- Known for
- Actor
- Born
- October 23, 1925
- Died
- January 23, 2005 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Corning, Iowa, USA
Johnny Carson
John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.
Johnny Carson TV series
Soccer's American Dream
2026
Self (archive footage)
Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
2025
Self (archive footage)
- 7.4
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
Self (archive footage)
The Sounds of Baseball
2020
Self (archive footage)
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
Self
- 6.9
The Nineties
2017
Self (archive footage)
- 6.5
There's... Johnny!
2017
Self (archive footage)
- 7.4
The Seventies
2015
Self (archive footage)
- 8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
- 8.0
The Simpsons
1989
Johnny Carson (voice)
Mr. President
1987
Creator
- 7.3
Night Court
1984
Johnny Carson
- 7.6
Cheers
1982
Johnny Carson
- 7.2
Newhart
1982
- 7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Self
- 6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Self
- 6.7
Here's Lucy
1968
Johnny Carson
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
Narrator
- 7.5
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
1966
- 8.0
Get Smart
1965
Herald (uncredited)
You're in the Picture
1961
Himself
- 5.4
Kraft Music Hall
1958
Self - Host
The Dick Clark Show
1958
Self
- 6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Self
- 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Self
- 7.1
The Oscars
1953
Self
- 6.3
The United States Steel Hour
1953
- 7.1
What's My Line?
1950
Self
- 7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
Johnny Carson
- 7.9
The Emmy Awards
1949
Self
Source: TMDB
Johnny Carson movies
- 7.9
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
- 6.9
Breakdown: 1975
2025
(archive footage)
- 7.8
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
Self (archive footage)
- 8.2
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Self (archive footage)
- 8.0
Luther: Never Too Much
2024
Self (archive footage)
- 7.1
Lucy and Desi
2022
Self (archive footage)
- 6.9
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022
Self (archive footage)
- 7.4
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Self (archive footage)
- 5.9
The Capote Tapes
2021
Self (archive footage)
- 7.1
Audrey
2020
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
- 7.1
My Darling Vivian
2020
Self (archive footage)
- 5.9
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
Self (archive footage)
- 7.6
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
Self (archive footage)
- 6.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
Self (archive footage)
- 8.0
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
- 5.9
The Front Runner
2018
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 7.4
Game Changers
2018
Self (archive footage)
- 6.6
Whitney: Can I Be Me
2017
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 6.7
Jerry Before Seinfeld
2017
Self (archive footage)
- 7.5
Life Itself
2014
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
- 7.4
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014
Himself (Archive Footage)
- 6.6
Behind the Candelabra
2013
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 7.1
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Self (archive footage)
- 7.7
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
Self (archive footage)
- 7.6
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
2012
Self
- 6.5
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
2007
Self (archive footage)
- 7.8
Seinfeld: How It Began
2004
Self (archive footage)
- 7.8
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003
Self (archive footage)
- 7.4
The World of Jim Henson
1994
Self (archive footage)
- 7.9
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
Self (archive footage)
Source: TMDB