Cast & creator
Carl Wilson
Best known for The Colbert Report, The Dick Cavett Show, Champs-Elysées
Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He is best remembered as their lead guitarist, as the younger brother of bandmates Brian and Dennis Wilson, and as the group's de facto leader in the early 1970s. He was also the band's musical director on stage from 1965 until his death.
Also known as: The Beach Boys
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film credits
9
television credits
46
1948–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (50)
Showing 50 of 50 credits
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest
2005
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Champs-Elysées
Self - The Beach Boys
1982
Home Improvement
Carl Wilson
1991
Full House
Carl Wilson
1987
T. J. Hooker
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Legends
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
2024
The Monkey's Uncle
Self - The Beach Boys
1965
The T.A.M.I. Show
Self - The Beach Boys
1964
The Beach Boys: Nashville Sounds
Self
1996
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Self - Beach Boys member
1976
The Girls on the Beach
Self
1965
The Wrecking Crew
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
La leyenda de Canyut
Songs
2026
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Jack Benny Hour
Self (uncredited)
1965
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
Self (archive footage)
2014
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
Self
1995
The Beach Boys: An American Band
Self
1985
Beach Boys: Surfin' Success
Self
2008
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980
Self
2003
Goin' Platinum Presents The Beach Boys
Self
1980
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Self (The Beach Boys)
1976The Beach Boys: It's OK
Music
1976
The Beach Boys: Endless Harmony
Self
2000
The Beach Boys: Live At Knebworth
Self
1980
The Beach Boys: 25 Years Together - A Celebration In Waikiki
Self
1987Music is God Speaking – Brian Wilson
Self
2026
Mighty Good: The Beatles
Self
1977
The Beach Boys: The Lost Concert
Self (uncredited)
2003
Mount Vernon and Fairway
Writer
2024Mount Vernon and Fairway
Music
2024The Beach Boys: Wouldn't It Be Nice
Self
2005One Man's Challenge
Self
1962
The Swinging 60's - The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
2007
Endless Syncopation: The Rising Fall of The Beach Boys and The California Myth
Himself
20121974: On the Road With The Beach Boys
Self
2009The Beach Boys Today
Self
1993
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1969-1982
Self (archive footage)
2014
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969
Self (archive footage)
2010
Cease to Exist
Self (archive footage)
2007The Beach Boys - California Surfin
Self (archive footage)
2004
The Beach Boys: Live In Paris, 1969
Self
1969
The Beach Boys: A Celebration Concert
Self
1980The Beach Boys 20th Anniversary Special
Self
1981
The Beach Boys: A Long Promised Road - Volume 1 & 2 - 1962-1971
Self
2016
30th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll All-Star Jam: Bo Diddley
Self
1995