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Evel Knievel

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Biography

Born

10/17/1938, Butte, Montana, USA

Died

11/30/2007

Birth Name

Robert Craig Knievel

Gender

Male

Credits

Guest Star (18)

Role
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Himself - Achive footage
  - S 5: Ep 65 Friday, November 30, 2007
    11/30/07
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 90 6/21/04
    6/21/04
- SportsCentury
  Interviewee
  - — Frank Gifford
    7/23/01
- Biography
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 21 Evel Knievel: Hell on Wheels
    2/7/00
- E! True Hollywood Story
  himself, footage version
  - S 2: Ep 38 Evel Knievel
    12/20/98
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 38 March 1, 1989
    3/1/89
- The Bionic Woman
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 7 Motorcycle Boogie
    11/5/77
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 204 August 4, 1977
    8/4/77
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 195 July 7, 1977
    7/7/77
  - S 10: Ep 100 February 15, 1973
    2/15/73
  - S 8: Ep 113 February 24, 1971
    2/24/71
  - S 7: Ep 266 August 24, 1970
    8/24/70
  - S 7: Ep 137 February 26, 1970
    2/26/70
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 199 June 10, 1977
    6/10/77
  - S 14: Ep 117 February 24, 1976
    2/24/76
  - S 12: Ep 50 November 2, 1973
    11/2/73
  - S 9: Ep 37 October 27, 1970
    10/27/70
- Donny and Marie
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 GUESTS: GEORGE BURNS, CHUBBY CHECKER, EVEL KNIEVEL
    10/1/76
- The Sonny & Cher Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Show 3
    2/15/76
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 Evel Knievel
    11/10/75
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 13: Ep 127 March 11, 1975
    3/11/75
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 9 The Great American Dream Machine
    4/16/72
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 227 August 12, 1971
    8/12/71
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 162 April 21, 1969
    4/21/69
  - S 2: Ep 244 August 29, 1968
    8/29/68
  - S 2: Ep 128 March 18, 1968
    3/18/68
- American Bandstand
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 36 The Strawberry Alarm Clock / Evel Knievel
    5/25/68

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Trivia
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- Evel has had two wives, the first was Linda Knievel who he had 4 children with and that marriage lasted from 1959 to 1997. Those four kids are named Kelly, Robbie, Tracey and Alicia with his ex-wife Linda Joan Bork Knievel. His four kids had ten kids making him a grandfather of ten. His second wife was Crystal Kennedy who he married in 1999 and divorced in 2001.
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- There is a rock opera based on Evel Knievel's life.
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- He got baptized into a Christian a year before he died.
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Quotes
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- Evel Knievel: No king or prince has lived a better life. You're looking at a guy who's really done it all. And there are things I wish I had done better, not only for me but for the ones I loved.
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- Evel Knievel: I've always said that when the canyon jump comes, if I miss it I'll get somewhere quicker where you're all going someday. ... Dying is a part of living and none of us is going to get out of here alive.
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- Evel Knievel: (on Kanye West's film clip that depicts him as "Evel Kanyevel" trying to jump over a canyon) He's just a disgrace to me. What a cheap shot. What a cheap, two-bit shot.
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