Cast & creator
Hugh Downs
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Family Guy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hugh Malcolm Downs (February 14, 1921 – July 1, 2020) was an American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer, author, game show host, and music composer. A regular television presence from the 1940s through the 1990s, he had several successful roles on morning television, prime time television, and late night television. Downs served as announcer/sidekick for Tonight Starring Jack Paar from 1957 to 1962, co-host of the NBC News program Today from 1962 to 1971, host of the Concentration game show from 1958 to 1969, and anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20 from 1978 to 1999. Among other shows during his career, he also hosted the PBS talk show Over Easy, and was the sometime co-host of the syndicated talk show Not for Women Only.
Also known as: Hugh Malcolm Downs
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Filmography (36)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host
1962
Family Guy
Hugh Downs (voice)
1999
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
The View
Self
1997
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self - Announcer
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self - Guest Host
1957Concentration
Host
1958
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Riverboat
Dan Flynn
1959
Startime
Self
1959
Live from Lincoln Center
Self - Host
1976
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Self (archive Footage)
2021
Old Friends... New Friends
Self
1978
Once Upon a Wheel
1971
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
2003
Roxie Hart
Inexperienced Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Oh, God! Book II
NBC Newscaster
1980
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
2019
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Self (archive footage)
2014
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Self
2003
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
Self - Host
1990
Woman of the Year
Hugh Downs
1976
Our Barbara
Self - Co-Host, 'Today Show' & '20 / 20' (archive footage)
2023Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...'
Self
1997Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live
Host
2000
Survival of Spaceship Earth
Self - Narrator / Host
1972
Nothing by Chance
Self - Narrator
1975Nothing by Chance
Executive Producer
1975New York City Opera: The Merry Widow
Himself - Host
1996