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Alan King (I) (1927–2004)

Actor | Producer | Writer

Trivia:

Dropping out of high school, he was schooled instead in rimshot comedy by Milton Berle in the Catskills. See more trivia »

Born:

Irwin Alan Kniberg
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 76) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Hide HideActor (41 titles)
2004 Mind the Gap
Herb Schweitzer
 
2002 Sunshine State
Murray Silver
 
2001 Rush Hour 2
Steven Reign
 
2000 Family Guy (TV series)
The Don
– There's Something About Paulie (2000) … The Don (voice)
 
1999 Family Law (TV series)
Hy Adlin
– The Nanny (1999) … Hy Adlin
 
1999 Chicago Hope (TV series)
Larry Lensky
– Big Hand for the Little Lady (1999) … Larry Lensky
 
1998 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (video)
Supreme Commander (voice)
 
1998 Murphy Brown (TV series)
God
– Never Can Say Goodbye: Part 2 (1998) … God
 
1995 Casino
Andy Stone
 
1995 The Infiltrator (TV movie)
Rabbi Hier
 
1995 Dad, the Angel & Me (TV movie)
Bernie
 
1994 Love & War (TV series)
– You Make Me Feel So Young (1994)
 
1993 Law & Order (TV series)
Jonathan Shapiro
– Securitate (1993) … Jonathan Shapiro
 
1992 Blossom (TV series)
Rabbi Hyman Greenblatt
– Losing Your... Religion (1992) … Rabbi Hyman Greenblatt
 
1992 Night and the City
Ira 'Boom Boom' Grossman
 
1991 The Golden Girls (TV series)
Mel Bushman
– Melodrama (1991) … Mel Bushman
 
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities
Arthur Ruskin
 
1990 thirtysomething (TV series)
Dr. Ben Teitelman
– Prelude to a Bris (1990) … Dr. Ben Teitelman
 
1989 Enemies: A Love Story
Rabbi Lembeck
 
1988 Memories of Me
Abe
 
1986 The Alan King Show (TV movie)
Alan 'Coop' Cooper
 
1985 A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1985 Cat's Eye
Dr. Vinny Donatti
 
1983 Lovesick
Lionel Gross, M.D.
 
1982 Author! Author!
Kreplich
 
1982 I, the Jury
Charles Kalecki
 
1980 Pinocchio's Christmas (TV short)
Maestro Fire-Eater (voice)
 
1980 Just Tell Me What You Want
Max Herschel
 
1978 How to Pick Up Girls! (TV movie)
Manny Shiller
 
1977 Seventh Avenue (TV mini-series)
Harry Lee
 
1972 The Corner Bar (TV series)
– Harry and the Hoods (1972)
 
1972 Norman Corwin Presents (TV series)
– You Think You've Got Troubles? (1972)
 
1971 The Anderson Tapes
Angelo
 
1968 Bye Bye Braverman
The Rabbi
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Leo
– The Love Song of Barney Kempinski (1966) … Leo
 
1961 Operation Snafu
Top Sgt. Buzzer
 
1961 The Alan King Show (TV movie)
 
1957 The Helen Morgan Story
Benny Weaver
 
1956 The Girl He Left Behind
Maguire
 
1956 Miracle in the Rain
Sgt. Gilbert 'Gil' Parker
 
1955 Hit the Deck
Shore Patrolman
 
Show ShowProducer (21 titles)
1997-2001 Great Performances (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
– The College of Comedy III with Alan King (2001) (executive producer)
– The College of Comedy with Alan King (1997) (executive producer)
 
1991 Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1990 Nothing Upstairs (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1990 Teacher Teacher (TV short) (producer)
 
1988 Memories of Me (producer)
 
1987 An Evening of Alan King at Carnegie Hall (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1981 Wolfen (executive producer)
 
1981 Cattle Annie and Little Britches (producer)
 
1980 Thanksgiving Special (TV movie) (producer)
 
1979 Third Annual Final Warning!! (TV movie) (producer)
 
1978 How to Pick Up Girls! (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1978 Second Final Warning (TV movie) (producer)
 
1977 Final Warning (TV movie) (producer)
 
1976 Ivan the Terrible (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
– The Very Loud Family (1976) (executive producer)
– Ivan's Out of Work (1976) (executive producer)
 
1976 Return to Earth (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1976 The Second Annual Comedy Awards (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1974 Energy Crisis (TV movie) (producer)
 
1973 Alan King Looks Back in Anger: A Review of 1972 (TV movie) (producer)
 
1972-1973 The Corner Bar (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1969 Alan King and His Buddy (TV movie) (producer)
 
