Merv Griffin
Known for: Acting
Born: July 6, 1925
Died: August 12, 2007
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
35 movies · 57 TV shows, newest first
3.5
ESPN Jeopardy!
2026
4.5
Pop Culture Jeopardy!
2026
5.5
Pop Culture Jeopardy!
2024
7.7
DEVO
2024
7.0
Jeopardy! Masters
2023
7.5
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
7.0
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
NR
My Guest is Orson Welles
2021
7.7
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
2.5
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021
7.1
My Darling Vivian
2020
NR
Lykkehjulet
2020
6.9
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
7.3
Whitney
2018
7.4
Game Changers
2018
5.0
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
7.1
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
2.0
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
2014
7.1
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013NR
Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune
20084.5
Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon
2008NR
Merv Griffin's Crosswords
2007
4.7
The Megan Mullally Show
200610.0
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
5.0
Fat Actress
2005NR
An-THOR-Logy 1976-1985
20056.4
The Tony Danza Show
2004
6.5
Alf's Hit Talk Show
20047.5
TV Land Moguls
2004
NR
Roda a Roda
2003
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
20039.0
Dance Fever
2003
6.2
Shade
2003
8.0
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival
2000
6.9
Hercules
19989.5
Rock & Roll Jeopardy!
1998
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
6.3
Hope and Gloria
1995
6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
8.0
Super Jeopardy!
1990
7.0
Monopoly
1990
NR
Wheel of Fortune
19888.0
Wheel of Fortune
19885.5
La Roue de la fortune
19876.0
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
7.0
Rickles... On the Loose
1986
6.7
Alice in Wonderland
1985
7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
6.9
Jeopardy!
1984
6.2
The Lonely Guy
1984
6.9
Wheel of Fortune
1983
6.2
The Man with Two Brains
1983
6.0
The Funny Farm
1983
3.1
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
7.2
Newhart
19829.0
Wheel of Fortune
1981
5.5
One Trick Pony
1980
5.9
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
19799.0
Dance Fever
1979
10.0
Presenting Susan Anton
1979
6.8
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
6.3
Two-Minute Warning
1976
7.3
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.0
Dinah!
19744.3
Wheel of Fortune (Daytime)
1974
7.5
Sanford and Son
1972
6.7
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971NR
Memory Game
1971
6.7
The Pet Set
1971
5.9
Hello Down There
1969
NR
Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?
1968
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
19677.0
Reach for the Stars
1967
5.6
Inside Daisy Clover
1966
9.0
Jeopardy!
1964
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
19627.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
6.2
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
5.7
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
7.0
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953
4.3
So This Is Love
1953
6.1
Trouble Along the Way
1953
7.6
Cattle Town
1952
7.9
The Emmy Awards
1949
NR
Koło Fortuny
—NR
Wheel of Fortune
—NR
Pole Chudes
—NR
Wheel of Fortune
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