Milton Berle

Milton Berle

Birthday: 1908-07-12

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Biography: 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.

Movies

The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Movie

The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent a...

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Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is sto...

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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $...

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Evil Roy Slade
Evil Roy Slade

Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his...

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The Sound of Laughter
The Sound of Laughter

A compilation of film clips of comedies from 1930's....

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Driving Me Crazy
Driving Me Crazy

An eccentric East German inventor and defector travels to Los Angeles, California to sell a prototyp...

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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a stu...

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Two Heads Are Better Than None
Two Heads Are Better Than None

The Rockmores set out on a family road trip with an uninvited Kel stashed in the trunk. While campin...

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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Behind in the mortgage on Sunnybrook Farm and barely managing to feed seven hungry mouths, mother se...

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Margin for Error
Margin for Error

When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodygu...

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The Mark of Zorro
The Mark of Zorro

Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Z...

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Sun Valley Serenade
Sun Valley Serenade

When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwe...

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Who's Minding the Mint?
Who's Minding the Mint?

A bumbling government employee accidentally destroys a small fortune and decides to break into the U...

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The Loved One
The Loved One

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment...

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Milton Berle's Low Impact/High Comedy Workout
Milton Berle's Low Impact/High Comedy Workout

Classic comedian Milton Berle and senior fitness expert Merrily Smith join forces to present a low-i...

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Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title

A man is mistaken by foreign agents for a defecting cosmonaut and must prove his identity while evad...

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Rise and Shine
Rise and Shine

The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football ...

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Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

Mother Superior of St. Francis Academy is challenged by a modern young nun when they take the girls ...

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Going Overboard
Going Overboard

A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to...

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Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War ...

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The Oscar
The Oscar

An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Holly...

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Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

Steve Martin's first network special for NBC offers part concert footage (shot at the Universal Amph...

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The Happening
The Happening

A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. They keep him cap...

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Tall, Dark and Handsome
Tall, Dark and Handsome

Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a...

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Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge

From an uproarious news spoof to a luncheonette that specializes in some sandwiches, Jonathan Winter...

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Whispering Ghosts
Whispering Ghosts

A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the mysterious decade-old murd...

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Always Leave Them Laughing
Always Leave Them Laughing

A self-absorbed comedian steps all over his friends and colleagues in order to achieve success....

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Star Spangled Salesman
Star Spangled Salesman

A collection of television celebrities pitch United States Savings bonds....

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Funny Is Money
Funny Is Money

Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in w...

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A Gentleman at Heart
A Gentleman at Heart

After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero decid...

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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC....

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Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Heironymus Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his lif...

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Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual c...

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Seven in Darkness
Seven in Darkness

A plane carrying seven blind people to a convention for the blind in Seattle crashes in the mountain...

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All This and World War II
All This and World War II

Peter Gabriel is among the rockstars performing the music of Lennon and McCartney against a montage ...

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Journey Back to Oz
Journey Back to Oz

Dorothy and Toto return to Oz to find the Scarecrow ruling the Emerald City. Unfortunately for the n...

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Side by Side
Side by Side

Three men who have just been forced to retire convince their bank to finance their dream: To produce...

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Radio City Revels
Radio City Revels

A down-on-his-luck songwriter attempts to peddle musical compositions of a naive Arkansas hillbilly ...

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New Faces of 1937
New Faces of 1937

A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple pa...

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Hollywood Hobbies
Hollywood Hobbies

In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood star...

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Lepke
Lepke

Lepke is the feared leader of "Murder Incorporated" in this underworld drama based on the life of Lo...

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This Is Elvis
This Is Elvis

Though several actors portray Elvis Presley at different stages of his life, this documentary is com...

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Smorgasbord
Smorgasbord

Warren Nefron is a hopeless klutz who has some of the worst luck in the world: when he tries to end ...

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The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years

"The Television Years" examines the events that took place in the years between 1956 and 1960, in wh...

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Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer

His career started in the glory days of vaudeville. More than 70 years later, he is revered as the m...

