Biography (1987)

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.

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Season 5

Season 5

Season 6

Season 6

Season 7

Season 7

Season 8

Season 8

Season 9

Season 9

Season 10

Season 10

Season 11

Season 11

Season 12

Season 12

Season 13

Season 13

Season 14

Season 14

Season 15

Season 15

Season 16

Season 16

Season 17

Season 17

Season 18

Season 18

Season 19

Season 19

Season 20

Season 20

Season 21

Season 21

Season 22

Season 22

Season 23

Season 23

Season 24

Season 24

Season 25

Season 25

Season 26

Season 26

Season 27

Season 27

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    6 apr. 1987

  • 1x2

    Al capone: scarface

  • 1x3

    Bob hope: america's entertainer

  • 1x4

    Bugsy siegel

  • 1x5

    Dalai lama: the soul of tibet

  • 1x6

    King arthur: his life and legends

  • 1x7

    Lucky luciano: chairman of the mob

  • 1x8

    Nelson mandela: journey to freedom

  • 1x9

    Muhammad: the prophet

  • 1x10

    Napoleon bonaparte: the glory of france

  • 1x11

    Bonnie & clyde: the story of love & death

  • 1x12

    Babe ruth

  • 1x13

    Frederick douglass

  • 1x14

    Lizzie borden: a woman accused

  • 1x15

    Milton hershey: the chocolate king

Episodes season 2

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Harry s. truman

  • 3x2

    Henry ford: tin lizzy tycoon

  • 3x3

    Mata hari

  • 3x4

    Paul revere

  • 3x5

    Bruce lee: the immortal dragon

  • 3x6

    Sid caesar: television's comedy genius

  • 3x7

    The rockefellers

  • 3x8

    Teddy: a kennedy portrait

  • 3x9

    General omar bradley

  • 3x10

    Marilyn monroe - behind the legend

  • 3x11

    Houdini: the great escape

  • 3x12

    George washington: founding father

  • 3x13

    Christa mcauliffe: teacher in space

  • 3x14

    Wilbur and orville: dreams of flying

  • 3x15

    Gene roddenberry: star trek and beyond

  • 3x16

    Donald trump: master of the deal

  • 3x17

    Frank capra: mr. capra goes to america

  • 3x18

    Davy crockett: american frontier legend

  • 3x19

    Roy rogers: american legend

  • 3x20

    Willie nelson

  • 3x21

    Patsy cline: remembering patsy

  • 3x22

    W.c. fields: behind the laughter

  • 3x23

    Eleanor roosevelt: a restless spirit

  • 3x24

    The babe: the story of babe ruth

  • 3x25

    Pope john paul ii: statesman of faith

  • 3x26

    Bette davis: if looks could kill

  • 3x27

    Gilda radner: in her own words

  • 3x28

    Benjamin franklin: citizen of the world

  • 3x29

    Mike tyson: fallen champ

  • 3x30

    Michelangelo: artist and man

  • 3x31

    Edgar allan poe: the mystery of edgar allan poe

  • 3x32

    Cleopatra: destiny's queen

  • 3x33

    Van cliburn: concert pianist

  • 3x34

    Admiral william 'bull' halsey

  • 3x35

    Fdr: the war years

  • 3x36

    Hirohito

  • 3x37

    Clint eastwood: the man from malpaso

  • 3x38

    Santa claus

  • 3x39

    Shari lewis and lamb chop

  • 3x40

    Stooges: the men behind the mayhem

  • 3x41

    Fdr: years of crisis

  • 3x42

    Andrew carnegie: prince of steel

  • 3x43

    Andrew jackson: a man for the people

  • 3x44

    Aristotle onassis: the golden greek

  • 3x45

    Attila: scourge of god

  • 3x46

    Benedict arnold: triumph and treason

  • 3x47

    Charles dickens: a tale of ambition and genius

  • 3x48

    Charles manson: journey into evil

  • 3x49

    Charlton heston: for all seasons

  • 3x50

    Christopher columbus: explorer of the new world

  • 3x51

    Crazy horse: the last warrior

  • 3x52

    Daniel boone

  • 3x53

    Genghis khan: terror and conquest

  • 3x54

    George custer: showdown at the little bighorn

