Biography
Apr 06, 1987 (en)
Documentary
[60] Min
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First Air DateApr 06, 1987
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ProductionTowers Productions, Departure Films, Atlas Media, Actuality Productions, Foxstar Productions, Working Dog Productions, Stage 3 Productions, Electric Sky Productions, Eagle Rock Entertainment, Sharp Entertainment, Atlas Media Corp., Jupiter Entertainment, Popular Arts Entertainment, Flashback Television, Pangolin Pictures, Robert Small Entertainment, Screaming Flea Productions, Lou Reda Productions
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Rotten tomato60%
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Original titleBiography
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ReleaseApr 06, 1987
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Overview
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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Season 1 ( 1987-04-06)
6 Apr. 1987
Episode: 1
Al Capone: Scarface
Episode: 2
Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Episode: 3
Bugsy Siegel
Episode: 4
Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet
Episode: 5
King Arthur: His Life and Legends
Episode: 6
Lucky Luciano: Chairman of the Mob
Episode: 7
Nelson Mandela: Journey to Freedom
Episode: 8
Muhammad: The Prophet
Episode: 9
Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France
Episode: 10
Bonnie & Clyde: The Story of Love & Death
Episode: 11
Babe Ruth
Episode: 12
Frederick Douglass
Episode: 13
Lizzie Borden: A Woman Accused
Episode: 14
Milton Hershey: The Chocolate King
Episode: 15
Season 3 ( )
Harry S. Truman
Episode: 1
Henry Ford: Tin Lizzy Tycoon
Episode: 2
Mata Hari
Episode: 3
Paul Revere
Episode: 4
Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
Episode: 5
Sid Caesar: Television's Comedy Genius
Episode: 6
The Rockefellers
Episode: 7
Teddy: A Kennedy Portrait
Episode: 8
General Omar Bradley
Episode: 9
Marilyn Monroe - Behind the Legend
Episode: 10
Houdini: The Great Escape
Episode: 11
George Washington: Founding Father
Episode: 12
Christa McAuliffe: Teacher in Space
Episode: 13
Wilbur and Orville: Dreams of Flying
Episode: 14
Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek and Beyond
Episode: 15
Donald Trump: Master of the Deal
Episode: 16
Frank Capra: Mr. Capra Goes to America
Episode: 17
Davy Crockett: American Frontier Legend
Episode: 18
Roy Rogers: American Legend
Episode: 19
Willie Nelson
Episode: 20
Patsy Cline: Remembering Patsy
Episode: 21
W.C. Fields: Behind the Laughter
Episode: 22
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Restless Spirit
Episode: 23
The Babe: The Story of Babe Ruth
Episode: 24
Pope John Paul II: Statesman of Faith
Episode: 25
Bette Davis: If Looks Could Kill
Episode: 26
Gilda Radner: In Her Own Words
Episode: 27
Benjamin Franklin: Citizen of the World
Episode: 28
Mike Tyson: Fallen Champ
Episode: 29
Michelangelo: Artist and Man
Episode: 30
Edgar Allan Poe: The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe
Episode: 31
Cleopatra: Destiny's Queen
Episode: 32
Van Cliburn: Concert Pianist
Episode: 33
Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey
Episode: 34
FDR: The War Years
Episode: 35
Hirohito
Episode: 36
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Episode: 37
Santa Claus
Episode: 38
Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop
Episode: 39
Stooges: The Men Behind the Mayhem
Episode: 40
FDR: Years of Crisis
Episode: 41
Andrew Carnegie: Prince of Steel
Episode: 42
Andrew Jackson: A Man for the People
Episode: 43
Aristotle Onassis: The Golden Greek
Episode: 44
Attila: Scourge of God
Episode: 45
Benedict Arnold: Triumph and Treason
Episode: 46
Charles Dickens: A Tale of Ambition and Genius
Episode: 47
