Art Linkletter
Acting Born Jul 17, 1912 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada 24 credits
Biography
Arthur Gordon Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly or Arthur Gordon Kelly [sources differ]; July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, which aired on NBC radio and television for 19 years. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1942.
Old clips from Linkletter's House Party program were later featured as segments on the first incarnation of Kids Say the Darndest Things. A series of books followed which contained the humorous comments made on-air by children. He appeared in four films.
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- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self - Guest Host
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Co-Host
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Substitute Host
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Wagon Train (1957) as Sam Darland
- Batman (1966) as Art Linkletter
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Reverend Albert Pierce
- The Lucy Show (1962) as Art Linkletter
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- The Red Skelton Show (1951) as Hobo (uncredited)
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self - Panelist
- Here's Lucy (1968) as Art Linkletter
- The Jack Benny Program (1950) as Art Linkletter
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self - Guest Host
- The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Guest
- Dinah! (1974) as Self
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) as Self
- Donny & Marie (1976) as Self
- Startime (1959) as Self – Host