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Richard Augustus Wagstaff Clark Jr., simply known as Dick Clark, was a famous American game show host, businessman, radio, as well as television personality, film producer, and an actor. Dick Clark is perhaps mostly known as a host of a music-performance show called “American Bandstand” that aired from 1957 till 1989. The show that featured teenagers dancing to the music of such artists as Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, Run DMC and others, was one of the first shows at the time to cross the line between white and black audiences and challenge racial segregation. Clark’s influence on the youth culture earned him a nickname of “America’s oldest teenager” and gained him a lot of public acceptance.

Dick Clark Net Worth $200 Million

How rich is Dick Clark then? According to sources, Dick Clark’s net worth is estimated to amount to $200 million. The majority of Dick Clark’s net worth and annual salary came from his career as a television personality, as well as his business ventures. Dick Clark was born in 1929, in Mount Vernon, New York, where he attended Davis High School. Clark’s career began with his first job at the AM radio station, where he quickly climbed up the ladder and soon enough achieved a position of announcer. Prior to his television debut, Clark had been working on several other radio stations, including WOLF-AM and WRUN. In 1956, Clark was offered a job as a permanent host of “Bob Horn’s Bandstand”, a show that was soon picked up by ABC and renamed to “American Bandstand”. The show debuted in 1957 and resulted in many spin-offs and other television series. “American Bandstand” brought together different genres of music and included guest appearances from The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis among many others.

A year later, Dick Clark had his own show called “The Dick Clark Show”. With a viewership of over 20 million, the show became an instant success, while Dick Clark himself earned the status of “America’s youngest starmaker”. With national success in his pocket, Dick Clark significantly expanded his career and ventured into hosting game shows. Clark has been a host of “The Object Is”, “Missing Links”, as well as a famous game show created by Bob Stewart “The $10,000 Pyramid”. Clark hosted the show from 1973 till 1988 and won three Emmy Awards for Best Game Show Host for “Pyramid”.

Another huge contribution to Dick Clark’s net worth came from his business ventures. Dick Clark was an owner of several restaurants and created a now famous “American Bandstand Diner” chain. In 2006 Clark opened a “Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theatre” and prior to that had founded an entertainment production company called “Dick Clark Productions”. Clark was also an owner of “Dick Clark Westchester Theatre”. A famous game show host and television personality with an estimated net worth of $200 million, Dick Clark passed away in 2012 due to a heart attack. Clark had suffered a heart attack in 2004 as well, resulting in him losing his speechS.



