Jack Carter Net Worth
Jack Carter Net Worth is
$9 Million
Jack Carter Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jack Chakrin (born June 24, 1923), known by his professional name of Jack Carter, is an American comedian, actor and host. Brooklyn-born Carter had a long-running comedy act similar to fellow rapid-paced contemporaries, Milton Berle and Morey Amsterdam. Carter is, arguably, the most prolific stand-up comedian in American television history. | Full Name | Sidney Beckerman |
| Date Of Birth | June 24, 1922, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | June 28, 2015, Beverly Hills, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | New York, New York, USA |
| Profession | Actor, Director, Miscellaneous Crew |
| Spouse | Roxanne Carter (m. 1971–2015), Paula Stewart (m. 1961–1970), Joan Mann (m. 1949–1958) |
| Children | Chase Chakrin, Vicki Chakrin, Michael Chakrin, Wendy Chakrin |
| Nominations | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor In A Daytime Drama Special |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Cavalcade of Stars (1949) | $750 /week |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on Perry Como] I did Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948) and Perry turned on me. He didn't like the song I was doing. It was an Irish-themed show and I sang that line, "I'm the only Italian in MacNamara's Band." He thought I wrote that and told me it was in bad taste . . . Como never used me again. I couldn't believe it. What a moron! He thought I had put that in there to make fun of Italians! That's the way it went down and I never did the Como show again. |
| 2 | [on Woody Allen] We did a talk show, a panel together, and he disrespected somebody. I jumped into the conversation and attacked him back and we were trading lines. We were never friendly again. I used to go see him do his jazz thing in New York and he wouldn't even talk to me. |
| 3 | [on Norm Crosby] Norm Crosby and I were friends for a long time, but he is a joke thief and he stole a ton of material from me and many others. He got up in temple once and started to do one of my stories. I stopped him. He's a reciter. He has no actual funny bone, but he knows how to put jokes together and blend them and do a half-hour. He was always an opening act, never a headliner. Never in your life will you meet someone who says they're a Norm Crosby fan, y'know. |
| 4 | [on Tony Martin] He's a strange guy. You've got to get to know him. Not a nice man. Very snappy, very edgy, kind of always angry. I played golf with him at Hillcrest. He hit a shot this far from the flag and he got mad because it wasn't on THIS side of the flag. |
| 5 | [on Johnny Carson] I never got along with him. He was a terrible anti-Semite . . . Jan Murray beat him up one night. We went to a restaurant one night and he was throwing around the "Jew bastard" line, you know? Jan slapped him around. One night we had to throw him out of a party. Milton Berle threw him out on the lawn. Threw him out of the house. |
| 6 | [on Jerry Lester] He was vicious. He was vicious and angry. He was only outdone by his brother Buddy Lester, who wound up living in Vegas and doing odd jobs and movie bits. |
| 7 | [on Red Buttons] Cheapest man who ever lived. Not cheap, penurious. Naw. I'll top that even. Miserly. Never had an act. Never worked Vegas and the minute somebody died they'd go to him for an interview. He never worked Vegas. He never had an act. He went there once to The Fremont Hotel and they canceled him in one night. He had no act. He had that little Jewish, "Ho ho! Ho ho!" with three jokes. But you've got to have an act for Vegas! You've got to be a pro! . . . He schlepped along for years doing nothing until he got lucky with "Never got a dinner." That made him and he got huge money--thirty or forty thousand an appearance. He aggrandized that with his "I was there! I saw it!" bit. So in his later years he scored big. But he was always the cheapo. He and Gene Barry. Two leading cheapos . . . |
| 8 | [on Corbett Monica] I think everyone hated him because he would steal your act. He loved to steal. I once went to see [Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé] and he was working with them and I heard my jokes! One after another! "Who the hell is this Corbett Monica!?" Yeah, he was a real scumbag. |
| 9 | [about Jules Podell, the manager of the famous Copacabana nightclub in New York City] Howard Keel worked the club and was bombing terribly. No business. Three weeks of death. He had never talked to Podell the whole time and he sat down at Podell's booth one time and he said, "Mr. Podell, before I close I certainly would like to say hello to ya." Podell said to him, "Mr. Keel, can you take some constructive criticism?" He said, "Sure." Podell said, "Go fuck yourself!" |
