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Ed Sullivan (I) (1901–1974)

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The beloved graven image of TV variety from 1948 to 1971 on CBS, Ed Sullivan originally made his name as a newspaper sportswriter, radio broadcaster and theater columnist for the New York Daily News. His column focused primarily on Broadway shows and juicy items about its stars. Hired in 1932 by the CBS network as a rival of radio commentator Walter Winchell... See full bio »

Born:

Edward Vincent Sullivan
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 73) in New York City, New York, USA
Ed Sullivan and Topo Gigio circa 1965 Beatles Fans and Ed Sullivan enjoying concert at Shea Stadium, August 15, 1965 Beatles Fans and Ed Sullivan enjoying the concert at Shea Stadium, August 15, 1965 Ed Sullivan Circa 1960 Edward G. Robinson with Ed Sullivan,
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Hide HideProducer (2 titles)
2006 Elvis: The Ed Sullivan Shows (video documentary) (producer - archive footage)
 
The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series) (executive producer - 20 episodes, 1959-1967) (producer - 3 episodes, 1955-1964)
– Episode #21.2 (1967) (executive producer)
– Episode #20.29 (1967) (executive producer)
– Episode #20.11 (1966) (executive producer)
– Episode #19.39 (1966) (executive producer)
– Episode #19.32 (1966) (executive producer)
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Show ShowActor (7 titles)
2011 Six Ed Sullivan Shows starring 'The Rolling Stones'- Deluxe Edition (video)
 
2011 Four Ed Sullivan Shows Starring 'The Rolling Stones' (video)
 
2011 The Best of 'The Temptations' on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (video short)
 
2011 The Best of 'The Supremes' on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (video)
 
1970 The Phynx
Ed Sullivan
 
1964 The Patsy
Ed Sullivan (uncredited)
 
1955 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Bus Driver
– The Super Chef (1955) … Bus Driver
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
1940 Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me (story "Fashions For Sale")
 
1940 Alice in Movieland (short) (from an original story by)
 
1939 Big Town Czar (story "Czar of Broadway")
 
1938 There Goes My Heart (original story)
 
1938 Merrily We Live (additional dialogue - uncredited)
 
1933 Mr. Broadway (screenplay / story)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1991 The Magic of Bing Crosby (video) (special thanks - as Dr. Sullivan)
 
Show ShowSelf (56 titles)
2012 Ed Sullivan's PBS Rock & Roll Classics: Top Performers (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N Roll Revolution (video)
Himself - Host
 
1991 The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (video documentary)
Himself
 
1974 Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles (documentary short)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
1973 Broadway (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1971-1973 Flip (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.16 (1973) … Himself
– Episode #2.1 (1971) … Himself
 
1969-1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 December 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1972 The 14th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1972 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Don Rickles (1972) … Himself
 
1948-1971 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself
– Special Memorial Day Edition (1971) … Himself - Host
– Episode #24.25 (1971) … Himself - Host
– Episode #24.24 (1971) … Himself - Host
– Episode #24.23 (1971) … Himself - Host
– Episode #24.22 (1971) … Himself - Host
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1971 Fight of the Century (TV movie)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1970 The Great Santa Claus Switch (TV movie)
Himself
 
1968-1970 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– Friars Club Roast of Jack Benny (1970) … Himself
– Johnny Carson Friars' Roast (1968) … Himself
 
1969-1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.91 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1969) … Himself
 
1970 Ed Sullivan's Armed Forces Tour (TV movie)
Himself
 
1954-1969 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Himself / Cameo / Clem Kadiddlehopper / …
– Willie Lump Lump's Birthday (1969) … Himself/Cameo
– He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash (1968) … Himself
– Episode #10.16 (1961) … Himself - Host / Clem Kadiddlehopper / Sheriff Deadeye / …
– The Garry Moore Show (1961) … Himself - Emcee
– Deadeye at the Golden Nugget (1954) … Himself
 
1968 The Joan Rivers Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 December 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967-1968 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.9 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1967) … Himself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.139 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' (short)
Himself
 
1950-1966 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 23 October 1966 (1966) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 17 March 1963 (1963) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 14 September 1958 (1958) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 5 November 1950 (1950) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1966 The Last of the Secret Agents?
Himself (uncredited)
 