Charles Manson: Journey into Evil
Episode: 48
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Episode: 49
Christopher Columbus: Explorer of the New World
Episode: 50
Crazy Horse: The Last Warrior
Episode: 51
Daniel Boone
Episode: 52
Genghis Khan: Terror and Conquest
Episode: 53
George Custer: Showdown at the Little Bighorn
Episode: 54
Goebbels: Master of Propaganda
Episode: 55
H.G. Wells: Time Traveler
Episode: 56
Hercules: Power of the Gods
Episode: 57
Huey Long: The Kingfish
Episode: 58
Jack the Ripper: Phantom of Death
Episode: 59
John Dillinger: Public Enemy #1
Episode: 60
John Wilkes Booth: Assassin in the Spotlight
Episode: 61
Lee Harvey Oswald: An American Tragedy
Episode: 62
Leif Ericson: Voyages of a Viking
Episode: 63
Malcolm X: A Search for Identity
Episode: 64
Marco Polo: Journey to the East
Episode: 65
Mozart
Episode: 66
Nostradamus: Prophet of Doom
Episode: 67
Patrick Henry: Voice of Liberty
Episode: 68
Ponce de León: The First Conquistador
Episode: 69
Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective
Episode: 70
Sitting Bull: Chief of the Lakota Nation
Episode: 71
Susan B. Anthony: Rebel for the Cause
Episode: 72
The Gettys: A Tragedy of Riches
Episode: 73
The James Gang: Outlaw Brothers
Episode: 74
The Red Baron: Master of the Air
Episode: 75
The Vanderbilts: An American Dynasty
Episode: 76
Theodore Roosevelt: Roughrider to Rushmore
Episode: 77
Thomas Jefferson: Philosopher of Freedom
Episode: 78
Tokyo Rose: Victim of Propaganda
Episode: 79
Wild Bill Hickock: Gentleman of the Old West
Episode: 80
Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier of Peace
Episode: 81
Season 5 ( 1996-01-04)
Abbott and Costello
Episode: 1
Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union
Episode: 2
Adam & Eve: Lost Innocence
Episode: 3
Admiral Chester Nimitz: Thunder of the Pacific
Episode: 4
Albert DeSalvo: The Boston Strangler
Episode: 5
Alexander Graham Bell: Voice of Invention
Episode: 6
Albert DeSalvo: The Boston Strangler
Episode: 7
Annie Oakley: Crack Shot in Petticoats
Episode: 8
Audie Murphy: Great American Hero
Episode: 9
Confucius: Words of Wisdom
Episode: 10
Conrad Hilton: Innkeeper to the World
Episode: 11
David and Goliath: A Biblical Battle
Episode: 12
Edward VIII: The Traitor King
Episode: 13
Evita: The Woman Behind the Myth
Episode: 14
Fidel Castro: El Comandante
Episode: 15
Hatfields & McCoys: An American Feud
Episode: 16
Henry VIII: Scandals of a King
Episode: 17
Jeffrey Dahmer: The Monster Within
Episode: 18
John F. Kennedy Jr.: Child of a Dream
Episode: 19
John Paul Jones: Captain of the High Seas
Episode: 20
Marie Antoinette: The Tragic Queen
Episode: 21
Mikhail Gorbachev: A Man Who Changed the World
Episode: 22
Moses and the Ten Commandments
Episode: 23
Moshe Dayan: A Warrior's Story
Episode: 24
Noah and the Ark: Voyage to a New Beginning
Episode: 25
Richard Nixon: Man and President
Episode: 26
Saddam Hussein
Episode: 27
Saint Patrick: Man, Myth & Magic
Episode: 28
The Astors: High Society
Episode: 29
The Fabulous World of Fabergé
Episode: 30
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Episode: 31
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
Episode: 32
Season 6 ( 1997-01-09)
Anastasia: Her True Story
Episode: 1
Andy Griffith: Hollywood's Homespun Hero
Episode: 2
Augustus: First of the Emperors
Episode: 3
Ayatollah Khomeini: Holy Terror
Episode: 4
Caligula: Reign of Madness
Episode: 5
Charles Kuralt: A Life on the Road
Episode: 6
Constantine: The Christian Emperor
Episode: 7
David Copperfield: Master of Illusion
Episode: 8
Diana: The People's Princess
Episode: 9
Dow and Jones: Wizards of Wall Street
Episode: 10
Dutch Schultz: Menace to Society
Episode: 11
Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Psychic
Episode: 12
Edward R. Murrow: Voice of America
Episode: 13
Eliot Ness: Untouchable