| 10 | [on Buddy Hackett] A very angry man. He carried a gun. He was violent. He shot up a car in Vegas that parked in his spot. The Mafia wanted to kill him and I don't know who protected him. I think he shot himself in the end. He went out to the beach to die. They claimed he had a cold, but I don't think so. I think he shot himself. |
| 11 | [on Don Rickles] He does twenty minutes of insults and forty minutes of apologizing . . . |
| 12 | [on Al Kelly, an old-time comedian who specialized in "double talk"] We were entertaining horse people of America at The Waldorf. It was for horse owners. They hired him to double talk them and this crowd never knew that he was double talking. They had never seen that. He'd say, "You know, when your horse has the frayhayvem, you've got to pull him tight by the reins, otherwise he'll clebblelayem." They said, "My God, he's right. The little guy is right." He walked off and never got a laugh. He said, "What the hell is the matter with those people?" I said, "They believed you!" |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Made his Broadway debut in 1947 as the replacement for Jules Munshin in the musical revue "Call Me Mister," and continued to perform on stage. That included a stint replacing Phil Silvers during the 1951-52 Broadway run of the musical comedy "Top Banana" and appearing in the 1956-57 Broadway musical comedy "Mr. Wonderful," starring Sammy Davis Jr. Over the years he also appeared in regional productions of "Guys and Dolls," "Sugar" and "Mr Wonderful," as well as playing Fagin in a touring company production of "Oliver." It was as a stand-up comedian, though, that Carter was best known. In his 1981 book "Funny People," comedian Steve Allen wrote that Carter "possesses a wildly inventive creativity, whether on-or-off stage." Whether it was a shouted insult, a woman with an unusual dress or a slow response by a lighting technician, Allen wrote, "Jack Carter can take it, add a whiff of magic dust to it, and make audiences roar with laughter." The vast majority of comedians are thrown by the unexpected, Allen added, but "Carter makes capital of the unexpected, particularly if it seems to put him at a disadvantage. He is magnificent grouser, a brilliant complainer, a wizard of 'Why me?'" The grousing extended off stage as well. "Had I done a one-man show I'd have maintained my greatness," Carter complained in a 1992 interview with the "Los Angeles Times". "I can sing and dance--everything. But they only see you as brash." No one, he said, "is more bitter than I am. I get it before I even show up. 'He's not an actor' or 'He's vicious.' 'Cheap' is the big one. When they wanna get you they say, 'He's got the first dollar he ever made.'" Later in the same interview, Carter groused, "In the past 10 years I've neglected my life. I should have gotten out of [show business] long ago. I appreciate success, but I'm not built to play the game. My wife tells me, 'You're so angry! You're like an animal". |
| 2 | In show business circles, the gruff-voiced Carter was known as a comedian's comedian. He had an aggressive, keep-them-laughing stage persona that seemed not to diminish with age. During television's pioneer days in the late 1940s, Carter--the brash stand-up comic who was considered one of America's "rising young comedians"--became a familiar face on TV variety shows into the '50s and '60s. While touring in the comedy showcase "Legends of the Catskills" with fellow comics Freddie Roman and Gabe Kaplan in 2000, Carter warmed up the crowd by belting out "Just In Time." Then he launched into a series of celebrity impersonations and riffs on such topics as competitive Jewish mothers and dealing with old age ("I told her to act her age, so she died"). In the 1986 book "The Stars of Stand-up Comedy: A Biographical Encyclopedia," author Ronald Lande Smith described the versatile Carter's style as "slick, fast, and furious." "A single gag is boosted by mimicry and emphasized with one of a dozen facial or physical takes . . . The style came from burlesque and marched to Vegas to a rim shot drum beat," Smith wrote. Carter's routine was snappy, irreverent and often veered into sexism. "Eighty percent of the money is spent by women," Carter observed on stage in the 1950s. "The other 20% is spent by men--on women!" "If you like to spend your vacation in out-of-the-way places where few people go, let your wife read the map," he said in the 1970s. "Canada ran out of silicone and the girls up there are using Hamburger Helper," he said in the 1980s. No matter what the joke, Smith wrote, "Carter can sell it with all the skill and savvy of a pro boxer making the most of every jab." During his long career, however, Carter was more than just a stand-up comic. As an actor, he had small parts in several dozen (mostly forgettable) movies. But he fared better with guest spots on television series including Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and Caroline in the City (1995). |
