Merv Griffin
Actor
- Born
- July 6, 1925 · San Mateo, California, USA
- Died
- August 12, 2007 (age 82)
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
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
December 20, 2022
The Man with Two Brains
June 10, 1983
Whitney
July 5, 2018
The Lonely Guy
January 27, 1984
Two-Minute Warning
November 12, 1976
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
April 23, 2013
Inside Daisy Clover
February 10, 1966
The Real Charlie Chaplin
November 19, 2021
Trouble Along the Way
April 4, 1953
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
August 17, 1979
Slapstick of Another Kind
December 9, 1982
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
March 27, 1954
Acting34
- 2024DEVO as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody as Self (archive footage)
- 2021My Guest is Orson Welles
- 2021The Real Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
- 2020My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage)
- 2019I Am Richard Pryor as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
- 2018Whitney as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2018Game Changers as Self (archive footage)
- 2017