Full Name Dick Clark
Net Worth $200 Million
Date Of Birth November 30, 1929, Mount Vernon, New York, United States)
Died April 18, 2012, Santa Monica, California, United States
Place Of Birth Mount Vernon
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.75 m)
Profession Game Show Host, Businessperson, TV Personality, Radio personality, Television producer, Film Producer, Actor, Screenwriter
Education Syracuse University
Nationality United States of America
Spouse Kari Wigton (m. 1977–2012), Loretta Martin (m. 1962–1971), Barbara Mallery (m. 1952–1961)
Children Duane Clark, Richard A. Clark, Cindy Clark
Parents Julia Fuller Clark, Richard Augustus Clark
Siblings Bradley Clark
Nicknames Richard Wagstaff Clark , The World’s Oldest Teenager , Richard Wagstaff “Dick” Clark , Dick , Richard Augustus Wagstaff “Dick” Clark, Jr. , Richard Augustus Wagstaff Clark, Jr. , Dick Clay
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163863
Awards Emmy Awards for Best Game Show Host for “Pyramid”
Nominations Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show, TCA Career Achievement Award, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety-Music Events Programming
Movies Because They’re Young, Killers Three, Spy Kids
TV Shows American Bandstand (1957-1989), “The Object Is”, “Missing Links”, “The $10,000 Pyramid”(1973-1988)
Trademark
1 Short stature
2 His youthful appearance
3 His departing catchphrase delivered with a military salute.
Quote
1 My business is teenagers. I don’t set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them.
2 Music is the soundtrack of our life.
3 Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
Fact
1 The last game show he ever hosted was Winning Lines (2000).
2 Raised in an apartment building.
3 Appeared on the second-to-last episode as himself, on an episode of The Weird Al Show (1997), where he did counted down to the end of the show. Something he did everytime he hosted ‘Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Years Eve’.
4 Had English and German heritage.
5 Started seeing stage theater, for the first time, when he was age 13, such as: Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore.
6 Had an old diary, back in 1938, at the time, Clark was 8, he wrote, ‘I listened to the radio.’.
7 His elder brother, Bradley, was killed in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.
8 Was featured in the documentary film Bowling for Columbine (2002). He was criticized for hiring poor, unwed mothers to work long hours in his chain of restaurants for little pay. The mother featured is shown to work over 80 hours per week and is still unable to make her rent and then gets evicted which results in her having to have her son stay at his uncle’s house. At his uncle’s house the boy finds a gun and brings it to school where he shoots another first grader. In the documentary footage, Michael Moore, with cameraman in tow, approached Clark as he was pulling into his work parking space and attempted to question Clark about welfare policies that allow for those conditions. Moore tried to query him about the people he employed and the tax breaks he allegedly took advantage of, in employing welfare recipients; Clark refuses to answer any of Moore’s questions, shutting the car door and driving away.
9 Dick Clark passed away on April 18, 2012, at age 82. His former television boss Bob Stewart, passed away, just 2 weeks after Clark, at age 91.
10 Clark noted during the special that New American Bandstand 1965 (1952) was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as ‘the longest-running variety show in TV history.’.
11 In 2002, many of the groups, he introduced appeared at the 50th anniversary special to celebrate New American Bandstand 1965 (1952).
12 In 1964, relocated from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, to Los Angeles, California, where he lived until his death in 2012.
13 His first radio exposure was hosting the short-lived program, ‘The Dick Clark Radio Show.’.
14 Episodes he hosted on New American Bandstand 1965 (1952) were among the first where blacks and whites performed on the same stage and among the first where the live studio audience sat without racial segregation. Singer Paul Anka claimed that Bandstand was responsible for creating a ‘youth culture.’ Due to his perennial youthful appearance, Clark was often referred to as “America’s Oldest Teenager.”.
15 His birthplace, Mount Vernon, New York, is 5 miles West of Yonkers, New York, and 19 miles North of New York City, New York.
16 Reunited with Casey Kasem on an episode of It Takes Two (1997).
17 An avid radio listener, when he was a boy.
18 A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi Gamma).
19 Had type-2 diabetes.
20 His widow, Kari Clark, was 13 years his junior.
21 Disco singer Donna Summer guest hosted New American Bandstand 1965 (1952), once. On that day, it was an ‘All Salute To Disco.’.
22 Ranked #7 on Life’s 15 Best Game Show Hosts.
23 At age 22, Clark moved to Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1952, to pursue a career as a radio disc jockey and a television personality, who would live there until 1962.
24 Though he never retired from hosting or producing television, he took a medical leave, at age 75, after a stroke.
25 Before he was a successful game show host, television personality and producer, he worked as a principal in pro-broadcasters operator of 1440 KPRO in Riverside, California, from 20 years.
26 Graduated from A.B. Davis High School in Mount Vernon, New York, in 1947.
27 Met another disc jockey, Casey Kasem, on KTLA’s after-school dance show, ‘Shebang,’ in 1963. The friendship lasted 49 years, until Clark’s death in 2012.
28 Had also hosted another long-running radio show, Rock, Roll & Remember, a four-hour oldies show named after Clark’s 1976 autobiography. Each week, Clark would profile a different artist from the rock and roll era and count down the top four songs that week from a certain year in the 1950s, 1960s or early 1970s. He hosted the show, every year, for 23 years, until Clark suffered a stroke, late in 2004.
29 Dick Clark passed away on April 18, 2012, at age 82. This was just 2 1/2 months after Don Cornelius committed suicide. Both Clark and Cornelius had a feud when Clark created and produced the short-lived series ‘Soul Unlimited,’ which was a more risqué and controversial imitator of the then-popular series Soul Train (1971).
30 Co-owner of Swan Records.
31 He hosted The Dick Clark Show (1958) on ABC, from New York City’s Little Theater (renamed, in 1983, The Helen Hayes Theater). The half-hour weekly show headlined five top pop/rock acts each week. Many of the regular teens who appeared on New American Bandstand 1965 (1952) made the trip from Philadelphia to New York City and were seated in the audience.
32 In its first season (1957), ABC presented a nighttime version of New American Bandstand 1965 (1952). It ran for a half-hour for 13 weeks on Monday nights (Oct. 7-Dec. 30). Dick’s guests included The Everly Brothers, Mickey & Sylvia and The Billy Williams Quartette. Ironically, the nighttime “American Bandstand”, hosted by Clark, would finally end the night before New Year’s Eve 1957. Beginning in 1972 and for four decades Clark would be a welcome guest in American households as host of “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve”.
33 From 1965-67 he hosted Where the Action Is (1965), a daily mid-afternoon rock/pop variety show similar in format to Shindig! (1964) and Hullabaloo (1965), complete with go-go dancers and top recording acts. The show originated from various vacation resorts such as California’s Big Sur and Malibu. Regulars on the show performed their own songs, as well as other hits of the day, They included Linda Scott, Steve Alaimo and Paul Revere & The Raiders.
34 In the history of New American Bandstand 1965 (1952), only two recording artists performed the same song twice, in one appearance. This occurred in 1958, when Chuck Berry, in his network TV debut, sang “Rock and Roll Music” and in 1961, when Gary U.S. Bonds performed “A Quarter To Three”,.
35 He was a lifelong Republican and conservative.
36 When he was new to Hollywood, Ryan Seacrest went to Clark’s office to talk to him about breaking into show business. Clark’s secretary initially turned him away, but Clark stopped her, inviting Seacrest into his office. The two became good friends and Seacrest credits Clark for being his mentor and helping launch his career.
37 His idol, when he was very young, was Bill Cullen.
38 When New American Bandstand 1965 (1952) was first televised by ABC in 1957, the program started a half-hour earlier at 2:30 pm weekdays on local affiliate WFIL in Philadelphia, then joined the network at 3:00 pm. At 3:30 pm the telecast broke away for a half-hour and was replaced by the quiz show Do You Trust Your Wife? (1957) starring Johnny Carson, televised from New York. “Bandstand” returned to the air from 5:00-6:00 pm. This was a rarity, even by today’s standards: a 90-minute live show, with another program serving as an intermission.
39 Replaced Bob Horn as the new host of New American Bandstand 1965 (1952), for which he had hosted for 31 years, from 1956 to 1987.
