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Biography

★ 7.7 2K votes 1987–present 24 seasons · 481 episodes Ended CBS
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Starring
Gary T. CarlinDave Hoffman
Starring
Gary T. CarlinDave Hoffman
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
075150225300

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About

Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and hosted by Mike Wallace. The A&E Network later re-ran it and has produced new episodes since 1987. The older version featured historical figures such as Helen Keller and Mark Twain, or long-dead entertainment figures such as Will Rogers or John Barrymore. The A&E series has placed the emphasis on such people as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Plácido Domingo, Freddie Mercury, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Eric Clapton, Pope John Paul II, Gene Tierney, Selena, Diego Rivera, Mao Zedong and Queen Elizabeth II, and fictional characters like The Phantom, Superman, Hamlet, Betty Boop, and Santa Claus. The program ended up profiling enough figures that in 1999, A&E spun it off into an entire network, The Biography Channel.

All Seasons

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Season 1 (1992)1987
6.962274h
1992
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Season 2 (1993)1992
7.821531h
1993
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Season 3 (1994)
7.6140246m
1994
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Season 4 (1995)
7.559664h 25m
1995
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Season 51996
7.099145m
1996
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Season 61997
6.83K2416h 47m
1997
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Season 71998
6.57K7344h 41m
1998
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Season 8
6.18K8238h 47m
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Season 9
6.57K7824h 43m
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Season 101997
6.93K3318h 15m
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Season 111999
7.43K257h 29m
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Season 12
6.73K3715h 23m
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Season 13
7.11K156h 18m
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Season 14
7.387885h 44m
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Season 16
7.257461h 48m
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Season 18
—01
The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.
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Season 192004
5.39511h
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Season 202005
5.6192745m
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Season 212006
6.61K262h 17m
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Season 22
5.91452
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Season 23
8.187144m
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Season 242011
7.0974192h 45m
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Season 25
6.3453223h
Season 25
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Season 26
6.914022h

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jack Perkins Self - Host, Self - Narrator, Narrator
Peter Graves Self - Host, Narrator, Self
Harry Smith Self - Host, Self - Narrator, Narrator
Robert J. Thompson Self, Self - Syracuse Univ Professor, Self - Professor
Bill Mumy Self - Narrator, Self, Self - Host
Gary T. Carlin Narrator, Self - Narrator
Dave Hoffman Narrator
Roddy McDowall Self, Self - Actor, Friend
David Wild Self, Self - 'Rolling Stone', Self - Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone
Matt Roush Self, Self - TV Guide, Self - Television Critic

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