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Jack Harold Paar was an American author, movie actor, radio and television comedian, and talk show host. He is best known for his stint as the second host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962. Time magazine's obituary of him notes, "His fans would remember him as the fellow who split talk show history into two eras: Before Paar and Below Paar."
Birth Name
Jack Harold Paar
Born
Wednesday, 01 May 1918
Died
Tuesday, 27 January 2004
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Orson Bean Show | Self | 8696 |
See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
Lynch/Oz | Self | 2022 |
We Need to Talk About Cosby | Self | 2022 |
The One and Only Dick Gregory | Self | 2021 |
The Story of Late Night | Self | 2021 |
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self | 2021 |
Visible: Out on Television | Self | 2020 |
Sid & Judy | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2019 |
Tricky Dick | Self | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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ABC Stage 67 | 1966 |
The Jack Paar Program | 1962 |
Startime | 1959 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1959 | Emmy | Best Performance by an Actor (Continuing Character) in a Musical or Variety Series | Nominated |
1958 | Emmy | Best Continuing Performance (Male) in a Series by a Comedian, Singer, Host, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Himself | Nominated |