Jack Paar
Actor
- Born
- May 1, 1918 · Canton, Ohio, USA
- Died
- January 27, 2004 (age 85)
Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an American talk show host, writer, radio and television comedian, and film actor. He was the second host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962. Time magazine's obituary of Paar reported wryly, "His fans would remember him as the fellow who split talk show history into two eras: Before Paar and Below Paar."
Known for
Public Speaking
February 23, 2011
Walk Softly, Stranger
October 14, 1950
Love Nest
October 10, 1951
Easy Living
October 8, 1949
Sid & Judy
June 26, 2019
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
May 3, 2006
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
February 20, 1990
Footlight Varieties
March 21, 1951
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
March 1, 1953
Groucho & Cavett
December 27, 2022
Variety Time
August 21, 1948
Jack Paar: Smart Television
November 29, 2003
Acting15
- 2022Groucho & Cavett as Self (archive footage)
- 2019Sid & Judy as Self (archive footage)
- 2011Public Speaking as Self (archive footage)
- 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2003Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
- 200150 Years of NBC Late Night as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...' as Self
- 1990The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic as Self (archive footage)
- 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy as (archive footage)
- 1953