This is a list of works by American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer Steve Allen.
Films Down Memory Lane (1949) The Benny Goodman Story (1956) The Big Circus (1959) College Confidential (1960) Warning Shot (1967) Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) The Comic (1969) Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) Alice in Wonderland (1985) The St. Tammany Miracle (1994)
Shows Songs for Sale (1950–1952) The Steve Allen Show (1950—1952, CBS) What's My Line? (regular panelist, 1953–1954; frequent guest panelist 1954–1967) Jukebox Jury (1953) Talent Patrol (1953–1955) The Knickerbocker Beer Steve Allen Show (1953—1954, WNBT, New York) Tonight Starring Steve Allen (1954–1957, NBC) The Steve Allen Show (1956–61, NBC) The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show (1962–1964) I've Got a Secret (1964–1967, 1972–1973) The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (June 14 — August 23, 1967, CBS) The Steve Allen Show (Filmways production, 1968–1969) Steve Allen Show (September 29, 1970 – October 21, 1971, KTLA) The Allen Show (1971–72) Match Game (panelist, 1974) Tattletales (panelist, mid-1970s) Meeting of Minds (1977–1981, PBS) Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980–1981, NBC) The Start of Something Big (1985–1986) Amen (1991, Lights, Camera, Deacon Season 5 episode 9) The Simpsons (1992, "Separate Vocations", 1995, 'Round Springfield") Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1997, one episode, Guest) Homicide: Life on the Street (1998): Steve and Jayne appeared as guests (January 16, 1998). Sabrina the Teenage Witch (April 3, 1998, Season 2 Episode 21 "Fear Strikes Up a Conversation", Guest) Diagnosis Murder (1999, Season 7 Episode 1 The Roast, Ray Masters)
Songs "Cool Yule" "The Gravy Waltz" "Impossible" "Let's Go to Church (Next Sunday Morning)" "Theme from Picnic" "Playing the Field" "Pretend You Don't See Her, My Heart" "The Saturday Evening Post" "This Could Be the Start of Something Big"
Comedic discography
Man in the Street (1963; Signature 1004) Funny Fone Calls (1963; Dot 3472, re-issued as Casablanca 811-366-1-ML) More Funny Fone Calls (1963; Dot 3517, re-issued as Casablanca 811-367-1-ML)
Musical discography Steve Allen's All Star Jazz Concert Vol. 1 with Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Billy Butterfield Jazz Band (Decca, 1954) Steve Allen's All Star Jazz Concert Vol. 2 with Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Billy Butterfield Jazz Band (Decca, 1954) Music for Tonight (Coral, 1955) Jazz for Tonight (Coral, 1955) Steve Sings (Coral, 1955) The Steve Allen Show (Coral, 1955) Allen Plays Allen (Coral, 1956) The James Dean Story with Bill Randle (Coral, 1956) Steve Allen Plays Benny Goodman (Coral, 1956) Romantic Rendezvous with Neal Hefti (Coral, 1957) Venetian Serenade (Coral, 1957) Terry Gibbs, Captain with Terry Gibbs (Mercury, 1958) Steve Allen Plays Hi-Fi Music for Influentials (Coral, 1958) The Poetry of Love (Coral, 1958) What Is Subud with John Bennett (Hanover, 1958) Steve Allen Plays Neal Hefti (Coral, 1958) Anthony Plays Allen with Ray Anthony (Capitol, 1958) Man On the Street with Tom Poston, Don Knotts, Louis Nye (Signature, 1959) The Discovery of Buck Hammer (Hanover, 1959) Steve Allen Presents Carole Simpson: Singin' and Swingin' (Tops, 1959) Steve Allen Presents Sandy Warner: Fair & Warner (Tops, 1959) Poetry for the Beat Generation with Jack Kerouac (Hanover, 1959) Steve Allen at the Roundtable (Roulette, 1959) Swingin' & Dancin' with Gus Bivona (Mercury, 1959) Steve Allen Plays (Dot, 1959) Around the World (Dot, 1959) Monday Nights (Signature, 1960) Steve Allen Presents Terry Gibbs at the Piano (Signature, 1960) Steve Allen Presents 12 Golden Hits (Dot, 1962) Steve Allen Plays Bossa Nova Jazz (Dot, 1963) Plays the Piano Greats (Dot, 1963) Gravy Waltz and 11 Current Hits! (Dot, 1963) Steve Allen Sings (Dot, 1963) More (Theme from "Mondo Cane") (Dot, 1963) Steve Allen's Funny Fone-Calls (Dot, 1963) Some of My Favorites (Hamilton 1964) Songs from the Steve Allen TV Show (Dot, 1964) Poetry in Piano (Coral, 1964) I Play for You (Dot, 1965) His Piano & Orchestra (Dot, 1965) Cool, Quiet Bossa Nova (Dot, 1967) Do the Love with Bob Thiele (ABC, 1967) Steve Allen And The Gentle Players – Songs For Gentle People (Dunhill, 1967) Soulful Brass with Oliver Nelson (Impulse!, 1968) A Man Called Dagger (Music from the Original Soundtrack) (MGM 1968) Soulful Brass #2 (Flying Dutchman, 1969) Soulful Brass #3 (Flying Dutchman, 1971) Steve Allen Presents Linda Guymon (Dobre 1978) Funny Fone Calls (Casablanca, 1983) Steve Allen's More Funny Fone Calls (Casablanca, 1983) Alice in Wonderland Original Cast Voice Track Recording (1985) Steve Allen Plays Jazz Tonight (Concord Jazz, 1993)
