Hugh Downs
Biography
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Hugh Malcolm Downs (February 14, 1921 – July 1, 2020) was an American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer, author, game show host, and music composer. A regular television presence from the 1940s through the 1990s, he had several successful roles on morning television, prime time television, and late night television. Downs served as announcer/sidekick for Tonight Starring Jack Paar from 1957 to 1962, co-host of the NBC News program Today from 1962 to 1971, host of the Concentration game show from 1958 to 1969, and anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20 from 1978 to 1999. Among other shows during his career, he also hosted the PBS talk show Over Easy, and was the sometime co-host of the syndicated talk show Not for Women Only.
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Full filmography
- Family Guy (1999) as Hugh Downs (voice)
- 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
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Co-Host
- The View (1997) as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self - Announcer
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self - Guest Host
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) as Self
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self (uncredited)
- Concentration (1958) as Host
- Riverboat (1959) as Dan Flynn
- Startime (1959) as Self
- The Nineties (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Live from Lincoln Center (1976) as Self - Host
- The Emmy Awards (1949) as Self
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) as Self (archive Footage)
- Roxie Hart (1942) as Inexperienced Reporter (uncredited)
- Once Upon a Wheel (1971)
- ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003) as Self
- Old Friends... New Friends (1978) as Self
- Oh, God! Book II (1980) as NBC Newscaster
- Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) as (archive footage)