David Steinberg

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Steinberg (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was one of the best-known stand-up comics in the United States. He appeared on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show more than 130 times (second only to Bob Hope in number of appearances) and served as guest host 12 times, the youngest person ever to guest-host. Steinberg directed several films and episodes of many of the most successful television situation comedies of the last twenty years, including Seinfeld, Friends, Mad About You, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and more than 35 episodes of Designing Women. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Steinberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

1. Friends (1994) — Director
2. Seinfeld (1989) — Director
3. Weeds (2005) — Director
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) — Director
5. The Golden Girls (1985) — Director
6. Mad About You (1992) — Director
7. The Twilight Zone (1985) — Director
8. Switching Goals (1999) — Director
9. Even Stevens (2000) — Director
10. The Wrong Guy (1997) — Director
11. The Comeback (2005) — Director
12. Newhart (1982) — Director
13. Going Berserk (1983) — Director
14. Norm Macdonald: Me Doing Standup (2011) — Director
15. Designing Women (1986) — Director
16. Get a Life (1990) — Director
17. Paternity (1981) — Director
18. Evening Shade (1990) — Director
19. The Parent 'Hood (1995) — Director
20. Tall Tales & Legends (1985) — Director
21. Ink (1996) — Director
22. Duet (1987) — Director
23. Daddy Dearest (1993) — Director
24. Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached (2006) — Director
25. Help Me Help You (2006) — Director
26. Sons & Daughters (2006) — Director
27. Eisenhower and Lutz (1988) — Director
28. Annie McGuire (1988) — Director
29. It Had to Be You (1993) — Director
30. Family Man (1988) — Director
31. Living in Your Car (2010) — Director
32. Casey at the Bat (1986) — Director
33. Kevin Pollak: Stop With The Kicking (1991) — Director
34. Living in Captivity (1998) — Director
35. What's Up, Peter Fuddy? (2001) — Director
36. Rick Reynolds: Only the Truth Is Funny (1993) — Director
37. The Comedy Factory (1985) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
2. Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018) — Self
3. Mad About You (1992) — Director
4. The Aristocrats (2005) — Self
5. RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012) — Self - Special Guest
6. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
7. The End (1978) — Marty Lieberman
8. The Odd Couple (1970) — David Steinberg
9. Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013) — Self
10. Being Canadian (2015) — Self
11. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) — Self (uncredited)
12. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
13. The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
14. The Last Laugh (2016) — Self
15. The Flip Wilson Show (1970) — Self
16. Nothing Personal (1980) — Talk Show Host
17. When Jews Were Funny (2013)
18. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self - Co-Host
19. The Merv Griffin Show (1962) — Self
20. Fridays (1980) — Self - Guest Host
21. The Sonny and Cher Show (1976)
22. The Lost Man (1969) — Photographer
23. The Tommy Chong Roast (1986)
24. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969) — Self
25. Fearless Frank (1969) — The Rat
26. Something Short of Paradise (1979) — Harris Sloane
27. Dinah! (1974) — Self
28. Inside Comedy (2012) — Self - Host
29. Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story (2013) — Self
30. From Darkness to Light (2025) — Self (archive footage)
31. Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002) — Self
32. The David Susskind Show (1959) — Self
33. The David Steinberg Show (1972)
34. Showbiz Goes to War (1982) — Self - Host
35. The Jews of Winnipeg (1973) — Himself
36. A Night Train to Terror (1973) — Paul
37. The One, the Only... Groucho (1991) — Narrator
38. Dad's A Dog (1990) — Charles Dryden
39. Big Sound (2000)
40. Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg (2005) — Self - Host