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Larry King

Actor / Radio Personality / Journalist / Television Presenter / Writer | * 11/19/1933 († 87, 01/23/2021) | Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American author and radio and television host. His awards and nominations include two Peabodys, an Emmy, and 10 Cable ACE Awards. King was also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd Annual News and Documentary Emmys. During his career, King conducted over 50,000 interviews on radio and TV. King was born and raised in New York City to Jewish parents who immigrated to the United States from what is now Belarus in the 1920s. He studied at Lafayette High School, a public high school in Brooklyn. He was a WMBM radio interviewer in the Miami area in the 1950s and 1960s and beginning in 1978, gained national prominence as host of The Larry King Show, an all-night nationwide call-in radio program heard over the Mutual Broadcasting System. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN. King hosted Larry King Now from 2012 to 2020, which aired on Hulu, Ora TV, and RT America. He hosted Politicking with Larry King, a weekly political talk show, on the same three channels from 2013 to 20... ()
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Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television host, radio host, and paid spokesman, whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys, an Emmy award, and 10 Cable ACE Awards.King began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s, and gained prominence beginning in 1978 as host of The Larry King Show, an all-night nationwide call-in radio program heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN. From 2012 until 2020, he hosted Larry King Now on Hulu and RT America. He continued to host Politicking with Larry King, a weekly political talk show which has aired weekly on the same two channels from 2013 until his death.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Documentaries | Drama

Known for these Movies & Shows

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural p ...

Ghostbusters

PG

1984 | 3.7/5 | 1h 47min
Comedy, Fantasy
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Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in ...

Bee Movie

PG

2007 | 3.0/5 | 1h 31min
Kids & Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. The fa ...

Shrek 2

PG

2004 | 3.7/5 | 1h 33min
Animation, Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
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Corrupt National Security Agency official Thomas Reynolds has a congressman assassinated to assure the passage of expansive new surveillance legislation. When a videotape of the murder unknowingly end ...

Enemy of the State

R

1998 | 3.5/5 | 2h 12min
Action, Drama, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Larry King

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Peabody Awards
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Movies with Larry King as Actor(76)

as himself2023 Naked Ambition: Bunny Yeager
as Self (archive footage)2020 My Darling Vivian
as Fear2019 Debbie & Doug Drop Acid in the Desert
as Self (archive footage)2019 Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
as Self (archive footage)2019 Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)2019 Where's My Roy Cohn?
as Narrator2017 Only the Dead Know the Brooklyn Americans
as himself2017 American Satan
as King Pom2017 Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys
as Wart2017 Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys
as himself2016 The Remake
as himself2016 Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
as himself2016 Burzynski: The Cancer Cure Cover-Up
as Self - Journalist (archive footage)2016 Shadow World
as himself2015 Chasing Tyson
as Coach Handsey2015 Dude Bro Party Massacre III
as himself2015 Chloe and Theo
as himself2015 Deli Man
as himself2014 The Joe Show
as himself2014 Mystical Traveler
as Himself (Archivefootage)2014 Drew Peterson: Untouchable
as himself2013 The Power of Few
as Himself (Archival Footage)2013 The Armstrong Lie
as Himself (uncredited / archivefootage)2013 Anna Nicole
as Self (archive footage)2013 Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
as himself2013 Glickman
as himself2012 Decoding Deepak
as himself2012 Pauly Shore's Pauly-tics
as Self - Former CNN Host (archive footage)2012 Top Priority: The Terror Within
as himself2011 Gloria: In Her Own Words
as himself2011 Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump
as himself2010 The House of Steinbrenner
as Doris (voice)2010 Shrek Forever After
as himself2010 Sex, Drugs & Religion
as Self (archive footage)2009 Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
as himself2008 Xaviera Hollander, the Happy Hooker: Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary
as himself2008 Swing Vote
as Self (archive footage)2008 Mon Clown
as Self (archive footage)2008 Dominick Dunne: After the Party
as Bee Larry King (voice)2007 Bee Movie
as himself2007 Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
as himself2007 Chasing October
as himself2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Doris (voice)2007 Shrek the Third
as himself2006 Future by Design
as Self (archive footage)2006 ...So Goes the Nation
2005 The Last Mogul
as himself2004 Mr. 3000
as Ugly Stepsister (voice)2004 Far Far Away Idol
as Ugly Stepsister (voice)2004 Shrek 2
as himself2004 The Stepford Wives
as Self (archive footage)2004 Fahrenheit 9/11
as himself2002 Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief
as himself2002 John Q
as himself2001 America's Sweethearts
as himself2000 The Contender
as himself2000 The Kid
as himself1998 Enemy of the State
as himself1998 Bulworth
as himself1998 Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?
as himself1998 Primary Colors
as himself1998 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as himself1997 Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as himself1997 The Jackal
as himself1997 Perfect Moment
as himself1997 Contact
as himself1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight
as himself1995 Spin
as himself1995 Open Season
as himself1994 UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King
as himself1993 Dave
as Himself (voice)1993 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
as himself1990 The Exorcist III
1988 Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
as Larry King (voice) (uncredited)1985 Lost in America
as himself1984 Ghostbusters

TV Shows/Series with Larry King as Actor(49)

as Self (archive footage)2020 The New York Times Presents
as Self (archive footage)2018 Dirty Money
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2017 Trump: An American Dream
as Himself - Television and Radio Personality2017 The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All
as himself2016 American Crime Story
2016 Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
as himself2016 Chelsea
as himself2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Himself - Host2013 Larry King Now
as Self - Host: Larry King Now2013 The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
as Wax Larry King (voice)2012 Gravity Falls
as himself2012 Good Mythical Morning
as himself2012 1600 Penn
2010 Conan
as himself2010 Conan
2006 The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency
2006 Shark
2006 30 Rock
2005 Fat Actress
2005 Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as himself2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as himself2005 The Closer
2005 The Colbert Report
as himself2005 The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
as himself2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2004 The Tony Danza Show
as himself2004 Boston Legal
2004 Clubhouse
2004 The Soup
2003 Anderson Cooper 360°
as himself2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as himself2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as himself2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as himself1998 Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
as himself1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1997 The Practice
as himself1997 The View
1996 E! True Hollywood Story
as himself1996 Arthur
as himself1996 The Daily Show
as himself1996 Spin City
as himself1993 Frasier
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Larry King (voice)1989 The Simpsons
as Host1985 Larry King Live
as himself1979 CBS News Sunday Morning
1971 Primus
1961 Miami Undercover

Movies with Larry King as Crew(1)

Production/Producer2015 Christmas Eve

TV Shows/Series with Larry King as Crew(1)

Creator/Creator1985 Larry King Live

Full Name: Larry King
Born: Sunday, 11/19 1933 (November) in Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 01/23 2021 (January) in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (aged: 87)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Lafayette High School
Net worth estimate: 144,000,000 USD
Spouses (current/former): Julie Alexander, Freda Miller, Annette Kaye, Francis Sutphin, Alene Akins, Shawn Southwick, Sharon Lepore
Children: Larry King Jr., Cannon Edward King
Other names for Larry King (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lawrence Harvey Zeiger"
Larry King frequently works together with these people:
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Kevin Michael Richardson (30x, Actor)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Alex Hirsch (20x, Actor)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
Rachel Dratch (17x, Actress)
Matt Chapman (16x, Actor)
Grey DeLisle (15x, Actress)
Anderson Cooper (15x, Actor)
Neil Patrick Harris (14x, Actor)
Stephen Colbert (14x, Actor)
Chris Miller (8x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:116115, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 04/09/2024