Merv Griffin
Acting
63 credits
Birthday
Jul 06, 1925
Day of Death
Aug 12, 2007 (82 years)
Place of Birth
San Mateo, California, USA
Biography
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.
Movies (32)
Movie
6.0
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
Movie
2.5
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021
Movie
5.2
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
Movie
7.0
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Movie
2.7
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
Movie
2.0
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
2014
Movie
6.0
Trouble Along the Way
1953
Movie
7.4
Game Changers
2018
Movie
6.2
The Man with Two Brains
1983
Movie
Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?
1968
Movie
6.2
Two-Minute Warning
1976
Movie
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival
2000
Movie
7.3
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
Movie
3.0
The Funny Farm
1983
Movie
3.8
So This Is Love
1953
Movie
6.0
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953
Movie
7.0
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
Movie
5.6
Inside Daisy Clover
1966
TV Shows (31)
TV Show
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
TV Show
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
TV Show
6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
TV Show
6.9
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
TV Show
7.0
Saturday Night Live
1975
TV Show
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
TV Show
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
TV Show
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
TV Show
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
TV Show
7.0
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
TV Show
7.0
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
TV Show
7.1
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
TV Show
6.9
Hercules
1998
TV Show
7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
TV Show
6.1
The Tony Danza Show
2004
TV Show
7.1
Newhart
1982
TV Show
4.2
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
TV Show
7.4
Sanford and Son
1972
As Crew... (31)
TV Show
6.8
Jeopardy!
1984
TV Show
6.8
Jeopardy!
1984
TV Show
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
TV Show
6.9
Wheel of Fortune
1983
TV Show
6.9
Wheel of Fortune
1983
TV Show
6.9
Wheel of Fortune
1983
TV Show
Wheel of Fortune
1981
TV Show
8.0
Wheel of Fortune
1988
Movie
6.2
Shade
2003
TV Show
3.2
La Roue de la fortune
1987
TV Show
7.0
Jeopardy! Masters
2023
TV Show
Lykkehjulet
2020