1969 The Alan King Show (TV movie) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (7 titles)
1987 An Evening of Alan King at Carnegie Hall (TV movie)
 
1978 Second Final Warning (TV movie)
 
1977 Final Warning (TV movie)
 
1974 Energy Crisis (TV movie)
 
1973 Alan King Looks Back in Anger: A Review of 1972 (TV movie)
 
1969 Alan King and His Buddy (TV movie)
 
1968 Comedy Is King (TV movie)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1961 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– Episode dated 26 April 1961 (1961) (performer: "Pigalle" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2007 Rush Hour 3 (in memory of)
 
2004 Christmas with the Kranks (in loving memory of)
 
1990 1990 Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search (TV movie) (special thanks: a prince)
 
Show ShowSelf (99 titles)
2004 Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996-2004 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Actor
– Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) … Himself - Actor (voice)
– Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice (1996) … Himself
 
2003 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself
– George Burns and Gracie Allen Remembered (2003) … Himself
 
2003 100 Years of Hope and Humor (TV special)
Himself
 
2001 Comedy Central Presents: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner (TV special)
Himself - Abbot of the Friars Club
 
1985-2001 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Host
– The College of Comedy III with Alan King (2001) … Himself - Host
– The College of Comedy with Alan King (1997) … Himself
– Judy Garland: The Concert Years (1985) … Himself
 
2001 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Last Days of Judy Garland (2001) … Himself
 
2001 The Nightclub Years (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Howard Stern Radio Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 November 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Comedy Central Presents: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner (TV movie)
Himself
 
2000 Fox News (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 October 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Let Me In, I Hear Laughter (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Comedy Central Presents: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller (TV movie)
Himself
 
1999 Celebrity Profile (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Henry Winkler (1999) … Himself
 
1998 Comedy Central Presents: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Drew Carey (TV movie)
Himself - Abbot of the Friars Club
 
1998 Jerry Seinfeld: 'I'm Telling You for the Last Time' (TV special)
Himself ('The Funeral' sequence)
 
1998 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV series)
Himself
– Judy Garland (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow (1997) … Himself
– Milton Berle: Mr. Television … Himself
 
1996 The Real Las Vegas (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1996 New Passages (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995 The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995 A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992-1994 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 October 1994 (1994) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 October 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1994 Comic Relief VI (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Baseball (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Something Like a War (1994) … Himself (voice)
– The Faith of Fifty Million People (1994) … Himself (voice)
 
1991 Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (TV series)
Himself - Host
 
1989 LIVE! with Kelly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 December 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 Funny (documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 America's Tribute to Bob Hope (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987 You Talkin' to Me?
Himself
 
1987 An Evening of Alan King at Carnegie Hall (TV movie)
Himself
 
1962-1987 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host / Himself - Guest / …
– Episode dated 7 January 1987 (1987) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 March 1977 (1977) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 13 April 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 February 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
See all 18 episodes »
 
1983-1986 Live from Her Majesty's (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.5 (1986) … Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1983) … Himself
 
1986 Steve Martin Live (video documentary)
Himself
 
1985 Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (TV movie)
Himself
 
1982 7th Annual Young Comedians Show (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1981 The Alan Thicke Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 October 1981 (1981) … Himself
 
1981 Prince of the City
Himself (uncredited)
 
1980 Thanksgiving Special (TV movie)
Himself - Host/Comedian
 
1980 Pleasure Palace (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1979 Third Annual Final Warning!! (TV movie)
Himself - Host/Comedian
 
1978 Rockette: A Holiday Tribute to Radio City Music Hall (TV special)
Himself
 
1978 Happy Birthday, Bob (TV special)
Himself
 
1978 Second Final Warning (TV movie)
Himself - Host/Comedian
 
1978 Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978 All-Star Salute to Women's Sports (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978 The Kraft 75th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 America Salutes the Queen (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 Super Night at Forest Hills (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 Final Warning (TV movie)
Himself - Host/Comedian
 
1974-1976 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.11 (1976) … Himself
– Episode #8.7 (1974) … Himself
 
1976 The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1976 Joys (TV special)
Himself
 
1976 The Second Annual Comedy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1975 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.50 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Salute to Robert Evans (TV movie)
Himself - Speaker
 
1975 Muhammad Ali vs. Ron Lyle (TV movie)
Himself - Guest
 
1975 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 20 January 1975 (1975) … Guest Appearance
 
1975/II The Sunshine Boys (documentary short)
Himself
 
1962-1974 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Comedian
– Episode dated 31 May 1974 (1974) … Himself - Comedian
– Episode #1.36 (1962) … Himself
 