  • 3x55

    Goebbels: master of propaganda

  • 3x56

    H.g. wells: time traveler

  • 3x57

    Hercules: power of the gods

  • 3x58

    Huey long: the kingfish

  • 3x59

    Jack the ripper: phantom of death

  • 3x60

    John dillinger: public enemy #1

  • 3x61

    John wilkes booth: assassin in the spotlight

  • 3x62

    Lee harvey oswald: an american tragedy

  • 3x63

    Leif ericson: voyages of a viking

  • 3x64

    Malcolm x: a search for identity

  • 3x65

    Marco polo: journey to the east

  • 3x66

    Mozart

  • 3x67

    Nostradamus: prophet of doom

  • 3x68

    Patrick henry: voice of liberty

  • 3x69

    Ponce de león: the first conquistador

  • 3x70

    Sherlock holmes: the great detective

  • 3x71

    Sitting bull: chief of the lakota nation

  • 3x72

    Susan b. anthony: rebel for the cause

  • 3x73

    The gettys: a tragedy of riches

  • 3x74

    The james gang: outlaw brothers

  • 3x75

    The red baron: master of the air

  • 3x76

    The vanderbilts: an american dynasty

  • 3x77

    Theodore roosevelt: roughrider to rushmore

  • 3x78

    Thomas jefferson: philosopher of freedom

  • 3x79

    Tokyo rose: victim of propaganda

  • 3x80

    Wild bill hickock: gentleman of the old west

  • 3x81

    Yitzhak rabin: soldier of peace

Episodes season 4

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    Abbott and costello

  • 5x2

    Abraham lincoln: preserving the union

  • 5x3

    Adam & eve: lost innocence

  • 5x4

    Admiral chester nimitz: thunder of the pacific

  • 5x5

    Albert desalvo: the boston strangler

  • 5x6

    Alexander graham bell: voice of invention

  • 5x7

    Albert desalvo: the boston strangler

  • 5x8

    Annie oakley: crack shot in petticoats

  • 5x9

    Audie murphy: great american hero

  • 5x10

    Confucius: words of wisdom

  • 5x11

    Conrad hilton: innkeeper to the world

  • 5x12

    David and goliath: a biblical battle

  • 5x13

    Edward viii: the traitor king

  • 5x14

    Evita: the woman behind the myth

  • 5x15

    Fidel castro: el comandante

  • 5x16

    Hatfields & mccoys: an american feud

  • 5x17

    Henry viii: scandals of a king

  • 5x18

    Jeffrey dahmer: the monster within

  • 5x19

    John f. kennedy jr.: child of a dream

  • 5x20

    John paul jones: captain of the high seas

  • 5x21

    Marie antoinette: the tragic queen

  • 5x22

    Mikhail gorbachev: a man who changed the world

  • 5x23

    Moses and the ten commandments

  • 5x24

    Moshe dayan: a warrior's story

  • 5x25

    Noah and the ark: voyage to a new beginning

  • 5x26

    Richard nixon: man and president

  • 5x27

    Saddam hussein

  • 5x28

    Saint patrick: man, myth & magic

  • 5x29

    The astors: high society

  • 5x30

    The fabulous world of fabergé

  • 5x31

    The hunchback of notre dame

  • 5x32

    William shakespeare: a life of drama

Episodes season 6

  • 6x1

    Anastasia: her true story

  • 6x2

    Andy griffith: hollywood's homespun hero

  • 6x3

    Augustus: first of the emperors

  • 6x4

    Ayatollah khomeini: holy terror

  • 6x5

    Caligula: reign of madness

  • 6x6

    Charles kuralt: a life on the road

  • 6x7

    Constantine: the christian emperor

  • 6x8

    David copperfield: master of illusion

  • 6x9

    Diana: the people's princess

  • 6x10

    Dow and jones: wizards of wall street

  • 6x11

    Dutch schultz: menace to society

  • 6x12

    Edgar cayce: the sleeping psychic

  • 6x13

    Edward r. murrow: voice of america

  • 6x14

    Eliot ness: untouchable

  • 6x15

    Elizabeth i: the virgin queen

  • 6x16

    Elizabeth: the reluctant monarch

  • 6x17

    Erwin rommel: the last knight

  • 6x18

    F. scott fitzgerald: the great american dreamer

