Hugh Hefner
Acting Born Apr 9, 1926 Died Sep 27, 2017 Chicago, Illinois, USA 214 credits
Biography
Hugh Hefner works in acting. Born April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died September 27, 2017. Archytele tracks 214 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.
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Career timeline
The Making of Playboy
The Playboy Murders
The Janes
Curse of the Chippendales
This Is Farrah FawcettThe Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché · Executive Producer
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner StoryThe Fabulous Allan CarrJim & Andy: The Great Beyond
10 самых...
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
Bettie Page Reveals All
Sunset StripFascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn MonroeTony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
HopGloria: In Her Own Words
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!Playboy Playmate of the Year 2008 & 2009 Party Special
Miss MarchSex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
The House BunnySex: The RevolutionRoman Polanski: Wanted and DesiredE!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Keeping Up with the KardashiansHead CasePlayboy: Girls of World SoccerWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema · Executive ProducerKing: Man of Peace in a Time of War
SharkLegendsPlayboy: Celebrity CenterfoldsThe Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'Marilyn Monroe: Still Life
Robot ChickenThe Girls Next DoorThe Girls Next Door · CreatorInside Deep ThroatThe Aristocrats
EntourageThe Celebrity ApprenticeDog WhispererComic Book: The MovieJack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Las VegasComedy Central RoastsCelebrity Naked AmbitionSex at 24 Frames Per Second
Playboy: Joanie Laurer, Nude Wrestling SuperstarPlayboy: Joanie Laurer, Nude Wrestling Superstar · Executive ProducerCleavagePlayboy: Inside the Playboy MansionGirl Next Door: The Search for a Playboy Centerfold
According to JimThe Bernie Mac ShowBeat the GeeksCitizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IVPlayboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Curb Your EnthusiasmLon Chaney: A Thousand Faces · Executive ProducerCrank It Up!Ian Fleming: 007's CreatorPlayboy Wet & Wild: Slippery When Wet · Executive Producer
Family GuyPlayboy Playmates of the Year: The 90'sPlayboy Playmates of the Year: The 90's · Executive ProducerPlayboy: Playmate Pajama PartyPlayboy: Best Kept Sex Secrets · Executive Producer
Sex and the CityV.I.P.Whose Line Is It Anyway?Playboy's Naturals · Executive ProducerPlayboy's Celebrities · Executive Producer
TaffJust Shoot Me!Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1998 · Executive ProducerPlayboy's Girls Next Door - Naughty and Nice · Executive ProducerPlayboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me · Executive Producer
100 Years of HorrorE! True Hollywood StoryPlayboy's Fast Women · Executive ProducerPlayboy: Girls of South Beach · Executive ProducerPlayboy: Wet & Wild VIII - Bottoms Up · Executive Producer
The Death of Playboy PlaymateThe World of James BondPlayboy Video: Playmate Calendar 1996 · Executive ProducerMan of the Year · Producer
Playboy: Wet & Wild - The Locker Room · Executive ProducerPlayboy: Secret Confessions · Executive ProducerPlayboy Video Playmate Calendar 1995 · Executive Producer
Playboy's Erotic Fantasies III · Executive ProducerNight Dreams · Executive ProducerPlayboy Video Playmate Calendar 1994 · Executive ProducerPlayboy Video Centerfold: Anna Nicole Smith - Playmate of the Year 1993 · Executive ProducerPlayboy: How to Reawaken Your Sexual Powers · Executive Producer
Full Filmography
214 titles- The Making of Playboy (2024) as Self
- The Playboy Murders (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- The Janes (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Curse of the Chippendales (2021)
- This Is Farrah Fawcett (2019) as Self (Editor-In-Chief, Playboy) (archive footage)
- The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20 (2019)
- Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018) Executive Producer
- American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017) as Himself
- The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017) as Self (archive)
- Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) as Self
- 10 самых... (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth' (2014) as Self
- Bettie Page Reveals All (2013) as Self
- Sunset Strip (2012) as Self
- Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012) as Self
- Hop (2011) as Voice at Playboy Mansion (voice)
- Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice! (2010) as Self
- Playboy Playmate of the Year 2008 & 2009 Party Special (2010) as Self
- Miss March (2009) as Hugh Hefner
- Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America (2009) as Self
- The House Bunny (2008) as Hugh Hefner
- Sex: The Revolution (2008)
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose! (2008) as Self
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) as Self
- Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2009 (2008) Producer
- Let's Play, Boy (2008) as himself
- Playboy's Nude Celebrities (2008) Producer
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007) as Self
- Head Case (2007) as Self
- Playboy: Girls of World Soccer (2007) as self
- Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) Executive Producer
- King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007) as Self
- 3000 Miles (2007) as Self
- Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein (2007) as Self
- Shark (2006) as Hugh Hefner
- Legends (2006) as Self
- Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds (2006) as Self
- The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' (2006) as Self
- Marilyn Monroe: Still Life (2006) as Self - Founder, Playboy Magazine
- One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll (2006)
- Robot Chicken (2005) as Hugh Hefner (voice)
- The Girls Next Door (2005) as Self
- The Girls Next Door (2005) Creator
- Inside Deep Throat (2005) as Self
- The Aristocrats (2005) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson (2005) as Self
- Playboy: Women of Fear Factor (2005) Executive Producer
- Entourage (2004) as Hugh Hefner
- The Celebrity Apprentice (2004)
- Dog Whisperer (2004) as Self - Owner of Charlie
- Comic Book: The Movie (2004) as Hugh Hefner
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004) as Self(as Hugh M. Hefner)
- America or Busted (2004) as Self
- Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004) as Self - Editor-In-Chief
- Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation (2004)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Las Vegas (2003) as Hugh Hefner - Justice of the Peace
- Comedy Central Roasts (2003) as Self
- Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) as Self - Contributor
- Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) as Self
- Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003)
- Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003) Executive Producer
- Playboy: Women of Starbucks (2003) Executive Producer
- Hugh Hefner: American Playboy (2003) as Self
- Celebrities Uncensored (2003) as Self
- Playboy: Girls of Reality TV (2003) Executive Producer
- Centerfold Babylon (2003)
- Playboy: Joanie Laurer, Nude Wrestling Superstar (2002) as Self
- Playboy: Joanie Laurer, Nude Wrestling Superstar (2002) Executive Producer
- Cleavage (2002)
- Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002) as Self
- Girl Next Door: The Search for a Playboy Centerfold (2002) as Self
- Girl Next Door: The Search for a Playboy Centerfold (2002) Executive Producer
- Playboy: The Ultimate Pamela Anderson (2002) as Self
- Playboy: Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold? (2002) as Self
- According to Jim (2001) as Hugh Hefner
- The Bernie Mac Show (2001) as Hugh Hefner
- Beat the Geeks (2001)
- Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001) as President of the United States
- Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001) as Self
- Playboy's Real Couples - Sex in Dangerous Places (2001) Executive Producer
- Playboy: Playmates Unwrapped (2001) Executive Producer
- The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner (2001) as Self
- Playboy: Joanie Laurer Nude (2001) as Self
- Playboy: Joanie Laurer Nude (2001) Executive Producer
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) as Hugh Hefner
- Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) Executive Producer
- Crank It Up! (2000) as Self
- Ian Fleming: 007's Creator (2000)
- Playboy Wet & Wild: Slippery When Wet (2000) Executive Producer
- Playboy: Sexy Shorts (2000) Executive Producer
- Playboy's Girls of Hedonism: Runaway Bay, Jamaica (2000) Executive Producer
- Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2001 (2000) Executive Producer
- Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000) Executive Producer
- The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect (2000) as Self
- Family Guy (1999) as Hugh Hefner (voice)
- Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 90's (1999) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 90's (1999) Executive Producer
- Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party (1999)
- Playboy: Best Kept Sex Secrets (1999) Executive Producer
- Playboy's Tales of Erotic Fantasies (1999) Executive Producer
- The Bunny Years (1999) as Self
- Sex and the City (1998) as Hugh Hefner
- V.I.P. (1998) as Hugh Hefner
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998) as Self
- Playboy's Naturals (1998) Executive Producer
- Playboy's Celebrities (1998) Executive Producer
- Playboy's Babes of Baywatch (1998) Executive Producer
- Playboy: The Story of X (1998) as Self
- Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998) Executive Producer
- Playboy's Asian Exotica (1998) Executive Producer
- Taff (1997) as self
- Just Shoot Me! (1997) as Hugh Hefner
- Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1998 (1997) Executive Producer
- Playboy's Girls Next Door - Naughty and Nice (1997) Executive Producer
- Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997) Executive Producer
- Playboy's Girls in Uniform (1997) Executive Producer
- Playboy: Jenny McCarthy - The Playboy Years (1997) as Self
- 100 Years of Horror (1996) as Self - Interview
- E! True Hollywood Story (1996) as Self
- Playboy's Fast Women (1996) Executive Producer
- Playboy: Girls of South Beach (1996) Executive Producer
- Playboy: Wet & Wild VIII - Bottoms Up (1996) Executive Producer
- Love in Hollywood (1996) as Self
- A Century of Science Fiction (1996) as Self
- Playboy Video Centerfold: Stacy Sanches - Playmate of the Year 1996 (1996) Executive Producer
- Playboy: 21 Playmates Centerfold Collection (1996) Executive Producer
- The Death of Playboy Playmate (1995)
- The World of James Bond (1995) as Self
- Playboy Video: Playmate Calendar 1996 (1995) Executive Producer
- Man of the Year (1995) Producer
- Playboy: Wet & Wild - The Locker Room (1994) Executive Producer