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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy

An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the...

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Tess of the Storm Country
Tess of the Storm Country

Wealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill, where a group of squatters have taken up ...

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It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point

Worlds collide in this unconventional essay film, when filmmaker, film historian, and archivist Dani...

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Storybook
Storybook

A young boy and his dog discover a magical story book and enter the enchanted Storyland, ruled by wi...

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For Singles Only
For Singles Only

Anne and Helen move into a California apartment complex for single only where all the occupants are ...

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CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

CBS honors Lucille Ball with this celebration of her three CBS series: I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show an...

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Off Your Rocker
Off Your Rocker

The residents of Mapleview retirement home rebel against their oppressors and take the staff hostage...

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Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club

Nostalgic history of the Friars Club. Aired on Cinemax Reel Life...

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All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

A Celebration of the great life of Frank Sinatra with song, dance, and many famous guests....

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The Legend of Valentino
The Legend of Valentino

An embellished dramatization of the career and personal life of actor Rudolph Valentino, widely rega...

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TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

A compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest stars ...

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The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

1979 comedy special starring Chevy Chase in the vein of Saturday Night Live....

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Television: The First Fifty Years
Television: The First Fifty Years

Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclus...

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Over My Dead Body
Over My Dead Body

Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a s...

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The Bellboy
The Bellboy

Stanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, where he performs his duties quietly...

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Broadway Danny Rose
Broadway Danny Rose

A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle in...

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George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

An all-star celebrity tribute to celebrate George Burns 80th Anniversary in show business....

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Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles

The New York Friars club roasts Don Rickles. Hosted by Johnny Carson....

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Joys
Joys

Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of...

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Let's Make Love
Let's Make Love

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he pa...

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Breakdowns of 1949
Breakdowns of 1949

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1949....

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Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World....

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Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years

A 50th anniversary tribute to Bugs Bunny...

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Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bell Rock

In this animated Christmas special, loosely based on the origin of the Bobby Helms Christmas song, w...

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A Century of Cinema
A Century of Cinema

A look back at the first 100 years of the movies....

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The Spike Jones Story
The Spike Jones Story

This program presents a combination of entertainer Spike Jones' personal and professional history, f...

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The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Video series spotlighting memorable moments and roasts hosted by Dean Martin. "Dean Martin Celebrity...

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Poppin' the Cork
Poppin' the Cork

During the movement to repeal Prohibition, Oxidontal University student editor Elmer Brown is strong...

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NBC: The First Fifty Years
NBC: The First Fifty Years

A celebration of 50 years of NBC broadcasting in radio and television, since first going on the airw...

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Have I Got a Christmas for You
Have I Got a Christmas for You

Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors ...

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Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place ...

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Family Business
Family Business

Isaiah Stern is a wealthy, but dying, toy manufacturer. Once more Stern has gathered together his gr...

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Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

A two hour celebration of Bob Hope's 25 years of television shows that features highlights starting ...

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Murder at N.B.C.
Murder at N.B.C.

A comedy classic whodunit with an amazing comedic ensemble group. An hour comedy special in which Bo...

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Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King

Featuring a host of archival appearances, interviews and performances, this comprehensive documentar...

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Elvis Through the Years
Elvis Through the Years

Documentary / Music/Musical - This gripping, highly entertaining documentary offers an unparalleled ...

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Pioneers of Primetime
Pioneers of Primetime

An in-depth look at the early days of television and its first stars....

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The All-Star Christmas Show
The All-Star Christmas Show

This 1958 Christmas spectacular was produced by the USO for the entertainment of troops stationed ov...

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Showbiz Ballyhoo
Showbiz Ballyhoo

Rare footage reveals how stars were created and motion pictures sold, and how the the advent of soun...

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Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famous and adored icons of the 20th century. Like no other Hollywo...

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Hey Abbott (1978)
Hey Abbott (1978)

Take a golden trip down memory lane with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and their classic zany, rapid-f...

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