Phil Donahue
Acting • Born 1935-12-21 – Died 2024-08-18
Biography
Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024) was an American media personality, writer, film producer and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first talk show format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television in America that began in Dayton, Ohio in 1967 and ended in New York City in 1996. His shows often focused on issues that divided liberals and conservatives in the United States, such as abortion, consumer protection, civil rights and war issues. His most frequent guest was Ralph Nader, for whom Donahue campaigned in 2000. Donahue also briefly hosted a talk show on MSNBC from July 2002 to March 2003. Donahue is one of the most influential talk show hosts and has been called the "king of daytime talk". Oprah Winfrey has stated, "If it weren't for Phil Donahue, there would never have been an Oprah Show." In 1996, Donahue was ranked #42 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Donahue, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
38 credits
Godless in America
Movie • 2006
Himself
Free to Be... a Family
Movie • 1988
Self
Bella!
Movie • 2023
Self
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
Movie • 2011
Self
Man of the Year
Movie • 1995
Himself
First Steps
Movie • 1985
Self
Project Censored the Movie
Movie • 2013
Self
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Unity
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
Movie • 2015
Self
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Movie • 2011
Self
An Empire of Reason
Movie • 1988
Self
The Making of Trump
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
BRATS
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
South to Black Power
Movie • 2023
Self
Skum Rocks!
Movie • 2013
Self
The Billboard Boys
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Finding Vivian Maier
Movie • 2014
Himself - Talk Show Host
Sunshine Superman
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Movie • 1990
Self
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Movie • 1988
Self
Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti
Movie • 2007
Narrator
The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White
Movie • 1992
Self
The Swap
Movie • 2016
Self (voice)
Preventive Warriors
Movie • 2004
Self
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TV • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
Frasier
TV • 1993
Larry (voice)
Blossom
TV • 1990
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Sex: The Revolution
TV • 2008
The Daytime Emmy Awards
TV • 1974
Self
The Phil Donahue Show
TV • 1967
Self - Host
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
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