40 Before he was a successful television host, a game show host and a producer, he used to share afternoon duties with the then-New American Bandstand 1965 (1952) host, Bob Horn at WFIL-AM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Horn was working on radio and television simultaneously, and wasn’t happy about it.
41 Was Bob Stewart’s first choice as host of the new game show, The $10,000 Pyramid (1973), which he accepted and stayed with the role, for 16 years, with only a couple of interruptions, between 1973 and 1989.
42 Made a guest appearance on an episode of Let’s Make a Deal (1990), where he was showing the dealers an item.
43 Because he was hosting The Challengers (1990) at the time, he was unavailable to host the revamped version of The $10,000 Pyramid (1973) in early 1991, when John Davidson became the new host. On the premiere episode, he sent a pre-recorded message wishing Davidson well in hosting the show.
44 In his six-decade career, he had an almost 40-year history of hosting game shows, as well as a Top 40 radio countdown show.
45 Best remembered by the public as the host of New American Bandstand 1965 (1952) and The $10,000 Pyramid (1973).
46 Made 2 cameo appearances on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990). In one episode he plays himself at a Philadelphia diner, and in the other he helps Will Smith’s character host bloopers from past episodes of that sitcom.
47 In his 16-year tenure as the host of The $10,000 Pyramid (1973), among the guests were Vicki Lawrence, Jamie Farr, Constance McCashin, Henry Polic II, Ed Begley Jr., Martha Smith, Shelley Smith, Teresa Ganzel, Barry Jenner and David Graf.
48 At the beginning of Clark’s 31st year (1986-87) of hosting New American Bandstand 1965 (1952), ABC had reduced the series from a full hour to 30 minutes, and the guest list was dropped from 2 artists to 1 artist, for each show, and Clark was very disappointed in the show the direction was going, therefore, his show moved from ABC to syndication to The USA Cable Network, with David Hirsch replacing Dick Clark as host, in the final season of 1988.
49 Friends with: Bob Barker, Casey Kasem, Bob Eubanks, Richard Dawson, Gene Rayburn, Bill Cullen, Geoff Edwards, Wink Martindale, Chuck Woolery, Alex Trebek, Jim Lange, Ed McMahon, Dinah Shore, Johnny Gilbert, Charlie O’Donnell, Connie Francis, Donna Summer, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Robert Conrad, Pat Sajak, Regis Philbin, Jo Anne Worley, Vicki Lawrence, Jamie Farr, Betty White, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Marla Gibbs and Barry Manilow.
50 Over the years, his show New American Bandstand 1965 (1952) gave many new music artists their first exposure to national audiences, including those of Ike Turner and his ex-wife Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, Melba Moore, Donna Summer, Madonna, Michael Damian, Gladys Knight, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Mariah Carey, Cyndi Lauper, Talking Heads, The Beatles, The Monkees, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel and Paul Anka.
51 On an episode of American Idol (2002), host and good friend Ryan Seacrest paid tribute to him, along with another television host, Don Cornelius, who died 2 1/2 months before him. [18 April 2012].
52 Before his death, he underwent surgery to fix an enlarged prostate.
53 Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes were scattered into Pacific Ocean.
54 Had worked with Charlie O’Donnell three times, on New American Bandstand 1965 (1952), The $10,000 Pyramid (1973) and Super Bloopers and Pratical Jokes (1984).
55 Met Ed McMahon, when the two were both living in Philadelphia, and McMahon praised him for first bringing him together with future television partner Johnny Carson when all three worked at ABC in the late 1950s. More than a quarter of a century later, Clark would be re-teaming up with McMahon hosting Super Bloopers and Pratical Jokes (1984).
56 Filled in for Casey Kasem once on American Top 40 in 1972.
57 Had hosted his New Years’ Rockin’ Eve every year from 1972 to 1999 (when it was preempted for ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999)), then from 2001 to 2003, just the year before he suffered a massive stroke, which reduced his role, between 2005 to 2011.
58 Long before he was one of Hollywood’s successful television hosts and producers, he worked at WOLF-AM, then a country music station, in Syracuse, New York.
59 Longtime friend of Tony Orlando and Larry Klein.
60 Mentor and friend of Ryan Seacrest.
61 Received a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994 and a Peabody Award in 1999.
62 Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1976.
63 He had been in St. John’s Hospital in Los Angeles after undergoing an outpatient procedure the night of April 17, 2012. He suffered a massive heart attack following the procedure. Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful and he died the next morning, April 18, 2012.
64 Was considered as host of Las Vegas Gambit (1972), but lost the job to fellow game show host Wink Martindale. Clark would do The $10,000 Pyramid (1973), nearly 7 months later.
65 He produced the late Friday night ABC-TV series, In Concert (1972) (1972-1973), which featured many of the top rock acts of the day including Alice Cooper, Jim Croce and The Allman Brothers Band.
66 In one of his few dramatic roles, he played against his nice guy image to portray the murderer in the final episode (air date 2 May 1966) of Perry Mason (1957). The episode was appropriately titled, Perry Mason: The Case of the Final Fade-Out (1966). He also played against type as a nerdy guy who turns out to be a psycho killer in the film, Killers Three (1968).
67 Was a close personal friend of singer Connie Francis. Connie’s music label was going to drop her if her last recorded song didn’t sell. Thankfully, Dick played it, “Who’s Sorry Now”, on New American Bandstand 1965 (1952) and it became an instant hit. Dick stayed by her side even through her personal tragedies and she thanks him in every single one of her shows.
68 In 2005, for the first time in 32 years, he was not around to see the New Year in with his “Rockin’ New Year’s Eve” celebration on television. It was hoped that after he had suffered his mild stroke in early December 2004 that he would recover enough to host the festivities. With Clark still in his hospital bed on New Year’s Eve, Regis Philbin filled in for him.
69 In December of 2004 he was hospitalized for a mild stroke. He recovered.
70 Rarely consumed alcoholic beverages, and every December 31, when he and his wife hosted “Rockin’ New Year’s Eve”, she didn’t drink, either.
71 Filed suit in federal court in Los Angeles, alleging that Michael Greene, president and chief executive of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, maintains a “blacklist” policy that prevents stars – including Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Sean Combs and Toni Braxton – from performing on both Greene’s Grammy Awards and Clark’s American Music Awards. The suit seeks $10 million in damages. (19 December 2001)
72 He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990.
73 Child with first wife Barbara Mallery, Richard, Jr., was born 9 January 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
74 On 2/14/02, Dick Clark Productions announced it will be acquired for $140 million by Mosaic Media Group, Inc., Capital Communications CDPQ Inc., and Jules Haimovitz, a senior television executive. Stockholders will receive $14.50 per share in cash. Clark himself will receive $12.50 per share in cash for a portion of his shares. Dick Clark Productions was founded in 1957.
75 Was the co-owner of Film Ventures International Pictures with Edward L. Montoro for several years.
76 Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
77 Children with Loretta Martin: Duane Clark and Cindy Clark.
78 In 1959, the United States Senate began investigating the practice of “payola”, in which record companies bribed radio personalities to play new records. Clark admitted he accepted a fur stole and jewelry and held financial interests in artists and songs that were frequently on New American Bandstand 1965 (1952). Even though he was cleared of any wrongdoing, he was ordered to either leave ABC or sell his interests; he sold.
79 When New American Bandstand 1965 (1952) was picked up by ABC in 1957, he changed its name to “American Bandstand”, ended the show’s all-white policy and began introducing black artists. By 1959, it was broadcast by 101 affiliates and reached an audience of 20 million.
80 Graduated from Syracuse University in 1951 with a degree in business administration.
81 Before he was a successful television host and producer, he began his career in 1945, in the mailroom of WRUN in Utica, New York, working his way up to weatherman and then newsman. WRUN was owned by Dick’s uncle and run by Dick’s father.
82 First wife Barbara Mallery (aunt of composer Billy Mallery) was his childhood sweetheart.
83 John Davidson’s father was the man who performed Dick and Kari Clark’s wedding vows.
84 He and his wife, Kari Clark, were married on 7/7/77 in a ceremony that started at 7:00 pm. His address in Burbank at that time was PO Box 7777.

