Editing Johnny Carson (section)

=== Television work as character ===
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!Show
!Episode
!Character
!Year
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|''[[Playhouse 90]]''
|"Three Men on a Horse"
|Erwin Trowbridge
|1957
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|''[[The U.S. Steel Hour]]''
|"The Queen of the Orange Bowl"
|Kenneth Rausch
|1960
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|''[[Get Smart]]''
|"Aboard the Orient Express"
|Special guest conductor
|1965
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|''[[Get Smart]]''
|"The King Lives?"
|Herad (uncredited)
|1968
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Carson played himself in the 1964 film ''[[Looking for Love (film)|Looking for Love]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Looking for Love (1964) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059398/fullcredits |access-date=July 30, 2023}}</ref> He was also a surprise guest on the 1970s [[Bob Hope television specials|Bob Hope television special]] ''Joys!''<ref name="McDonough">{{Citation |last=McDonough |first=Dick |title=Joys! |date=March 5, 1976 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164066/ |type=Comedy, Mystery |access-date=July 30, 2023 |others=Bob Hope, Don Adams, Jack Albertson |publisher=Hope Enterprises}}</ref> (a parody of the hit movie ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''). Guests on the broadcast included [[Groucho Marx]], [[George Burns]], [[Telly Savalas]], [[Milton Berle]], [[Red Buttons]], [[Don Adams]], [[Steve Allen]], and [[Harry Ritz]],<ref name="McDonough"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Joys! Bob Hope (TV) |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=&p=1&item=B:07257 |access-date=July 30, 2023 |website=www.paleycenter.org}}</ref> The special was written and produced by [[Hal Kanter]].