George Burns
Popularity:8.065
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1896-01-20
Place of Birth:New York City, New York
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Also Known As:Nathan Birnbaum
The Movie Orgy (1968)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and...
International House (1933)
Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house...
Oh, God! (1977)
When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
Radioland Murders (1994)
A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.
Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
George Burns stars as a former vaudevillian who befriends a young runaway, played by 14-year old Brooke Shields, who is being chased by drug dealers.
We're Not Dressing (1934)
Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. She makes her way to...
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.
The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977)
A celebrity lineup selected by a “specially conducted nationwide survey” entertains.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must...
Oh, God! Book II (1980)
God appears before 11-year-old Tracy Richards to ask for her help to spread his word and influence over the world which she suggests the slogan...
Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
George Burns is back as God, but oops, here he is as Satan, too. A young rock star is ready to sell his soul to Satan, and Satan is all too happy to...
Honolulu (1939)
Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't...
18 Again! (1988)
18 Again! is a 1988 comedy film starring George Burns and Charlie Schlatter. The plot involves a grandson switching souls with his grandfather by...
Going in Style (1979)
Three senior citizens in their 70s who live together are slowly decaying in endless days with nothing to do but feed the birds. One of them comes up...
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
A Damsel in Distress (1937)
Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'....
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (1985)
Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets was released by Playhouse Video in 1985, as part of a series of compilations featuring songs and sketches from...
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 (1932)
"Stuart Erwin acts as master of ceremonies in this variety skit, the second in the series produced by Lewis Llewyn for Paramount release. Erwin...
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends...
The Great Radio Comedians (1971)
Documentary about radio comedies primarily focused on Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee & Molly,...
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970)
George Burns in Concert (1982)
This 1982 concert shows the great George Burns at his absolute funniest, as he entertains a live audience.
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' (1973)
This promotional short film for "Soylent Green" (1973) begins by showing clips of films that depicted what the future might be like beyond Earth. The...
Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy (1989)
A posthumous tribute to comedy legend Lucille Ball by her frequent co-star Bob Hope features clips from many of their sketches and tributes from...
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Funnymen (1981)
Early home video relic from International Home Entertainment, Inc. Hosted by Marty Allen, this compilation also features stand-up by George Burns,...
Six of a Kind (1934)
The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand...
College Swing (1938)
Gracie Alden tries to graduate from college to get an inheritance.
Lambchops (1929)
George and Gracie enter an elegant drawing room, looking everywhere for something. Turns out, they're looking for the audience, and when George spots...
Walking the Baby (1933)
Street-sweeper George flirts with a pretty, but dizzy, nursemaid in the park. Incorporates Burns & Allen's vaudeville "dizzy" routine.
College Humor (1933)
A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.
Ann-Margret: When You're Smiling (1973)
Ann-Margret's television special taped in front of a live audience at the Las Vegas Hilton.
The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions...
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.
Love in Bloom (1935)
A young girl runs away from her carnival family to make it in New York and becomes involved with a young songwriter.
Fit to be Tied (1930)
George Burns tries to buy a tie in a department store filled with assorted kooks.
Here Comes Cookie (1935)
A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to...
The Big Broadcast (1932)
The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.
Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America.
College Holiday (1936)
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
Two of a Kind (1982)
Nolie has just turned 21 but is retarded and acts more like 8. While claiming that she only wants to help him, his "smother" actually likes things...
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and...
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...
A Beverly Hills Christmas (1987)
An evening of Christmas music from stars living in Beverly Hills, California.
The Comedy Company (1978)
An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.
The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special (1981)
George Burns hosts his first Christmas special. Special Guests: Bob Hope ; The Hawkins Family ; Ann-Margret
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)
Steve Martin's first network special for NBC offers part concert footage (shot at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles) and part sketch comedy.
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was...
Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)
Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter...
Montana Christmas Skies (1991)
This 47-minute, 1991 CBS television special finds John Denver joined by friends Clint Black, Katy Mattea, and Patty Loveless on Montana's Fort...
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special (1986)
An all-star cast celebrates George Burn's 90th birthday and showcases highlights in Burns' career.
Let's Dance (1933)
Sailor George and his pals visit the Roseland Dance Hall, where funny things happen between conversations with dizzy hostess Gracie.
