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Merv Griffin

Highest Rated: 75% The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)

Lowest Rated: 50% The Lonely Guy (1984)

Birthday: Jul 6, 1925

Birthplace: San Mateo, California, USA

One of the most successful men in 20th century entertainment, Merv Griffin parlayed a moderately popular career as a big band singer and game show frontman into a long-running stint as the host of his own talk show, and later, as the creator of some of American television's best loved game shows, including "Wheel of Fortune" (syndicated, 1972- ) and "Jeopardy!" (NBC/syndicated, 1964- ). Griffin's business acumen and larger-than-life personality weathered numerous ups (his wildly profitable real estate ventures) and downs (two palimony suits, which called his sexuality into question). By the time of his death from prostate cancer in 2007, he was one of Hollywood's most enduring figures.

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Highest-Rated Movies

75% 38% The Seduction of Joe Tynan Watchlist 67% 58% Shade Watchlist 50% 47% The Lonely Guy Watchlist Murder at the Cannes Film Festival Watchlist 83% Inside the Osmonds Watchlist The Boy From Oklahoma Watchlist 15% Slapstick of Another Kind Watchlist Cattle Town Watchlist Gilda Radner: It's Always Something Watchlist 69% The Christmas List Watchlist
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Merv Griffin

Merv Griffin SO THIS IS LOVE, Merv Griffin, 1953 SO THIS IS LOVE, On the set Kathryn Grayson and Merv Griffin listen while director Gordon Douglas explains what he wants, 1953 THE BOY FROM OKLAHOMA, Will Rogers, Jr. (far left), Nancy Olson, Merv Griffin (far right), 1954 SO THIS IS LOVE, Kathryn Grayson, Merv Griffin, 1953 HELLO DOWN THERE, Merv Griffin, Roddy McDowall, 1969 SO THIS IS LOVE, Kathryn Grayson, Merv Griffin, 1953 SO THIS IS LOVE, Kathryn Grayson, Merv Griffin, 1953 View more photos

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The Merv Griffin Show - 40 of the Most Interesting People of Our Time 2006 Host, Executive Producer Shade 67% 58% 2003 Producer Gilda Radner: It's Always Something 2002 Executive Producer Inside the Osmonds 83% 2001 Executive Producer Murder at the Cannes Film Festival 2000 Executive Producer The Christmas List 69% 1997 Executive Producer Slapstick of Another Kind 15% 1984 Anchorman Actor The Lonely Guy 50% 47% 1984 Self The Seduction of Joe Tynan 75% 38% 1979 Self Hello Down There 59% 1969 Self Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? 1968 Self The Boy From Oklahoma 1954 Steve Actor So This Is Love 0% 1953 Buddy Nash Actor Cattle Town 1952 Joe Actor
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