Thomas James "Tom" Snyder (May 12, 1936 – July 29, 2007) was an American television personality, news anchor, and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows The Tomorrow Show, on the NBC television network in the 1970s and 1980s, and The Late Late Show, on the CBS Television Network in the 1990s. Snyder was also the pioneer anchor of the primetime NBC News Update, in the 1970s and early 1980s, which was a one-minute capsule of news updates in primetime.
[about the technical magic of television itself] Sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn't.
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I have never fallen in love with my own voice, but I've always had an attraction for it.
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I learned a long time ago that if you bet on yourself, you win. If you bet on others, you lose.
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Fact
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In his later years, lived a solitary life at his home in the hilly and winding road Benedict Canyon area, often coming in to downtown Beverly Hills in the evenings to socialize with friends at local restaurants.
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Readily admits that one of the most embarrassing moments of his career was while interviewing Meat Loaf. For the first ten minutes he kept calling the rocker "Meatball"
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Began his broadcasting career when he was 21 years old; worked at a small radio station in his hometown.
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Was parodied in the 1970s on TV's Saturday Night Live (1975); Dan Aykroyd exaggerated Snyder's manic laugh and brusque interviewing style.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Larry Sanders Show
1993
TV Series
Tom Snyder
Fire and Rain
1989
TV Movie
Narrator (voice)
McCloud
1977
TV Series
Tom Snyder
The Rifleman
1961
TV Series
Pete
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
2010
Documentary special thanks
Jackie Brown
1997
very special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
KISSology: The Ultimate KISS Collection Vol. 2 1978-1991
2007
Video documentary
Himself
Cease to Exist
2007
Documentary
Himself
Celebrity Train Layouts 2: Tom Snyder
2002
Video documentary short
Himself - Interviewee
Plaster Caster
2001
Documentary
Himself
A Century of Lionel Legendary Trains
2000
Video documentary
Himself - Host
Late Show with David Letterman
1994-2000
TV Series
Himself
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
1999
TV Movie documentary
Himself
CBS: The First 50 Years
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
1995-1998
TV Series
Himself - Host
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1994-1998
TV Series
Himself
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1997
Documentary
Himself
Ink
1997
TV Series
Himself
Murphy Brown
1997
TV Series
Himself
50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary
1997
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Dave's World
1996
TV Series
Himself
Tom Snyder
1993-1994
TV Series
Himself - Host
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1993-1994
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Comedian
Late Night with David Letterman
1987-1992
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
The Joan Rivers Show
1989
TV Series
Himself
Later with Bob Costas
1989
TV Series
Himself
Tomorrow Coast to Coast
1973-1981
TV Series
Himself - Host / Himself / Host
The David Letterman Show
1980
TV Series
Himself
Today
1980
TV Series
Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1977-1979
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Old Friends... New Friends
1978
TV Series documentary
Himself
Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Salute to Robert Evans
1975
TV Movie
Himself - Speaker
The NewsCenter
1974
TV Series
Himself - L.A. Anchor (1973-1974) / NY Anchor (1974-1977)
Eyewitness News
1968
TV Series
New York Anchor (1982-1983)
KYW Eyewitness News
1965
TV Series
Himself -Anchor
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Inside Deep Throat
2005
Documentary
Himself
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection
2003
Video
Himself (Tomorrow Show clip "Another One Rides The Bus")
The Real Linda Lovelace
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
50 Years of NBC Late Night
2001
TV Special documentary
Himself
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
1997
Documentary
Himself - Interviews Ayn Rand (uncredited)
Nova
1993
TV Series documentary
Himself
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
Documentary
Himself
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1990
TV Movie documentary
Himself - interviewer: Ray Bolger and Jack Haley (uncredited)
Cathode Fuck
1986
Video documentary
Himself - Host of 'The Tomorrow Show'
The Eighties
2016
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
A Football Life
2015
TV Series
Himself
The Seventies
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself - NBC News
Let the Fire Burn
2013
Documentary
Himself
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
2011
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Smash His Camera
2010
Documentary
Himself
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
2008
Documentary
Himself
The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards
2007
TV Special
Himself - In Memoriam
The Secret Life of Brian
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
A/k/a Tommy Chong
2006
Documentary
Himself
The Drug Years
2006
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Abel Raises Cain
2005
Documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1974
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement
The Tomorrow Show (1973)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1976
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement
The Tomorrow Show (1973)
1975
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement
The Tomorrow Show (1973)
Known for movies
Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1973-1981) as Himself - Host / Himself / Host
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (1995-1998) as Himself - Host
A Century of Lionel Legendary Trains (2000) as Himself - Host
$20 Million
