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Milton Berle

Milton Berle

Born: 1908-07-12 • New York City, New York, USA

Milton Berle (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948–55), in 1948 he was the first major star of US television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr. Television to millions during TV's golden age.

Filmography
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point poster
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
2023 • Russell (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe poster
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 • Self (archive footage)
Elvis Through the Years poster
Elvis Through the Years
2007 • Self (archive footage)
Pioneers of Primetime poster
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer poster
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
2003 • Self
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King poster
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
2003 • Self (archive footage)
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years poster
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
2002 • Self (archive footage)
Two Heads Are Better Than None poster
Two Heads Are Better Than None
2000 • Uncle Leo
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club poster
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
1999 • Self
Funny Is Money poster
Funny Is Money
1999 • Self
No Image
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 • Self
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts poster
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998 • Self - Roastee (archive footage)
Jingle Bell Rock poster
Jingle Bell Rock
1995 • Jerry Labello (voice)
Milton Berle's Low Impact/High Comedy Workout poster
Milton Berle's Low Impact/High Comedy Workout
1994 • Self
Storybook poster
Storybook
1994 • Illuzor
A Century of Cinema poster
A Century of Cinema
1994 • Self
Driving Me Crazy poster
Driving Me Crazy
1991 • Hotel Clerk
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' poster
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991 • Self
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years poster
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990 • Self
Help Save Planet Earth poster
Help Save Planet Earth
1990 • Self
Going Overboard poster
Going Overboard
1989 • Himself (uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC poster
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 • Self
Side by Side poster
Side by Side
1988 • Abe Mercer
The Spike Jones Story poster
The Spike Jones Story
1988 • Self
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge poster
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
1987 • Jonathan's Father
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines poster
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986 • Self
Pee-wee's Big Adventure poster
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 • Self (uncredited)
Broadway Danny Rose poster
Broadway Danny Rose
1984 • Milton Berle
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra poster
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983 • Self - Crowd Member
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business poster
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983 • Self
Smorgasbord poster
Smorgasbord
1983 • Ms. Sultry
Family Business poster
Family Business
1983 • Isaiah Stern
Showbiz Goes to War poster
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 • (archive footage)
Off Your Rocker poster
Off Your Rocker
1982 • Henry Foster
Showbiz Ballyhoo poster
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982 • Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars poster
Night of 100 Stars
1982 • Self
This Is Elvis poster
This Is Elvis
1981 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Muppet Movie poster
The Muppet Movie
1979 • Mad Man Mooney
No Image
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
1979
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy poster
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978 • Self
Have I Got a Christmas for You poster
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977 • Morris Glickstein
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years poster
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976 • Self
NBC: The First Fifty Years poster
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
All This and World War II poster
All This and World War II
1976 • Self
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood poster
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 • Blind Man
Joys poster
Joys
1976 • Self
The Legend of Valentino poster
The Legend of Valentino
1975 • Jesse Lasky
No Image
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975 • Self (archive footage)
Lepke poster
Lepke
1975 • Mr. Meyer
Journey Back to Oz poster
Journey Back to Oz
1972 • Cowardly Lion (voice)
Evil Roy Slade poster
Evil Roy Slade
1972 • Harry Fern
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles poster
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
1970 • Self
Seven in Darkness poster
Seven in Darkness
1969 • Sam Fuller
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? poster
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969 • Goodtime Eddie Filth
For Singles Only poster
For Singles Only
1968 • Mr. Parker
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows poster
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968 • The Movie Director: The 'In' Group
Star Spangled Salesman poster
Star Spangled Salesman
1968 • Studio President
Who's Minding the Mint? poster
Who's Minding the Mint?
1967 • Luther Burton
The Happening poster
The Happening
1967 • Fred
No Image
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title poster
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966 • Bookstore Customer with Rope (uncredited)
The Oscar poster
The Oscar
1966 • Kappy Kapstetter
The Loved One poster
The Loved One
1965 • Mr. Kenton
The Sound of Laughter poster
The Sound of Laughter
1963 • Elmer Brown (Singer with Cocktail Glasses)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 • J. Russell Finch
Let's Make Love poster
Let's Make Love
1960 • Milton Berle (uncredited)
The Bellboy poster
The Bellboy
1960 • Milton Berle (uncredited)
The All-Star Christmas Show poster
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 • Self
Breakdowns of 1949 poster
Breakdowns of 1949
1949 • Self
Always Leave Them Laughing poster
Always Leave Them Laughing
1949 • Kipling Cooper
Margin for Error poster
Margin for Error
1943 • Moe Finkelstein
Whispering Ghosts poster
Whispering Ghosts
1942 • H.H. Van Buren
A Gentleman at Heart poster
A Gentleman at Heart
1942 • Lucky Cullen
Over My Dead Body poster
Over My Dead Body
1942 • Jason Cordry
Rise and Shine poster
Rise and Shine
1941 • Seabiscuit
Sun Valley Serenade poster
Sun Valley Serenade
1941 • Jerome K. 'Nifty' Allen
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 poster
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941 • Self
Tall, Dark and Handsome poster
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941 • Frosty Welch
Hollywood Hobbies poster
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 • Self (uncredited)
Radio City Revels poster
Radio City Revels
1938 • Teddy
New Faces of 1937 poster
New Faces of 1937
1937 • Wallington Wedge
Poppin' the Cork poster
Poppin' the Cork
1933 • Elmer Brown
Ruth of the Range poster
Ruth of the Range
1923 • (uncredited)
Tess of the Storm Country poster
Tess of the Storm Country
1922 • Bit Role (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy poster
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921 • Boy (uncredited)
The Mark of Zorro poster
The Mark of Zorro
1920 • Boy (uncredited)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm poster
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917 • Bit Part (Uncredited)
Hey Abbott (1978) poster
Hey Abbott (1978)
— • Self
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special poster
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special