Merv Griffin
Born July 6, 1925 · 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 considered an entertainment business magnate.
Movies
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
The Lonely Guy
The Man with Two Brains
Whitney
Two-Minute Warning
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
My Darling Vivian
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Hello Down There
Inside Daisy Clover
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Trouble Along the Way
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
One Trick Pony
DEVO
The Boy from Oklahoma
So This Is Love
Three Sailors and a Girl
Slapstick of Another Kind
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival
TV Shows
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
CBS News Sunday Morning
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Merv Griffin Show
Newhart
The Golden Girls
The Carol Burnett Show
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Hercules
Dinah!
Sanford and Son
The Megan Mullally Show
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Hope and Gloria
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
The Pet Set
Fat Actress
Alice in Wonderland
The Emmy Awards
E! True Hollywood Story
Alf's Hit Talk Show
