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Ed McMahon

Highest Rated: 88% The Incident (1967)

Lowest Rated: 40% Butterfly (1981)

Birthday: Mar 6, 1923

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Ed McMahon became that rare pop cultural mainstay - most recognizable for the sound of his voice. First and foremost, his nightly introduction of late-night TV icon Johnny Carson with his inimitable "He-eeeeeere's Johnny!" his "Hi-yo!" and unmistakable off-camera laugh made him one of the most lovable sidekicks in television history. McMahon came to engender the "second banana" - the professional co-host and the star's set-up man - leveraging his genial, Everymanesque celebrity into a raft of side projects and high-profile commercial spokesman jobs. His booming voice made him a journeyman announcer through the early days of television, until the portentous link-up with Carson on a 1950s game show that would lead to a 34-year collaboration with the legend, with 30 of those years on Carson's landmark stint as host of "The Tonight Show" (NBC, 1962- ).

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Highest rated movies

88% 87% The Incident
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57% 51% Fun With Dick and Jane
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50% 63% The Last Remake of Beau Geste
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40% 35% Butterfly
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The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
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Mixed Blessings
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38% Full Moon High
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30% Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
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43% Jelly
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25% Bruno the Kid
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last First Comic Self - 2010
No Score Yet 43% Jelly Mr. Closure (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mixed Blessings Baxter (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 42% Safety Patrol Grandpa Bozell (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 25% Bruno the Kid Engineer's Henchman (Voice) - 1996
No Score Yet 38% Full Moon High Col. William P. Walker (Character) - 1981
40% 35% Butterfly Mr. Gillespie (Character) $15.4K 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story Marvin "Marv" Jordan (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lucy Calls the President Floyd Whittaker (Character) - 1977
50% 63% The Last Remake of Beau Geste Arab Horseman (Character) - 1977
57% 51% Fun With Dick and Jane Charlie Blanchard (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 30% Slaughter's Big Rip-Off Duncan (Character) - 1973
88% 87% The Incident Bill Wilks (Character) - 1967

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Family Feud Contestant 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Las Vegas Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
14% No Score Yet It's All Relative Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 64% Family Guy Himself (Guest Voice) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet That '80s Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
60% 100% Popular Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Just Shoot Me Himself (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet 67% Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Suddenly Susan Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Baywatch Sean (Guest Star) 1999
85% 76% The Simpsons Himself (Guest Voice) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Army Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
14% No Score Yet The Tom Show Unknown (Character) 1997-1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Malcolm & Eddie Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
76% 78% Roseanne Himself (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nurses Unknown (Guest Star) 1994
43% No Score Yet Burke's Law Big Hank Whittaker (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Who's the Boss? Unknown (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet 80% Full House Self 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Newhart Unknown (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet 79% ALF Himself (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet 78% Amazing Stories Unknown (Character) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet CHiPs Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Here's Lucy Unknown (Guest Star) 1969 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1967 1970 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Joey Bishop Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1964