1966 The Beatles at Shea Stadium (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1966 The Singing Nun
Himself
 
1964 An Hour with Robert Goulet (TV special)
Himself
 
1964 Freedom Spectacular (TV movie)
Himself
 
1959-1963 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Gentleman Jim Sullivan / Himself
– The Ed Sullivan Show (1963) … Himself/Gentleman Jim Sullivan
– Ed Sullivan/Genevieve Show (1959) … Himself / Gentleman Jim Sullivan
 
1963 CBS: The Stars' Address (TV movie)
Himself
 
1963 Bye Bye Birdie
Himself
 
1961 The Million Dollar Incident (TV movie)
Himself
 
1961 CBS Fall Preview Special: Seven Wonderful Nights (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1959 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.29 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Disneyland '59 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1959 The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presentrer
 
1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Himself
– Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home? (1959) … Himself
 
1958 Senior Prom
Himself
 
1958 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV series)
Himself
– Backpage (1958) … Himself
 
1957 Man on Fire
Himself - Trailer Narrator (uncredited)
 
1956-1957 The Phil Silvers Show (TV series)
Himself
– Show Segments (1957) … Himself
– Sergeant Bilko Presents Ed Sullivan (1956) … Himself
 
1956 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 June 1956 (1956) … Himself
 
1955 The $64,000 Question (TV series)
Substitute Host
 
1955 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 February 1955 (1955) … Himself
 
1954 Look Up and Live (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 April 1954 (1954) … Himself
 
1954 General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (TV movie)
Himself/Host
 
1953-1954 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #2.16 (1954) … Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #1.20 (1953) … Himself - Guest Host
 
1953 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself - TV Show Host
– Episode #1.11 (1953) … Himself - TV Show Host
 
1953 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (TV series)
Himself - Guest Host
– Episode dated 20 May 1953 (1953) … Himself - Guest Host
 
1952 Ghost of the Town (short)
Himself (voice) (uncredited)
 
1951 Premiere (TV movie)
Himself
 
1951 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host
– The Presentation of the Look Magazine TV Awards (1951) … Himself - Host
 
1950 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - TV Emcee
– Episode #3.7 (1950) … Himself - TV Emcee
 
1939 Big Town Czar
Himself
 
1938 Hollywood Goes to Town (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1935 Broadway Highlights No. 2 (short)
Himself - Newspaper Columnist
 
1934 Ed Sullivan's Headliners (short)
Himself
 
1933 Mr. Broadway
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (47 titles)
2012 Elvis Found Alive (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 My Music: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers (TV special)
Himself
 
2009 Muppets 201: Rarities from the Henson Vault (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Pioneers of Television (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2007 Hormigas blancas (TV series)
 
2007 Brando (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Elvis: The Ed Sullivan Shows (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Elvis by the Presleys (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
 
2004 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
 
2003 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
 
Penn & Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2003 Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (video)
Himself
 
2003 Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics, Vol. 4: Elvis & Other Rock Greats (video)
Himself
 
1994-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles (video)
Himself
 
2002 Life and Times (TV series documentary)
 
2002 The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Winchell (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 A Really Big Show: Ed Sullivan's 50th Anniversary (TV special)
Himself
 
1997 George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1997 Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
Himself
 
1996 Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Beatles Anthology (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 Ed Sullivan All-Star Comedy Special (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
 
1992 Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 (TV special)
Himself
 
1991 The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
 
1989 The Best of Gleason 3 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 Gleason: He's the Greatest (TV series)
 
1988 Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (video documentary)
Himself
 
1986 The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (TV movie)
Himself
 
1984 Ingrid (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 The Right Stuff
Himself
 
1982 The Compleat Beatles (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1981 This Is Elvis
Himself (uncredited)
 
1977 When Television Was Young (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1972 Elvis on Tour (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Dr. Sullivan

Height:

5' 7½" (1.71 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I've tried every way I know to smile into a camera, but I can't do it. See more »

Trivia:

In 1961, CBS asked him to fill in for an ailing Red Skelton on The Red Skelton Hour. Sullivan, like Skelton, was a very large man and was able to wear Skelton's costumes. Rather than simply being a host, Sullivan donned the costumes and makeup and successfully performed Skelton's characters in the written comedy sketches, including one character renamed "Freddie the Freeloader.". See more »

Trademark:

On camera, very nervous, never made eye contact, spoke barely above a whisper. See more »

Nickname:

'The Great Stone Face' See more »

Star Sign:

Libra