Mike Douglas
Birth Name:
Michael Delaney Dowd
Birth Place:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- The Mike Douglas Show was the first syndicated television show to win an Emmy Award
- Recorded with Kay Kyser during the 1940s and appeared on "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge․"
- Started out as a singer on a cruise ship in the Great Lakes when he was a teenager
- Quote: "(On the secret to his success as a talk show host): "I'm a square․""
- Best known as a big band singer and host of "The Mike Douglas Show․"
- Published his memoir, "I'll Be Right Back: Memories of TV's Greatest Talk Show" in 1999
- Hosted a wide variety of guests on "The Mike Douglas Show," including John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, Bill Cosby, Malcolm X, Richard Pryor, Truman Capote, Richard Nixon, Bobby Seale, and Barbra Streisand
- Was working as a singer in a piano bar when the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company offered him his own talk show in 1961
Awards
- 1967Primetime Emmy - Program and Individual Achievements in Daytime Programming - Individuals:Winner
- 1973Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime:Nominated
- 1974Daytime Emmy - Best Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service, or Variety Series:Nominated
- 1975Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service or Variety Series:Nominated
- 1976Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service or Variety Series:Nominated
- 1977Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service or Variety Series:Nominated
- 1982Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Variety Series:Nominated