Acting • AGE 82
Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television host, singer, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in...


Pop Culture Jeopardy!
Original Series Creator
2026

Pop Culture Jeopardy!
Original Series Creator
2024

DEVO
Self (archive footage)
2024

Jeopardy! Masters
Creator
2023

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
2023

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Self (archive footage)
2022

The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2021

My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
2020

Lykkehjulet
Creator
2020

I Am Richard Pryor
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2019

Whitney
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018

Game Changers
Self (archive footage)
2018

The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
2017

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2017

Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
Self (archive footage)
2014

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self (archive footage)
2013

The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006

Fat Actress
Merv Griffin
2005

Alf's Hit Talk Show
2004

Roda a Roda
Creator
2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003

Shade
Producer
2003

Murder at the Cannes Film Festival
Self
2000

Hercules
Merv Griffin (voice)
1998

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

The Daily Show
Self
1996

Hope and Gloria
Merv Griffin
1995

Late Show with David Letterman
Self (voice) (uncredited)
1993

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

Super Jeopardy!
Producer
1990

Monopoly
Producer
1990

Wheel of Fortune
Creator
1988

Rickles... On the Loose
Self
1986

Alice in Wonderland
Conductor
1985

The Golden Girls
Merv Griffin
1985

Jeopardy!
Executive Producer
1984

The Lonely Guy
Himself
1984

Wheel of Fortune
Producer
1983

The Man with Two Brains
The Elevator Killer
1983

The Funny Farm
The Voice Of... (Voice)
1983

Slapstick of Another Kind
Anchorman
1982

Newhart
1982

One Trick Pony
Acappella Singer
1980

The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Himself
1979

Presenting Susan Anton
1979

CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979

Two-Minute Warning
Merv Griffin - National Anthem Singer
1976

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Self
1976

Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975

Dinah!
Self
1974

Sanford and Son
1972

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971

The Pet Set
Self
1971

Hello Down There
Himself
1969

Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?
Self
1968

The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967

Inside Daisy Clover
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1966

Jeopardy!
Creator
1964

The Merv Griffin Show
Self - Host
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962

Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Georges Brevert
1954

The Boy from Oklahoma
Steve
1954

Three Sailors and a Girl
Sailor (uncredited)
1953

So This Is Love
Buddy Nash
1953

Trouble Along the Way
Football Broadcaster (voice)
1953

Cattle Town
Governor's secretary
1952

The Emmy Awards
Self
1949

Koło Fortuny
Creator