  • 6x19

    Frank costello: prime minister of the mob

  • 6x20

    General george c. marshall: soldier and statesman

  • 6x21

    George armstrong custer: america's golden cavalier

  • 6x22

    Hadrian: emperor of the golden age

  • 6x23

    Ivan the terrible: might and madness

  • 6x24

    J.c. penney: main street millionaire

  • 6x25

    Jfk: a personal story

  • 6x26

    Jimmy stewart: his wonderful life

  • 6x27

    Joseph kennedy: father of an american dynasty

  • 6x28

    Julius caesar: master of the roman world

  • 6x29

    Justinian: the last of the romans

  • 6x30

    Katharine graham: pillar of the post

  • 6x31

    Leonardo da vinci: renaissance master

  • 6x32

    Lucrezia borgia: pretty poison

  • 6x33

    Martin luther king, jr.: the man and the dream

  • 6x34

    Meyer lansky: mob tycoon

  • 6x35

    Mother teresa: a life of devotion

  • 6x36

    Nancy reagan: the president's leading lady

  • 6x37

    Neiman marcus: last of the merchant kings

  • 6x38

    Nelson rockefeller: passionate millionaire

  • 6x39

    Nero: the power and the madness

  • 6x40

    Pancho villa: outlaw hero

  • 6x41

    R.h. macy: merchant prince

  • 6x42

    Sam giancana

  • 6x43

    Sam walton: bargain billionaire

  • 6x44

    Samuel bronfman: whiskey man

  • 6x45

    Sigmund freud: analysis of a mind

  • 6x46

    Stanley & livingstone: the mercenary and the missionary

  • 6x47

    The gambinos: first family of crime

  • 6x48

    The marshall fields: a chicago tradition

  • 6x49

    The woolworths: five-and-dime fortune and failure

  • 6x50

    Thurgood marshall: justice for all

  • 6x51

    Vladimir lenin: voice of the revolution

Episodes season 7

  • 7x1

    David berkowitz: son of sam

  • 7x2

    Mao tse tung: china's peasant emperor

  • 7x3

    Amelia earhart: queen of the air

  • 7x4

    Angela lansbury: a balancing act

  • 7x5

    Anne frank: the life of a young girl

  • 7x6

    Beethoven: the sound and the fury

  • 7x7

    Colonel sanders: america's chicken king

  • 7x8

    Dwight d. eisenhower: commander-in-chief

  • 7x9

    Ernest hemingway: wrestling with life

  • 7x10

    Evel knievel: hell on wheels

  • 7x11

    Howard carter: triumph and treasure

  • 7x12

    Jackie kennedy onassis: in a class of her own

  • 7x13

    Jim jones: journey into madness

  • 7x14

    John wayne: american legend

  • 7x15

    P.t. barnum: the greatest showman on earth

  • 7x16

    Ray kroc: fast food mcmillionaire

  • 7x17

    Satan: prince of darkness

  • 7x18

    Vincent van gogh: a stroke of genius

  • 7x19

    Charles lindbergh: against the wind

  • 7x20

    Fred gwynne: more than a munster

  • 7x21

    John wayne gacy: a monster in disguise

  • 7x22

    Nicolae ceausescu: the unrepentant tyrant

  • 7x23

    The tiffanys: mark of excellence

  • 7x44

    Dean martin: everybody loves somebody

  • 7x63

    Butch cassidy and the sundance kid

  • 7x67

    Nostradamus: prophet of doom

Episodes season 8

Episodes season 9

  • 9x2

    Julia child: an appetite for life

  • 9x25

    Henry fonda: hollywood's quiet hero

Episodes season 10

  • 10x1

    Larry flynt: fighting dirty

  • 10x2

    Al lewis: forever grandpa

  • 10x3

    Jimmy hoffa: the man behind the mystery

  • 10x4

    John j. pershing: the iron general

  • 10x5

    John steinbeck: an american writer

  • 10x6

    Mary magdalene: the hidden apostle

  • 10x7

    Pol pot: secret killer

  • 10x8

    Sally hemings: redefining history

  • 10x9

    Stonewall jackson

  • 10x10

    Yvonne de carlo: gilded lily

  • 10x11

    Enzo ferrari: passion for speed

  • 10x12

    Genovese: portrait of a crime family (the mafia - disc 3)

