Art Linkletter
- Acting
- July 17, 1912 · Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
- May 26, 2010
Biography
Arthur Gordon Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly or Arthur Gordon Kelly [sources differ]; July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, which aired on NBC radio and television for 19 years. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1942. Old clips from Linkletter's House Party program were later featured as segments on the first incarnation of Kids Say the Darndest Things. A series of books followed which contained the humorous comments made on-air by children. He appeared in four films.
Known for
Filmography
- Disneyland Handcrafted · Self
- Tab Hunter Confidential · Self
- The Hooping Life · Self
- Biography: Humphrey Bogart · Self
- Kids Say the Darndest Things · Co-Host
- The Haunted History of Halloween · Self
- The One, the Only... Groucho · Self
- Nixon · Self
- Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration · Self
- The Alan Hamel Show
- Donny & Marie · Self
- Dinah! · Self
- Here's Lucy · Art Linkletter
- The Movie Orgy · Self
- Me & Bruce & Art · Self
- Batman · Art Linkletter
- The Art Linkletter Show
- The Lucy Show · Art Linkletter
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- No Greater Love · Self
- Startime · Self, Novel
- Disneyland '59 · Self
- Wagon Train · Sam Darland
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar · Self
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show · Self
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · Albert Pierce
- The Steve Allen Show · Self
- Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast
- The Bob Cummings Show · Self
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Self
- General Electric Theater · Bill Baxter, Herb Stillman
- Art Linkletter's House Party · Self
- The Red Skelton Show · Hobo (uncredited)
- The Jack Benny Program · Art Linkletter
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · Self
- Champagne for Caesar · Happy Hogan
- What's My Line? · Self
- The Emmy Awards · Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self
- People Are Funny · Art Linkletter