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"Biography" (1987): : -- "...you put your whole Sunday around Ed Sullivan. And it was kinda interesting, because when you look back, Ed Sullivan's personality didn't interfere with the act..."
Bye Bye Birdie (1963) -- A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.

Overview

Date of Birth:
28 September 1901, New York City, New York, USA more
Date of Death:
13 October 1974, New York City, New York, USA more
Mini Biography:
The beloved graven image of TV variety from 1948 to 1971 on CBS, Ed Sullivan... more
Trivia:
A gentle, compassionate showman, there was still another side to Sullivan... more
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 1 win more
NewsDesk:
(47 articles)
Remembering John Lennon, 29 Years Later
 (From Huffington Post. 8 December 2009, 2:23 PM, PST)
Dick Dale & The Del Tones: "Misirlou"...
 (From SneakPeek. 28 November 2009, 3:07 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Dr. Sullivan

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Producer, Writer, Actor, Thanks, Self, Archive Footage
Producer:
  1. Elvis: The Ed Sullivan Shows (2006) (V) (producer) (archive footage)

  2. "Toast of the Town" (executive producer) (20 episodes, 1959-1967) (producer) (2 episodes, 1955-1964)
    ... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #21.2 (1967) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Episode #20.29 (1967) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Episode #20.11 (1966) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Episode #19.39 (1966) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Episode #19.32 (1966) TV episode (executive producer)
          (17 more)
Writer:
  1. Alice in Movieland (1940) (story)
    ... aka Broadway Brevities: Alice in Movieland (USA: series title)
  2. Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me (1940) (story "Fashions For Sale")

  3. Big Town Czar (1939) (story "Czar of Broadway")
  4. There Goes My Heart (1938) (original story)
  5. Merrily We Live (1938) (additional dialogue) (uncredited)
  6. Mr. Broadway (1933) (screenplay) (story)
Actor:
  1. "The Red Skelton Show" .... Bus Driver / ... (3 episodes, 1955-1961)
    ... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
        - Episode #10.16 (1961) TV episode .... Host/Clem Kadiddlehopper/Sheriff Deadeye/Eddie the Freeloader
        - The Gary Moore Show (1961) TV episode .... Emcee
        - The Super Chef (1955) TV episode .... Bus Driver
  2. CBS Fall Preview Special: Seven Wonderful Nights (1961) (TV)
Thanks:
  1. The Magic of Bing Crosby (1991) (V) (special thanks) (as Dr. Sullivan)
Self:
  1. The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1991) (TV)

  2. Broadway (1973) (TV) .... Himself - Host
    ... aka Ed Sullivan's Broadway (USA: complete title)
  3. "The Flip Wilson Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
        - Episode #3.16 (1973) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #2.1 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
  4. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (3 episodes, 1969-1972)
    ... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 14 December 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 29 June 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 14 May 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Himself
  5. The 14th Annual Grammy Awards (1972) (TV) .... Himself
  6. "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1972)
        - Don Rickles (1972) TV episode .... Himself
  7. "Toast of the Town" .... Himself - Host / ... (1,054 episodes, 1948-1971)
    ... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
        - Special Memorial Day Edition (1971) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Episode #24.25 (1971) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Episode #24.24 (1971) TV episode
        - Episode #24.23 (1971) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Episode #24.22 (1971) TV episode .... Himself - Host
          (1049 more)
  8. Fight of the Century (1971) (TV) .... Himself - Audience Member
    ... aka Ali-Frazier I (USA: informal title)
  9. The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970) (TV) .... Himself
  10. The Phynx (1970) .... Himself
  11. "The Kraft Music Hall" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
        - Friars Club Roast of Jack Benny (1970) TV episode .... Himself
  12. "The David Frost Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
        - Episode #2.91 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #1.1 (1969) TV episode .... Himself
  13. Ed Sullivan's Armed Forces Tour (1970) (TV) .... Himself

