Milton Berle
Acting • Born 1908-07-12 – Died 2002-03-27
Biography
Milton Berle (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948–55), in 1948 he was the first major star of US television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr. Television to millions during TV's golden age.
Filmography
164 credits
The Muppet Movie
Movie • 1979
Mad Man Mooney
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Movie • 1985
Self (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie • 1963
J. Russell Finch
Evil Roy Slade
Movie • 1972
Harry Fern
The Sound of Laughter
Movie • 1963
Elmer Brown (Singer with Cocktail Glasses)
Driving Me Crazy
Movie • 1991
Hotel Clerk
Two Heads Are Better Than None
Movie • 2000
Uncle Leo
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Movie • 1917
Bit Part (Uncredited)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Movie • 1976
Blind Man
Margin for Error
Movie • 1943
Moe Finkelstein
The Mark of Zorro
Movie • 1920
Boy (uncredited)
Sun Valley Serenade
Movie • 1941
Jerome K. 'Nifty' Allen
Who's Minding the Mint?
Movie • 1967
Luther Burton
The Loved One
Movie • 1965
Mr. Kenton
Milton Berle's Low Impact/High Comedy Workout
Movie • 1994
Self
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Movie • 1966
Bookstore Customer with Rope (uncredited)
Rise and Shine
Movie • 1941
Seabiscuit
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Movie • 1968
The Movie Director: The 'In' Group
Going Overboard
Movie • 1989
Himself (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
The Oscar
Movie • 1966
Kappy Kapstetter
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Movie • 1978
Self
The Happening
Movie • 1967
Fred
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Movie • 1941
Frosty Welch
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
Movie • 1987
Jonathan's Father
Whispering Ghosts
Movie • 1942
H.H. Van Buren
Always Leave Them Laughing
Movie • 1949
Kipling Cooper
Funny Is Money
Movie • 1999
Self
Star Spangled Salesman
Movie • 1968
Studio President
A Gentleman at Heart
Movie • 1942
Lucky Cullen
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Movie • 1969
Goodtime Eddie Filth
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Movie • 1941
Self
Seven in Darkness
Movie • 1969
Sam Fuller
All This and World War II
Movie • 1976
Self
Journey Back to Oz
Movie • 1972
Cowardly Lion (voice)
Side by Side
Movie • 1988
Abe Mercer
Radio City Revels
Movie • 1938
Teddy
New Faces of 1937
Movie • 1937
Wallington Wedge
Hollywood Hobbies
Movie • 1939
Self (uncredited)
Lepke
Movie • 1975
Mr. Meyer
This Is Elvis
Movie • 1981
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Smorgasbord
Movie • 1983
Ms. Sultry
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Movie • 2003
Self
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie • 1921
Boy (uncredited)
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
Movie • 2023
Russell (archive footage)
Tess of the Storm Country
Movie • 1922
Bit Role (uncredited)
Storybook
Movie • 1994
Illuzor
For Singles Only
Movie • 1968
Mr. Parker
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Movie • 1976
Self
Off Your Rocker
Movie • 1982
Henry Foster
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
Movie • 1999
Self
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Movie • 1983
Self - Crowd Member
The Legend of Valentino
Movie • 1975
Jesse Lasky
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
Movie • 1986
Self
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
Movie • 1979
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 1999
Self
Over My Dead Body
Movie • 1942
Jason Cordry
The Bellboy
Movie • 1960
Milton Berle (uncredited)
Broadway Danny Rose
Movie • 1984
Milton Berle
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Movie • 1983
Self
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
Movie • 1970
Self
Joys
Movie • 1976
Self
Let's Make Love
Movie • 1960
Milton Berle (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1949
Movie • 1949
Self
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Movie • 1991
Self
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Movie • 1990
Self
Jingle Bell Rock
Movie • 1995
Jerry Labello (voice)
A Century of Cinema
Movie • 1994
Self
The Spike Jones Story
Movie • 1988
Self
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Movie • 1998
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
Poppin' the Cork
Movie • 1933
Elmer Brown
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 1976
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Movie • 1977
Morris Glickstein
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Family Business
Movie • 1983
Isaiah Stern
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Murder at N.B.C.
Movie • 1966
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Elvis Through the Years
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Pioneers of Primetime
Movie • 2005
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie • 1958
Self
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Hey Abbott (1978)
Movie
Self
Ruth of the Range
Movie • 1923
(uncredited)
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Movie
Help Save Planet Earth
Movie • 1990
Self
Texaco Star Theater
TV • 1948
Host
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Self
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Cheerful Charlie
Amazing Stories
TV • 1985
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
F Troop
TV • 1965
Due South
TV • 1994
Shelley Litvak
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Sam Morris
Fame
TV • 1982
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Cyril Wolfe
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV • 1990
Saul Howard
The Critic
TV • 1994
Milton Berle (voice)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV • 1990
Max Jakey
Matlock
TV • 1986
Harvey Chase
Batman
TV • 1966
Louie, the Lilac
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Milton Berle
That Girl
TV • 1966
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Uncle Manny
Donny & Marie
TV • 1976
Self
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Self - Special Guest Star
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Morris Glickstein
Ironside
TV • 1967
Ross Howard
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
McCloud
TV • 1970
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Self - Host
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
The Big Valley
TV • 1965
Josiah Freeman
The Music Shop
TV • 1959
The Brady Bunch Hour
TV • 1977
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Milton Berle
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Denny Martin
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Jimmy Durante Show
TV • 1954
Self
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV • 1957
Milton Berle
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV • 1974
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV • 1973
Self
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV • 1960
Charlie
Jackpot Bowling
TV • 1959
Host
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Milton Berle
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Harry
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self - Cameo
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self - Guest Host
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Milton Berle
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Buddy Boyle
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Self / Duke No-Good
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Ed Taylor
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Zeke
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
NBC Sunday Showcase
TV • 1959
Himself
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
Batman
TV • 1966
Prison Guard
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Charles
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Self
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Lew Feldman
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Lionel Douglas
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
Joe Hillyer
Mannix
TV • 1967
Danny Brite
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Self - Guest Host
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Sister, Sister
TV • 1994
Edgar Boggs
Kenan & Kel
TV • 1996
Uncle Leo
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
TV • 1948
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self