Producer

Title Year Status Character
The 26th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1991 TV Special executive producer
The 18th Annual American Music Awards 1991 TV Special executive producer
Trial by Jury 1991 TV Series executive producer – 1 episode
The 25th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1990 TV Special executive producer
Catchfire 1990 producer
The 17th Annual American Music Awards 1990 TV Special executive producer
6th Annual Soap Opera Awards 1990 TV Special executive producer
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 1990 1989 TV Special executive producer
The Ice Stars’ Hollywood Revue 1989 TV Movie executive producer
Coming Home: A Rockin’ Reunion 1989 TV Movie executive producer
New American Bandstand 1965 1966-1989 TV Series executive producer – 26 episodes
The 24th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1989 TV Special executive producer
The 16th Annual American Music Awards 1989 TV Special executive producer
Camp Midnite 1989 TV Series executive producer
5th Annual Soap Opera Awards 1989 TV Special executive producer
America’s All-Time Favorite Movies 1988 TV Movie producer
Liberace 1988 TV Movie executive producer
Live! Dick Clark Presents 1988 TV Series executive producer
Remo Williams: The Prophecy 1988 TV Movie executive producer
The Town Bully 1988 TV Movie executive producer
The 23rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1988 TV Special executive producer
The 15th Annual American Music Awards 1988 TV Special executive producer
4th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards 1988 TV Special executive producer
In Person from the Palace 1987 TV Series executive producer – 1987
You Are the Jury 1984-1987 TV Series executive producer – 4 episodes
Superstars and Their Moms 1987 TV Movie executive producer
The 22nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1987 TV Special executive producer
The 4th Annual Black Gold Awards 1987 TV Special executive producer
Keep on Cruisin’ 1987 TV Series executive producer – 1987
The Best of Bandstand: The Superstars 1987 Video short executive producer
Alabama… My Home’s in Alabama 1986 TV Movie documentary producer
America Votes the #1 Song 1986 TV Movie executive producer
The 21st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1986 TV Special executive producer
The 3rd Annual Black Gold Awards 1986 TV Special executive producer
Academy of Country Music’s 20th Anniversary Reunion 1986 TV Special executive producer
Best of Bandstand 1986 Video documentary executive producer
Uncensored Channels: TV Around the World with George Plimpton 1986 TV Movie documentary executive producer
Copacabana 1985 TV Movie executive producer
American Bandstand’s 33 1/3 Celebration 1985 TV Special executive producer
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins 1985 executive producer
Dick Clark’s Nitetime 1985 TV Series executive producer
The ABC All-Star Spectacular 1985 TV Movie producer
Rock ‘n’ Roll Summer Action 1985 TV Series executive producer
Reaching for the Stars 1985 TV Movie executive producer
The 20th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1985 TV Special executive producer
All-Time Great TV Censored Bloopers 1985 TV Movie producer
The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard 1984 TV Movie executive producer
Puttin’ on the Hits 1984 TV Series executive producer
Night Shadows 1984 co-producer – uncredited
TV’s Greatest Censored Commercial Bloopers 1984 TV Movie executive producer
The Power 1984 executive producer
The 11th Annual American Music Awards 1984 TV Special executive producer
Super Bloopers and Pratical Jokes 1984 TV Series executive producer
Animals Are the Funniest People 1983 TV Movie producer
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour 1983 TV Series executive producer – 1 episode
The Demon Murder Case 1983 TV Movie executive producer
ABC Afterschool Specials 1983 TV Series executive producer – 1 episode
The 10th Annual American Music Awards 1983 TV Special executive producer
Hollywood’s Private Home Movies 1983 TV Movie documentary executive producer
The American Music Awards 1982 TV Special executive producer
All American Ultra Quiz 1981 TV Mini-Series executive producer
American Bandstand’s 30th Anniversary Special 1981 TV Movie executive producer
The 8th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 1981 TV Special executive producer
Murder in Texas 1981 TV Movie executive producer
Men Who Rate a 10 1980 TV Special executive producer
Valentine Magic on Love Island 1980 TV Movie executive producer
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit 1979 TV Movie executive producer
Birth of the Beatles 1979 executive producer
The Dark 1979 producer
Elvis 1979/I TV Movie executive producer
The 6th Annual American Music Awards 1979 TV Special executive producer / producer
Rockin’ New Year’s Eve 1979 1978 TV Special executive producer
Good Old Days Part II 1978 TV Special executive producer
Live Wednesday 1978 TV Series producer
The Natalie Cole Special 1978 TV Movie executive producer
ABC’s Silver Anniversary Celebration 1978 TV Special producer
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons 1977 TV Movie producer
The David Soul and Friends Special 1977 TV Movie executive producer
American Bandstand’s 25th Anniversary 1977 TV Special executive producer
The 4th Annual American Music Awards 1977 TV Special executive producer
Easy Does It… Starring Frankie Avalon 1976 TV Series executive producer
The Wide World of Mystery 1975 TV Series producer – 1 episode
American Music Awards 1974 TV Special executive producer
Roberta Flack: The First Time Ever 1973 TV Movie executive producer
American Bandstand’s 20th Anniversary 1973 TV Movie executive producer
Get It Together 1970 TV Series executive producer – 1 episode
It’s Happening 1969 TV Series executive producer – 4 episodes
Killers Three 1968 producer
The Savage Seven 1968 producer
Psych-Out 1968 producer
The Guns of Will Sonnett 1967 TV Series producer
Where the Action Is 1966 TV Series production executive – 2 episodes
Celebrity Party 1963 TV Movie executive producer
47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 2012 TV Special executive producer
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Secrest 2011 2010 TV Movie executive producer
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2010 2009 TV Special executive producer
44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 2009 TV Special executive producer
2008 American Music Awards Red Carpet Live 2008 TV Special executive producer
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2008 2007 TV Special executive producer
Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2007 2006 TV Special executive producer
2006 American Music Awards 2006 TV Special executive producer
Golden Globe Arrivals 2005 TV Special executive producer
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2006 2005 TV Special executive producer
The 40th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 2005 TV Special executive producer
American Dreams 2002-2005 TV Series executive producer – 61 episodes
The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 TV Special documentary executive producer
Greatest Moments 2004 2004 TV Special executive producer
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2005 2004 TV Special executive producer
Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2005 2004 TV Special executive producer
The 6th Annual Family Television Awards 2004 TV Special executive producer
The 32nd Annual American Music Awards 2004 TV Special executive producer
The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 2004 TV Special executive producer
The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards 2004 TV Special executive producer
Bloopers 2003 TV Series executive producer
Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2004 2003 TV Special executive producer
The 31st Annual American Music Awards 2003 TV Special executive producer
The 5th Annual Family Television Awards 2003 TV Special executive producer
Greatest Moments 2003 2003 TV Movie executive producer
DVD Exclusive Awards 2003 TV Special executive producer
AMA Red Carpet Party 2003 TV Special executive producer
The 38th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 2003 TV Special executive producer
ABC 50th Anniversary Blooper Celebration 2003 TV Movie executive producer
The 30th Annual American Music Awards 2003 TV Special executive producer
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction 1997-2002 TV Series executive producer – 14 episodes
The 4th Annual Family Television Awards 2002 TV Special executive producer
Celebrity Boxing 2 2002 TV Special executive producer
The 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 2002 TV Special executive producer
The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2002 TV Special documentary executive producer
The Chamber 2002 TV Series executive producer
The 29th Annual American Music Awards 2002 TV Special executive producer
The 3rd Annual Family Television Awards 2001 TV Special executive producer
The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 2001 TV Special executive producer
The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 TV Special executive producer
The 28th Annual American Music Awards 2001 TV Special executive producer
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2001 2000 TV Special producer
Lifetime Presents: Disney’s American Teacher Awards 2000 TV Special executive producer – 2001
Arista Records’ 25th Anniversary Celebration 2000 TV Special documentary executive producer
Battle of the Child Geniuses: Who Is the Smartest Kid in America? 2000 TV Movie executive producer
Greed: The Series 2000 TV Series executive producer – 1 episode
The 27th Annual American Music Awards 2000 TV Special executive producer
Winning Lines 2000 TV Series executive producer
Your Big Break 1999 TV Series executive producer
Garth Brooks & the Magic of Christmas 1999 TV Movie executive producer
Donny & Marie 1999 TV Series executive producer – 1 episode
The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 1999 TV Special producer
The 25th Annual American Music Awards 1998 TV Special executive producer
TV Censored Bloopers 98 1998 TV Series producer
The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 1998 TV Special executive producer
All-Star Party for Aaron Spelling 1998 TV Special executive producer
The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1998 TV Special executive producer
The 24th Annual American Music Awards 1997 TV Special executive producer
The Weird Al Show 1997 TV Series executive producer – 13 episodes
Meet Hanson 1997 TV Short documentary executive producer
Deep Family Secrets 1997 TV Movie executive producer
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 1996 TV Movie executive producer
We’re Having a Baby! 1996 TV Movie documentary executive producer
The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1996 TV Special executive producer
Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous 1996 TV Special executive producer
The 31st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1996 TV Special executive producer
The Making of a Hollywood Madam 1996 TV Movie executive producer
The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1996 TV Special executive producer
1st Annual Family Film Awards 1996 TV Movie executive producer
Dick Clark’s Golden Age of Television 1996 Video executive producer
The Diversity Awards 1996 TV Special executive producer
Sea World/Busch Gardens Party for the Planet 1995 TV Movie executive producer
Rudy Coby: The Coolest Magician on Earth 1995 TV Special executive producer
The 22nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 1995 TV Special executive producer
The 30th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1995 TV Special executive producer
The 11th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards 1995 TV Movie documentary executive producer
The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1995 TV Special executive producer
Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Live 1995 Video executive producer
The 29th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1994 TV Special executive producer
The 21st Annual American Music Awards 1994 TV Special executive producer
Secret Sins of the Father 1994 TV Movie executive producer
Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration 1994 TV Movie executive producer
When Stars Were Kids 1994 TV Movie executive producer
Caught in the Act 1993/II TV Movie executive producer
The American Music Awards 20th Anniversary Special 1993 TV Special executive producer
Battle of the Bands 1993 TV Movie documentary producer
The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1993 TV Special executive producer
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story 1993 TV Movie executive producer
American Bandstand’s 40th Anniversary Special 1992 TV Movie producer
The World’s Biggest Lies 1992 TV Movie executive producer
The 27th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1992 TV Special executive producer
What About Me? I’m Only 3! 1992 TV Movie executive producer
The 19th Annual American Music Awards 1992 TV Special executive producer
Death Dreams 1991 TV Movie executive producer
Miss Universe Pageant 1991 TV Special producer

