The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar - Production & Contact Info

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)
TV Series | 105 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show

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The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)

TV Series | 105 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show

Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. After 1959, it was officially known as The Jack Paar Show.

Seasons

5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Unknown See all

Directors

Hal Gurnee | Kirk Alexander

Writers

Fred Freeman | Garry Marshall | Jack Douglas | Earle Doud & 3 more

Producers

Perry Cross | Paul Orr | Paul Keyes | Bob Shanks

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 29, 1957

Release date (First episode)

Jul 29, 1957 (United States)

Awards

Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Cast	+ Add Cast
50 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Hugh Downs Self - Announcer / Self - Guest Host / Self / Self - Co-Host Self - Announcer / Self - Guest Host / Self / Self - Co-Host See fewer	1,090	Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
Jose Melis Self - Bandleader / Self / Self - Orchestra Leader Self - Bandleader / Self / Self - Orchestra Leader See fewer	1,026	Senior Prom (1958)
Jack Paar Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	813	Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
Cliff Arquette Charley Weaver / Self Charley Weaver / Self See fewer	218	The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965)
Betty Johnson Self Self See fewer	173	Delinquent School Girls (1975)
Genevieve Self / Self -Guest Self / Self -Guest See fewer	167	A Musical Tribute to Paris (1959)
Dody Goodman Self Self See fewer	134	Grease (1978)
Skitch Henderson Self - Bandleader Self - Bandleader See fewer	89	The Knickerbocker Beer Show (1953)
Peggy Cass Self Self See fewer	86	Auntie Mame (1958)
Alexander King Self / Self - Guest Self / Self - Guest See fewer	81	The DuPont Show of the Week (1961)
Joey Bishop Self - Guest Host Self - Guest Host See fewer	80	The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
Hermione Gingold Self / Self - Guest Self / Self - Guest See fewer	72	Gigi (1958)
Jonathan Winters Self / Self - Guest Host Self / Self - Guest Host See fewer	69	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Jack Haskell Self / Self - Guest Announcer / Self - Substitute Announcer Self / Self - Guest Announcer / Self - Substitute Announcer See fewer	69	Of All Things (1956)
Hans Conried Self Self See fewer	68	Peter Pan (1953)
Arlene Francis Self - Guest Host / Self Self - Guest Host / Self See fewer	52	The Thrill of It All (1963)
Florence Henderson Self Self See fewer	41	The Brady Bunch (1969)
Virginia Graham Self / Self - Guest Host Self / Self - Guest Host See fewer	39	The City (1995)
Elsa Maxwell Self Self See fewer	38	Hotel for Women (1939)
Pat Harrington Jr. Self / Guido Panzini / Self - Guest Host Self / Guido Panzini / Self - Guest Host See fewer	37	One Day at a Time (1975)
Orson Bean Self - Guest Host / Self Self - Guest Host / Self See fewer	36	Being John Malkovich (1999)
Jack Douglas Self / Self - Guest Host Self / Self - Guest Host See fewer	36	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
Betty White Self / Self - Guest Host Self / Self - Guest Host See fewer	36	The Proposal (I) (2009)
Buddy Hackett Self Self See fewer	32	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
The Baird Puppets Themselves Themselves See fewer	31	Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf (1958)
Eva Gabor Self Self See fewer	30	Green Acres (1965)
Bil Baird Self Self See fewer	29	The Sound of Music (1965)
Cora Baird Self Self See fewer	29	The Sound of Music (1965)
Jack E. Leonard Self / Self - Guest Host / Self - Guest Self / Self - Guest Host / Self - Guest See fewer	28	Babes in Toyland (1955)
Diahann Carroll Self Self See fewer	28	Julia (1968)
Phyllis Diller Self Self See fewer	28	A Bug's Life (1998)
Kaye Ballard Self Self See fewer	27	Baby Geniuses (1999)
Louise O'Brien Self Self See fewer	27	The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
Jim Moran Self Self See fewer	26	Specter of the Rose (1946)
George Jessel Self Self See fewer	25	Lucky Boy (1929)
Shelley Berman Self / Self - Guest Host Self / Self - Guest Host See fewer	25	You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Dave Gardner Self / Self - Guest Announcer Self / Self - Guest Announcer See fewer	24	The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
George Kirgo Self Self See fewer	24	Spinout (1966)
Art Linkletter Self - Guest Host / Self Self - Guest Host / Self See fewer	23	Champagne for Caesar (1950)
Edwin Reimers Self - Guest Announcer / Self - Announcer Self - Guest Announcer / Self - Announcer See fewer	23	The Loved One (1965)
Renée Taylor Self Self See fewer	23	The Nanny (1993)
Merv Griffin Self - Guest Host / Self Self - Guest Host / Self See fewer	22	Jeopardy! (1984)
Danny Scholl Self Self See fewer	22	Musical Comedy Time (1950)
Earl Wrightson Self Self See fewer	22	The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1949)
Carmel Quinn Self Self See fewer	21	Password (1961)
Zsa Zsa Gabor Self Self See fewer	20	The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Pat Carroll Self Self See fewer	20	The Little Mermaid (1989)
Gypsy Rose Lee Self Self See fewer	19	Belle of the Yukon (1944)
Sam Levenson Self - Guest Host / Self / Self - audience bow Self - Guest Host / Self / Self - audience bow See fewer	18	The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956)
Johnny Desmond Self Self See fewer	18	Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)