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Merv Griffin

Acting

  • Born
  • July 6, 1925
  • Died
  • August 12, 2007
  • 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.

As actor 64

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show poster
The Daily Show
1996
Late Show with David Letterman poster
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Saturday Night Live poster
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Merv Griffin Show poster
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
CBS News Sunday Morning poster
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Newhart poster
Newhart
1982
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Golden Girls poster
The Golden Girls
1985
Sanford and Son poster
Sanford and Son
1972
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman poster
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
The Megan Mullally Show poster
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
The Carol Burnett Show poster
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Hercules poster
Hercules
1998
Dinah! poster
Dinah!
1974
Hope and Gloria poster
Hope and Gloria
1995
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour poster
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields poster
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
The Emmy Awards poster
The Emmy Awards
1949
Fat Actress poster
Fat Actress
2005
The Man with Two Brains poster
The Man with Two Brains
1983
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody poster
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
Alice in Wonderland poster
Alice in Wonderland
1985
The Pet Set poster
The Pet Set
1971
The Lonely Guy poster
The Lonely Guy
1984
Whitney poster
Whitney
2018
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic poster
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
E! True Hollywood Story poster
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Two-Minute Warning poster
Two-Minute Warning
1976
Alf's Hit Talk Show poster
Alf's Hit Talk Show
2004
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation poster
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021
My Darling Vivian poster
My Darling Vivian
2020
DEVO poster
DEVO
2024
Presenting Susan Anton poster
Presenting Susan Anton
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan poster
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood poster
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
I Am Richard Pryor poster
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
Hello Down There poster
Hello Down There
1969
TV Land Moguls
2004
Trouble Along the Way poster
Trouble Along the Way
1953
Inside Daisy Clover poster
Inside Daisy Clover
1966
Cattle Town poster
Cattle Town
1952
Phantom of the Rue Morgue poster
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
The Fabulous Allan Carr poster
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
The Real Charlie Chaplin poster
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
Game Changers poster
Game Changers
2018
One Trick Pony poster
One Trick Pony
1980
Slapstick of Another Kind poster
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger poster
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
2014
My Guest is Orson Welles poster
My Guest is Orson Welles
2021
So This Is Love poster
So This Is Love
1953
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival poster
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival
2000
The Boy from Oklahoma poster
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
Three Sailors and a Girl poster
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953
The Funny Farm poster
The Funny Farm
1983
Rickles... On the Loose poster
Rickles... On the Loose
1986
Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon
2008
An-THOR-Logy 1976-1985
2005
Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? poster
Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?
1968

On the crew 29

Jeopardy! poster
Jeopardy!
1984
The Merv Griffin Show poster
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Wheel of Fortune poster
Wheel of Fortune
1983
Wheel of Fortune
1981
Jeopardy! Masters poster
Jeopardy! Masters
2023
Wheel of Fortune
1988
Wheel of Fortune poster
Wheel of Fortune
1988
ESPN Jeopardy! poster
ESPN Jeopardy!
2026
Lykkehjulet poster
Lykkehjulet
2020
Shade poster
Shade
2003
Pop Culture Jeopardy! poster
Pop Culture Jeopardy!
2024
La Roue de la fortune
1987
Monopoly poster
Monopoly
1990
Roda a Roda poster
Roda a Roda
2003
Pop Culture Jeopardy! poster
Pop Culture Jeopardy!
2026
Super Jeopardy! poster
Super Jeopardy!
1990
Koło Fortuny poster
Koło Fortuny
Wheel of Fortune (Daytime)
1974
Dance Fever
2003
Merv Griffin's Crosswords
2007
Memory Game
1971
Dance Fever
1979
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy! poster
Jeopardy!
1964
Rock & Roll Jeopardy!
1998
Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune
2008
Pole Chudes
Wheel of Fortune
Reach for the Stars
1967