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Biography

Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry was born on October 18, 1926, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the third of six children. He lived…more

Born

10/18/1926, St. Louis, Missouri

Birth Name

Charles Edward Anderson Berry

Gender

Male

Credits

Recurring Role (6)

Role
- The Midnight Special
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 29 Host: Paul Anka
    5/21/76
  - S 2: Ep 5 Hosts: The Bee Gees
    10/12/73
- The Midnight Special
  Himself, on film
  - S 4: Ep 2 Helen Reddy / Isaac Hayes / Barry Manilow
    9/26/75
- The Midnight Special
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 11 Host: Tom Jones
    12/6/74
  - S 1: Ep 33 Host: Mac Davis
    9/7/73
- The Midnight Special
  Himself, host
  - S 2: Ep 8 Host: Chuck Berry
    11/2/73
- The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 22 Chuck Berry, Mitzi Gaynor, Lloyd Price, Dee Clark, Stonewall Jackson, The Fireballs
    1/30/60
  - S 2: Ep 46 Chuck Berry; Bobby Rydell; Skip & Flip; Kathy Linden
    7/18/59
  - S 1: Ep 28 Chuck Berry; Dale Hawkins; The Imperials
    8/23/58
  - S 1: Ep 14 Chuck Berry; Frankie Lymon; Betty Johnson
    5/17/58
  - S 1: Ep 2 Chuck Berry; Danny & the Juniors; Johnny Carson; Bill Justis; The Chordettes
    2/22/58
- American Bandstand
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 134 AB-427: Chuck Berry / Bill Haley
    3/5/59
  - S 1: Ep 75 AB-75: Chuck Berry / Lu Ann Simms
    11/8/57
  - S 14: Ep 34 From Philadelphia: Chuck Berry, Joey Dee & the Starlighters
    4/24/71
Guest Star (23)

Role
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 137 Show #2203
    1/24/02
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 143 Show #0792
    5/2/97
  - S 2: Ep 162 Show #0381
    5/16/95
  - S 2: Ep 15 Show #0234
    9/16/94
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 28: Ep 43 Show #4088
    1/3/90
- Aspel & Company
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 6 Chuck Berry, Anita Dobson, David Frost
    2/13/88
- Solid Gold
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 1 Season 1 Debut co-host Paul Anka
    9/13/80
- Dick Clark's Live Wednesday
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 1 September 20, 1978
    9/20/78
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 154 May 4, 1978
    5/4/78
  - S 2: Ep 207 August 25, 1976
    8/25/76
  - S 2: Ep 84 January 15, 1976
    1/15/76
  - S 1: Ep 34 December 6, 1974
    12/6/74
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 146 April 7, 1978
    4/7/78
  - S 14: Ep 121 March 8, 1977
    3/8/77
  - S 9: Ep 202 July 21, 1972
    7/21/72
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 16: Ep 134 April 4, 1978
    4/4/78
  - S 11: Ep 205 Week of June 18, 1973
    6/18/73
  - S 10: Ep 123 February 16, 1972
    2/16/72
  - S 10: Ep 41 Week of October 25, 1971
    10/25/71
  - S 9: Ep 154 April 15, 1971
    4/15/71
  - + 1 More Credits
- American Bandstand
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 18 American Bandstand's 25th Anniversary Special
    2/4/77
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 12 Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry
    1/22/77
- Donny and Marie
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 13 GUESTS: BUDDY HACKETT, GARY BURGHOFF, CHUCK BERRY
    1/7/77
- Sammy & Company
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 3 October 18, 1975
    10/18/75
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 3 Show 46 - The Sonny & Cher Years (Part 1)
    9/26/73
- Soul Train
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 37 The Best of Soul Train (1972-73 season)
    8/11/73
- Soul Train
  himself
  - S 2: Ep 36 Chuck Berry / Maxayan / Willie Hutch / Max Julien
    7/7/73
- Beat-Club
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 8 Chuck Berry / Grateful Dead / Kinks / Pacific Gas & Electric / The Rolling Stones (on film)
    5/27/72
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 53 December 3, 1970
    12/3/70
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 269 September 15, 1970
    9/15/70
- The Music Scene
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 14 Christmas Show
    12/22/69
- Hollywood A Go-Go
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 35 Show 35: August 21, 1965 (Syndicated Show 29)
    8/21/65
  - S 1: Ep 22 Show 22: May 22, 1965 (Syndicated Show 16)
    5/22/65
- Hullabaloo!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 17 Show #17 Host: Trini Lopez
    5/4/65
- Shindig
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 29 Chuck Berry / Rosie Grier / The Spats / Adam Faith
    3/31/65

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Trivia
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- Berry was ranked #5 in the 2004 Rolling Stone Magazine's list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
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- Chuck Berry was a major influence of AC/DC guitarist, Angus Young, who has even used Berry's duckwalk as one of his many gimmicks.
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- Berry's last album to date is his 1979 album, Rockit, for Atco Records.
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Quotes
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- Chuck Berry: The only Maybellene I knew was the name of a cow.
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- Chuck Berry: Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering 'who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo?' After they laughed at me a few times they began requesting the hillbilly stuff and enjoyed dancing to it.
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- Chuck Berry: Don't let the same dog bite you twice.
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