Books YearTitleNotesIdentifiers 1955 Steve Allen's Bop Fables Illustrated by George Price 1955 Fourteen for Tonight Short stories 1956 The Funny Men 1956 Wry on the Rocks Poems 1958 The Girls on the 10th Floor and Other Stories Short stories ; (1970 printing) 1959 The Question Man... Photographs by Gene Lester 1960 Mark It and Strike It: An Autobiography 1962 Not All of Your Laughter, Not All of Your Tears Steve's first novel 1964 Dialogues in Americanism Transcript of three debates: Allen vs. William F. Buckley, Jr.; Robert M. Hutchins vs. L. Brent Bozell, and James MacGregor Burns vs. Willmoore Kendall 1965 Letter to a Conservative 1966 The Ground is Our Table Photographs by Arthur Dubinsky 1967 Bigger than a Breadbox With commentary by Leonard Feather; illustrations by Rowland B. Wilson 1969 A Flash of Swallows: New Poems Poems ; 1972 The Wake 1973 Princess Snip-Snip and the Puppy-Kittens Illustrated by David Gantz 1973 Curses! or... How Never to Be Foiled Again Illustrated by Marvin Rubin 1974 What To Say When It Rains 1975 Schmock-Schmock! 1978 Meeting of Minds ; 1989 printing: 1978 Chopped-Up Chinese 1979 Ripoff: A Look at Corruption in America With Roslyn Bernstein and Donald H. Dunn 1979 Meeting of Minds, Second Series ; 1989 printing: 1980 Explaining China 1981 Funny People 1982 Beloved Son: A Story of the Jesus Cults 1982 More Funny People 1986 How to Make a Speech 1987 How to Be Funny: Discovering the Comic You With Jane Wollman ; 1992 printing: ; 1998 revised edition: 1989 The Passionate Nonsmoker's Bill of Rights: The First Guide to Enacting Nonsmoking Legislation With Bill Adler, Jr. 1989 "Dumbth": And 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter ; 1998 revised edition: 1989 Meeting of Minds, Vol. III 1989 Meeting of Minds, Vol. IV 1990 The Public Hating: A Collection of Short Stories 1990 Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion & Morality 1992 Hi-Ho, Steverino: The Story of My Adventures in the Wonderful Wacky World of Television ; large-print edition: 1993 More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion & Morality 1993 Make 'em Laugh 1994 Reflections 1995 The Man Who Turned Back the Clock, and Other Short Stories 1995 The Bug and the Slug in the Rug 1996 But Seriously...: Steve Allen Speaks His Mind 1999 Steve Allen's Songs: 100 Lyrics with Commentary 2000 Steve Allen's Private Joke File 2001 Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio—Raising the Standards of Popular Culture
Allen was the credited author of a series of mystery novels "starring" himself and wife Jayne Meadows as amateur detectives. The first one (The Talk Show Murders) was ghostwritten by Walter J. Sheldon; later volumes were ghostwritten by Robert Westbrook.
The Talk Show Murders (1982), Murder on the Glitter Box (1989), Murder in Manhattan (1990), Murder in Vegas (1991), The Murder Game (1993), Murder on the Atlantic (1995), Wake Up to Murder (1996), Die Laughing (1998), Murder in Hawaii (1999),
Skeptic magazine As Allen was a supporter of the scientific skepticism movement, he worked to promote critical thinking, contributing many pieces to the American magazine Skeptic, which is published by the California-based Skeptics Society.
Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 1, "A Tribute to Isaac Asimov" (with Harlan Ellison and Martin Gardner) Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 2 Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 3 Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 4 Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 1, "Genius" (with James Randi, Paul MacCready, Marilyn vos Savant, Elie Shneour, and David Alexander) Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 2, "The Jesus Cults" Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 3 Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 4 Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 1 Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 2 Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 3 Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 4 Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 1 Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 2 Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 3 Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 4 Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 1 "An Open Letter from Steve Allen to Heber Jentzsch, President, Church of Scientology" "But Seriously … Steve Allen Speaks His Mind" Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 2 Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 3, "Scientology Reply to Steve Allen" Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 4"Back Issues, volumes 1 through 5". Skeptic. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
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