Editing Steve Allen (section)

=== Activities in later years ===
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Allen recorded a solo piano album for the Pianocorder Contemporary Artists Series, joining such other pop pianists of the day as [[Liberace]], [[Floyd Cramer]], [[Teddy Wilson]], [[Roger Williams (pianist)|Roger Williams]], and [[Johnny Guarnieri]]. His solo album was popular.

In 1986, Allen was inducted into the [[Television Hall of Fame]].

Allen was on the advisory board of the [[National Student Film Institute|Los Angeles Student Film Institute]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=National Student Film Institute/L.A: The Sixteenth Annual Los Angeles Student Film Festival|date=June 10, 1994|location=The Directors Guild Theatre|pages=10–11 | ref=Program}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Los Angeles Student Film Institute: 13th Annual Student Film Festival|date=June 7, 1991|location=The Directors Guild Theatre | page=3 |ref=Program}}</ref>

Allen appeared in a public service announcement advocating for [[New Eyes for the Needy]] in the 1990s.

Steve Allen had last guest-hosted ''The Tonight Show'' in 1982, and made his last appearance on it on September 27, 1994, for the show's 40th-anniversary broadcast. Host [[Jay Leno]] was effusive in his praise, and actually knelt and kissed Allen's ring.

Allen also narrated ''[[Chris Mortensen|The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling]]'', a documentary of professional wrestling from its origins to 1998.