Acting
Hugh Downs
Also Known As: Hugh Malcolm Downs
Birth Date
February 14, 1921
Death Date
July 1, 2020
(passed away at 99)
Place of Birth
Akron, Ohio, USA
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hugh Malcolm Downs (February 14, 1921 – July 1, 2020) was an American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer, author, game show host, and music composer. A regular television presence from the 1940s through the 1990s, he had several successful roles on morning television, prime time television, and late night television. Downs served as announcer/sidekick for Tonight Starring Jack Paar from 1957 to 1962, co-host of the NBC News program Today from 1962 to 1971, host of the Concentration game show from 1958 to 1969, and anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20 from 1978 to 1999. Among other shows during his career, he also hosted the PBS talk show Over Easy, and was the sometime co-host of the syndicated talk show Not for Women Only.
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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1962 • 2 episodes
Family Guy
Hugh Downs (voice)
1999 • 1 episode
The View
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1997 • 1 episode
The Mike Douglas Show
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1961 • 4 episodes
The Merv Griffin Show
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1962 • 2 episodes
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self - Announcer
1957 • 250 episodes
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956 • 1 episode
Concentration
Host
1958 • 273 episodes
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968 • 2 episodes
Startime
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1959 • 1 episode
Riverboat
Dan Flynn
1959 • 1 episode
Live from Lincoln Center
Self - Host
1976 • 1 episode
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
2017 • 1 episode
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949 • 1 episode
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Self (archive Footage)
2021
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
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2003
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Self (archive footage)
2014
Oh, God! Book II
NBC Newscaster
1980
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
2019
Old Friends... New Friends
Self
1978 • 1 episode