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Milton Berle

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Milton Berle

Born July 12, 1908 in New York City, New York, USADied March 27, 200250 films

Milton Berle (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948–55), in 1948 he was the first major star of US television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr. Television to millions during TV's golden age.

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The Muppet Movie posterFirst watchThe Muppet Movie19797.2as Mad Man MooneyThe Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster7.0It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963Broadway Danny Rose poster7.1Broadway Danny Rose1984Let's Make Love poster6.4Let's Make Love1960The Mark of Zorro poster7.2The Mark of Zorro1920The Bellboy poster6.2The Bellboy1960

Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
  2. 2026100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary
  3. 2000Two Heads Are Better Than NoneUncle Leo
  4. 1995Jingle Bell RockJerry Labello (voice)
  5. 1994StorybookIlluzor
  6. 1991Driving Me CrazyHotel Clerk
  7. 1988Side by SideAbe Mercer
  8. 1987Jonathan Winters: On the LedgeJonathan's Father
  9. 1984Broadway Danny RoseMilton Berle
  10. 1983SmorgasbordMs. Sultry
  11. 1983Family BusinessIsaiah Stern
  12. 1982Off Your RockerHenry Foster
  13. 1979The Muppet MovieMad Man Mooney
  14. 1979The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
  15. 1977Have I Got a Christmas for YouMorris Glickstein
  16. 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodBlind Man
  17. 1975The Legend of ValentinoJesse Lasky
  18. 1975LepkeMr. Meyer
  19. 1972Journey Back to OzCowardly Lion (voice)
  20. 1972Evil Roy SladeHarry Fern
  21. 1969Seven in DarknessSam Fuller
  22. 1969Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?Goodtime Eddie Filth
  23. 1968For Singles OnlyMr. Parker
  24. 1968Where Angels Go, Trouble FollowsThe Movie Director: The 'In' Group
  25. 1967Who's Minding the Mint?Luther Burton
  26. 1967The HappeningFred
  27. 1966Murder at N.B.C.
  28. 1966Don't Worry, We'll Think of a TitleBookstore Customer with Rope (uncredited)
  29. 1966The OscarKappy Kapstetter
  30. 1965The Loved OneMr. Kenton
  31. 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldJ. Russell Finch
  32. 1960Let's Make LoveMilton Berle (uncredited)
  33. 1960The BellboyMilton Berle (uncredited)
  34. 1959Sunday Showcase
  35. 1949Always Leave Them LaughingKipling Cooper
  36. 1943Margin for ErrorMoe Finkelstein
  37. 1942Whispering GhostsH.H. Van Buren
  38. 1942A Gentleman at HeartLucky Cullen
  39. 1942Over My Dead BodyJason Cordry
  40. 1941Rise and ShineSeabiscuit
  41. 1941Sun Valley SerenadeJerome K. 'Nifty' Allen
  42. 1941Tall, Dark and HandsomeFrosty Welch
  43. 1938Radio City RevelsTeddy
  44. 1937New Faces of 1937Wallington Wedge
  45. 1933Poppin' the CorkElmer Brown
  46. 1923Ruth of the Range(uncredited)
  47. 1922Tess of the Storm CountryBit Role (uncredited)
  48. 1921Little Lord FauntleroyBoy (uncredited)
  49. 1920The Mark of ZorroBoy (uncredited)
  50. 1917Rebecca of Sunnybrook FarmBit Part (Uncredited)