Bennett Cerf

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The Twilight Zone Writer

(1961)

What's My Line? Himself - Panelist / Himself - Moderator

(1950-1967)

Alumni Fun Himself

(1964)

What's My Line Himself - Panellist

(1956)

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Filmography

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Writer (1 credit)

1961 The Twilight Zone (TV Series) (based on an anecdote from "Famous Ghost Stories" by - 1 episode)

- Twenty Two (1961) ... (based on an anecdote from "Famous Ghost Stories" by)

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Self (32 credits)

1971 To Tell the Truth (TV Series)
Himself - Panelist

- Nina Hirschfeld/Eugene Sloane (1971) ... Himself - Panelist

1970 Gertrude Stein: When This You See, Remember Me (Documentary)
Himself - Publisher

1968-1970 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Himself - Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest

- Episode #3.8 (1970) ... Himself - Panelist

- Mel Brooks (1970) ... Himself - Panelist

- Bennett Cerf (1968) ... Himself - Mystery Guest

1969-1970 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #3.58 (1970) ... Himself

- Episode #2.14 (1969) ... Himself

1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #4.113 (1970) ... Himself

1962-1969 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Himself - Co-Host / Himself / Himself - Publisher

- Episode #9.88 (1969) ... Himself

- Episode #7.255 (1968) ... Himself - Co-Host

- Episode #7.254 (1968) ... Himself - Co-Host

- Episode #7.253 (1968) ... Himself - Co-Host

- Episode #7.252 (1968) ... Himself - Co-Host

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1968-1969 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 15 September 1969 (1969) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 19 June 1969 (1969) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 24 June 1968 (1968) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 17 January 1968 (1968) ... Himself - Guest

1963-1969 The Match Game (TV Series)
Himself - Team Captain / Himself - Team Member

- Episode #7.222 (1969) ... Himself - Team Captain

- Episode #7.221 (1969) ... Himself - Team Captain

- Episode #7.220 (1969) ... Himself - Team Captain

- Joanne Carson & Bennett Cerf (1969) ... Himself - Team Captain

- Episode #6.260 (1968) ... Himself - Team Captain

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1968 Snap Judgment (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 30 October 1968 (1968) ... Himself - Guest

1968 Guess My Sign (TV Series)
Himself

- Maggi McNellis, Bennett Cerf (1968) ... Himself

1950-1967 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Himself - Panelist / Himself - Moderator

- Last Show - Moderator John Daly is the Mystery Guest (1967) ... Himself - Panelist

- Hugh O'Brian (2) (1967) ... Himself - Panelist

- Jill St. John (2) (1967) ... Himself - Panelist

- Jack E. Leonard (3) (1967) ... Himself - Panelist

- Peggy Cass (2) (1967) ... Himself - Panelist

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1966 The Linkletter Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 2 March 1966 (1966) ... Himself - Guest

1964 Get the Message (TV Series)
Himself

- Godfrey Cambridge/Bennett Cerf/Betty Furness/Georgia Brown (1964) ... Himself

- Episode dated 5 June 1964 (1964) ... Himself

- Episode dated 4 June 1964 (1964) ... Himself

- Episode dated 3 June 1964 (1964) ... Himself

- Episode dated 2 June 1964 (1964) ... Himself

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1964 Front Page Challenge (TV Series)
Himself - Panelist

- Episode dated 16 June 1964 (1964) ... Himself - Panelist

1964 Alumni Fun (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 5 January 1964 (1964) ... Himself

1959-1962 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #5.155 (1962) ... Himself

- Episode #3.15 (1959) ... Himself

1962 The Tonight Show (TV Series)
Himself - Writer / Publisher

- Episode #1.44 (1962) ... Himself - Writer / Publisher

1961-1962 Password (TV Series)
Himself - Celebrity Contestant

- Carroll Baker vs. Bennett Cerf (1962) ... Himself - Celebrity Contestant

- Jayne Meadows vs. Bennett Cerf (1961) ... Himself - Celebrity Contestant

1961 I've Got a Secret (TV Series)
Himself - 'What's My Line?' Panel

- Episode dated 25 September 1961 (1961) ... Himself - 'What's My Line?' Panel

1960 The Twentieth Century (TV Series documentary)
Himself / archive

- Paris in the Twenties (1960) ... Himself / archive

1957-1959 The Mike Wallace Interview (TV Series)
Himself - Publisher

- Episode #3.45 (1959) ... Himself - Publisher

- Bennett Cerf (1957) ... Himself - Publisher

1958 Person to Person (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Episode #5.31 (1958) ... Himself

1957 A Face in the Crowd
Himself (uncredited)

1956 What's My Line (TV Series)
Himself - Panellist

- Episode #5.34 (1956) ... Himself - Panellist

- Episode #5.33 (1956) ... Himself - Panellist

1956 The George Gobel Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.13 (1956) ... Himself

1950 20 Questions (TV Series)
Himself

- Bennett Cerf (1950) ... Himself

1949-1950 Who Said That? (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.24 (1950) ... Himself

- Episode #2.10 (1950) ... Himself

- Episode #1.25 (1949) ... Himself

1950 Answer Yes or No (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.1 (1950) ... Himself

1949 Celebrity Time (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.6 (1949) ... Himself

1949 We, the People (TV Series)
Himself - Guest Host

- Paul Henreid, Ezio Pinza, Bennett Cerf (1949) ... Himself - Guest Host

1948 Critic at Large (TV Series)
Himself - Publisher

- Episode #1.18 (1948) ... Himself - Publisher

1946 See What You Know (TV Series)
Himself

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Archive footage (2 credits)

2005 Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (TV Mini-Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.5 (2005) ... Himself

- Episode #1.4 (2005) ... Himself

- Episode #1.2 (2005) ... Himself

1984 TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (TV Special)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Author of "Bennett Cerf's Book of Laughs" (1959), "Bennett Cerf's Book of Riddles" (1960), "More Riddles"(1961), "Bennett Cerf's Book of Animal Riddles" (1964), "Bennett Cerf's Silliest Pop-up Riddles" (1967), & "Bennett Cerf's Pop-up Limericks" (1967).

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

Bennett Alfred Cerf

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

When Joan Crawford became a star, the first time they brought her to the [MGM] New York office, she was taken around the office and introduced to all the executives. She gave them all the icy star treatment, very uppety and condescending. When they came around to [Howard] Dietz, she tried the same tactics with him. Dietz stopped her cold with, "Don't give me any of that crap, Miss Crawford. I ... See more »

Trivia:

In the 1950s and 1960s, he wrote a weekly column, 'The Cerf Board,' for 'This Week' magazine. 'This Week' was a color rotogravure magazine included in many local Sunday newspapers nationwide -- a forerunner of today's 'USA Today' magazine in Sunday papers. See more »