Pulling a Bone (1931)
At a department store, George seeks help in getting a bone out of his throat. No one will help him; lunch counter girl Gracie wants to talk about...
Stars in the Eye (1952)
Various CBS stars appear in this one hour variety program about the opening of the brand new $7 million dollar CBS Television City Studios.
Movie Movie (1978)
Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.
Joys (1976)
Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies...
The Antique Shop (1931)
George is distracted from buying a statue by scatterbrained Gracie.
Once Over, Light (1931)
In the barbershop, a costumer contends with a barber hard-selling hair tonic, an obnoxious customer with a theory about World War I, and a dizzy...
Your Hat (1932)
George, working in a hat shop, gets tricky with the customers. Then Gracie comes in and drives him batty.
Oh, My Operation (1931)
George is mistaken for an accident victim and taken to the hospital. After his needless operation, he meets Nurse Gracie, who adds insanity to injury.
The Babbling Book (1932)
Burns and Allen have a dizzy conversation in a bookstore.
100% Service (1931)
George registers at the Jefferson Hotel; after the desk clerk gives him the runaround, he meets Gracie at the cigar counter.
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary (1986)
Celebrities are interviewed about the social and working lives of Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the Looney Tunes.
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the...
Many Happy Returns (1934)
Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the...
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002)
The history of the irreverent "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and the content battles it fought with its television network.
Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls (1980)
George Burns, Dom DeLuise, Danny De Vito, Dean-Paul Martin and Roger Moore provide arms for A-M to lean on as she impersonates Hollywood stereotypes,...
The Goldie Hawn Special (1978)
Goldie Hawn’s second TV special was in 1978, “The Goldie Hawn Special” and it was a sort of comeback for her, after she had been...
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970)
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Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992)
Co-stars and celebrity admirers go through Benny's entire career
A Century of Cinema (1994)
A look back at the first 100 years of the movies.
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it, like the Doozers, Gorgs and most of the Fraggles) have...
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998)
Video series spotlighting memorable moments and roasts hosted by Dean Martin. "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts" were periodic specials aired in the...
The Lion Roars Again (1975)
A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.
John Denver with His Special Guest George Burns: Two of a Kind (1981)
A variety special starring John Denver and special guest George Burns.
George Burns and Other Sex Symbols (1982)
George Burns celebrates his new-found status as a celebrity sex symbol with guests and collection of beautiful women of all ages. With singing,...
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (1983)
A celebration of how the very young and the very old appreciate and enjoy each other via sketches and variety performances.
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business (1983)
An all-star celebrity tribute to celebrate George Burns 80th Anniversary in show business.
Carol Channing and 101 Men (1968)
Carol Channing hosts musical variety special with guests Walter Matthau, George Burns, U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Chorale, The Association, Eddy...
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
One More Time (1974)
Musical comedy stars of the past and present bridge the musical generation gap as they perform their particular specialties and re-create some...
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom (1989)
George Burns shows viewers an average day in his life, teaches them his exercise regime, meets with his famous friends and reminisces about his past-...
Mister Ed (1961)
Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his...
Alice (1976)
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George Burns Comedy Week (1985)
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The Lucy Show (1962)
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The David Susskind Show (1959)
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Donny & Marie (1976)
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The Golden Palace (1992)
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General Electric Theater (1953)
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The Muppet Show (1976)
Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
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The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969)
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Wendy and Me (1964)
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
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The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
The George Burns Show (1958)
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The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
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The Captain and Tennille (1976)
Hosted by the chart-topping husband and wife team, this 1976-1977 television variety series features a mix of hit music and comedy.
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
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Cher (1975)
Emmy Award nominated American variety show.
The Midnight Special (1972)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
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The Bob Cummings Show (1955)
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Ellery Queen (1975)
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Startime (1959)
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This Is Your Life (1952)
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
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The Bob Hope Show (1950)
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
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The Hollywood Palace (1964)
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The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1973)
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What's My Line? (1950)
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
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Kraft Music Hall (1958)
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The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
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Kraft Music Hall (1958)
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Kraft Music Hall (1970)
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Kraft Music Hall (1970)
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