| 3 | Born Jack Chakrin in New York City on June 24, 1922, Carter grew up in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach, where he developed a flair for impressions and twice appeared on the radio show "Mister Bowes' Amateur Hour," which he won both times. He attended Brooklyn College and Feagin School of Dramatic Art. He served in the US Army Air Forces entertainment division during World War II and later worked briefly as a commercial artist for advertising agencies. He was acting at the Mill Pond Playhouse on New York's Long Island when he began doing stand-up to support himself. His budding career as a comedian coincided with the rise of the fledgling new medium of television, then centered in New York City. He was one of the original rotating hosts of the Texaco Star Theatre (1948) on NBC in the summer of 1948 before Milton Berle took over as permanent host that September. The following year Carter turned up on ABC as the host of specials, including "Jack Carter and Company (1949)_ and American Minstrels of 1949 (1949). He next hosted the Cavalcade of Stars (1949) comedy-variety show on the DuMont network and "The Jack Carter Show", a variety hour on NBC, from 1950-51. Although Carter appeared frequently on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) and The Hollywood Palace (1964) as well as other popular variety programs hosted by such stars as Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Andy Williams, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante, Joey Bishop, Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore, Milton Berle, Phyllis Diller, etc., over the next two decades, the top echelon of stardom eluded him. "I'm one of the last entertainers who really works when he's on. I work to win the audience, but maybe I'm wrong," he told the "Los Angeles Times" in 1963. "I see these other guys and they just recite [their acts]. The less you do, the less you offend, of course, and that's what they want on TV. You can phone in your routine." Carter continued performing his comedy act in clubs until 2009 when he and Toni Murray, widow of comic Jan Murray, were hit by a car in Hollywood. Toni Murray died of her injuries two months later. Despite having to rely on a cane and a walker, Carter continued to act occasionally. |
| 4 | A topnotch Las Vegas comedian known for his fast, irreverent and funny patter, he was once praised by the late great Fred Allen as "one of the outstanding comedians of the century." |
| 5 | Attended New Utrecht High School and served in the entertainment division of the Army Air Corps during WWII. |
| 6 | Appeared on Broadway in "Call Me Mister," "Top Banana" and "Mr. Wonderful." |
| 7 | He died of respiratory failure at his home in Beverly Hills, CA. |
| 8 | He had two children with his first wife, Joan: son, Chase, and daughter, Wendy. He also had a son, Michael David, with his second wife, Paula. |
| 9 | He was given a shot at hosting "The Texaco Star Theater" in the summer of 1948. Although it's known today as Texaco Star Theatre (1948), NBC decided to test emcees throughout that summer. Jack rotated with Henny Youngman, Georgie Price, Harry Richman, Morey Amsterdam, and Peter Donald. After audience testing, Berle landed the permanent title in September, 1948 and the rest is history. |
| 10 | Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 97-98. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387. |
| 11 | Hosted the very first televised Tony awards. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1955 | TV Series | Huckleberry Haines |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1954 | TV Series | |
| Tales of Tomorrow | 1951 | TV Series | Vic Russo |
| All Star Revue | 1951 | TV Series | Guest Comedian |
| American Minstrels of 1949 | 1949 | TV Series | Emcee |
| Mercy | 2014/I | Mr. Bello | |
| Shameless | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Stan |
| Go On | 2013 | TV Series | Sarge |
| Rules of Engagement | 2013 | TV Series | Herman |
| New Girl | 2012 | TV Series | Burt |
