Ed Ames

Known For

Daniel Boone Mingo / Taramingo

(1964-1968)

Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider Mingo

(1966)

The War Wagon Soundtrack

(1967)

Androcles and the Lion Ferrovius

(1967)

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Actor (20 credits)

1995 The Marshal (TV Series)
Vasalie Peshkov

- Little Odessa (1995) ... Vasalie Peshkov (as Edmon Ames)

1990 Jake and the Fatman (TV Series)
Spence Coggan

- One More for the Road (1990) ... Spence Coggan

1988 In the Heat of the Night (TV Series)
Sheriff Ed Thompson

- Prisoners (1988) ... Sheriff Ed Thompson

1985 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)
Johnny Shannon

- Murder at the Oasis (1985) ... Johnny Shannon

1979 Greatest Heroes of the Bible (TV Series)
Lot

- Sodom and Gomorrah (1979) ... Lot

- Abraham's Sacrifice (1979) ... Lot

1975 The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series)

- The Impersonation Murder Case (1975)

1974 Kodiak (TV Series)

- Chains of Ice (1974)

1974 McCloud (TV Series)
Abel Hollister

- The Colorado Cattle Caper (1974) ... Abel Hollister

1973 The Starlost (TV Series)
Mr. Smith

- Mr. Smith of Manchester (1973) ... Mr. Smith

1967-1969 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Singer

- Episode #22.23 (1969)

- Episode #21.39 (1968) ... Singer

- Episode #21.25 (1968) ... Singer

- Episode #20.31 (1967) ... Singer

1964-1968 Daniel Boone (TV Series)
Mingo / Taramingo

- Thirty Pieces of Silver (1968) ... Mingo

- Orlando, the Prophet (1968) ... Mingo

- Hero's Welcome (1968) ... Mingo

- The Flaming Rocks (1968) ... Mingo

- The Imposter (1968) ... Mingo

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1967 Cricket on the Hearth (TV Movie)
Edward

1967 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV Series)
Edward Belton

- Cricket on the Hearth (1967) ... Edward Belton (voice)

1967 Androcles and the Lion (TV Movie)
Ferrovius

1966 Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider
Mingo

1963 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV Series)
Kennedy

- The Day of the Pawnees: Part 2 (1963) ... Kennedy

1963 Redigo (TV Series)
John Talltree

- Lady War-Bonnet (1963) ... John Talltree

1962 The Rifleman (TV Series)
Lee Coyle

- Quiet Night, Deadly Night (1962) ... Lee Coyle

1958 Mike Hammer (TV Series)
Ames Brother

- Music to Die By (1958) ... Ames Brother (uncredited)

1957 State Trooper (TV Series)
Singer

- The Dancing Dowager (1957) ... Singer (as The Ames Brothers)

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Soundtrack (6 credits)

2018 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- We're Going to the Catskills! (2018) ... (performer: "Let's Get Away from it All ")

1987 It's Garry Shandling's Show. (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Sarah (1987) ... (performer: "My Cup Runneth Over")

1969 The Johnny Cash Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #1.6 (1969) ... (performer: "Windmills of Your Mind", "Love of the Common People")

1967 Cricket on the Hearth (TV Movie) (performer: "Don't Give Your Love Away")

1964-1967 Daniel Boone (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes)

- Chief Mingo (1967) ... (performer: "Cherokee Funeral Chant" - uncredited)

- Beaumarchais (1967) ... (performer: "Blues Skies, Green Meadow")

- Not in Our Stars (1964) ... (performer: "The Cherokee Song Of Death" - uncredited)

1967 The War Wagon (performer: "Ballad Of The War Wagon")

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Self (39 credits)

2011-2014 Pioneers of Television (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Breaking Barriers (2014) ... Himself

- Westerns (2011) ... Himself

2007 My Music: 50s Pop Parade (TV Special)
Himself

2005 The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

1996 Land's End (TV Series)
Himself

- Who's Killing Cole Porter? (1996) ... Himself

1995 Treasure House: The Utah Mining Story (Documentary)
Narrator

1987 It's Garry Shandling's Show. (TV Series)
Himself

- Sarah (1987) ... Himself

1967-1980 The Bob Braun Show (TV Series)
Himself - Actor / Himself - Pop Vocalist / Vocalist / ...

- Episode dated 25 January 1980 (1980) ... Himself - Actor / Vocalist

- Episode dated 16 August 1977 (1977) ... Himself - Pop Vocalist

- Episode dated 25 February 1977 (1977) ... Himself - Pop Vocalist

- Episode dated 22 February 1977 (1977) ... Himself - Vocalist

- Episode dated 2 August 1976 (1976) ... Himself - Actor

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1972-1977 Celebrity Bowling (TV Series)
Himself

- Show #94 (1977) ... Himself

- Episode dated 30 July 1975 (1975) ... Himself

- Show #51 (1972) ... Himself

- Show #49 (1972) ... Himself

1964-1976 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Himself - Guest / Himself

- Episode dated 26 October 1976 (1976) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 29 June 1973 (1973) ... Himself

- Episode dated 1 October 1970 (1970) ... Himself

- (From Los Angeles) Kirk Douglas, Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, Ed Ames (1968) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 9 December 1966 (1966) ... Himself - Guest

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1962-1975 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Himself / Himself - Co-Host / Actor / ...

