Merv Griffin

Jul 06, 1925 - Aug 12, 2007 (82 years old) in San Mateo, California, USA

Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television host, singer, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. During the 1960s, Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show, and created the game shows Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Click, and Merv Griffin's Crosswords. He is considered an entertainment business magnate.

Known For

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Sanford and Son

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The Carol Burnett Show

Self - Guest

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The Golden Girls

Merv Griffin

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Newhart

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Hercules

Merv Griffin (voice)

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Dinah!

Self

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The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Self (archive footage)

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The Emmy Awards

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E! True Hollywood Story

Credits

Faye 2024

Self - Host, The Merv Griffin Show (archive footage)

★ 6.7
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields 2023

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.2
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody 2022

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation 2021

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

★ 3
My Darling Vivian 2020

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.5
I Am Richard Pryor 2019

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

★ 6.8
Whitney 2018

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.4
Game Changers 2018

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.4
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood 2017

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

★ 7.3
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl 2016

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 8
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words 2015

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.2
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic 2013

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.1
Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon 2008

Himself

★ 4.5
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart 2005

★ NR
Fat Actress 2005

Merv Griffin

★ 6.2
An-THOR-Logy 1976-1985 2005

Himself

★ NR
TV Land Moguls 2004

★ 6
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival 2000

Self

★ NR
Hercules 1998

Merv Griffin (voice)

★ 6.8
E! True Hollywood Story 1996

★ 8.1
Hope and Gloria 1995

Merv Griffin

★ 5
Rickles... On the Loose 1986

Self

★ NR
Alice in Wonderland 1985

Conductor

★ 6.8
The Golden Girls 1985

Merv Griffin

★ 7.5
The Lonely Guy 1984

Himself

★ 6.3
The Man with Two Brains 1983

The Elevator Killer

★ 6.2
Slapstick of Another Kind 1982

Anchorma

★ 2.7
Newhart 1982

★ 7.1
One Trick Pony 1980

Acappella Singer

★ 5.4
The Seduction of Joe Tynan 1979

Himself

★ 5.9
Two-Minute Warning 1976

Merv Griffin - National Anthem Singer

★ 6.2
Dinah! 1974

Self

★ 6.7
Sanford and Son 1972

★ 7.4
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour 1971

★ 6.5
Hello Down There 1969

Himself

★ 5.9
Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? 1968

Self

★ NR
The Carol Burnett Show 1967

Self - Guest

★ 7.7
Inside Daisy Clover 1965

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Phantom of the Rue Morgue 1954

Georges Brevert

★ 6.3
The Boy from Oklahoma 1954

Steve

★ 5.2
Three Sailors and a Girl 1953

Sailor (uncredited)

★ 6
So This Is Love 1953

Buddy Nash

★ 4.5
Trouble Along the Way 1953

Football Broadcaster (voice)

★ 5.9
Cattle Town 1952

Governor's secretary

★ 6.7
The Emmy Awards 1949

Self

★ 7.6

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