Steve Allen
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Birth Name: Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen
Born: 26 December 1921 Died: 30 October 2000
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Height: 6' 3"
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Jayne Meadows
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Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer. Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best known for his television career. He first gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. He graduated to become the first host of The Tonight Show, where he was instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. Thereafter, he hosted numerous game and variety shows, including The Steve Allen Show, I've Got a Secret, The New Steve Allen Show, and was a
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" "I loved his impishness, his cute naughtiness. Some of the things he did, if the same things were done by a more adult-seeming comedian bordered on the objectionable. But I never objected to anything he did because he seemed like a naughty little boy doing them." "And he was at heart, always a child. He was also an adult, a very accomplished professional one. But he worked chiefly out of his childish self.""
