Steve Allen was the host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" from 1954 to 1957.
Steve Allen was an American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, writer, and advocate of scientific skepticism. He has also hosted numerous game and variety shows, including his own The Steve Allen Show, I've Got a Secret, and The New Steve Allen Show, and from 1977 until 1981 wrote, produced, and hosted the award-winning public broadcasting show Meeting of Minds, a series of historical dramas presented in a talk format.