| Family Guy | 2011 | TV Series | |
| Let Go | 2011/I | Frosty | |
| iCarly | 2010 | TV Series | Gilbert Gibson |
| Parks and Recreation | 2009 | TV Series | Gus |
| Ruby & the Rockits | 2009 | TV Series | Coach Rickman |
| Raising the Bar | 2009 | TV Series | Davey Rose |
| Desperate Housewives | 2009 | TV Series | Mr. Fishman |
| Monk | 2008 | TV Series | Joseph Moody |
| The Great Buck Howard | 2008 | Jack Carter | |
| Cougar Club | 2007 | Party Guest - Stan's Friend | |
| ER | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Kipke / Mickey Goldstein |
| Phil of the Future | 2005 | TV Series | Older Nathan |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2004 | TV Series | Man at Bus Stop |
| Justice League | 2004 | TV Series | Sid |
| One Last Ride | 2004 | Sid | |
| Just Shoot Me! | 2003 | TV Series | Buddy Rivers |
| Andy Richter Controls the Universe | 2003 | TV Series | Mickey |
| King of the Hill | 2001-2002 | TV Series | Irwin Linker |
| Static Shock | 2002 | TV Series | Frieda's Grandfather |
| Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy | 2001 | Video Game | Uncle (voice) |
| Arli$$ | 2001 | TV Series | |
| Driving Me Crazy | 2000 | TV Movie | Mr. Rapowski |
| One World | 2000 | TV Series | Barnacle Bob |
| Hollywood Off-Ramp | 2000 | TV Series | |
| Play It to the Bone | 1999 | Dante Solomon | |
| 7th Heaven | 1999 | TV Series | Rudy Steineger |
| Lands of Lore III | 1999 | Video Game | Barnabus / Old Male Captive / Young Male Captive (voice) |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | 1999 | TV Series | Uncle Abe |
| L.A. Doctors | 1999 | TV Series | |
| The Modern Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 1998 | Young Guy | |
| Hercules | 1998 | TV Series | Tiresias |
| October 22 | 1998 | Pawnbroker | |
| Pastry, Pain and Politics | 1998 | Short | Mr. Weintraub |
| Touched by an Angel | 1998 | TV Series | Jack Carter |
| Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | 1998 | TV Series | Tony |
| Diagnosis Murder | 1998 | TV Series | Gordon Gonza |
| L.A. Heat | 1997 | TV Series | Oliver King |
| Superman | 1997 | TV Series | Harry |
| Always Say Goodbye | 1997 | Jerry Feldman | |
| Killer per caso | 1997 | Honda Civic driver | |
| Living Single | 1996 | TV Series | Ray Kellum |
| Something So Right | 1996 | TV Series | Tony |
| Saved by the Bell: The New Class | 1996 | TV Series | Larry Madison |
| Coach | 1996 | TV Series | Old Man |
| Baywatch | 1996 | TV Series | Sonny |
| Kirk | 1995 | TV Series | Mr. Burns |
| Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | 1995 | TV Series | Checky Borscht |
| Prima Donnas | 1995 | Sen. Robertson | |
| The Ren & Stimpy Show | 1993-1995 | TV Series | Wilbur J. Cobb / Wilbur Cobb / Old Geezer |
| The Watcher | 1995 | TV Series | |
| Time Trax | 1994 | TV Series | Joey Miller |
| Burke's Law | 1994 | TV Series | |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | 1993 | TV Series | Murray Brown |
| Double Deception | 1993 | TV Movie | Matty |
| Dream On | 1993 | TV Series | Witness |
| The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them | 1992 | Rabbi | |
| Broadway Bound | 1992 | TV Movie | Chubby Waters |
| In the Heat of Passion | 1992 | Stan | |
| They Came from Outer Space | 1991 | TV Series | Telly Martin |
| Sexpot | 1990 | Cal Farnsworth | |
| Caged Fury | 1990 | Mr. Castaglia | |
| Cyber-C.H.I.C. | 1990 | Dr. Burburagmus | |
| Satan's Princess | 1989 | Old Priest | |
| Deadly Embrace | 1989 | Video | Evan Weiss |
| Arena | 1989 | Announcer | |
| Tales from the Darkside | 1988 | TV Series | Klaatzu |
| Red Nights | 1988 | Video | Uncle Solly |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1985-1988 | TV Series | Harry Finlay / Cliff Carpenter |
| Santa Barbara | 1985-1988 | TV Series | Glenn Wallace / Judge |
| Death Blow: A Cry for Justice | 1987 | Frank Bower | |
| Amazing Stories | 1987 | TV Series | John Bluthener |
| The New Mike Hammer | 1986 | TV Series | Dennis Rork |
| The Trouble with Dick | 1986 | Samsa | |
| Fame | 1985 | TV Series | Stanley Beckerman |
| Growing Pains | 1985 | TV Series | Announcer |
| Cover Up | 1985 | TV Series | Sonny Rando |
| 1st & Ten: The Championship | 1985 | TV Series | Banquet Emcee |
| Love Scenes | 1984 | Sidney | |
| Hambone and Hillie | 1983 | Lester Burns | |
| The Funny Farm | 1983 | Philly Beekman | |
| Gimme a Break! | 1982 | TV Series | Customer / Corelli |
| Darkroom | 1982 | TV Series | Bert |
| ABC Weekend Specials | 1982 | TV Series | Harold / Roy |
| Heartbeeps | 1981 | Catskil (voice) | |
| History of the World: Part I | 1981 | Rat Vendor - The French Revolution | |
