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Ed McMahon

American announcer, game show host, actor, and spokesman (1923-2009) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 86

Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer, and combat aviator. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their association in their first TV series, the ABC game show Who Do You Trust?, appearing from 1958 to 1962.

Ed McMahon is read about 1,027 times a day, in 20 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 113 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2009Died23 June 20092008Game Show Moments Gone BananasFilm2006The Best of Carson, Volume 1Film2004The Tony Danza ShowSeries2003Biography: Bob Hope: America's EntertainerFilm2001ScrubsSeries, Ed McMahon50 Years of NBC Late NightFilm, 20011998Amazing Stories: The Movie IIIFilm, Ed McMahon1997Cow and ChickenSeries, Governor #1 / Eugene Oregon / Beaver #5 (voice)1996'Weird Al' Yankovic: (There's No) Going HomeFilm1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSeries1992Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas ParadeFilm1989BaywatchSeries1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeriesMickey's 60th BirthdayFilm, 19881986ALFSeries, Ed McMahon1983Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie AwardAward1982ButterflyFilm, Mr. Gillespie1980GridlockFilm, Henry Sherman1978Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part IIFilm1976Bob Hope's World of ComedyFilm, (archive footage)1970The Flip Wilson ShowSeriesSwing Out, Sweet LandFilm, 1970Narrator (voice) / Bartender1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1955DementiaFilm, Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1950The Bob Hope ShowSeries1923Born6 March 1923

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Known for

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  • Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time 1998
  • The Incident 1967
  • Dementia 1955
  • Fun with Dick and Jane 1977
  • The Weather Man 2005

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Filmography 40

127 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

Awards

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award1983
Air Medal
Horatio Alger Award
Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

About this person

McMahon then made his famous thirty-year mark as Carson's sidekick and announcer on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1962 to 1992.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2009 · aged 86

In the same film or series as Ed

Hope DavisAlso in The Weather Man (2005)Stuart WhitmanAlso in Butterfly (1982)Suzanne PleshetteAlso in The Star Maker (1981)Anne RamseyAlso in Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)Aaron SpellingAlso in Dementia (1955)Nancy McKeonAlso in Just Write (1997)