Ed McMahon Add to My Celebs Age 86 (passed away Jun. 23rd, 2009) Birthday Mar. 6th, 1923 Born in Detroit, Michigan, USA Height 6' 4"

Ed McMahon's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Muppets Tonight Ed McMahon The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Himself - S… ALF's Hit Talk Show Ed McMahon The Match Game Ed McMahon Higglytown Heroes Tugboat Cap… Star Search (1983) Ed McMahon $25 Million Dollar Hoax Ed McMahon Bruno the Kid Engineer's … The New Tom Green Show Ed McMahon Classmates Ed McMahon The Tom Show Charles 'Ch… Whodunnit? Ed McMahon …

Main Movie Roles 2007 - Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project 2005 - Bewitched 2005 - The Weather Man 1994 - Love Affair 1989 - Pink Cadillac 1982 - Butterfly 1977 - Fun with Dick and Jane

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Ed McMahon's first appearance before a microphone was as a 15-year-old "caller" at a bingo game in Maine. After that, he spent the next three years touring the state fair and carnival circuit. A Marine fighter pilot during World War II, McMahon sold vegetable slicers on Atlantic City's boardwalk to put himself through Catholic University in Washington, DC. In the 1950s, he hosted a late-night interview show in Philadelphia before working as a clown on the show "Big Top" (1950). His next assignment was as a fighter pilot during the Korean War. After that, he resumed his career in television. In 1959, he was hired as Johnny Carson (I)'s straight man on the daytime quiz show "Do You Trust Your Wife" (1956). When Carson succeeded Jack Paar (I) on NBC's "Tonight Starring Jack Paar" (1957), which became "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962), he took McMahon with him. This job lasted for 30 years and made McMahon wealthy and famous. On the big screen, he played straight roles in the dramatic The Incident (1967) -- for which he got very good reviews -- and in the comic Fun with Dick and Jane (1977). He also appeared in made-for-TV movies and hosted daytime game shows in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1980s, McMahon teamed with Dick Clark (I) on "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" (1984) and hosted his own long-running talent show, "Star Search" (1983). He also made commercial appearances for a multitude of products. In 1994, he was cast as himself in Love Affair (1994) with Warren Beatty and Annette Bening.


TRIVIA:

• Was a huge fan of 'W.C. Fields' (qv).
• Graduated from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
• Was a decorated Marine fighter pilot during WWII.
• Retired as a Colonel in the United States Marine Corps. During World War II, he was a pilot-instructor and test pilot. During the Korean War, he flew 85 combat missions after being called back to active service in 1952. Was commissioned a Brigadier General in the California Air National Guard in 1966 and continued to serve after he began his acting career. Along with 'James Stewart (I)' (qv), he held the highest active military rank of any actor in history. McMahon was the highest-ranking officer to become an actor, and Stewart was the established actor who achieved the highest rank. Both were decorated combat aviators.
• ''Weird Al' Yankovic' (qv) wrote a song about him called "Here's Johnny".
• Son, Michael, died of liver cancer at age 44, on July 28, 1995.
• Father of 'Claudia McMahon' (qv).
• His publicist is 'Howard Bragman' (qv).

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