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Ed Sullivan

Acting

Born September 28, 1901 · Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Died October 13, 1974

Also known as Edward Sullivan · Edward Vincent Sullivan

Biography

Edward Vincent Sullivan was an American television personality, impresario, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate.

Awards & recognition

  • Online Film & Television Association Award · 2012
  • Trustees Award · 1971
  • Golden Globe Awards · 1959
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography26 titles

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

1997

Jim Henson: Idea Man

2024as Self (archive footage)

The Jack Benny Program

1950as Self / Gentleman Jim Sullivan

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

2024as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

2018as Self (archive footage)

The Red Skelton Show

1951as Himself

When You're Strange

2009as Self (archive footage)

Elvis on Tour

1972as Self - (archive footage)

Elvis: King of Entertainment

2002as Self (archive footage)

This Is Elvis

1981as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

What's My Line?

1950as Self

Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)

2025as Self (archive footage)

Merrily We Live

1938Additional Dialogue

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self - Host

Beatles '64

2024as Self (archive footage)

The Beach Boys

2024as Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022as Self (archive footage)

Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

2025as Self (archive footage)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

2022as Self

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

1992as Self (archive footage)

The Singing Nun

1966as Himself

Bye Bye Birdie

1963as Himself

Flip

1970as Self

The Phynx

1970as Ed Sullivan