List of works by Steve Allen

This is a list of works by American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer Steve Allen.

Films

• Down Memory Lane (1949)
• The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
• The Big Circus (1959)
• College Confidential (1960)
• Warning Shot (1967)
• Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
• The Comic (1969)
• Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)
• Alice in Wonderland (1985)
• The St. Tammany Miracle (1994)

Shows

• Songs for Sale (1950–1952)
• What's My Line? (regular panelist, 1953–1954; frequent guest panelist 1954–1967)
• Jukebox Jury (1953)
• Talent Patrol (1953–1955)
• The Steve Allen Show (1956–61)
• The Tonight Show (1954–1957, NBC)
• The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show (1962–1968)
• I've Got a Secret (1964–1967, 1972–1973)
• The Steve Allen Show (Filmways production, 1968–1969)
• Steve Allen Show (September 29, 1970 – October 21, 1971) KTLA
• Match Game (panelist, 1974)
• Tattletales (panelist, mid-1970s)
• Meeting of Minds (1977–1981, PBS)
• Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980–1981)
• The Start of Something Big (1985–1986)
• Amen (1991, Lights, Camera, Deacon Season 5 episode 9)
• The Simpsons (1992, "Separate Vocations", 1995, "'Round Springfield")
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1997, one episode, Guest)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1998): Steve and Jayne appeared as guests (January 16, 1998).
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch (April 3, 1998, Season 2 Episode 21 "Fear Strikes Up a Conversation", Guest)
• Diagnosis Murder (1999, Season 7 Episode 1 The Roast, Ray Masters)

Songs

• "Theme from Picnic"
• "This Could Be the Start of Something Big"
• "Pretend You Don't See Her, My Heart"
• "The Gravy Waltz"
• "The Saturday Evening Post"
• "Impossible"
• "Cool Yule"

Comedic discography

• Man in the Street (1963) (Signature 1004)
• Funny Fone Calls (1963) (Dot 3472, re-issued as Casablanca 811-366-1-ML)
• More Funny Fone Calls (1963) (Dot 3517, re-issued as Casablanca 811-367-1-ML)

Musical discography

• Steve Allen's All Star Jazz Concert Vol. 1 with Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Billy Butterfield Jazz Band (Decca, 1954)
• Steve Allen's All Star Jazz Concert Vol. 2 with Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Billy Butterfield Jazz Band (Decca, 1954)
• Music for Tonight (Coral, 1955)
• Jazz for Tonight (Coral, 1955)
• Steve Sings (Coral, 1955)
• The Steve Allen Show (Coral, 1955)
• Allen Plays Allen (Coral, 1956)
• The James Dean Story with Bill Randle (Coral, 1956)
• Steve Allen Plays Benny Goodman (Coral, 1956)
• Romantic Rendezvous with Neal Hefti (Coral, 1957)
• Venetian Serenade (Coral, 1957)
• Terry Gibbs, Captain with Terry Gibbs (Mercury, 1958)
• Steve Allen Plays Hi-Fi Music for Influentials (Coral, 1958)
• The Poetry of Love (Coral, 1958)
• What Is Subud with John Bennett (Hanover, 1958)
• Steve Allen Plays Neal Hefti (Coral, 1958)
• Anthony Plays Allen with Ray Anthony (Capitol, 1958)
• Man On the Street with Tom Poston, Don Knotts, Louis Nye (Signature, 1959)
• The Discovery of Buck Hammer (Hanover, 1959)
• Steve Allen Presents Carole Simpson: Singin' and Swingin' (Tops, 1959)
• Steve Allen Presents Sandy Warner: Fair & Warner (Tops, 1959)
• Poetry for the Beat Generation with Jack Kerouac (Hanover, 1959)
• Steve Allen at the Roundtable (Roulette, 1959)
• Swingin' & Dancin' with Gus Bivona (Mercury, 1959)
• Steve Allen Plays (Dot, 1959)
• Around the World (Dot, 1959)
• Monday Nights (Signature, 1960)
• Steve Allen Presents Terry Gibbs at the Piano (Signature, 1960)
• Steve Allen Presents 12 Golden Hits (Dot, 1962)
• Steve Allen Plays Bossa Nova Jazz (Dot, 1963)
• Plays the Piano Greats (Dot, 1963)
• Gravy Waltz and 11 Current Hits! (Dot, 1963)
• Steve Allen Sings (Dot, 1963)
• More (Theme from "Mondo Cane") (Dot, 1963)
• Steve Allen's Funny Fone-Calls (Dot, 1963)
• Some of My Favorites (Hamilton 1964)
• Songs from the Steve Allen TV Show (Dot, 1964)
• Poetry in Piano (Coral, 1964)
• I Play for You (Dot, 1965)
• His Piano & Orchestra (Dot, 1965)
• Cool, Quiet Bossa Nova (Dot, 1967)
• Do the Love with Bob Thiele (ABC, 1967)
• Soulful Brass with Oliver Nelson (Impulse!, 1968)
• A Man Called Dagger (Music from the Original Soundtrack) (MGM 1968)
• Soulful Brass #2 (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
• Soulful Brass #3 (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
• Steve Allen Presents Linda Guymon (Dobre 1978)
• Funny Fone Calls (Casablanca, 1983)
• Steve Allen's More Funny Fone Calls (Casablanca, 1983)
• Alice in Wonderland Original Cast Voice Track Recording (1985)
• Steve Allen Plays Jazz Tonight (Concord Jazz, 1993)

Books

Allen was the credited author of a series of mystery novels "starring" himself and wife Jayne Meadows as amateur detectives. The first one (The Talk Show Murders) was ghostwritten by Walter J. Sheldon; later volumes were ghostwritten by Robert Westbrook.

Skeptic magazine

As Allen was a supporter of the scientific skepticism movement, he worked to promote critical thinking, contributing many pieces to the American magazine Skeptic, which is published by the California-based Skeptics Society.

• Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 1, "A Tribute to Isaac Asimov" (with Harlan Ellison and Martin Gardner)
• Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 2
• Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 3
• Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 4
• Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 1, "Genius" (with James Randi, Paul MacCready, Marilyn vos Savant, Elie Shneour, and David Alexander)
• Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 2, "The Jesus Cults"
• Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 3
• Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 4
• Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 1
• Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 2
• Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 3
• Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 4
• Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 1
• Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 2
• Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 3
• Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 4
• Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 1
  • "An Open Letter from Steve Allen to Heber Jentzsch, President, Church of Scientology"
  • "But Seriously … Steve Allen Speaks His Mind"
• Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 2
• Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 3, "Scientology Reply to Steve Allen"
• Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 4

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