  14. "The Red Skelton Show" .... Himself / ... (3 episodes, 1954-1969)
    ... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
        - Willie Lump Lump's Birthday (1969) TV episode .... Himself/Cameo
        - He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash (1968) TV episode .... Himself
        - Deadeye at the Golden Nugget (1954) TV episode .... Himself
  15. "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1967-1968)
        - Episode #3.9 (1968) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #1.1 (1967) TV episode .... Himself
  16. The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' (1968) .... Himself
  17. "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest / ... (4 episodes, 1950-1966)
        - Episode dated 23 October 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 17 March 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 14 September 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 5 November 1950 (1950) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
  18. The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966) (uncredited) .... Himself
  19. The Beatles at Shea Stadium (1966) .... Himself
  20. The Singing Nun (1966) .... Himself
  21. An Hour with Robert Goulet (1964) (TV)
  22. The Patsy (1964) (uncredited) .... Himself
  23. "The Jack Benny Program" .... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1959-1963)
    ... aka The Jack Benny Show (USA: informal title)
    ... aka The Lucky Strike Program (USA: alternative title)
        - The Ed Sullivan Show (1963) TV episode .... Himself/Gentleman Jim Sullivan
        - Ed Sullivan/Genevieve Show (1959) TV episode .... Himself
  24. CBS: The Stars' Address (1963) (TV) .... Himself
  25. Bye Bye Birdie (1963) .... Himself
  26. The Million Dollar Incident (1961) (TV) .... Himself

  27. Disneyland '59 (1959) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka Kodak Presents Disneyland '59
  28. "General Electric Theater" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
        - Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home? (1959) TV episode .... Himself
  29. Senior Prom (1958) .... Himself
  30. "Mr. Adams and Eve" .... Himself (1 episode, 1958)
        - Backpage (1958) TV episode .... Himself
  31. Man on Fire (1957) (uncredited) .... Himself - Trailer Narrator
  32. "The Phil Silvers Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
    ... aka Sergeant Bilko (syndication title)
    ... aka Sgt. Bilko (Australia: DVD title)
    ... aka The Phil Silvers Show: You'll Never Get Rich
    ... aka You'll Never Get Rich (USA: first episodes title)
        - Show Segments (1957) TV episode .... Himself
        - Sergeant Bilko Presents Ed Sullivan (1956) TV episode .... Himself
  33. "The Bob Hope Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
        - Episode dated 17 June 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Himself
  34. "The $64,000 Question" (1955) TV series .... Substitute Host (unknown episodes)
  35. "I've Got a Secret" .... Himself (1 episode, 1955)
        - Episode dated 2 February 1955 (1955) TV episode .... Himself
  36. "Look Up and Live" .... Himself (1 episode, 1954)
        - Episode dated 4 April 1954 (1954) TV episode .... Himself
  37. "Person to Person" .... Himself (1 episode, 1953)
        - Episode #1.11 (1953) TV episode .... Himself
  38. Ghost of the Town (1952) (voice) (uncredited) .... Himself
  39. Premiere (1951) (TV) .... Himself
  40. "The Ford Theatre Hour" .... Himself - Host (1 episode, 1951)
        - The Presentation of the Look Magazine TV Awards (1951) TV episode .... Himself - Host

