Milton Berle
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host
1962
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage)
1962
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Lew Feldman
1984
Series
The Love Boat
Cyril Wolfe
1977
Series
The Love Boat
Milton Berle
1977
Series
The Love Boat
Ed Taylor
1977
Series
The Love Boat
Zeke
1977
Series
The Love Boat
Lionel Douglas
1977
Series
The Nanny
Manny
1993
Series
Beverly Hills, 90210
Saul Howard
1990
Series
Ironside
Ross Howard
1967
Series
Batman
Louie, the Lilac
1966
Series
Batman
Prison Guard
1966
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Mannix
Danny Brite
1967
Series
Love, American Style
Harry
1969
Series
Love, American Style
1969
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Duke No-Good
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Self - Guest Host
1951
Series
Get Smart
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1965
Series
The Lucy Show
Milton Berle
1962
Series
Matlock
Harvey Chase
1986
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Series
I Dream of Jeannie
Charles
1965
Series
The Fall Guy
1981
Series
Due South
Shelley Litvak
1994
Series
The Big Valley
Josiah Freeman
1965
Series
The Defenders
Denny Martin
1961
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
Sister, Sister
Edgar Boggs
1994
Series
Amazing Stories
Self
1985
Series
Fame
1982
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
American Playhouse
Isaiah Stern
1982
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Max Jakey
1990
Series
Here's Lucy
Cheerful Charlie
1968
Series
Here's Lucy
Milton Berle
1968
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
That Girl
1966
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self - Cameo
1950
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
McCloud
1970
Series
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Sam Morris
1963
Series
Kenan & Kel
Uncle Leo
1996
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Milton Berle
1950
Series
Kraft Television Theatre
Joe Hillyer
1947
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Series
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Series
Kraft Music Hall
Self - Host
1958
Series
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958
Series
F Troop
1965
Series
The Mod Squad
1968
Series
The Critic
Milton Berle (voice)
1994
Series
Burke's Law
Buddy Boyle
1994
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Charlie
1960
Series
CHiPs
Self
1977
Series
Donny & Marie
Self
1976
Series
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973
Film
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
J. Russell Finch
1963
Series
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948
Series
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
1974
Series
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Milton Berle
1957
Series
Television
1985
Film
The Muppet Movie
Mad Man Mooney
1979
Film
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Self (uncredited)
1985
Film
Let's Make Love
Milton Berle (uncredited)
1960
The Jimmy Durante Show
Self
1954
Series
The Brady Bunch Hour
1977
Film
The Oscar
Kappy Kapstetter
1966
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self
1999
NBC Sunday Showcase
Himself
1959
Film
The Loved One
Mr. Kenton
1965
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Morris Glickstein
1951
Film
Driving Me Crazy
Hotel Clerk
1991
Film
Broadway Danny Rose
Milton Berle
1984
Film
Going Overboard
Himself (uncredited)
1989
Film
The Bellboy
Milton Berle (uncredited)
1960
Film
Joys
Self
1976
Film
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Self - Crowd Member
1983
Film
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Blind Man
1976
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
1976
Texaco Star Theater
Host
1948
Film
Vaudeville
Self
1997
Film
Storybook
Illuzor
1994
Film
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
Himself
1987
Film
The Mark of Zorro
Boy (uncredited)
1920
Film
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Self
1990
Film
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Series
Old Friends... New Friends
Self
1978
Film
Lepke
Mr. Meyer
1975
Film
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
Jonathan's Father
1987
Film
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994
Film
Breakdowns of 1949
Self
1949
Film
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
The Music Shop
1959
Film
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
1958
Film
Showbiz Goes to War
Self (archive footage)
1982
Film
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Smorgasbord
Ms. Sultry
1983
Film
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
Self
1970
Film
Evil Roy Slade
Harry Fern
1972
Film
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
The Movie Director: The 'In' Group
1968
Film
This Is Elvis
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
Sunday Showcase
1959
Film
Funny Is Money
Self
1999
Film
Two Heads Are Better Than None
Uncle Leo
2000
Film
Journey Back to Oz
Cowardly Lion (voice)
1972
Film
The Legend of Valentino
Jesse Lasky
1975
Film
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Self
1978
Film
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Bit Part (Uncredited)
1917
Film
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Morris Glickstein
1977
Film
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Self (archive)
2008
Film
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
1976
Film
Who's Minding the Mint?
Luther Burton
1967
Film
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
The Happening
Fred
1967
Film
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self
1991
Film
Help Save Planet Earth
Self
1990
Film
Star Spangled Salesman
Studio President
1968
Film
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1998
Film
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
1939
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
1979
Film
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Goodtime Eddie Filth
1969
Film
Seven in Darkness
Sam Fuller
1969
Film
Margin for Error
Moe Finkelstein
1943
Film
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Frosty Welch
1941
Film
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Boy (uncredited)
1921
Film
Sun Valley Serenade
Jerome K. 'Nifty' Allen
1941
Film
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Self
1983
Film
Over My Dead Body
Jason Cordry
1942
Film
Family Business
Isaiah Stern
1983
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
Elvis Through the Years
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Side by Side
Abe Mercer
1988
Film
New Faces of 1937
Wallington Wedge
1937
Film
Always Leave Them Laughing
Kipling Cooper
1949
Film
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
1982
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
Film
The Sound of Laughter
Elmer Brown (Singer with Cocktail Glasses)
1963
Film
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
1988
Film
Off Your Rocker
Henry Foster
1982
Film
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
Self
1999
Film
Hey Abbott
Self
1978
Film
Ruth of the Range
(uncredited)
1923
Film
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Jingle Bell Rock
Jerry Labello (voice)
1995
Film
Whispering Ghosts
H.H. Van Buren
1942
Film
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Bookstore Customer with Rope (uncredited)
1966
Film
A Gentleman at Heart
Lucky Cullen
1942
Film
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
Self
1986
Film
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
1941
Film
Tess of the Storm Country
Bit Role (uncredited)
1922
Film
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
Russell (archive footage)
2023
Film
For Singles Only
Mr. Parker
1968
Film
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Self
2003
Film
Rise and Shine
Seabiscuit
1941
Film
Radio City Revels
Teddy
1938
Jackpot Bowling
Host
1959
Film
All This and World War II
Self
1976
Film
Milton Berle's Low Impact/High Comedy Workout
Self
1994
Film
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Film
The Spike Jones Story
Self
1988
Film
Poppin' the Cork
Elmer Brown
1933