Performers:
Milton Berle, Bobby Rydell, Richard Harris, Tony Randall, Pearl Bailey, Roy Rogers, Martha Raye, Bruce Lee, Phyllis Diller, Jack Buchanan, Ray Anthony (more)Plots(1)
The Milton Berle Show made its way from radio to television in 1948. Berle brought his vaudeville slapstick and outlandish costumes to the show, which he structured as a variety show based on his vaudeville acts. After Berle's show began, TV set sales more then doubled securing the nickname "Mr. Television." (Synergy Entertainment)
Performers
Milton Berle
USA
Best movies:
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Bobby Rydell
USA
Best movies:
Marco Polo Jr. (1972)
Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story (1999) (TV movie)
The Comedian (2016)
Richard Harris
Ireland
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Barber of Siberia (1998)
Tony Randall
USA
Best movies:
Pearl Bailey
USA
Best movies:
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Carmen Jones (1954)
Roy Rogers
USA
Best movies:
Dark Command (1940)
Alias Jesse James (1959)
Melody Time (1948)
Martha Raye
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Bruce Lee
USA
Best movies:
Too Late for Divorce (1956)
The Orphan (1960)
Golden Gate Girl (1941)
Phyllis Diller
USA
Best movies:
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Jack Buchanan
UK
Best movies:
The Band Wagon (1953)
Monte Carlo (1930)
Ray Anthony
USA
Best movies:
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Sam Levene
Russian Empire
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
...And Justice for All (1979)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Ray McDonald
USA
Best movies:
Babes on Broadway (1941)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Mary Ann Mobley
USA
Best movies:
Girl Happy (1965)
Harum Scarum (1965)
Diahann Carroll
USA
Best movies:
Goodbye Again (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Split (1968)
Hedda Hopper
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Midnight (1939)
Harry James
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Opposite Sex (1956)
Syncopation (1942)
Ella Fitzgerald
USA
Count Basie
USA
Best movies:
Cinderfella (1960)
The Rat Pack (1998) (TV movie)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Dale Evans
USA
Best movies:
In Old Oklahoma (1943)