Acting credits
60
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Ed Sullivan
Acting
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Movies: 52Series: 13Crew credits: 8
TMDB ID: 214919
IMDb ID: nm0838047
Known for: Acting
Born: September 28, 1901
Died: October 13, 1974
Age: 73
Place of birth: Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1933 - 2025
Years active: 93
Average TMDB rating: 6.95
Wikidata: Q83807
Also known as
Edward Sullivan • Edward Vincent Sullivan
Other jobs
Story (5)Executive Producer (2)Additional Dialogue (1)
Biography
Edward Vincent Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American television personality, impresario, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. He was the creator and host of the television variety program called The Ed Sullivan Show, which ran from 1948 to 1971, setting a record as the longest-running variety show in U.S. broadcast history.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Ed Sullivan.
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025 Movie
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
Beatles '64
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
The Beach Boys
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
as Self
2022 Movie
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
Julie Andrews Forever
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Listen to Me Marlon
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015 Movie
When You're Strange
as Self (archive footage)
2010 Movie
The Rolling Stones: Fade Away - The US TV Appearances 1964-1969
as Self
2008 Movie
Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties
2005 Movie
Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
as Host
2005 Movie
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
as Self - Host (archive footage)
2003 Movie
Ed Sullivan's Rock & Roll Classics-Elvis & Other Rock Greats Vol. 4
as Himself
2003 Movie
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Host (archive footage)
2003 Movie
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
as Himself
2003 Movie
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
as Self (archive footage)
2002 Movie
Elvis: King of Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
2002 Movie
The Three Stooges Funniest Moments - Volume II
as Show Host (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001 Movie
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Ed Sullivan.
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
as Self (archive footage) • 2 eps
2018 Series
Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics
as Himself • 61 eps
1999 Series
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self • 2 eps
1970 Series
Miss USA
as Self - Judge • 1 eps
1963 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 2 eps
1962 Series
Kraft Music Hall
as Self • 2 eps
1958 Series
The Phil Silvers Show
1 eps
1955 Series
General Electric Theater
as Ed Sullivan • 1 eps
1953 Series
The Red Skelton Show
as Himself • 1 eps
1951 Series
The Jack Benny Program
as Ed Sullivan • 2 eps
1950 Series
What's My Line?
as Self • 4 eps
1950 Series
The Emmy Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1949 Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Host • 1068 eps
1948 Series