Episode: 14
Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen
Episode: 15
Elizabeth: The Reluctant Monarch
Episode: 16
Erwin Rommel: The Last Knight
Episode: 17
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer
Episode: 18
Frank Costello: Prime Minister of the Mob
Episode: 19
General George C. Marshall: Soldier and Statesman
Episode: 20
George Armstrong Custer: America's Golden Cavalier
Episode: 21
Hadrian: Emperor of the Golden Age
Episode: 22
Ivan the Terrible: Might and Madness
Episode: 23
J.C. Penney: Main Street Millionaire
Episode: 24
JFK: A Personal Story
Episode: 25
Jimmy Stewart: His Wonderful Life
Episode: 26
Joseph Kennedy: Father of an American Dynasty
Episode: 27
Julius Caesar: Master of the Roman World
Episode: 28
Justinian: The Last of the Romans
Episode: 29
Katharine Graham: Pillar of the Post
Episode: 30
Leonardo Da Vinci: Renaissance Master
Episode: 31
Lucrezia Borgia: Pretty Poison
Episode: 32
Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Man and the Dream
Episode: 33
Meyer Lansky: Mob Tycoon
Episode: 34
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
Episode: 35
Nancy Reagan: The President's Leading Lady
Episode: 36
Neiman Marcus: Last of the Merchant Kings
Episode: 37
Nelson Rockefeller: Passionate Millionaire
Episode: 38
Nero: The Power and the Madness
Episode: 39
Pancho Villa: Outlaw Hero
Episode: 40
R.H. Macy: Merchant Prince
Episode: 41
Sam Giancana
Episode: 42
Sam Walton: Bargain Billionaire
Episode: 43
Samuel Bronfman: Whiskey Man
Episode: 44
Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind
Episode: 45
Stanley & Livingstone: The Mercenary and the Missionary
Episode: 46
The Gambinos: First Family of Crime
Episode: 47
The Marshall Fields: A Chicago Tradition
Episode: 48
The Woolworths: Five-and-Dime Fortune and Failure
Episode: 49
Thurgood Marshall: Justice for All
Episode: 50
Vladimir Lenin: Voice of the Revolution
Episode: 51
Season 7 ( 1998-03-23)
David Berkowitz: Son of Sam
Episode: 1
Mao Tse Tung: China's Peasant Emperor
Episode: 2
Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air
Episode: 3
Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act
Episode: 4
Anne Frank: The Life of a Young Girl
Episode: 5
Beethoven: The Sound and the Fury
Episode: 6
Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King
Episode: 7
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Commander-in-Chief
Episode: 8
Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling With Life
Episode: 9
Evel Knievel: Hell on Wheels
Episode: 10
Howard Carter: Triumph and Treasure
Episode: 11
Jackie Kennedy Onassis: In a Class of Her Own
Episode: 12
Jim Jones: Journey into Madness
Episode: 13
John Wayne: American Legend
Episode: 14
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
Episode: 15
Ray Kroc: Fast Food McMillionaire
Episode: 16
Satan: Prince of Darkness
Episode: 17
Vincent Van Gogh: A Stroke of Genius
Episode: 18
Charles Lindbergh: Against the Wind
Episode: 19
Fred Gwynne: More than a Munster
Episode: 20
John Wayne Gacy: A Monster in Disguise
Episode: 21
Nicolae Ceausescu: The Unrepentant Tyrant
Episode: 22
The Tiffanys: Mark of Excellence
Episode: 23
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody
Episode: 44
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Episode: 63
Nostradamus: Prophet of Doom
Episode: 67
Season 10 ( 1997-01-15)
Larry Flynt: Fighting Dirty
Episode: 1
Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa
Episode: 2
Jimmy Hoffa: The Man Behind the Mystery
Episode: 3
John J. Pershing: The Iron General
Episode: 4
John Steinbeck: An American Writer
Episode: 5
Mary Magdalene: The Hidden Apostle
Episode: 6
Pol Pot: Secret Killer
Episode: 7
Sally Hemings: Redefining History
Episode: 8
Stonewall Jackson
Episode: 9
Yvonne De Carlo: Gilded Lily
Episode: 10