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Baby Bob 2003 TV Series Dick Clark
Just Shoot Me! 2002 TV Series Dick Clark
Arli$$ 2001 TV Series Dick Clark
Spy Kids 2001 Financier
The Angry Beavers 2001 TV Series Lefty Redbone
The X-Files 1999 TV Series Dick Clark
Futurama 1999 TV Series Dick Clark
Murphy Brown 1998 TV Series Dick Clark
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story 1995 TV Movie Dick Clark (uncredited)
Friends 1994 TV Series Dick Clark
Fantastic Four 1994 TV Series Dick Clark
Police Squad! 1982 TV Series Dick Clark
Telethon 1977 TV Movie Irv Berman
The Odd Couple 1973 TV Series Dick Clark
Adam-12 1972 TV Series J. Benson
The Phynx 1970 Dick Clark
Killers Three 1968 Roger
Wild in the Streets 1968 TV Newscaster (uncredited)
Coronet Blue 1967 TV Series Victor Brunswick
Batman 1966 TV Series Citizen
Perry Mason 1966 TV Series Leif Early
Lassie 1966 TV Series J.H. Alpert
Honey West 1966 TV Series PR Agent Payton
Branded 1965 TV Series J.A. Bailey
Ben Casey 1965 TV Series Dr. David Langley
Burke’s Law 1964 TV Series Gil Knox / Peter Barrows
Stoney Burke 1963 TV Series Sgt. Andy Kincaid
The Young Doctors 1961 Dr. Alexander
Because They’re Young 1960 Neil Hendry
The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom 1958 TV Series
Jamboree! 1957 Disk Jockey KFIL Philadelphia

