Flip Wilson

1933-12-08

•Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.

1998-11-25

Biography

Clerow "Flip" Wilson Jr. (December 8, 1933 – November 25, 1998) was an American comedian and actor best known for his television appearances during the late 1960s and 1970s. From 1970 to 1974, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series The Flip Wilson Show, and introduced viewers to his recurring character Geraldine. The series earned Wilson a Golden Globe and two Emmy Awards, and it was the second highest-rated show on network television for a time.

Known For Movies

6.1

Uptown Saturday Night

1974-07-26

Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdu...

6.0

The 5th Dimension Special: An Odyssey in the Cosmic Universe of Peter Max

1970-05-21

Artist Peter Max pulls the strings as the pop group The Fifth Dimension travels through a technicolo...

0.0

Zora is My Name!

1990-01-01

A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and gr...

5.6

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1979-11-06

The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrol...

5.0

Skatetown, U.S.A.

1979-10-01

A street-gang leader challenges a handsome young skater in a championship contest at the local rolle...

0.0

US Against the World

1977-09-07

This NBC Special from 1977 pitted celebrities from the worlds of film and TV in the United States ag...

0.0

Clerow Wilson's Great Escape

1974-04-03

Clerow is taken away from his sister's home by a social worker and placed into servitude with an evi...

0.0

Bing Crosby: Cooling It

1970-04-13

Entertainment variety special with Bing and special guests Dean Martin, Bernadette Peters, and Flip ...

Known For TV Shows

6.6

The Drew Carey Show

1995-09-13

Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck the...

The Sonny and Cher Show

1976-02-01

Cher and Sonny Bono starred in this quintessentially '70's TV comedy/variety show. Sonny and Cher's ...

6.8

227

1985-09-14

A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C.,...

6.5

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968-01-22

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

5.8

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

1969-01-22

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American network television music and comedy variety show host...

4.8

The Flip Wilson Show

1970-09-17

The Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September 17, 1...

5.4

The Mike Douglas Show

1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that origin...

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