- Episode #14.123 (1975) ... Himself - Singer / Actor

- Episode #11.133 (1972) ... Himself - Vocalist / Actor

- Episode #9.75 (1969) ... Himself - Co-Host

- Episode #9.74 (1969) ... Himself - Co-Host

- Episode #9.73 (1969) ... Himself - Co-Host

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1975 Dinah! (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.65 (1975) ... Himself

1974 Celebrity Tennis (TV Series)
Himself

- Peter Brown & Ron Ely vs. Ross Martin & Ed Ames (1974) ... Himself

- Peter Brown & Chris Connelly vs. Ross Martin & Ed Ames (1974) ... Himself

1972 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #4.119 (1972) ... Himself

1971 Stand Up and Cheer (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.9 (1971) ... Himself

1970 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Movie)
Himself

1959-1970 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Himself - Singer / Himself / Himself - Audience Bow

- Episode #23.24 (1970) ... Himself - Singer

- Episode #23.9 (1969) ... Himself - Singer

- Lana Cantrell, Ed Ames, David Frye, Irwin C. Watson, The Muppets, Diana Ross & The Supremes (1969) ... Himself

- Steve McQueen, Joan Rivers, Lana Cantrell, David Frye, Sandler & Young, The 5th Dimension, scene from play "Lovers & Other Strangers" (1968) ... Himself - Audience Bow

- Ed Ames, John Byner, Jack Carter, Florence Henderson, Lana Cantrell, Jimmy Dean & Rowlf, Topo Gigio, the Mamas & the Papas (1967) ... Himself

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1970 Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters (TV Series)
Himself

- Ed Ames, David Frye, Ferrante & Teicher (1970) ... Himself

1969 The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (TV Series)
Himself - Panelist

- Episode #4.35 (1969) ... Himself - Panelist

- Episode #4.34 (1969) ... Himself - Panelist

- Episode #4.33 (1969) ... Himself - Panelist

- Episode #4.32 (1969) ... Himself - Panelist

- Episode #4.31 (1969) ... Himself - Panelist

1968-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #4.22 (1969) ... Himself

- Episode #3.250 (1969) ... Himself

- Episode #3.157 (1969) ... Himself

- Episode #3.119 (1969) ... Himself

- Episode #2.168 (1968) ... Himself

1969 Della (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.79 (1969) ... Himself

1969 The Johnny Cash Show (TV Series)
Himself - Singer

- Episode #1.6 (1969) ... Himself - Singer

1964-1969 You Don't Say (TV Series)
Himself

- Barbara McNair and Ed Ames (1969) ... Himself

- Keely Smith and Ed Ames (1966) ... Himself

- Eve Arden and Ed Ames (1966) ... Himself

- Julie Adams and Ray Danton (1965) ... Himself

- Rose Marie and Ed Ames (1964) ... Himself

1968-1969 Operation: Entertainment (TV Series)
Himself - Host

- Dusty Springfield, Ed Ames, Professor Irwin Corey, Colvin & Wilder, The Kane Triplets (1969) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #2.9 (1968) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #1.11 (1968) ... Himself - Host

1968 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Himself - Mystery Guest

- Ed Ames (1968) ... Himself - Mystery Guest

1968 The Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)
Himself

- Vaudeville '68 (1968) ... Himself

1968 The Jonathan Winters Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Carol Burnett, Ed Ames, Peaches and Herb (1968) ... Himself

1967 Pat Boone in Hollywood (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.26 (1967) ... Himself

1966 Today (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 1 September 1966 (1966) ... Himself

1965 I'll Bet (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 29 June 1965 (1965) ... Himself

1965 What's This Song? (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.102 (1965) ... Himself

1965 That Regis Philbin Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.84 (1965) ... Himself

1962 Here's Hollywood (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.256 (1962) ... Himself

1958 The Eddie Fisher Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Charlton Heston/Gisele MacKenzie/The Ames Brothers (1958) ... Himself

1955 The Ames Brothers Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 2 April 1955 (1955) ... Himself

1954 The Dave Garroway Show (TV Series)
Himself - member of The Ames Brothers

- Episode #1.25 (1954) ... Himself - member of The Ames Brothers

1952 The Arthur Murray Party (TV Series)
Himself - Singer

- Episode #3.15 (1952) ... Himself - Singer (as the Ames Brothers)

1951 Cavalcade of Stars (TV Series)
Himself - Guest Vocalist

- The Ames Brothers (1951) ... Himself - Guest Vocalist (as The Ames Brothers)

1951 Star of the Family (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.32 (1951) ... Himself

1951 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)
Himself - member of The Ames Brothers

- The Ames Brothers (1951) ... Himself - member of The Ames Brothers

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Archive footage (5 credits)

2014 The Sixties (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Entertainer

- When Television Came of Age (2014) ... Himself - Entertainer

2012 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (2012) ... Himself (uncredited)

1982 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 20th Anniversary (TV Special)
Himself

1980 The Starlost: Deception (TV Movie)
Mr. Smith

1979 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 17th Anniversary Special (TV Special)
Himself

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(Summer 1976) He acted in Gary Geld, Peter Udell and James Lee Barrett's musical, "Shenandoah," in a Kenley Players production at the Packard Music Hall Theatre in Warren; the Veterans Memorial Theatre in Columbus and Memorial Hall in Dayton, Ohio. John Kenley was artistic director. See more »

Alternate Names:

The Ames Brothers | Edmon Ames | the Ames Brothers

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I am a secular Jew, but I feel strongly about Israel and the Jewish communities of Europe.

Trivia:

One of Ed Ames most memorable moments in television was when he threw his famous tomahawk on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) in 1965. He threw the tomahawk and it landed right between the target's legs, thus prompting "I didn't even know you were Jewish". This event prompted one of the longest laughs in television history. See more »