Enzo Ferrari: Passion for Speed
Episode: 11
Genovese: Portrait of a Crime Family (The Mafia - Disc 3)
Episode: 12
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Episode: 13
Henry Hill: Goodfella
Episode: 14
Calamity Jane
Episode: 15
Donald Rumsfeld: Top Gun
Episode: 16
General George Patton: A Genius for War
Episode: 17
Hitler and Stalin: Roots of Evil
Episode: 18
Home Improvement: A Half-Hour of Power
Episode: 19
John & Abigail Adams: Love and Liberty
Episode: 20
Joseph Stalin: Red Terror
Episode: 21
Lewis & Clark: Explorers of the New Frontier
Episode: 22
Mahatma Gandhi: Pilgrim of Peace
Episode: 23
Mark Twain: His Amazing Adventures
Episode: 24
Osama Bin Laden: In the Name of Allah
Episode: 25
Pablo Escobar: The Terror of Columbia
Episode: 26
RFK: His Many Sides
Episode: 27
Ronald Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime
Episode: 28
The Extraordinary Voyages of Jules Verne
Episode: 29
The Manson Women: An American Nightmare
Episode: 30
Saturday Night Live
Episode: 31
Season 18 2003 ( )
Eva Braun: Love & Death
Episode: 10
Aileen Wuornos
Episode: 18
All the Presidents' Kids
Episode: 19
Edith Hahn Beer: The Nazi Officer's Wife
Episode: 20
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor
Episode: 21
Harrison Ford: The Reluctant Hero
Episode: 22
John McCain: American Maverick
Episode: 23
Kim Jong Il
Episode: 24
Louis XIV: The Sun King
Episode: 25
Sears
Episode: 26
Ted Kaczynski: The Unabomber
Episode: 27
The Munsters: America's First Family of Fright
Episode: 28
The Post-Impressionists: Van Gogh & Gauguin
Episode: 29
The Saudi Royal Family
Episode: 30
Ariel Sharon
Episode: 31
Bram Stoker
Episode: 32
Doc Holliday
Episode: 33
Harley-Davidson
Episode: 34
Harold Shipman
Episode: 35
Jesus: His Life
Episode: 36
Joan of Arc: Virgin Warrior
Episode: 37
Lord Byron
Episode: 38
Pat Tillman
Episode: 39
Ringling Brothers
Episode: 40
Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius
Episode: 41
St. Francis of Assisi
Episode: 42
The Google Boys
Episode: 43
Season 20 ( 2005-09-23)
Chuck Norris
Episode: 1
General Douglas MacArthur: The Return of a Legend
Episode: 2
Albert Einstein
Episode: 3
Ben & Jerry's
Episode: 4
Bill Clinton: Hope, Charisma & Controversy
Episode: 5
Catherine the Great
Episode: 6
Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice
Episode: 7
J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street
Episode: 8
Mussolini: Italy's Nightmare
Episode: 9
Peter
Episode: 10
Peter the Great: The Tyrant Reformer
Episode: 11
Pocahontas: Ambassador of the New World
Episode: 12
Pontius Pilate
Episode: 13
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Episode: 14
Saint Paul
Episode: 15
Solomon
Episode: 16
The Hiltons
Episode: 17
The Kellogg Brothers: Corn Flake Kings
Episode: 18
William Shatner: Captain's Log
Episode: 19
Al Qaeda
Episode: 20
Frank Serpico: Honor Bound
Episode: 21
Gerald R. Ford: Healing the Presidency
Episode: 22
Jane Austen
Episode: 23
The Brontë Sisters
Episode: 24
The Home Depot
Episode: 25
Thomas Edison: Father of Invention
Episode: 26
Woodrow Wilson: Reluctant Warrior
Episode: 27
Howard Schultz and Starbucks
Episode: 28
Solomon and Sheba: An Epic Love Story
Episode: 29
Weird Al Yankovic
Episode: 30
Bill Gates: The Sultan of Software
Episode: 31
Caroline Kennedy: The Next Generation
Episode: 32
David Ben-Gurion
Episode: 33
Ian Fleming
Episode: 34
Lucky: The Story of Charles Lindbergh
Episode: 35
Ted Kennedy: Tragedy, Scandal, and Redemption
Episode: 36
The Apostles
Episode: 37
The Harry Potter Kids
Episode: 38
Barack Obama
Episode: 39
George Washington: American Revolutionary
Episode: 40
Wall Street
Episode: 41
Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy
Episode: 42
Kate Middleton: Uncommon Bride
Episode: 43
Pippa Middleton: Her Life
Episode: 44
Under 21 and Filthy Rich
Episode: 45