Mel Allen

Mel Allen

Movies for Mel Allen...

Title: The Sounds of Baseball
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 8, 2020
Type: TV
MLB Network showcases the greatest calls and moments from iconic Major League Baseball play-by-play broadcasters.
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Needful Things
Title: Needful Things
Character: Baseball Announcer
Released: August 27, 1993
Type: Movie
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
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50 Greatest Home Runs in Baseball History
Title: 50 Greatest Home Runs in Baseball History
Character: Narrator
Released: July 6, 1993
Type: Movie
There is nothing more majestic in baseball than the home run. Home run hitters have made up baseball's greatest hitters and most charismatic players: Ruth, Mays, Mantle, Aaron, Jackson. Their names summon a moment: Fisk, Gibson, Mazeroski, Dent. This video showcases 50 of the greatest home runs of all time.
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Baseball 1992: A Video Chronicle
Title: Baseball 1992: A Video Chronicle
Character: Narrator
Released: January 29, 1993
Type: Movie
You saw it once but didn't get a chance to savor the moment? Now you can re-capture all the memorable events from the 1992 baseball season. From the first pitch in April to the last out of the World Series, Baseball 1992: The Video Chronicle is chock full of the heroes, the record setters, the milestones, the great plays, the bloopers, the rising stars and the stars in full bloom.
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The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
Title: The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
Character: Self
Released: May 17, 1992
Type: Movie
A half-hour parody special in the style of Playhouse 90, starring comedian and SNL veteran Jon Lovitz.
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Baseball's Funniest Bloopers
Title: Baseball's Funniest Bloopers
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: December 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A compilation of absolutely the most hilarious blunders on the ballfield you'll ever see. A sidesplitting selection of crazy collisions, flubbed throws, bobbled catches, and ridiculous tumbles, stumbles, and pratfalls.
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Baseball in the '70s
Title: Baseball in the '70s
Character: Narrator
Released: January 29, 1991
Type: Movie
Baseball in the '70s was a decade of transition and innovation. It was a decade dominated by super teams: the Big Red Machine, the flamboyant Oakland A's, and the turbulent New York Yankees. We were treated to the final glory of Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, and Bob Gibson, and thrilled by the excellence of Tom Seaver, Reggie Jackson, and Johnny Bench. It was astroturf, the DH and polyester uniforms. It was Yaz, Pops, and Catfish. It was free agency, fantastic bloopers, and Fisk's home run. Baseball in the '70s, a decade of glory.
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Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Title: Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Character: narrator
Released: April 25, 1990
Type: Movie
Mel Allen hosts this look at Babe Ruth's life and career, focusing primarily on Ruth's years with the New York Yankees.
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Title: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Character: Baseball Announcer
Released: December 2, 1988
Type: Movie
When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
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1984 Detroit Tigers: The Official World Series Film
Title: 1984 Detroit Tigers: The Official World Series Film
Character: Narrator
Released: October 9, 1984
Type: Movie
Coach Sparky Anderson led the Tigers to a record-setting start of the 1984 season culminating with 104 regular season wins, a sweep of the ALCS®, and a World Series win. Jack Morris, Alan Trammell, and Kirk Gibson set the pace as the Tigers became only the third MLB ® club to go wire-to-wire.
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The Million Dollar Infield
Title: The Million Dollar Infield
Character: Self
Released: February 2, 1982
Type: Movie
Four wealthy Long Islanders play for an amateur softball team. All four men suffer from profound personal and professional problems, thus the weekly ball game becomes a method of working out their frustrations. So adept do they become at this cathartic activity that their team makes it to the statewide championship — which leads to yet another crisis.
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Title: Jackpot Bowling
Character: Host
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: TV
Jackpot Bowling was a professional bowling show on NBC from January 9, 1959 to June 24, 1960 and again from September 19, 1960 to March 13, 1961. Jackpot Bowling was the first national TV bowling show since Bowling Headliners aired in the early days of television. Jackpot Bowling aired on Fridays at 10:45 PM following the Cavalcade of Sports Friday Night Fight. Leo Durocher was the show's first host, but bowed out after only two shows and was replaced by Mel Allen. Allen's lack of bowling knowledge made him an unpopular host, however. On April 10, 1959 Bud Palmer became the show's third host. Allen returned in October 1959 and remained with the show until April 1960, after which Palmer returned and hosted through June. The show was put on a brief hiatus after the June 24, 1960 episode, as its Cavalcade of Sports lead-in had ended its run on NBC. When it returned on September 19, 1960, a retooled version hit the airwaves; the series not only moved to Monday nights at 10:30, but Bayuk Cigars replaced Phillies Cigars as sponsor, the Hollywood Legion Lanes replaced Wayne, New Jersey's T-Bowl as the show's venue, and Milton Berle took over as host with Chick Hearn providing play-by-play. The show now ran 30 minutes, and the professional bowler challenges were supplemented with segments of celebrities being interviewed by Berle and then rolling a shot for charity.
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Title: The Rifleman
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
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The Babe Ruth Story
Title: The Babe Ruth Story
Character: Mel Allen - New York Yankees Radio Announcer
Released: September 16, 1948
Type: Movie
The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run hero.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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On the Air
Title: On the Air
Character: Self / Radio Program Announcer
Released: June 26, 1939
Type: Movie
The setting is a radio broadcast with the bands of Leith Stevens and Bobby Hackett, the vocals by Nan Wynn and a speciality bit by Leslie Lieber playing a toy whistle. Future-and-long-time-voice of the New York Yankees baseball team, Mel Allen (as Melvin Allen), served as the announcer.