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
Michael Jackson and Bubbles: The Untold Story 2010 TV Movie documentary archivist
The Dark 1979 presenter
Where the Action Is 1966 TV Series production executive – 1 episode

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Rockin’ New Year’s Eve 1979 1978 TV Special
Killers Three 1968 story

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
The Weird Al Show 1997 TV Series performer – 1 episode
ABC’s Saturday Sneak Peek 1976 TV Movie performer: “How to Build a Rock Star”, “Dem Bones” – uncredited

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards 2012 TV Special documentary in memory of
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards 2012 TV Special in memory of
The 2012 Miss USA Pageant 2012 TV Special in memory of
The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2012 TV Movie in memoriam
AKA Private 2011 Documentary special thanks
Madman Muntz: American Maverick 2005 Documentary special thanks
Beyond the Sea 2004 the director wishes to thank

Self

Title Year Status Character
The 40th Annual Miss USA Pageant 1991 TV Special Himself – Host
The Arsenio Hall Show 1989-1991 TV Series Himself
The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 TV Special Himself
The 12th Annual CableACE Awards 1991 TV Special Himself
The $25,000 Pyramid 1975-1991 TV Series Himself – Host / Himself – Celebrity Contestant / Himself
Smokey Robinson: The Quiet Legend 1990 TV Movie documentary Himself
Circus of the Stars #15 1990 TV Special documentary Himself – Performer
Donahue 1976-1990 TV Series Himself
The Howard Stern Show 1990 TV Series Himself
Night of 100 Stars III 1990 TV Movie Himself
Miss USA Pageant 1990 TV Movie Himself – Host
The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards 1990 TV Special Himself
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 1990 1989 TV Special Himself – Host
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration 1989 TV Movie documentary Himself
The People Next Door 1989 TV Series Himself
Later with Bob Costas 1989 TV Series Himself
Coming Home: A Rockin’ Reunion 1989 TV Movie Himself – Host
The Songwriter’s Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary… The Magic of Music 1989 TV Movie Himself – Host
The Pat Sajak Show 1989 TV Series Himself
New American Bandstand 1965 1952-1989 TV Series Himself – Host
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues 1988 Video documentary Himself
Live! Dick Clark Presents 1988 TV Series Himself – Host
The $10,000 Pyramid 1973-1988 TV Series Himself – Host
The New Hollywood Squares 1987-1988 TV Series Himself – Panelist
It’s Howdy Doody Time 1987 TV Special Dick Clark – Guest
Farm Aid ’87 1987 TV Special Himself
The Wil Shriner Show 1987 TV Series Himself
Supermodels of the World 1987 TV Movie Himself – Host
The Return of Bruno 1987 TV Movie Himself
The Best of Bandstand: The Superstars 1987 Video short Himself – Host
Lou Rawls Parade of Stars 1983-1986 TV Series Himself
Circus of the Stars #11 1986 TV Special documentary Himself – Ringmaster
The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1986 TV Special Himself
America Votes the #1 Song 1986 TV Movie Himself – Host
NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration 1986 TV Special documentary Himself
The 13th Annual American Music Awards 1986 TV Special Himself
Best of Bandstand 1986 Video documentary Himself
Orange Bowl Parade 1985 TV Special Himself
The Compleat Al 1985 Video Himself
Super Bloopers and Pratical Jokes 1984-1985 TV Series Himself – Host
All-Star Party for ‘Dutch’ Reagan 1985 TV Special Himself
Circus of the Stars #10 1985 TV Special documentary Himself – Ringmaster
Dick Clark’s Nitetime 1985 TV Series Himself – Host
American Bandstand’s 33 1/3 Celebration 1985 TV Special Himself – Host
The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1985 TV Special Himself
Live Aid 1985 TV Special documentary Himself – Host
Night of 100 Stars II 1985 TV Movie Himself
The War to Settle the Score 1985 TV Movie Himself
All-Time Great TV Censored Bloopers 1985 TV Movie Himself – Host
Elvis: Memories 1985 Video documentary Himself
World Wrestling Federation 1984 TV Series Himself
Star Search 1984 TV Series Himself – Introducer
Breakaway 1984 TV Series Himself
TV’s Greatest Censored Commercial Bloopers 1984 TV Movie Himself – Host
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 1984 1983 TV Movie Himself – Host
Salute! 1983 TV Series Himself – Host
Here’s Television Entertainment 1983 TV Movie Himself
Animals Are the Funniest People 1983 TV Movie Himself
The ABC Saturday Preview Special 1983 TV Movie Himself – Host
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever 1983 TV Movie documentary Himself
Ray Charles: A Man & His Soul 1983 TV Movie Himself
Pac Preview Party 1982 TV Movie Himself – Host
The Merv Griffin Show 1982 TV Series Himself – Guest Host
Inside America 1982 TV Series Himself – Host
Night of 100 Stars 1982 TV Special Himself
The Regis Philbin Show 1982 TV Series Himself
The American Music Awards 1982 TV Special Himself
Rod Stewart: Tonight He’s Yours 1981 TV Movie documentary Himself
More TV’s Censored Bloopers 1981 TV Movie Himself – Host
American Bandstand’s 30th Anniversary Special 1981 TV Movie Himself – Host
The Krypton Factor 1981 TV Series Himself – Host
The 8th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 1981 TV Special Himself – Host / Nominee
The 8th Annual American Music Awards 1981 TV Special Himself
The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1980 TV Special Himself – Co-Host
To Tell the Truth 1980 TV Series Himself – Panelist (1980)
The Big Show 1980 TV Series Himself – Host
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights 1980 TV Special Himself
Dinah! 1975-1980 TV Series Himself
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 1980 1979 TV Special Himself – Host
Good Morning America 1979 TV Series Himself
The Alan Hamel Show 1979 TV Series Himself
The Television Annual: 1978/1979 1979 TV Movie documentary Himself
The 6th Annual American Music Awards 1979 TV Special Himself
Rockin’ New Year’s Eve 1979 1978 TV Special Himself – Host
Live Wednesday 1978 TV Series Himself – Host
Good Old Days Part II 1978 TV Special Himself – Co-Host
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 1978 TV Series Himself
The 5th Annual American Music Awards 1978 TV Special Himself
Deadman’s Curve 1978 TV Movie Himself
ABC’s Silver Anniversary Celebration 1978 TV Special Himself
ABC 25th Anniversary 1978 TV Movie Himself
The Jim Nabors Show 1978 TV Series Himself
Sha Na Na 1978 TV Series Himself
Good Old Days 1977 TV Movie Himself
American Bandstand’s 25th Anniversary 1977 TV Special Himself – Host
The Captain and Tennille 1977 TV Series Himself
Battle of the Network Stars 1976 TV Special Himself
The Mike Douglas Show 1963-1976 TV Series Himself – TV Personality / Himself – Personality
ABC’s Saturday Sneak Peek 1976 TV Movie Himself
Rhyme and Reason 1975 TV Series Himself
In Concert 1973 TV Series Himself – Host
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour 1973 TV Series Himself
The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters 1972 TV Series Himself
Stand Up and Cheer 1972 TV Series Himself
Mantrap 1971 TV Series Himself
The Partridge Family 1970 TV Series Himself
The Dick Cavett Show 1970 TV Series Himself
The Real Tom Kennedy Show 1970 TV Series Himself
He Said, She Said 1970 TV Series Himself
The Fountain of Groovy 1970 TV Movie documentary Himself
The Joey Bishop Show 1968-1969 TV Series Himself
The Don Rickles Show 1968 TV Series Himself
The Kraft Music Hall 1968 TV Series Himself
Jack Benny’s Bag 1968 TV Special Himself
The Woody Woodbury Show 1967 TV Series Himself
Where the Action Is 1965-1967 TV Series Himself – Host / Himself – Announcer
The Bob Braun Show 1967 TV Series Himself (1967-1984)
The Match Game 1963-1966 TV Series Himself – Team Captain
Missing Links 1964 TV Series Himself – Host
The Object Is 1964 TV Series Himself – Host
Celebrity Party 1963 TV Movie Himself – Host