- Playboy: Secret Confessions (1994) Executive Producer
- Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1995 (1994) Executive Producer
- Playboy's Erotic Fantasies III (1993) Executive Producer
- Night Dreams (1993) Executive Producer
- Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1994 (1993) Executive Producer
- Playboy Video Centerfold: Anna Nicole Smith - Playmate of the Year 1993 (1993) Executive Producer
- Playboy: How to Reawaken Your Sexual Powers (1993) Executive Producer
- The Larry Sanders Show (1992) as Hugh Hefner
- Playboy's Playmate Bloopers (1992) Executive Producer
- Playboy: Erotic Fantasies II (1992) Executive Producer
- Playboy's Erotic Fantasies (1992) Executive Producer
- Playboy: Sexy Lingerie IV (1992) Executive Producer
- Playboy's Playmates: The Early Years (1992) Executive Producer
- Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992) as Self
- Playboy: Wet & Wild IV (1992) Executive Producer
- Playboy: The Best of Wet & Wild (1992) Executive Producer
- Playboy: 101 Ways to Excite Your Lover (1991) Producer
- Blossom (1990)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) as Hugh Hefner
- Playboy: Playmates at Play (1990) Executive Producer
- Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1991 (1990) Executive Producer
- The Simpsons (1989) as Hugh Hefner (voice)
- Playboy: Wet & Wild (1989) Executive Producer
- Playboy: Sexy Lingerie (1989) Executive Producer
- Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1989 (1988) Executive Producer
- Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 13 (1988) Executive Producer
- Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) as Hugh Hefner
- Playboy Video Centerfold: Donna Edmondson - Playmate of the Year 1987 (1987) Executive Producer
- Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1988 (1987) Executive Producer
- Sam Kinison: Breaking the Rules (1987) as Self (uncredited)
- Playboy: Playmate Playoffs (1986) Producer
- Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1987 (1986) Executive Producer
- The Tommy Chong Roast (1986) Executive Producer
- Playboy's Girls of Rock & Roll (1985) Executive Producer
- Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story (1985)
- Playboy Playmate Review, Vol. 1 (1983) Producer
- Playboy Playmate Workout (1983) Executive Producer
- Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 1 (1982)
- The Comeback Trail (1982) as Hugh Hefner
- History of the World: Part I (1981) as Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire
- A Whale for the Killing (1981) Executive Producer
- Pink Lady (1980) as Hugh Hefner
- The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980) as Self
- Magic Night (1980) as Self
- Saint Jack (1979) Executive Producer
- Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979)
- Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979) Executive Producer
- The Chevy Chase National Humor Test (1979)
- Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration (1979) as Self
- Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration (1979) Executive Producer
- Please Turn the Page (1977) as Self
- Playboy's Playmate Party (1977)
- Playboy's Playmate Party (1977) Executive Producer
- Laverne & Shirley (1976)
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974) Executive Producer
- The Naked Ape (1973) Executive Producer
- The Third Girl from the Left (1973) Executive Producer
- The World of Hugh Hefner (1973)
- V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self
- Macbeth (1971) Executive Producer
- Why Do They Do It? (1971)
- The Odd Couple (1970) as Hugh Hefner
- How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? (1970) as Hugh Hefner
- Playboy After Dark (1969)
- Freedom to Love (1969) as Self
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self (uncredited)
- The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show (1968) as Self
- NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure (1967) as Self
- Get Smart (1965) as Control Agent in Elevator (uncredited)
- Burke's Law (1963) as Manager
- The Most (1963)
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Playboy's Penthouse (1959) as Self - Host
- Horrifying Hollywood Murders as Self
- Playboy Intimate Secrets: How Women Love to Be Loved Executive Producer
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Hugh Hefner best known for?
Hugh Hefner is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Hop (2011), The House Bunny (2008), Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007), Head Case (2007).
When and where was Hugh Hefner born?
Hugh Hefner was born on April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. They passed away on September 27, 2017.
How many credits does Hugh Hefner have?
Hugh Hefner has accumulated over 214 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1959 to 2024.
What is Hugh Hefner's background in cinema and television?
Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles which provoked charges of obscenity.
Hugh Hefner by the numbers
214credits
160films
54TV series
1959–2024active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) as Self - Contributor — aged about 77
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) as Hugh Hefner — aged about 74
- The Simpsons (1989) as Hugh Hefner (voice) — aged about 63
- V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self — aged about 45
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) as Hugh Hefner — aged about 64
- Get Smart (1965) as Control Agent in Elevator (uncredited) — aged about 39
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