| Separate Ways | 1981 | Barney Brodsky | |
| Fantasy Island | 1978-1981 | TV Series | Vic Fletcher / Morgan Townsend / Stan Burns / ... |
| B.J. and the Bear | 1981 | TV Series | Jack Walton |
| The Littlest Hobo | 1981 | TV Series | Joey Jackson |
| For the Love of It | 1980 | TV Movie | Existentialist |
| The Octagon | 1980 | Sharkey | |
| Alligator | 1980 | Mayor | |
| The Hustler of Muscle Beach | 1980 | TV Movie | Mancusco |
| The Gossip Columnist | 1980 | TV Movie | |
| Beyond Westworld | 1980 | TV Series | Charles Vicent |
| Archie Bunker's Place | 1979 | TV Series | Louie the Loan Shark |
| Big Shamus, Little Shamus | 1979 | TV Series | Crawford |
| The Glove | 1979 | Walter Stratton | |
| Carter Country | 1979 | TV Series | Captain |
| Flying High | 1978 | TV Series | |
| Rainbow | 1978 | TV Movie | George Jessel |
| Human Feelings | 1978 | TV Movie | Robin Dennis |
| CHiPs | 1978 | TV Series | Salesman |
| The Love Boat | 1978 | TV Series | Ray Foster |
| Record City | 1978 | Manny | |
| Switch | 1978 | TV Series | Raymond Brodski |
| Have I Got a Christmas for You | 1977 | TV Movie | Sydney Wineberg |
| The Last Hurrah | 1977 | TV Movie | Sam Weinberg |
| Insight | 1975-1977 | TV Series | Johnny Banks / Bobby Truman |
| The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington | 1977 | Senator Caruso | |
| Kingston: Confidential | 1977 | TV Series | Collin Armer |
| The Rockford Files | 1977 | TV Series | Marty Golden |
| Sanford and Son | 1977 | TV Series | Marvin |
| Gibbsville | 1977 | TV Series | |
| The Amazing Dobermans | 1976 | Solly Kramer | |
| The Great Houdini | 1976 | TV Movie | Theo Weiss |
| Emergency! | 1973-1976 | TV Series | Game Announcer / Sy Kleiner |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | 1976 | Male Journalist | |
| Hustle | 1975 | Herbie Dalitz | |
| Cannon | 1975 | TV Series | Hogan |
| Ellery Queen | 1975 | TV Series | Risky Ross Joey Flanders |
| Big Eddie | 1975 | TV Series | Jackie |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | 1975 | TV Series | Jackie Leroy |
| The Odd Couple | 1975 | TV Series | Joey Birney |
| The Sex Symbol | 1974 | TV Movie | Manny Fox |
| Police Story | 1973 | TV Series | Artie Panzer |
| Hawaii Five-O | 1973 | TV Series | Harry Foxton |
| Poor Devil | 1973 | TV Movie | |
| The Bob Hope Show | 1973 | TV Series | Charlie Chan |
| Bridget Loves Bernie | 1973 | TV Series | Salesman |
| Love, American Style | 1969-1973 | TV Series | Wes (segment "Love and the Cryptic Gift") / Harry (segment "Love and the Bachelor Party") / Morey Fields (segment "Love and the Comedy Team") |
| McMillan & Wife | 1972 | TV Series | Montgomery / Cunningham |
| The Family Rico | 1972 | TV Movie | McGee |
| Cade's County | 1972 | TV Series | Bennie Mitchell |
| The Partners | 1972 | TV Series | Goody Goodson |
| Young Dr. Kildare | 1972 | TV Series | Marty Arnold |
| McCloud | 1971 | TV Series | Frank Gordon |
| The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | 1971 | Dwight Chiles | |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | 1971 | TV Series | |
| Medical Center | 1971 | TV Series | Pete Olsen |
| Mannix | 1970 | TV Series | Harry O'Toole |
| The Name of the Game | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Bill Crail / Ernie Cori |
| Julia | 1969 | TV Series | C.C. Calhoun |
| The Lonely Profession | 1969 | TV Movie | Freddie Farber |
| The Wild Wild West | 1969 | TV Series | Alan Thorpe |
| The Extraordinary Seaman | 1969 | Chief Gunners Mate Orville Toole | |
| I Dream of Jeannie | 1968 | TV Series | James Ashley |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | 1967 | TV Series | Beau Rees |
| The Lucy Show | 1967 | TV Series | Lucy's lawyer |
| Spotlight | 1967 | TV Series | |
| The Road West | 1967 | TV Series | Tallyl |
| Batman | 1966 | TV Series | Hot Rod Harry |
| Ben Casey | 1966 | TV Series | Fred Blaney |
| Mister Roberts | 1966 | TV Series | |
| Combat! | 1965 | TV Series | Murphy |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | 1964 | TV Series | Neil Schenk |
| Viva Las Vegas | 1964 | Casino Performer (uncredited) | |
| Burke's Law | 1964 | TV Series | Red Dekker |
| Ensign O'Toole | 1963 | TV Series | Steve Turner |
| Dr. Kildare | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Willie Guy / Ted Galahad |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 1963 | TV Series | Ernie Evans |
| Make Room for Daddy | 1962 | TV Series | Jack Carter |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1962 | TV Series | Stanley Towers |
| The Horizontal Lieutenant | 1962 | Lt. Billy Monk | |