Talent Scouts 1963 TV Series Himself
The Jack Benny Program 1960 TV Series Himself
The Dick Clark Show 1958-1960 TV Series Himself – Host
This Is Your Life 1959 TV Series Himself – Subject
Gidget 1959 Himself – Trailer Host (uncredited)
The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1959 TV Special Himself – Presenter
The Arthur Murray Party 1958 TV Series Himself
To Tell the Truth 1958 TV Series Himself – Panelist
What’s My Line? 1958 TV Series Himself – Panelist
Person to Person 1958 TV Series documentary Himself
TV Teen Club 1949 TV Series Announcer
The Eighties 2016 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012 2011 TV Movie Himself – Host
Extraordinary People 2011 TV Series documentary Himself
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Secrest 2011 2010 TV Movie Himself – Host
Entertainment Tonight 1989-2010 TV Series Himself
The 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 2010 TV Special Himself
Sid Bernstein Presents… 2010 Documentary Himself
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2010 2009 TV Special Himself – Host
Access Hollywood 2009 TV Series Himself
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2009 2008 TV Special documentary Himself – Host
Wildwood Days 2008 Documentary Himself
James Brown: The Man, the Music, & the Message 2008 Video documentary Himself
The Wrecking Crew! 2008 Documentary Himself
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2008 2007 TV Special Himself – Host
TV Land: Myths and Legends 2007 TV Series documentary Himself
Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2007 2006 TV Special Himself – Host
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2006 TV Special Himself
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer 2006 Video documentary Himself
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2006 2005 TV Special Himself – Host
Madman Muntz: American Maverick 2005 Documentary Himself
The 6th Annual Family Television Awards 2004 TV Special Himself
Good Day Live 2004 TV Series Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003-2004 TV Series Himself
Motown 45 2004 TV Special Himself
Larry King Live 2004 TV Series Himself
Intimate Portrait 2003-2004 TV Series documentary Himself / Himself – Interviewee
Michael Jackson: The One 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself
Tangled Up in Blue 2004 TV Movie Himself
Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2004 2003 TV Special Himself – Host
The Greatest 2003 TV Series documentary Himself / Interviewee
ABC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration 2003 TV Special documentary Himself
ABC 50th Anniversary Blooper Celebration 2003 TV Movie Himself
Love & Haight 2003 Video documentary short Himself
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV 2003 TV Special documentary Himself
The 14th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards 2003 TV Special Himself – Presenter
The 30th Annual American Music Awards 2003 TV Special Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 2003 TV Series Himself
E! True Hollywood Story 2003 TV Series documentary Himself
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 2002 Himself
Pyramid 2002 TV Series Himself
Bubblegum Babylon 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself
Listen Up! Charles Barkley with Ernie Johnson 2002 TV Series Himself
Television in America: An Autobiography 2002 TV Series documentary Himself
American Dreams 2002 TV Series Himself
Biography 1995-2002 TV Series documentary Himself
The 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 2002 TV Special Himself – Cab Driver (uncredited)
Bowling for Columbine 2002 Documentary Himself
American Bandstand’s 50th Anniversary Celebration 2002 TV Movie Himself – Host
Dharma & Greg 1998-2002 TV Series Himself
The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel 2002 Video documentary Himself
The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years – Part I: 1956-1961 2002 Video documentary Himself
The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years – Part II: 1962-1969 2002 Video documentary Himself
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years 2002 Video documentary
Howard Stern 2002 TV Series Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly 2002 TV Series Himself – Guest
Elvis Forever 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself
Laughing Out Loud: America’s Funniest Comedians 2001 Video Narrator (uncredited)
Rockin’ New Year’s Eve 2002 2001 TV Special Himself – Host
The Other Half 2001 TV Series Co-Host
VH1 Legends 2001 TV Series documentary Himself
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street 2001 Video Himself (voice)
Kiss: Beyond the Makeup 2001 TV Movie documentary Himself
The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 2001 TV Special Himself
The 28th Annual American Music Awards 2001 TV Special Himself
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2001 2000 TV Special Himself – Host
Arista Records’ 25th Anniversary Celebration 2000 TV Special documentary Himself
Winning Lines 2000 TV Series Himself – Host
Paul Anka: The Music Man 2000 Himself
ABC 2000: The Millennium 1999 TV Movie documentary
Late Show with David Letterman 1994-1999 TV Series Himself / Himself – Cameo
The Simpsons 1999 TV Series Himself
Hollywood Squares 1999 TV Series Himself – Panelist
The Century: America’s Time 1999 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself – American Bandstand Host
Hollywood Rocks ‘N’ Rolls in the 50’s 1999 Video documentary Himself
The Suburbans 1999 Himself
The 26th Annual American Music Awards 1999 TV Special Himself
Celebrity Profile 1998 TV Series documentary Himself
Recess 1998 TV Series Himself
Bobby Darin: Beyond the Song 1998 TV Movie documentary Himself
Behind the Music 1998 TV Series documentary Himself
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 1998 TV Series Himself
Pinky and the Brain 1998 TV Series Himself
The 33rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1998 TV Special Himself
TV Censored Bloopers 98 1998 TV Series Himself – Host
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever 1998 TV Movie documentary Himself
The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1998 TV Special Himself
Jenny 1997 TV Series Himself
The Weird Al Show 1997 TV Series Himself
Meet Hanson 1997 TV Short documentary Himself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1994-1997 TV Series Himself
It Takes Two 1997 TV Series Himself – Host
Record Row: Cradle of Rhythm and Blues 1997 TV Movie documentary Himself
The Drew Carey Show 1996 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1996 TV Series Himself
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1994-1996 TV Series Himself
Mad About You 1995 TV Series Himself
Sea World/Busch Gardens Party for the Planet 1995 TV Movie Himself – Guest
Rudy Coby: The Coolest Magician on Earth 1995 TV Special Himself
The 22nd Annual American Music Awards 1995 TV Special Himself
Will You Marry Me? 1994 TV Movie Himself
The 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 1994 TV Special Himself
ABC’s 40th Anniversary 1994 TV Special Himself
American Bandstand’s Teen Idol 1994 TV Special Himself – Host
TV Guide: 40th Anniversary Special 1993 TV Movie documentary Himself
The Defense Rests: A Tribute to Raymond Burr 1993 TV Special Himself
Miss Universe Pageant 1993 TV Special Himself – Host
Scattergories 1993 TV Series Himself – Host
The 14th Annual CableACE Awards 1993 TV Special
Vicki! 1992 TV Series Himself
American Bandstand’s 40th Anniversary Special 1992 TV Movie Himself – Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1992 TV Series Himself – Guest
What About Me? I’m Only 3! 1992 TV Movie Himself
The Connie Francis Scrapbook 1992 Video short Himself
Blossom 1991 TV Series Himself
The Chuck Woolery Show 1991 TV Series Himself
Miss Teen USA 1991 1991 TV Special Himself – Host
The Challengers 1991 TV Series Himself – Host
Miss Universe Pageant 1991 TV Special Himself – Host