1974 Energy Crisis (TV movie)
Himself - Host/Comedian
 
1973 Alan King in Las Vegas: Part II (TV movie)
Himself - Host/Comedian
 
1973 The 27th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1973 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Peggy Lee (1973) … Himself
 
1973 Alan King in Las Vegas: Part I (TV movie)
Himself - Host/Comedian
 
1973 Alan King Looks Back in Anger: A Review of 1972 (TV movie)
Himself - Host/Comedian
 
1972 The Wonderful World of Aggravation (TV movie)
Himself
 
1972 The 44th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Host
 
1970-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.39 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #2.147 (1970) … Himself
 
1968-1970 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Host / Himself - Roastmaster
– Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles (1970) … Himself
– Friars Club Roast of Jack Benny (1970) … Himself
– Alan King Rings in the New Year and Wrings Out the Old (1970) … Himself
– Alan King Stops the Press (1969) … Himself - Host
– Friars Club Roast of Milton Berle (1969) … Himself - Roastmaster
See all 7 episodes »
 
1957-1969 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Comedian / Himself / Himself - Singer
– Episode #22.33 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #21.38 (1968) … Himself - Comedian
– Episode #21.26 (1968) … Himself - Comedian
– Episode #21.14 (1967) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #20.40 (1967) … Himself - Comedian
See all 35 episodes »
 
1969 Alan King and His Buddy (TV movie)
Himself - Host/Comedian
 
1969 The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Host
 
1967-1969 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.19 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #2.12 (1967) … Himself
 
1969 The Alan King Show (TV movie)
Himself - Host/Comedian
 
1968 Frost on Saturday (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 December 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 13 Stars for Channel 13 (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1968 The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1968 Comedy Is King (TV movie)
Himself
 
1967 Snap Judgment (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 April 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1962-1965 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself - Celebrity Guest / Himself / Himself - Guest Panelist / …
– Episode dated 25 October 1965 (1965) … Himself - Celebrity Guest
– Episode dated 18 January 1965 (1965) … Himself - Celebrity Guest
– Episode dated 27 January 1964 (1964) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 16 September 1963 (1963) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 July 1963 (1963) … Himself - Panelist
See all 7 episodes »
 
1960-1965 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 22 August 1965 (1965) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 21 March 1965 (1965) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 17 January 1965 (1965) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 8 November 1964 (1964) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 1 December 1963 (1963) … Himself - Mystery Guest
See all 13 episodes »
 
1963-1965 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Panelist
– Carol Burnett vs. Alan King (1965) … Himself
– Rosemary Clooney vs. Alan King (1964) … Himself
– Phyllis Newman vs. Alan King (1964) … Himself - Panelist
– Carol Burnett vs. Alan King (1964) … Himself
– Dorothy Loudon vs. Alan King (1963) … Himself - Panelist
 
1958-1964 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #6.34 (1964) … Himself
– Episode #6.30 (1964) … Himself
– Episode #6.28 (1964) … Himself
– Episode #6.26 (1964) … Himself
– Episode #6.20 (1964) … Himself
See all 42 episodes »
 
1963 Talent Scouts (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 September 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1962 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 17 September 1962 (1962) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1961 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
– Season Premiere (1961) … Himself
 
1958-1961 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 April 1961 (1961) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 November 1960 (1960) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 October 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1960 The Arthur Murray Special for Bob Hope (TV movie)
Himself
 
1959 The Big Party (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 December 1959 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Spectacular (TV series)
Himself
– Alan King (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Himself - Comic
– Episode #4.27 (1959) … Himself - Comic
 
1958 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.18 (1958) … Himself
 
1956 Happy New Year (TV movie)
Himself
 
1955 Frankie Laine Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1955) … Himself
 
1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Comedian
– Episode #4.47 (1954) … Himself - Comedian
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2005 Casino: The Cast and Characters (video documentary short)
Andy Stone
 
2005 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2004 Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (TV mini-series)
Himself #55
 
1996 Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Ed Sullivan All-Star Comedy Special (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
 
1991 The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 (TV special)
Himself
 
1966 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

In 1965, he starred in an unsold pilot, produced by Max Shulman, called "The Alan King Show" in which he played a taxi driver who moonlights as a chauffeur. See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Vanessa Redgrave's anti-Zionist remarks] I am that Zionist hoodlum she was talking about. It's just a pity I wasn't on the platform tonight. I would have gone for the jugular. See more »

Trivia:

Dropping out of high school, he was schooled instead in rimshot comedy by Milton Berle in the Catskills. See more »

Nickname:

The Last Angry Man of the Suburbs See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn