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Biography

Comedian Jan Murray began his stand-up routine on the vaudeville stage at age 18. During World War II he entertained the troops at the…more

Born

10/4/1916, New York City, New York USA

Birth Name

Murray Janofsky

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Semi-Regular (1968-1973)
  - S 4: Ep 18 December 29, 1969-January 2, 1970
    12/29/69
  - S 4: Ep 17 December 22-26, 1969
    12/22/69
  - S 4: Ep 16 December 15-19, 1969
    12/15/69
  - S 4: Ep 15 December 8-12, 1969
    12/8/69
  - S 4: Ep 14 December 1-5, 1969
    12/1/69
  - + 1052 More Credits
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself (1968-1973)
  - S 1: Ep 45 August 21-25, 1967
    8/21/67
  - S 1: Ep 41 July 24-28, 1967
    7/24/67
  - S 1: Ep 32 May 22-26, 1967
    5/22/67
  - S 1: Ep 11 December 26-30, 1966
    12/26/66
  - S 1: Ep 9 December 12-16, 1966
    12/12/66
  - + 23 More Credits
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself (1974-1976)
  - S 5: Ep 5 George Burns
    5/17/78
  - S 4: Ep 2 Danny Thomas
    12/15/76
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself (1968-1973)
  - S 4: Ep 17 December 22-26, 1969
    12/22/69
  - S 4: Ep 15 December 8-12, 1969
    12/8/69
  - S 4: Ep 10 November 3-7, 1969
    11/3/69
  - S 4: Ep 9 October 27-31, 1969
    10/27/69
  - S 4: Ep 4 September 22-26, 1969
    9/22/69
  - + 160 More Credits
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 14 December 4-8, 1967
    12/4/67
  - S 2: Ep 13 November 27-December 1, 1967
    11/27/67
  - S 2: Ep 11 November 13-17, 1967
    11/13/67
  - S 2: Ep 7 October 16-20, 1967
    10/16/67
  - S 2: Ep 2 September 11-15, 1967
    9/11/67
  - + 7 More Credits
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 10 Ginger Rogers / Burt Lanchester (on film)
    12/8/63
  - S 16: Ep 23 Kaye Stevens / Wayne & Shuster / Leon Bibb / Guy Lombardo Orchestra
    3/10/63
  - S 13: Ep 8 Johnny Mathis / Gracie Fields / Jan Murray
    11/8/59
  - S 12: Ep 25 Fred MacMurray / Jane Russell / David Seville / Samuel Goldwyn (on film)
    3/8/59
  - S 12: Ep 21 Johnny Cash / Frankie Laine / Richard Boone
    2/8/59
Guest Star (54)

Role
- My Two Dads
  Uncle Raymond
  - S 2: Ep 15 You Love Me, Right?
    5/7/89
- It's a Living
  Dickie Doodle
  - S 4: Ep 19 The Dickie Doodle Show
    2/21/87
- Hunter
  Bay Fetner
  - S 2: Ep 5 Killer in a Halloween Mask
    10/26/85
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Leo Dikeman
  - S 2: Ep 14 What's So Funny..?
    1/21/85
- The Fall Guy
  Self
  - S 1: Ep 23 Scavenger Hunt
    5/5/82
- Fantasy Island
  Ron
  - S 5: Ep 20 Forget-Me-Not / The Quiz Masters
    4/10/82
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 2 September 11, 1979
    9/11/79
  - S 5: Ep 186 June 18, 1979
    6/18/79
  - S 5: Ep 153 April 27, 1979
    4/27/79
  - S 5: Ep 137 April 3, 1979
    4/3/79
  - S 4: Ep 206 August 3, 1978
    8/3/78
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Practice (1976)
  Harry
  - S 2: Ep 9 Oh, Brother
    1/26/77
- Ellery Queen
  Ralph Caesar
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep
    3/14/76
- The Cop & The Kid
  Harry
  - S 1: Ep 12 Danger: Men Working
    3/4/76
- Tattletales
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 43 June 30, 1975
    6/30/75
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 6 Michael Landon
    5/15/75
  - S 2: Ep 5 Sammy Davis Jr.
    4/24/75
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
  Ichabod Grace
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Vampire
    10/4/74
- Mannix
  Tony Sargent
  - S 4: Ep 23 Shadow Play
    3/6/71
- Love, American Style
  Robert Cleary
  - S 2: Ep 23 Love and the Happy Couple
    12/11/70
- The Virginia Graham Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 27 October 20, 1970
    10/20/70
- The Name of the Game
  Doc Haller
  - S 3: Ep 4 Battle at Gannon's Bridge
    10/9/70
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself - Host
  - S 4: Ep 65 December 1, 1969
    12/1/69
  - S 4: Ep 63 November 27, 1969
    11/27/69
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 33 October 15, 1969
    10/15/69
  - S 3: Ep 189 May 28, 1969
    5/28/69
  - S 3: Ep 108 February 3, 1969
    2/3/69
  - S 3: Ep 75 December 17, 1968
    12/17/68
  - S 3: Ep 13 September 18, 1968
    9/18/68
  - + 2 More Credits
- Kraft Music Hall
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 3 The Friars Roast Milton Berle
    10/1/69
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself - Guest Host
  - S 3: Ep 229 July 24, 1969
    7/24/69
  - S 3: Ep 228 July 23, 1969
    7/23/69
  - S 3: Ep 227 July 22, 1969
    7/22/69
  - S 3: Ep 150 April 2, 1969
    4/2/69
  - S 3: Ep 149 April 1, 1969
    4/1/69
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 221 June 27, 1968
    6/27/68
  - S 1: Ep 39 October 19, 1967
    10/19/67
- Good Morning, World
  Mickey Mouze
  - S 1: Ep 24 Here Comes the Bribe
    2/27/68
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 3 November 8, 1967
    11/8/67
  - S 26: Ep 3 Joys: A Comedy Whodunit
    3/5/76
  - S 23: Ep 4 February 8, 1973
    2/8/73
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 6 September 11, 1967
    9/11/67
  - S 4: Ep 254 August 29, 1967
    8/29/67
  - S 4: Ep 253 August 28, 1967
    8/28/67
  - S 3: Ep 213 July 1, 1966
    7/1/66
  - S 3: Ep 204 June 20, 1966
    6/20/66
  - + 11 More Credits
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 11 Eddie Albert / Alice Faye / Phil Harris / Jan Murray
    11/24/66
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 4: Ep 154 April 7, 1966
    4/7/66
  - S 11: Ep 139 March 16, 1973
    3/16/73
  - S 11: Ep 138 March 15, 1973
    3/15/73
  - S 11: Ep 137 March 14, 1973
    3/14/73
  - S 11: Ep 136 March 13, 1973
    3/13/73
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 144 March 24, 1966
    3/24/66
  - S 12: Ep 33 October 10, 1973
    10/10/73
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 25 Host: Robert Goulet / Nancy Sinatra
    3/19/66
  - S 2: Ep 21 Host: Bette Davis / Bert Lahr
    2/20/65
- The Lucy Show
  Peter Shannon
  - S 4: Ep 19 Lucy and the Soap Opera
    1/31/66
- The Match Game
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 43 Carol Lawrence & Jan Murray
    6/21/65
- Burke's Law
  Dr. Abernathy
  - S 2: Ep 17 Who Killed Mother Goose?
    1/13/65
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 2 641207
    12/7/64
- The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 5 In This Corner, Jan Murray
    10/25/64
- The Defenders (1961)
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 25 Die Laughing
    4/11/64
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
  Sean Rusher
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Show Must Go On...To Orange City
    1/28/64
- The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Bobby Darin, Al Hirt, Vikki Carr; Jan Murray, Paul Lynde, Jack Carter, Jack E. Leonard
    10/19/63
- Talent Scouts
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 4 July 23, 1963
    7/23/63
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 15: Ep 24 scheduled: Lloyd Bridges; Damita Jo; The Crosby Brothers; Jan Murray
    2/25/62
  - S 13: Ep 43 scheduled: Lloyd Price; Blossom Seeley; Jan Murray; Bob Lewis
    7/24/60
  - S 13: Ep 20 scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Rowan & Martin; Carol Lawrence
    2/7/60
  - S 12: Ep 48 Lionel Hampton / Teresa Brewer / Jan Murray / Myron Cohen / Jan Peerce
    8/16/59
- Car 54, Where are You?
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 17 Boom, Boom, Boom
    1/14/62
- Dr. Kildare
  Kenny Hallerton
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Million Dollar Property
    10/26/61
- Here's Hollywood
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 37 May 11, 1961
    5/11/61
- Zane Grey Theater
  Cletis Madden
  - S 5: Ep 24 The Empty Shell
    3/30/61
- The Garry Moore Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 9 November 29, 1960
    11/29/60
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 23 Ann Blyth; Nick Adams; Jan Murray; The Nikolais Dancers
    3/21/60
- The Vic Damone Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 July 23, 1956
    7/23/56
- Texaco Star Theater
  Guest Host
  - S 8: Ep 4 11/29/1955
    11/29/55
- It's a Great Life
  Model
  - S 1: Ep 33 Formal for Amy
    4/19/55
- Four Star Revue
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 48 August 2, 1952
    8/2/52
  - S 2: Ep 45 July 12, 1952
    7/12/52
- This Is Show Business
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 43 7/8/1951
    7/8/51
  - S 3: Ep 3 9/10/1950
    9/10/50
  - S 2: Ep 39 6/25/1950
    6/25/50
- Toast of the Town
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 19 Margaret Truman; Jan Murray; Roland Young; Jimmy Wakely
    1/21/51
- Texaco Star Theater
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 3 10/3/1950
    10/3/50
  - S 1: Ep 26 11/30/1948
    11/30/48
- Cavalcade of Bands
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 30 Johnny Long
    8/15/50
- Texaco Star Theater
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 34 5/9/1950
    5/9/50

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