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Roger Ebert (1942–2013)

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Despite undergoing debilitating cancer treatment and radiation in 2004, Ebert continued his award-winning movie reviews, writing an incredible 274 reviews that year, plus 26 essays on great movies and 26 versions of his column "The Movie Answer Man." He also covered various film festivals (including Cannes) and the Oscars. See more trivia »

Born:

Roger Joseph Ebert
in Urbana, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Filmography

Hide HideWriter (4 titles)
1980 Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (TV documentary) (contributing writer)
 
1979 Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (as R. Hyde)
 
1976 Up! (as Reinhold Timme)
 
1970 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (screenplay / story)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2010 Ebert Presents: At the Movies (TV series) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1999 Siskel & Ebert (TV series)
– Remembering Gene Siskel (1999) (music: "William Tell Overture" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (9 titles)
2013 The Cinema Snob (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (2013) (in memory of)
 
2009 Clarkworld (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2007 Encounters at the End of the World (documentary) (dedicatee)
 
2006 Controversy and Acclaim (video short) (special thanks)
 
2006 Celebrating Schlesinger (video short) (special thanks)
 
2006 After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later (video short) (special thanks)
 
2003 Tarnation (documentary) (thanks)
 
2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (video documentary) (acknowledgment)
 
1998 Welcome to Hollywood (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (89 titles)
???? Life Itself (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2012 Reel Black Love (documentary)
Himself
 
2010-2011 Ebert Presents: At the Movies (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.24 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #2.23 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #2.22 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #2.20 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #2.19 (2011) … Himself
See all 41 episodes »
 
2011 Stu Plus Who? (documentary)
Himself
 
2009-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 August 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 March 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
1996-2010 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Movie Critic
– Oprah's Pre-Oscar Special (2010) … Himself (also archive footage)
– Episode dated 23 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Summer Movie Reviews (1996) … Himself - Movie Critic
 
2009 Don't You Forget About Me (video documentary)
Himself
 
2009 For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Citizen Cohl: Untold Story (short)
Himself
 
2007 Zoom In: Stories Behind the Best Independent Films of 2007 (video)
Himself
 
2007 The 17th Annual Gotham Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Drew Barrymore (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore (documentary)
Himself - Film Critic
 
2006 Dead Teenager Movie (video short)
Himself - Film Critic, Chicago Sun-Times
 
2006 Howard Stern on Demand (TV series)
Himself
– Best of 02/20-02/24, 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
1993-2006 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode #14.43 (2006) … Himself
– Episode #13.209 (2005) … Himself
– Episode #13.113 (2005) … Himself
– Episode #13.41 (2005) … Himself
– Episode #12.203 (2004) … Himself
See all 23 episodes »
 
2006 The Hour (TV series)
Himself - Film Critic
– Episode dated 1 March 2006 (2006) … Himself - Film Critic
 
2005-2006 The Tony Danza Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.115 (2006) … Himself
– Episode #2.46 (2005) … Himself
– Episode #1.109 (2005) … Himself
 
2006 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself
– Los Angeles Shows (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Roger Ebert (2006) … Himself
 
1986-2006 Siskel & Ebert (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself
– Episode dated 21 January 2006 (2006) … Himself - Host
– The Worst of 2005 (2006) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 7 January 2006 (2006) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 24 December 2005 (2005) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 30 October 2004 (2004) … Himself - Host
See all 257 episodes »
 
2005 Movies That Shook the World (TV series documentary)
Himself
– American Graffiti (2005) … Himself
– 2001: A Space Odyssey (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The 50 Greatest Documentaries (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Outsider (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Hardball with Chris Matthews (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
1994-2005 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 March 2002 (2002) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 July 2000 (2000) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 February 1996 (1996) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 December 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
2005 Service Above Self (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Non-Denominational All-Star Celebrity Holiday Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.233 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 X-Rated (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– The Scenes They Tried to Ban (2004) … Himself
– The Films That Shocked Britain (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 No Fighting in the War Room or Dr. Strangelove and the Nuclear Threat (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Abby Singer
Himself
 
2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (video documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself - Film Critic
– Humphrey Bogart (2003) … Himself - Film Critic
 
1996-2002 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 16 December 2002 (2002) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 17 November 2000 (2000) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 7 August 2000 (2000) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 27 November 1996 (1996) … Himself - Guest
 
2002 Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 All the Love You Cannes! (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Searching for Debra Winger (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards Nomination Show (TV special short)
Himself - Host
 
2002 Independent View (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2001 It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 The Wild Ride of Outlaw Bikers (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Welcome to Hollywood
Himself
 
