Phil Donahue
Born in Dayton, Ohio, USA — Dec 21 1935• Died Aug 18 2024
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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, ci…
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Frasier
Larry (voice)
L.A. Law
Phil Donahue
Intimate Portrait
Self
Blossom
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
Unity
Narrator (voice)
The Daytime Emmy Awards
Self
BRATS
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sex: The Revolution
First Steps
Self
Bella!
Self
An Empire of Reason
Self
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
The Making of Trump
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Free to Be... a Family
Self
South to Black Power
Self
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
The Swap
Self (voice)
Man of the Year
Himself
Skum Rocks!
Self
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
Self
Finding Vivian Maier
Himself - Talk Show Host
Sunshine Superman
Self (archive footage)
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
Self
The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White
Self
Godless in America
Himself
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Self
Body of War
Directing
Preventive Warriors
Self
The Billboard Boys
Self (archive footage)
Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti
Narrator
Project Censored the Movie
Self