| Hennesey | 1962 | TV Series | John Norton Jones |
| The Roaring 20's | 1962 | TV Series | Newspaper Columnist |
| Diagnosis: Unknown | 1960 | TV Series | |
| It Happened to Jane | 1959 | Stenographer (uncredited) | |
| General Electric Theater | 1955 | TV Series |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Here's Lucy | 1971 | TV Series 2 episodes |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Judy Garland Show | 1963 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Make Room for Daddy | 1962 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartbeeps | 1981 | additional material: Catskil |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| When Jews Were Funny | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Underground Entertainment: The Movie | 2011 | Documentary | Jack |
| Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Now That's Funny! The Living Legends of Stand-up Comedy | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Let Me In, I Hear Laughter | 2000 | Documentary | Himself |
| Stark Raving Mad | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Drew Carey | 1998 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Make Me Laugh | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| Caroline in the City | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| American Experience | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself, Macbeth |
| Cybill | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
| Blossom | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| Empty Nest | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 19th Annual Rudolph Valentino Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself |
| Search for Haunted Hollywood | 1989 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Witness |
| The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards | 1988 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| NBC Investigates Bob Hope | 1987 | TV Special | Mr. Leeds |
| Super Password | 1987 | TV Series | Himself - Celebrity Contestant |
| George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business | 1983 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Tattletales | 1982 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 34th Annual Directors Guild Awards | 1982 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Alan Thicke Show | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1971-1980 | TV Series | Himself - Comedian |
| Dance Fever | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| Over Easy | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns | 1978 | TV Special | Himself |
| The People's Command Performance | 1978 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Paul Ryan Show | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1967-1977 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Ted Knight | 1977 | TV Special | Himself |
| Liar's Club | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| Break the Bank | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tattletales | 1974-1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| Joys | 1976 | TV Special | Himself |
| Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly | 1976 | TV Movie | Himself - Speaker |
| Celebrity Bowling | 1974-1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| Celebrity Sweepstakes | 1974-1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sammy and Company | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| Rhyme and Reason | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| Blankety Blanks | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| Match Game 73 | 1973-1974 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| The Dean Martin Show | 1965-1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| The $10,000 Pyramid | 1973-1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Joker's Wild | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| NBC Follies | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| RCA's Opening Night | 1973 | TV Movie | Himself |
| This Is Your Life | 1972-1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Vin Scully Show | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| Laugh-In | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1967-1972 | TV Series | Himself - Center Square / Himself - Panelist |