1998 Junket Whore (documentary)
Himself - Film Critic: Chicago Sun-Times
 
1993-1998 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself / Herself - Guest / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 1 May 1998 (1998) … Herself - Guest
– Episode #4.173 (1997) … Himself - Guest (as Ebert)
– Episode dated 12 February 1997 (1997) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 September 1996 (1996) … Himself (uncredited)
– Episode dated 14 February 1996 (1996) … Himself
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1998 Independent's Day (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 If We Picked the Winners (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1998 29th NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1998 Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River (documentary)
Himself
 
1994-1997 Howard Stern (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 July 1997 (1997) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 October 1995 (1995) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 October 1995 (1995) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 August 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1997 The Works (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Man Who Saw the Future (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Early Edition (TV series)
Himself
– The Cat (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Pitch (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 January 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1995 ABC News Nightline (TV series)
Himself
– A Man Called Sinatra (1995) … Himself
 
1995 The 17th Annual CableACE Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1995 The Critic (TV series)
Himself
– Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice (1995) … Himself (voice)
 
1995 The Siskel & Ebert Interviews (TV movie)
Himself - Interviewer
 
1995 You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' (video documentary)
Himself - Film Critic
 
1994 The 10th TV Academy Hall of Fame (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 The 31th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993 Bob Hope: The First 90 Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990-1993 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 March 1993 (1993) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 March 1991 (1991) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 March 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1982-1992 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 February 1992 (1992) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 July 1991 (1991) … Himself (uncredited)
– Episode dated 5 October 1990 (1990) … Himself
– Episode #1.17 (1982) … Himself
 
1991 Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator & Introduction
 
1991 Siskel & Ebert: Actors on Acting (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1991 The Howard Stern Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 March 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 A Comedy Salute to Michael Jordan (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 Siskel & Ebert: The Future of the Movies (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1990 The American Cinematheque Honors Ron Howard (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 The Siskel & Ebert 500th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1988 The Incredibly Strange Film Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Russ Meyer (1988) … Himself
 
1986 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 December 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
1982-1986 At the Movies (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Power/Down and Out in Beverly Hills/Hannah and Her Sisters/The Best of Times (1986) … Himself - Host
– Better Off Dead/The Journey of Natty Gann/Commando (1985) … Himself - Host
– D.A.R.Y.L./Cocoon/Return to Oz (1985) … Himself - Host
– Fletch/A View to a Kill/Perfect/Goodbye, New York (1985) … Himself - Host
– Heartbreakers/The Hit/Alamo Bay/A Private Function (1985) … Himself - Host
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1982-1985 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself
– SNL Film Festival (1985) … Himself (uncredited)
– Brandon Tartikoff/John Cougar Mellencamp (1983) … Himself (uncredited)
– Chevy Chase/Queen (1982) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1975-1983 Sneak Previews (TV series)
Himself - Host
– The Rescuers (1983) … Himself - Host
– Blade Runner/Chan Is Missing/Eight Minutes to Midnight/Diner (1982) … Himself - Host
– The Secret of NIMH/The Devil's Playground/Gregory's Girl/TRON (1982) … Himself - Host
– Reds, My Dinner with Andre, Rolleover, Quartet (1981) … Himself - Host
– The Four Seasons/This Is Elvis (1981) … Himself - Host
See all 20 episodes »
 
1980 Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2013 Oprah: Where Are They Now? (TV series)
 
2011 Ebert Presents: At the Movies (TV series)
 
2010 Siskel & Ebert (TV series)
 
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The People vs. George Lucas (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
 
2009 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2009 Clarkworld (documentary)
Himself
 
2005-2008 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Strictly Background (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Mysteries of Love (video documentary)
Himself
 

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Other Works:

(2001) Commentary track for the 60th Anniversary Citizen Kane DVD (2001). See more »

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Alternate Names:

Ebert | R. Hyde | Reinhold Timme

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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On The Master of Disguise: The Master of Disguise pants and wheezes and hurls itself exhausted across the finish line after barely 65 minutes of movie, and then it follows it with 15 minutes of end credits in an attempt to clock in as a feature film. We get outtakes, deleted scenes, flubbed lines and all the other versions of the Credit Cookie... See more »

Trivia:

Despite undergoing debilitating cancer treatment and radiation in 2004, Ebert continued his award-winning movie reviews, writing an incredible 274 reviews that year, plus 26 essays on great movies and 26 versions of his column "The Movie Answer Man." He also covered various film festivals (including Cannes) and the Oscars. See more »

Trademark:

His no-nonsense style of writing See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini