Robert Osborne

Biography

Robert Osborne was longtime (and the original) primary host of Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable television channel. He was also an actor, film historian, author, columnist, presenter, and general TCM representative.

Known For

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

The Beverly Hillbillies

Jeff Taylor

Private Screenings

Self - Host

Private Screenings

Self- Host

Psycho

Man (uncredited)

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Weather Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2021	Boulevard! A Hollywood Story	Self
2018	Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story	Self
2018	Making Montgomery Clift	Self
2017	A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D	Self
2017	The Fabulous Allan Carr	Self
2015	Tab Hunter Confidential	Self
2015	Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute	Self
2015	Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self - Interviewee
2014	Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival
2014	Private Screenings: Robert Osborne	Self - Guest
2013	Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2012	Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival	Self
2011	Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2010	Private Screenings: Liza Minnelli
2009	Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer	Narrator (voice)
2009	A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics	Self
2009	A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers	Self
2009	Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine	Self - Host
2008	Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox	Self
2008	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History	Self
2008	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'	Self
2008	Turning of the Tide: The Ill-Starred Making of Moontide	Self
2008	Inside 'The Apartment'	Self
2007	Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon	Self
2007	Private Screenings: Jane Fonda	Self - Host
2007	Private Screenings: Norman Jewison	Self - Host
2006	Private Screenings: Stanley Donen	Self
2006	Sergeant York: Of God and Country
2006	Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury	Self - Host
2005	George Lucas: Creating an Empire	Self
2005	Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born	Self - Film Historian
2005	Private Screenings: Lauren Bacall	Self - Host
2004	Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic	Self
2004	Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock	Self
2004	Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess	Self
2004	Hitchcock and Dial M	Self
2004	Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'	Self
2004	3D: A Brief History
2004	Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths	Self
2004	Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle	Self
2004	Private Screenings: Patricia Neal	Self - Host
2003	Curtains for Roy Earle	Self
2003	Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'	Self, Film Historian
2003	Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'	Self
2003	Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'	Self
2003	A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'	Self
2003	Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'	Self
2003	Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine	Self - Host
2000	Private Screenings: Betty Hutton	Self - Host
2000	Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy	Self
1999	Private Screenings: Anthony Quinn	Self - Host
1998	Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau	Self - Host
1998	Private Screenings: Charlton Heston	Self - Host
1998	Private Screenings: June Allyson	Self - Host
1997	Private Screenings: Mickey Rooney	Self
1997	Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart	Self - Host
1996	Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner	Self / Host
1996	Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland	Self / Host
1996	Private Screenings: Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell	Self - Host
1994	Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her	Self
1987	Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star	Self (archive footage)
1967	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Junior Executive (uncredited)
1960	Psycho	Man (uncredited)

Year	TV Show	Role
2010	Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood	Self
2000	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	Jeff Taylor
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self
1957	The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour	Weather Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
	Private Screenings	Self - Host
	Private Screenings	Self- Host