Steve Allen

Birthday: 26 December 1921, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name: Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen

Height: 191 cm

Steve Allen was born on December 26, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA as Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen. He was an actor, known for I've Got a Secret (1952), What's My Line? (1950) and The New Steve Allen Show (1961). He was married to Jayne Meadows and Dorothy Goodman. He died on October 30, 2000 in Encino, Los Angeles, Cali... Show more »

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Beware of assuming that credentials establish intelligence.

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

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Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless.

I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's how I lost my mind.

Nothing is quite as funny as the unintended humor of reality.

Hosting a talk show is the easiest job anybody ever had.

We pride ourselves on the high moral standards of our programmes and I mean that sincerely. We don't...Show more »

We pride ourselves on the high moral standards of our programmes and I mean that sincerely. We don't resort to sex or crime or violence or drinking...on the programmes. Show less «

If my mind ever listened to what my mouth said, I'd have a lot of accounting to do.