| The David Frost Show | 1969-1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| Mantrap | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Can You Top This | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Plimpton! Did You Hear the One About? | 1971 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Kraft Music Hall | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Name of the Game | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Movie Game | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| It Takes Two | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Steve Allen Show | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| Della | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Barbara McNair Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Bob Hope Show | 1966-1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Personality | 1968-1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Allen Ludden's Gallery | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| You're Putting Me On | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1968-1969 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Playboy After Dark | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Don Rickles Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Alan King Show | 1969 | TV Movie | Himself - Comedian |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1951-1969 | TV Series | Himself - Comedian / Himself / Himself - Audience Bow / ... |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1964-1968 | TV Series | Himself - Comedian / Himself - Singer |
| Operation: Entertainment | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| Funny You Should Ask | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Linkletter Show | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| Chain Letter | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| P.D.Q. | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hippodrome | 1966 | TV Series | Himself - Host (show 1) |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jimmy Dean Show | 1963 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Judy Garland Show | 1963 | TV Series | Himself |
| Talent Scouts | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Himself |
| Password All-Stars | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Himself - Celebrity Contestant |
| The Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Host / Himself - Comedian |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Host / Himself |
| The Garry Moore Show | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| Main Event | 1961 | TV Movie | Himself - Guest |
| The Revlon Revue | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Big Party | 1959 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Bob Crosby Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Polly Bergen Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| Person to Person | 1958 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Himself / Guest |
| The Eddie Fisher Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Big Record | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Arthur Murray Party | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Walter Winchell Show | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
| Atlantic City Holiday | 1956 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 10th Annual Tony Awards | 1956 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Stage Show | 1954-1956 | TV Series | Himself - Emcee / Himself |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1954-1955 | TV Series | Himself - Comedian |
| The Blue Angel | 1954 | TV Series | Himself |
| What's My Line? | 1954 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Panelist |
| The Saturday Night Revue | 1953 | TV Series | Himself |
| Texaco Star Theatre | 1948-1953 | TV Series | Himself - Comedian / Himself - Host / Himself - Guest Host |
| This Is Show Business | 1952 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Kate Smith Evening Hour | 1951 | TV Series | Himself |
| Saturday Night Revue | 1950 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter | 1950 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| Cavalcade of Stars | 1949-1950 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Best of Gleason 2 | 1988 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Great Standups | 1984 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Lionpower from MGM | 1967 | Short | Chief Gunners Mate Orville Toole (uncredited) |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Special | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972) |
Known for movies
Cavalcade of Stars (1949-1950)
as Himself - Host
Match Game 73 (1973-1974)
as Himself - Panelist
The Hollywood Squares (1967-1972)
as Himself - Center Square / Himself - Panelist
Tattletales (1974-1976)
as Himself