Merv Griffin
Acting
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 Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Newhart
1982
The Golden Girls
1985
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Dinah!
1974
Hercules
1998
Sanford and Son
1972
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
Hope and Gloria
1995
Fat Actress
2005
Alice in Wonderland
1985
The Emmy Awards
1949
The Pet Set
1971
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
The Man with Two Brains
1983
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
Whitney
2018
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Alf's Hit Talk Show
2004
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Presenting Susan Anton
1979
My Darling Vivian
2020
The Lonely Guy
1984
Inside Daisy Clover
1966
Two-Minute Warning
1976
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
Trouble Along the Way
1953
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Hello Down There
1969
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
One Trick Pony
1980
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
TV Land Moguls
2004
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021
Rickles... On the Loose
1986
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
DEVO
2024
So This Is Love
1953
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival
2000
My Guest is Orson Welles
2021
Game Changers
2018
The Funny Farm
1983
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
2014
Cattle Town
1952
Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon
2008
Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?
1968
An-THOR-Logy 1976-1985
2005
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Jeopardy!
1984
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Wheel of Fortune
1983
Wheel of Fortune
1981
Lykkehjulet
2020
Jeopardy! Masters
2023
ESPN Jeopardy!
2026
Wheel of Fortune
1988
Shade
2003
Monopoly
1990
Pop Culture Jeopardy!
2024
Wheel of Fortune
1988
La Roue de la fortune
1987
Roda a Roda
2003
Pop Culture Jeopardy!
2026
Memory Game
1971
Wheel of Fortune (Daytime)
1974
Super Jeopardy!
1990
Wheel of Fortune
Dance Fever
2003
Jeopardy!
1964
Dance Fever
1979
Koło Fortuny
Merv Griffin's Crosswords
2007
Reach for the Stars
1967
Rock & Roll Jeopardy!
1998
Wheel of Fortune
Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune
2008
Pole Chudes