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Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson

John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.

On screen

  • Soccer's American Dream
  • Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
  • Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
  • The Sounds of Baseball
  • Biography: Comedy Icons
  • The Nineties
  • There's... Johnny!
  • The Seventies
  • E! True Hollywood Story
  • The Simpsons
  • Night Court
  • Newhart
  • Cheers
  • The Kennedy Center Honors
  • Here's Lucy
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  • The Danny Thomas Hour
  • Space Ghost and Dino Boy
  • Get Smart
  • You're in the Picture
  • The Dick Clark Show
  • Kraft Music Hall
  • The Steve Allen Show
  • Tony Awards
  • The Wonderful World of Disney
  • The United States Steel Hour
  • The Oscars
  • The Jack Benny Program
  • What's My Line?
  • The Emmy Awards

Behind the camera

  • Mr. President

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