Merv Griffin

Actor

Born: July 6, 1925
Died: August 12, 2007 (age 82)
From: San Mateo, California, USA

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…

Filmography (34)

DEVO (2024)
Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
Self (archive footage)
My Guest is Orson Welles (2021)
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2021)
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian (2020)
Self (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor (2019)
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Whitney (2018)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Game Changers (2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
Self (archive)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood (2017)
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger (2014)
Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
Self (archive footage)
Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon
Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008)
Himself
An-THOR-Logy 1976-1985
An-THOR-Logy 1976-1985 (2005)
Himself
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival (2000)
Self
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986)
Self
Rickles... On the Loose (1986)
Self
The Lonely Guy (1984)
Himself
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
The Elevator Killer
The Funny Farm (1983)
The Voice Of... (Voice)
Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
Anchorman
One Trick Pony (1980)
Acappella Singer
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Himself
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Merv Griffin - National Anthem Singer
Hello Down There (1969)
Himself
Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? (1968)
Self
Inside Daisy Clover (1966)
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
Georges Brevert
The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
Steve