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
The Eighties 2016 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself – Host, American Bandstand
Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall 2016 Documentary Himself
Oprah: Where Are They Now? 2014 TV Series Himself
The Sixties 2014 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment 2013 Video documentary Himself
WWE: The Top 25 Rivalries in Wrestling History 2013 Video Himself
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards 2013 TV Special Himself – In Memoriam
19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013 TV Special Himself – In Memoriam
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Celebrates Dick Clark 2012 TV Movie
The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards 2012 TV Special documentary Himself
Huckabee 2012 TV Series Himself
American Idol 2012 TV Series Himself
Paul Williams Still Alive 2011 Documentary Himself
Why Not? With Shania Twain 2011 TV Series documentary Himself
Michael Jackson and Bubbles: The Untold Story 2010 TV Movie documentary Himself
VH1 Rock Docs 2010 TV Series Himself
2009 Game Show Awards 2009 TV Special Himself
Precious 2009/II Himself (uncredited)
Entertainment Tonight 2008 TV Series Himself
Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio 2008 Documentary Himself
The Wages of Spin 2008 Documentary Himself
Celebrity Debut 2006 TV Movie Himself
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story 2006 Video documentary Himself
Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music 2005 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
Forensic Files 2002 TV Series documentary Himself
The Definitive Elvis: The Army Years 2002 Video documentary Himself
The Beatles Revolution 2000 TV Movie documentary Himself
Mad About You 1996 TV Series Himself
Forrest Gump 1994 Himself – New Year’s Eve (uncredited)
The Turtles: Happy Together 1991 Video Himself (uncredited)
Muppet Babies 1988 TV Series Himself
Cathode Fuck 1986 Video documentary Himself – Host of ‘American Bandstand’

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1997 OFTA TV Hall of Fame Online Film & Television Association Behind the Scenes
1994 Lifetime Achievement Award Daytime Emmy Awards
1986 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Game Show Host The $10,000 Pyramid (1973)
1985 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Host in a Game Show The $10,000 Pyramid (1973)
1983 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement Bandstand (1952)
1983 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Children’s Entertainment Special ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
1979 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show The $10,000 Pyramid (1973)
1976 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Television Awarded on August 4, 1976 at 1500 Vine Street.

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2012 Career Achievement Award Television Critics Association Awards
2001 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Talk Show Donny & Marie (1997)
2000 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Talk Show Donny & Marie (1997)
1999 Career Achievement Award Television Critics Association Awards
1994 CableACE CableACE Awards Variety Special or Series The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993)
1990 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Special Class Program 6th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1990)
1989 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Special Class Program 5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989)
1989 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Game Show Host The $10,000 Pyramid (1973)
1988 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Variety-Music Events Programming The 15th Annual American Music Awards (1988)
1988 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Game Show Host The $10,000 Pyramid (1973)
1988 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Special Class Program Bandstand (1952)
1988 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Special Class Program 4th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1988)
1987 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Game Show Host The $10,000 Pyramid (1973)
1986 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Special Classification of Program Achievement Bandstand (1952)
1985 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Special Class Program Bandstand (1952)
1984 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement Bandstand (1952)
1983 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show The $10,000 Pyramid (1973)
1981 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show The $10,000 Pyramid (1973)
1981 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Special Classification of Outstanding Individual Achievement – Performers Bandstand (1952)
1980 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Special Classification – Program Achievements Bandstand (1952)
1978 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show The $10,000 Pyramid (1973)
1977 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show The $10,000 Pyramid (1973)

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