Joe Garagiola

Joe Garagiola

Acting
1926-02-12
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Biography

Joseph Henry Garagiola Sr. (February 12, 1926 – March 23, 2016) was an American professional baseball catcher, and later a radio and television personality with a varied career.

Known For & Full Filmography18 Titles

#1The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes as Self

7.5 / 10
Talk

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#2The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes as Self - Guest Host

7.5 / 10
Talk

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#3The Mike Douglas Show

Drama Series - 1961, 16 episodes as Self

5.8 / 10
ComedyTalk

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#4The Mike Douglas Show

Drama Series - 1961, 16 episodes as Self - Co-Host

5.8 / 10
ComedyTalk

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#5The Merv Griffin Show

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes as Self

6.8 / 10
Talk

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#6Today

Drama Series - 1952, 16 episodes as Self

5.6 / 10
NewsTalk

Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and is the fifth-longest running American television series. Originally a two-hour program on weekdays, it expanded to Sundays in 1987 and Saturdays in 1992. The weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and to four hours in 2007. Today's dominance was virtually unchallenged by the other networks until the late 1980s, when it was overtaken by ABC's Good Morning America. Today retook the Nielsen ratings lead the week of December 11, 1995, and held onto that position for 852 consecutive weeks until the week of April 9, 2012, when it was beaten by Good Morning America yet again. In 2002, Today was ranked #17 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest Television Shows of All Time.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#7Catch Me If You Can

Movie - 2002, 2h 15m as Joe Garagiola

8.0 / 10
DramaCrime

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#8The Ed Sullivan Show

Drama Series - 1948, 16 episodes as Self

6.8 / 10
ComedyTalk

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#9Police Story

Drama Series - 1973, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeDrama

Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#10Kraft Music Hall

Drama Series - 1958, 16 episodes as Self

5.4 / 10

Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s in the musical variety genre, sponsored by Kraft Foods, the producers of a well-known line of cheeses and related dairy products. Their commercials were usually announced by "The Voice of Kraft", Ed Herlihy.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#11Father of the Pride

Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes as Self - Today Show (voice)

5.0 / 10
AnimationComedy

Father of the Pride is an American animated television series that began broadcasting on NBC on August 31, 2004 and was part of a short-lived trend of CGI series in prime-time network TV. The show, which was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg and his company DreamWorks Animation, revolves around a family of white lions, the patriarch of which stars in a Siegfried & Roy show in Las Vegas. Despite heavy promotion, the show was unsuccessful and was canceled after one season. Transmission and production were also delayed by the real-life on-stage injury of Roy Horn.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#12The Sounds of Baseball

Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes as Self (archive footage)

8.8 / 10
Documentary

MLB Network showcases the greatest calls and moments from iconic Major League Baseball play-by-play broadcasters.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#13When It Was a Game 2

Movie - 1992, 2h 15m as Self (voice)

9.0 / 10
DocumentaryHistory

Composed entirely of never-before-seen 8mm and 16mm footage filmed between 1925 and 1961 by baseball players, their families and their fans, this second chapter in the HBO series "When It Was a Game" brings many lost moments to life. Narrated by Peter Kessler, the documentary features clips of Joe DiMaggio, Ty Cobb, Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, Tommy Lasorda and Babe Ruth.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#14Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m as Self

7.2 / 10
ComedyTV MovieDocumentary

A 50th anniversary tribute to Bugs Bunny

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#15Led Zeppelin Played Here

Movie - 2014, 2h 15m as Self (archive footage)

8.0 / 10
Documentary

1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock....and Led Zeppelin perform in the gym of the Wheaton Youth Center in front of 50 confused teenagers. Or did they? Filmmaker Jeff Krulik chronicles an enduring Maryland legend, of the very night this concert was alleged to have taken place, January 20, 1969, during the first Presidential Inauguration of Richard Nixon. Led Zeppelin Played Here presents a mid-Atlantic version of what was happening nationwide as the rock concert industry took shape. Featuring interviews with rock writers, musicians, and fans, and several who claim they were witnessing history that night.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#16NBC: The First Fifty Years

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m as Self

8.8 / 10
DocumentaryTV Movie

A celebration of 50 years of NBC broadcasting in radio and television, since first going on the airwaves on 15 November 1926.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#17Lucas Tanner

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m as Self

7.0 / 10
Drama

A high school teacher's career is threatened because of a student's death when the rumor is spread that his negligence killed the boy. This pilot film led to a short-lived series later the same year.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#18Damn Yankees

Movie - 1967, 2h 15m as Self

5.3 / 10
ComedyMusicFantasy

Joe Boyd, an aging Washington Senators fan, would sell his soul for the Senators to beat the New York Yankees and win the pennant. Enter Mr. Applegate, who offers to turn Boyd into Joe Hardy, a powerful young baseball player, in exchange for his soul. When Boyd agrees, he becomes Hardy and leads the Senators on a winning streak. When he starts to miss his wife, though, and questions the deal, Applegate sends temptress Lola into the mix.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details