Phil Donahue
Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024) was an American media personality, writer, film producer and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first talk show format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television in America that began in Dayton, Ohio in 1967 and ended in New York City in 1996. His shows often focused on issues that divided liberals and conservatives in the United States, such as abortion, consumer protection, civil rights and war issues. His most frequent guest was Ralph Nader, for whom Donahue campaigned in 2000. Donahue also briefly hosted a talk show on MSNBC from July 2002 to March 2003. Donahue is one of the most influential talk show hosts and has been called the "king of daytime talk". Oprah Winfrey has stated, "If it weren't for Phil Donahue, there would never have been an Oprah Show." In 1996, Donahue was ranked #42 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.
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Acting
TV
Frasier
as Larry (voice)
1993
Movie
Finding Vivian Maier
as Self - Talk Show Host
2014
TV
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
TV
Blossom
1990
TV
The View
as Self
1997
TV
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
TV
L.A. Law
as Phil Donahue
1986
Movie
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
TV
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Movie
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Movie
Sunshine Superman
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Movie
War Made Easy
as Self (archive footage)
2007
TV
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
Movie
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
as Self
2011
Movie
Man of the Year
as Himself
1995
Movie
The Making of Trump
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Movie
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1993
TV
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
Movie
Free to Be... a Family
as Self
1988
Movie
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
1988
Movie
Godless in America
as Himself
2006
Movie
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
as Self
2015
Movie
South to Black Power
as Self
2023
