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Studs Terkel (1912–2008)

Actor | Miscellaneous Crew | Writer

Trivia:

Father of Dan Turkel. See more trivia »

Born:

Louis Terkel
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 96) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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1993 Great Performances (TV series)
Narrator
– The Real McTeague: A Synthesis of Forms (1993) … Narrator
 
1992 To Write and Keep Kind: A Portrait of Raymond Carver (TV movie)
Poetry Reading
 
1990 The Civil War (TV mini-series documentary)
Benjamin F. Butler
– The Cause (1861) (1990) … Benjamin F. Butler
 
1988 Eight Men Out
Hugh Fullerton
 
1984 The Dollmaker (TV movie)
 
1976 Peace (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1953 Beginning to Date (short)
Swimming Coach
 
1950 Studs' Place (TV series)
– Episode dated 10 August 1950 (1950)
 
1949 Studs' Place (TV series)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1999 The American Experience (TV series documentary) (consultant - 1 episode)
– Riding the Rails (1999) (consultant)
 
1969 Medium Cool (our man in Chicago)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
– Working (1982) (book)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
1997 The Big One (documentary) (grateful acknowledgment)
 
1997 Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (extra special thanks)
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary) (acknowledgment: film source)
 
Show ShowSelf (39 titles)
2014 Sills (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2011 Prohibition (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– A Nation of Hypocrites (2011) … Himself
 
2009 Studs Terkel: Listening to America (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2005-2006 ESPN 25: Who's #1? (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Greatest Fights (2006) … Himself
– Best Pennant Races (2005) … Himself
 
2006 Sacco and Vanzetti (documentary)
Interview
 
2006 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Studs Terkel (2006) … Himself
 
2005 The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (TV series)
Himself
– The 1919 White Sox for 'Throwing' the World Series (2005) … Himself
– Harry Frazee for Selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees (2005) … Himself
 
2005 A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Rainbow Soup (video short)
Himself
 
2004 Tell Them Who You Are (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (documentary)
Other Voices (voice)
 
2004 In a Time of Siege (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2001 Look Out, Haskell, It's Real: The Making of 'Medium Cool' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000-2001 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jack Dempsey (2001) … Himself
– Joe Louis (2000) … Himself
– Babe Ruth (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Culture Shock (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– The Devil's Music: 1920s Jazz (2000) … Himself
 
1999 The Awful Truth (TV series documentary)
Himself - Audience Member
– Episode #1.12 (1999) … Himself - Audience Member
 
1997 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Vaudeville (1997) … Himself
 
1997 The Big One (documentary)
Himself - Author/Radio Host
 
1997 Anthem (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
Himself
 
1996 Corwin (TV movie)
Himself
 
1996 The Home Court (TV series)
Himself
– Laborer of Love (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Fear & Favor in the Newsroom (documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
1994 Baseball (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Home (1994) … Himself (voice)
– The National Pastime (1994) … Himself
– Shadow Ball (1994) … Himself
– A National Heirloom (1994) … Himself
– The Faith of Fifty Million People (1994) … Himself
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1994 The Joust (short)
Himself
 
1993 Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union (documentary)
Himself/Narrator (voice)
 
1991 The Story of America's Classic Ballparks (video documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Tanner '88 (TV series)
Himself
– Something Borrowed, Something New (1988) … Himself
 
1987 Long Shadows (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Personenbeschreibung (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Studs Terkel - Ein Fußgänger in Chicago (1986) … Himself
 
1984 The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Working (1982) … Himself - Host
 
1982 The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.16 (1982) … Himself
 
1982 Asbestos Alert (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1979 Cities (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Studs Terkel's Chicago … Himself
 
1977 Donahue (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 January 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1976 The New Deal for Artists (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1970 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 May 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2010 Democracy Now! (TV series)
 
2010 P.O.V. (TV series documentary)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Article, "Seriously funny," Published in "The Guardian (UK)," 1 January 2005. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 2 Print Biographies  | 3 Interviews  | 45 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »
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Trivia:

Father of Dan Turkel. See more »

Star Sign:

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