  41. Big Town Czar (1939) .... Himself
  42. Hollywood Goes to Town (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself
  43. Broadway Highlights No. 2 (1935) .... Himself - newspaper columnist
  44. Ed Sullivan's Headliners (1934) .... Himself
  45. Mr. Broadway (1933) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers (2009) (TV) .... Himself
  2. Muppets 201: Rarities from the Henson Vault (2009) .... Himself
  3. "American Masters"
        - Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About (2009) TV episode .... Himself
  4. A Year in the Life (2009) .... Himself
  5. "Hormigas blancas"
        - Marisol: Primer capítulo (2007) TV episode .... Himself
  6. Brando (2007) (TV) .... Himself
  7. Elvis: The Ed Sullivan Shows (2006) (V) .... Himself
  8. Elvis by the Presleys (2005) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
  9. Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story (2005) .... Himself
  10. "Broadway: The American Musical"
        - Tradition: 1957-1979 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
        - Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin': 1943-1960 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
  11. "The American Experience"
        - The Fight (2004) TV episode .... Himself
  12. "ESPN SportsCentury"
        - New York Yankees: Part 1 (2003) TV episode .... Himself
  13. Muppets Magic from the Ed Sullivan Show (2003) (V) .... Himself
  14. Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics, Vol. 4: Elvis & Other Rock Greats (2003) (V) .... Himself
  15. "Life and Times"
        - The Life and Time of Wayne & Shuster (2002) TV episode .... Himself
  16. The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (2002) (V)
  17. He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley (2000) (V) .... Himself
  18. ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999) (TV)
  19. Winchell (1998) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
  20. A Really Big Show: Ed Sullivan's 50th Anniversary (1998) (TV) .... Himself
  21. George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy (1997) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
  22. Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996) (TV) .... Himself
  23. "The Beatles Anthology"
        - August '65 to July '66 (1995) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself
        - August '64 to August '65 (1995) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself
        - July '40 to March '63 (1995) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself
        - June '67 to July '68 (????) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself
  24. Ed Sullivan All-Star Comedy Special (1995) (TV) .... Himself
  25. The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (1994) (V) .... Himself
  26. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
        - Episode dated 22 May 1992 (1992) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself
  27. Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992) (TV) .... Himself
  28. The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 (1991) (TV) .... Himself
  29. "Entertainment Tonight"
        - Episode dated 18 May 1990 (1990) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself
  30. The Best of Gleason 3 (1989) (TV) .... Himself
  31. Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988) (V) .... Himself
  32. "Biography"
        - Mary Tyler Moore: All American-Girl (1995) (????) TV episode .... Himself
  33. The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) (TV) .... Himself
  34. Ingrid (1984) .... Himself
  35. The Compleat Beatles (1984) (uncredited) .... Himself
  36. The Right Stuff (1983) .... Himself
  37. This Is Elvis (1981) .... Himself
  38. When Television Was Young (1977) (TV) .... Himself
  39. Elvis on Tour (1972) (uncredited) .... Himself

Additional Details

Other Works:
Crazy With the Heat (1941). Musical revue (updated/restaged version). Music by Irvin Graham. Additional music by Rudi Revil. Material by Sam E. Werris, Arthur Sheekman, Mack Davis, Max Liebman and Don Herold. Lyrics by Irvin Graham. Additional dialogue by Arthur Stander and Sidney Zelinka. New sketches by Lew Brown. Music arranged by Jacques Dallin. Music orchestrated by Jacques Dallin. Some production ideas by Luther Davis, John Cleveland and Kay Kenney. Featuring songs by Jack Lawrence and William Provost. Featuring songs with lyrics by Jack Lawrence, Kurt Kasznar, Carl Kent and Pete Kite Smith. Choreographed by Catherine Littlefield. Staged by Arthur Sheekman. Sketches for Willie Howard under supervision of Eugene Howard. Directed by Lew Brown. 44th Street Theatre: 30 Jan 1941- 19 Apr 1941 (92 performances). Cast: Vivian Allen, Hal Anthony, Marion Bailey, Gracie Barrie, Matthew Bocchino, Evelyn Bonfine, Victor Borge, Diosa Costello, Don Cummings, Eleanor Dawn, Harold Gary, Ted Gary, Luella Gear, Phillip Gordon, Harry Hale, Wilma Horner, Willie Howard, Helen Hudson, Betty Kean, Al Kelly, Stapleton Kent, Philip King, Bobby Lane, Remi Martel, Naldi, Frances O'Day, Dale Priest, Carlos Ramiriz, Mary Raye, Irene Reilly, Helenita Riordan, David Rollins, Matthew Smith, Jean Stanton, Tip, Tap, and Toe, Edna Ward, Frances Williams. Produced by Ed Sullivan. Note: When the original show opened to disastrous reviews the investors demanded Kurt Kasznar be replaced as producer/director in favor of Mr. Sullivan. The original production closed after 7 performances. Sullivan felt unqualified to act as director and hired Mr. Brown and the pair quickly hired new actors and songs were added/shuffled. Although Sullivan's reworking failed to completely recoup costs, it was considered a remarkable achievement given the time constraints involved. more
Publicity Listings:
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Genres:
Comedy | Music | Family | Drama more
Plot Keywords:
Character Name In Title | Non Fiction | Variety | Beautiful Woman more

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