  • 10x13

    George lucas: creating an empire

  • 10x14

    Henry hill: goodfella

  • 10x15

    Calamity jane

  • 10x16

    Donald rumsfeld: top gun

  • 10x17

    General george patton: a genius for war

  • 10x18

    Hitler and stalin: roots of evil

  • 10x19

    Home improvement: a half-hour of power

  • 10x20

    John & abigail adams: love and liberty

  • 10x21

    Joseph stalin: red terror

  • 10x22

    Lewis & clark: explorers of the new frontier

  • 10x23

    Mahatma gandhi: pilgrim of peace

  • 10x24

    Mark twain: his amazing adventures

  • 10x25

    Osama bin laden: in the name of allah

  • 10x26

    Pablo escobar: the terror of columbia

  • 10x27

    Rfk: his many sides

  • 10x28

    Ronald reagan: the role of a lifetime

  • 10x29

    The extraordinary voyages of jules verne

  • 10x30

    The manson women: an american nightmare

  • 10x31

    Saturday night live

Episodes season 11

  • 11x1

    Drew barrymore: beating the odds

Episodes season 12

  • 12x25

    Bob dylan: the american troubadour

Episodes season 13

  • 13x5

    John wayne gacy: a monster in disguise

  • 13x39

    Bob barker

Episodes season 14

Episodes season 15

Episodes season 16

Episodes season 17

Episodes season 18

  • 18x9

    Arnold schwarzenegger

  • 18x10

    Eva braun: love & death

  • 18x18

    Aileen wuornos

  • 18x19

    All the presidents' kids

  • 18x20

    Edith hahn beer: the nazi officer's wife

  • 18x21

    Fred rogers: america's favorite neighbor

  • 18x22

    Harrison ford: the reluctant hero

  • 18x23

    John mccain: american maverick

  • 18x24

    Kim jong il

  • 18x25

    Louis xiv: the sun king

  • 18x26

    Sears

  • 18x27

    Ted kaczynski: the unabomber

  • 18x28

    The munsters: america's first family of fright

  • 18x29

    The post-impressionists: van gogh & gauguin

  • 18x30

    The saudi royal family

  • 18x31

    Ariel sharon

  • 18x32

    Bram stoker

  • 18x33

    Doc holliday

  • 18x34

    Harley-davidson

  • 18x35

    Harold shipman

  • 18x36

    Jesus: his life

  • 18x37

    Joan of arc: virgin warrior

  • 18x38

    Lord byron

  • 18x39

    Pat tillman

  • 18x40

    Ringling brothers

  • 18x41

    Sir isaac newton: the gravity of genius

  • 18x42

    St. francis of assisi

  • 18x43

    The google boys

Episodes season 19

  • 19x1

    Bram stoker

  • 19x18

    Lawrence of arabia

Episodes season 20

  • 20x1

    Chuck norris

  • 20x2

    General douglas macarthur: the return of a legend

  • 20x3

    Albert einstein

  • 20x4

    Ben & jerry's

  • 20x5

    Bill clinton: hope, charisma & controversy

  • 20x6

    Catherine the great

  • 20x7

    Charles darwin: evolution's voice

  • 20x8

    J. pierpont morgan: emperor of wall street

  • 20x9

    Mussolini: italy's nightmare

  • 20x10

    Peter

  • 20x11

    Peter the great: the tyrant reformer

  • 20x12

    Pocahontas: ambassador of the new world

  • 20x13

    Pontius pilate

  • 20x14

    Rasputin: the mad monk

  • 20x15

    Saint paul

  • 20x16

    Solomon

  • 20x17

    The hiltons

  • 20x18

    The kellogg brothers: corn flake kings

  • 20x19

    William shatner: captain's log

  • 20x20

    Al qaeda

  • 20x21

    Frank serpico: honor bound

  • 20x22

    Gerald r. ford: healing the presidency

  • 20x23

    Jane austen

  • 20x24

    The brontë sisters

  • 20x25

    The home depot

  • 20x26

    Thomas edison: father of invention

  • 20x27

    Woodrow wilson: reluctant warrior

  • 20x28

    Howard schultz and starbucks

  • 20x29

    Solomon and sheba: an epic love story

  • 20x30

    Weird al yankovic

  • 20x31

    Bill gates: the sultan of software

  • 20x32

    Caroline kennedy: the next generation

  • 20x33

    David ben-gurion

  • 20x34

    Ian fleming

  • 20x35

    Lucky: the story of charles lindbergh

  • 20x36

    Ted kennedy: tragedy, scandal, and redemption

  • 20x37

    The apostles

  • 20x38

    The harry potter kids

  • 20x39

    Barack obama

  • 20x40

    George washington: american revolutionary

  • 20x41

    Wall street

  • 20x42

    Jeff dunham: birth of a dummy

  • 20x43

    Kate middleton: uncommon bride

  • 20x44

    Pippa middleton: her life

  • 20x45

    Under 21 and filthy rich

Episodes season 21

  • 21x1

    Dave chappelle

  • 21x2

    Jon stewart

Episodes season 22

Episodes season 23

Episodes season 24

  • 24x2

    Gordon ramsay

  • 24x6

    Scarlett johansson

Episodes season 25

  • 25x2

    Rodney dangerfield

Episodes season 26

  • 26x1

    Episode 1

Episodes season 27

  • 27x1

    Episode 1

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