Cast & creator
David Steinberg
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Daily Show
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Steinberg (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was one of the best-known stand-up comics in the United States. He appeared on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show more than 130 times (second only to Bob Hope in number of appearances) and served as guest host 12 times, the youngest person ever to guest-host. Steinberg directed several films and episodes of many of the most successful television situation comedies of the last twenty years, including Seinfeld, Friends, Mad About You, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and more than 35 episodes of Designing Women. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Steinberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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film credits
57
television credits
55
1948–2025 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (104)
Showing 104 of 104 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host
1962
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Guest Host
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Friends
Director
1994
Seinfeld
Director
1989
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Director
2000
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Mad About You
Director
1992Mad About You
Bad Eulogizer
1992Mad About You
Director
1992
Weeds
Director
2005
The Golden Girls
Director
1985
The Twilight Zone
Director
1985
Newhart
Director
1982
Dinah!
Self
1974
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Special Guest
2012
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Odd Couple
David Steinberg
1970
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
The Oscars
Writer
1953
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
Even Stevens
Director
2000
The Comeback
Director
2005
Designing Women
Writer
1986Designing Women
Director
1986
The Parent 'Hood
Director
1995
Evening Shade
Director
1990
Fridays
Self - Guest Host
1980
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
Get a Life
Director
1990
Inside Comedy
Self - Host
2012
The Comedy Factory
Director
1985
Duet
Director
1987
The David Susskind Show
Self
1959
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
Tall Tales & Legends
Director
1985
Help Me Help You
Director
2006
Ink
Director
1996
Sons & Daughters
Director
2006
Daddy Dearest
Director
1993
Cats Don't Dance
Executive Producer
1997Living in Your Car
Director
2010Living in Your Car
Executive Producer
2010
Eisenhower and Lutz
Director
1988The David Steinberg Show
1972
The Bobby Darin Show
1973Big Sound
2000
Good Grief
Producer
1990
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Self
2018Annie McGuire
Director
1988Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
Self - Host
2005
The Aristocrats
Self
2005
It Had to Be You
Director
1993
Switching Goals
Director
1999
The Wrong Guy
Outpatient
1997The Wrong Guy
Director
1997
Being Canadian
Self
2015
Living in Captivity
Director
1998
The Last Laugh
Self
2016
The Music Scene
1969
Going Berserk
Director
1983Going Berserk
Writer
1983
Nothing Personal
Talk Show Host
1980
The One, the Only... Groucho
Narrator
1991
Paternity
Director
1981
Showbiz Goes to War
Self - Host
1982
From Darkness to Light
Self (archive footage)
2025
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
2013
The End
Marty Lieberman
1978
I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
Executive Producer
1989
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up
Executive Producer
2022
Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 12
Self
1987
Something Short of Paradise
Harris Sloane
1979Family Man
Director
1988
The Tommy Chong Roast
1986
Fearless Frank
The Rat
1969
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self
2002
The Lost Man
Photographer
1969
Dad's A Dog
Charles Dryden
1990
Kevin Pollak: Stop With The Kicking
Director
1991
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
Self
2013
Casey at the Bat
Director
1986
When Jews Were Funny
2013What's Up, Peter Fuddy?
Director
2001
A Night Train to Terror
Paul
1973
Norm Macdonald: Me Doing Standup
Director
2011
The 2nd Annual HBO Young Comedians Show
Self - Host
1977
The Return of the Smothers Brothers
Self
The Return of the Smothers Brothers
Writer
On Location: David Steinberg
Self
1976
David Steinberg in Concert With John Candy
Self
1984David Steinberg in Concert With John Candy
Writer
1984The Place I Belong
Executive Producer
Energy Crisis
Self - Comedian
1974Information Processing
Self - Host
One by One
Associate Producer
2004
Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached
Director
2006
The Jews of Winnipeg
Himself
1973
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
1982Rick Reynolds: Only the Truth Is Funny
Director
1993