Lee Grant, John Forsythe, Ben Gazzara, Anthony Quinn, Eli Wallach
Directed By:
Sidney Lumet, John Frankenheimer, Yul Brynner, John Peyser, Ted Post
Nurse (1981)
Nurse
Starring:
Estelle Getty, James Cromwell, Robert Reed, Danny Aiello, 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:
Alan Autry, Jane Kaczmarek, Pauly Shore, Doris Roberts, John Ratzenberger, Bruce Greenwood, Rae Dawn Chong
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:
Paulette Goddard, Bert Convy, Helen Hayes, Jill Clayburgh, William Devane, Vincent Price, 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:
Leslie Nielsen, Don Johnson, Larry Hagman, Meredith Baxter, Kim Cattrall, Tony Bill, Jane Curtin
Directed By:
Harry Falk, Richard Irving
Batman (1966)
Batman
TV-G
Starring:
Ethel Merman, Werner Klemperer, Dina Merrill, Edward G. Robinson, Otto Preminger, Rob Reiner, Anne Baxter
Directed By:
Oscar Rudolph, James B. Clark, George Waggner, Sam Strangis, Robert Butler
Medical Center (1969)
Medical Center
Starring:
Claude Akins, Erik Estrada, Ed Begley Jr., Christina Crawford, George Chakiris, Della Reese, O. J. Simpson
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:
Bernadette Peters, Don Ameche, Britt Ekland, Eric Braeden, Linda Evans, Adam Faith, Richard Dawson
Directed By:
E.W. Swackhamer, Ron Satlof, Bruce Kessler, Russ Mayberry, Lou Antonio
Love, American Style (1969)
Love, American Style
Starring:
Scatman Crothers, Sterling Holloway, Ossie Davis, Sid Caesar, Maud Adams, Vivian Vance, Bob Denver
Directed By:
Charles R. Rondeau, Bruce Bilson, Leslie H. Martinson, Gary Nelson, Richard Michaels
The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
The Jerry Lewis Show
Starring:
Jerry Lewis, Sid Caesar, Del Moore, Kaye Stevens
Directed By:
Jack Shea, John Dorsey
Riptide (1984)
Riptide
Starring:
George Clooney, Kelly Preston, Elinor Donahue, James Cromwell, James Whitmore, Richard Lewis, 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:
Lynn Redgrave, Louis Jourdan, Melissa Sue Anderson, George Lazenby, James Doohan, Karen Grassle, Dorothy McGuire
Directed By:
Bruce Bilson, Jerome Courtland, Nancy Malone, James Brolin, Vincent McEveety
Fantasy Island (1977)
Fantasy Island
Starring:
George Harris Kennedy, Jr, Danny Bonaduce, Nicole Eggert, Eve Plumb, Annette Funicello, Mako Iwamatsu, Mary Ann Mobley
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:
Alanna Ubach, Marie Osmond, A. J. Langer, Jason Clarke, Leah Remini, Donny Osmond, Peter Graves
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:
Frankie Avalon, Nicole Scherzinger, Frankie Muniz, Tara Strong, Kevin Nash, Penn Jillette, Thomas F. Wilson
Directed By:
Linda Day, Jeff Melman, Leonard R. Garner Jr., Joyce Gittlin, David Grossman
The Love Boat (1977)
The Love Boat
TV-G
Starring:
Abe Vigoda, Corey Feldman, Andy Warhol, Tom Hanks, Debbie Reynolds, Jamie Lee Curtis, Melissa Gilbert
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:
Ron Howard, Angela Lansbury, Dennis Hopper, Ryan O'Neal, Bob Crane, James Coburn, Joan Fontaine
Directed By:
Herschel Daugherty, Don Medford, James Neilson, Jules Bricken, Mitchell Leisen
Johnny Staccato (1959)
Johnny Staccato
Role:
 Musician (uncredited) 1 episode, 1960
Starring:
Elizabeth Montgomery, Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman, Michael Landon, Martin Landau, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes
Directed By:
Paul Henreid, John Brahm, John Cassavetes, Richard Whorf, Robert B. Sinclair

Steve Allen Awards

Grammy Awards
Winner Best Original Jazz Composition 1964