Cast & creator
Johnny Carson
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Simpsons, Cheers
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.
Also known as: John Carson, 约翰尼·卡森, John William Carson
99
film credits
52
television credits
146
1948–2026 · acting roles
7.2
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (151)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Host
1962
The Simpsons
Johnny Carson (voice)
1989
Cheers
Johnny Carson
1982
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Get Smart
Herald (uncredited)
1965Get Smart
Special Guest Conductor
1965
Night Court
Johnny Carson
1984
The Red Skelton Show
Knight Who Makes Point of Order
1951The Red Skelton Show
Self
1951
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self - Guest Host
1957
Newhart
1982
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950The Bob Hope Show
The Masked Killer (uncredited).
1950The Bob Hope Show
Self - Cameo
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956The Steve Allen Show
Self - Comedian-Quiz Show Host
1956The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
Here's Lucy
Johnny Carson
1968
The Jack Benny Program
Johnny Carson
1950
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Mystery Person (uncredited)
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Dick Martin (uncredited)
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958Kraft Music Hall
Self - Host
1958
Miss Universe
Host
1955
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
The United States Steel Hour
1953
The Dick Clark Show
Self
1958
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self
1954
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
1966
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
2025
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Front Runner
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Danny Thomas Hour
Narrator
1967
The Seventies
Self (archive footage)
2015
Mr. President
Creator
1987
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Self
2012
There's... Johnny!
Self (archive footage)
2017
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
2024
Soccer's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
2026
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Behind the Candelabra
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
Biography: Comedy Icons
Self
2019The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
Self
1968
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2018
Lucy and Desi
Self (archive footage)
2022
Koyaanisqatsi
Self (archive footage)
1983
The Sounds of Baseball
Self (archive footage)
2020
Breakdown: 1975
Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
2025Breakdown: 1975
Self (archive footage)
2025
Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football
Self (archive footage)
2025Lewis & Clark
Creator
1981
Audrey
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2020
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
2002
Whitney: Can I Be Me
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
2001The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
Self (archive footage)
2002
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Self (archive footage)
2019
The World of Jim Henson
Self (archive footage)
1994Bob Hope's World of Comedy
(archive footage)
1976
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
2021
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Self
1976
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
1968
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Self
1992
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Himself (Archive Footage)
2014
The Johnny Carson Show
Himself
1955The Johnny Carson Show
Creator
1955
50 Years of NBC Late Night
Self (archive footage)
2001
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Self (archive footage)
2022
Butterfly in the Sky
Self (archive footage)
2024
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
The Many Faces of Jim Carrey
Self (Archive Footage)
2023
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
2019
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
2017
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self
1987
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
2001
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
1985
Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker
Self (archive footage)
2014
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self (archive footage)
2013
Seinfeld: How It Began
Self (archive footage)
2004
Pure Goldie
Self
1971
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special
Himself
1986
Luther: Never Too Much
Self (archive footage)
2024
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self (archive footage)
2013
Game Changers
Self (archive footage)
2018
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Capote Tapes
Self (archive footage)
2021
You're in the Picture
Himself
1961
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1998
Lucy Moves to NBC
Self
1980
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
Self
1986
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
Self (archive footage)
2007
Jerry Before Seinfeld
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
Life Itself
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2014
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
1976
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
Self
2008
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Best of Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage)
2010
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Self (archive footage)
2020
Joys
Self
1976
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Self
1983
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
Himself - Guest
1987
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
Self (Archive Footage)
2013Murder at N.B.C.
1966
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Self
1986
Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front
Himself
1977
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
Self (archive footage)
2023
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
Self
1972
The Swingin' A's
Self (archive footage)
2017
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
Self
1987
Mickey's 50
Self
1978
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Self
1956
Cancel My Reservation
Himself (uncredited)
1972
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
Self (archive footage)
2019
Stuart Little
Narrator (voice)
1966
A Love Letter to Jack Benny
Himself
1981
The Minnie Riperton Story
(archive footage)
2009
Looking for Love
Self
1964
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain
Self (archive footage)
2023
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
Self - Host
1970Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
Self (archive footage)
1996
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
Himself
1992
Three Men on a Horse
Erwin Trowbridge
1957
Sheena Easton: Act One
Self (uncredited)
1983Untitled Joan Rivers Documentary
Self (archive footage)
Carnival Nights
Self
1968
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Self (archive footage)
2003
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
Self (archive footage)
2024The Best of The Tonight Show: Stand - Up Comedians
2007
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
Himself
2013
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
Self - Host
1965
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '80s & '90s: The King of Late Night
Self - Host
1994
Bad Hostage
Self (archive footage)
2024
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '70s & '80s: The Master of Laughs!
Self - Host
1994
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - The Final Show: America Says Farewell
Self - Host
1994Whales!
Narrator
1987
Johnny Goes Home
Self
1982Johnny Goes Home
Writer
1982
Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - '60s & '70s: Heeere's Johnny!
Self - Host
1994
Carson Country
2006Carson Country
Writer
2006
The Great Toilet Paper Scare
Himself
2020