Personal Info
Birth date
1940-02-19 (85 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known as
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
William 'Smokey' Robinson
Smokey Robinson
Biography
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson was the founder and frontman of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. Robinson led the group from its 1955 origins as "the Five Chimes" until 1972, when he announced a retirement from the group to focus on his role as Motown's vice president. However, Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year. Following the sale of Motown Records in 1988, Robinson left the company in 1990. Robinson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, and was awarded the 2016 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for his lifetime contributions to popular music.
Filmography
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
7.8
Overview:
Intimate musical performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.477
Overview:
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Overview:
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.407
Overview:
Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.Sherri
4.2
Overview:
Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily dose of pop culture, comedy, conversations, and daytime talk staples, including celebrity and human interest interviews.American Idol
5.124
Overview:
Each year, hopeful singers from all over the country audition to be part of one of the biggest shows in American television history. Who will become the new American Idol?The Ellen DeGeneres Show
5.7
Overview:
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.The Heaven and Earth Show
3.2
Overview:
The Heaven and Earth Show was a BBC television programme that aired on Sunday mornings from 10am to 11am on BBC One. The show ran for nine years between 1998 and 2007, looking at spiritual and moral issues. Over the years it had numerous presenters, and its final presenter was Gloria Hunniford.The Jay Leno Show
3.6
Overview:
The Jay Leno Show is an American comedy show created by and starring Jay Leno, that aired at 10 p.m. from September 14, 2009 to February 9, 2010 on NBC, after Leno's initial retirement from hosting The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In January 2010, NBC announced that due to affiliate concerns about its effect on their newscasts, The Jay Leno Show would be shortened to 30 minutes and moved from primetime to 11:35 p.m., the timeslot that had been occupied by The Tonight Show for nearly 60 years. The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien released a public statement saying that he would not participate in moving Tonight to 12:05 a.m., asserting that it would damage the highly respected franchise. Despite much support for O'Brien from both the public and media professionals alike NBC maintained its plan to move Leno to 11:35. On January 21, 2010, NBC reached a $45 million settlement with O'Brien in order to end his contract. Leno resumed his duties as host of Tonight on March 1, 2010. Leno ended on February 9, 2010 after being on the air for only four months, with Entertainment Weekly calling the program television's "Biggest Bomb of All Time."Hollywood Squares
7.2
Overview:
On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.On Air with Ryan Seacrest
9.5
Overview:
On Air with Ryan Seacrest is an American syndicated television talk show, which ran from January 12, 2004 through September 17, 2004. It was distributed in the United States and Canada by Twentieth Television.Who Do You Think You Are?
6.6
Overview:
From roots in the Deep South to the slums of New Jersey, "Who Do You Think You Are?" follows the journeys of some of the most well-known names in American popular culture. Watch as celebrities discover unknown details about themselves and their families while researching their ancestry with the help of historians and genealogical experts.Dinah!
6.667
Overview:
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.Police Story
6.9
Overview:
Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it was an anthology, there were certain things that all episodes had in common; for instance, the main character in each episode was a police officer. The setting was always Los Angeles and the characters always worked for some branch of the LAPD. Notwithstanding the anthology format, there were recurring characters. Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as "Vinnie," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.The Jennifer Hudson Show
6.18
Overview:
Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.The Kennedy Center Honors
7.4
Overview:
The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.One on One
8.1
Overview:
A sportscaster becomes a full-time dad when his ex-wife decides to accept a job out of the country and his teenage daughter, Breanna, moves in with him.The Proud Family
7.761
Overview:
Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the early years of teen-dom. Penny's every encounter inevitably spirals into bigger than life situations filled with hi-jinks, hilarity and heart. Her quest to balance her home, school and social lives are further complicated by friends like the sassy Dijonay, Penny's nemesis LaCienega Boulevardez, her loving, if not over-protective parents and her hip-to-the-groove-granny, Suga Mama.The Midnight Special
7.833
Overview:
The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981. The ninety-minute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The show typically featured guest hosts, except for a period from July 1975 through March 1976 when singer Helen Reddy served as the regular host. Wolfman Jack served as the announcer and frequent guest host. The series also occasionally aired vintage footage of older acts. As the program neared the end of its run in the early 1980s, it began to frequently use lip-synched performances rather than live. The program also featured occasional comedic performances such as Richard Pryor and Andy Kaufman.CMT Crossroads
8.3
Overview:
Country music stars collaborate with performers from other musical genres and exchange stories about their mutual love for music.American Music Awards
8.2
Overview:
An annual American music awards show. Unlike the Grammys, which are awarded on the basis of votes by members of the Recording Academy, the AMAs are determined by a poll of the public and music buyers.ToddWorld
8
Overview:
ToddWorld is an animated children's TV programme about the adventures of a boy named Todd and his friends. ToddWorld features the artistic style of Todd Parr's children's books and was created by Todd Parr and writer Gerry Renert of SupperTime Entertainmenet. The show is produced by Mike Young Productions, an award-winning animation studio based in Woodland Hills, California and Merthyr Mawr, Wales. The show is notable for its bold lines and bright colors. Each ten-minute episode conveys a message about tolerance, diversity and acceptance. It has won many awards and been nominated for many more.Beat Shazam
5.1
Overview:
Game show in which teams of two race against the clock and each other as they attempt to identify the biggest hit songs of all time. In the end, the team with the highest score will outlast the competition and go against Shazam, the world’s most popular song identification app, for the chance to win a cash prize.The Jim Henson Hour
8.875
Overview:
The Jim Henson Hour was developed as a showcase for the Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the popular Muppet characters. This hour-long anthology series was hosted by Jim Henson and generally included two segments. The first segment,"Muppetelevision," included comedy skits starring the Muppets, as well as frequent guest appearances by popular entertainers. The second segment often featured rebroadcasts of original, Henson-created productions, such as episodes from Jim Henson's "The StoryTeller" anthology series.Last Holiday
7.199
Overview:
The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an overly cautious life. With weeks to live, she withdraws her life savings, sells all her possessions and jets off to Europe where she lives it up at a posh hotel. Upbeat and passionate, Georgia charms everybody she meets, including renowned Chef Didier. The only one missing from her new life is her longtime crush Sean Matthews.The Greatest Night in Pop
7.89
Overview:
On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event.The T.A.M.I. Show
8
Overview:
Hailed by one music reviewer as "the grooviest, wildest, slickest hit ever to pound the screen," "The T.A.M.I. Show" is an unrelenting rock spectacular starring some of the greatest pop performers of the 60s. These top recording idols – representing the musical moods of London, Liverpool, Hollywood and Detroit – packed the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium with 2,600 screaming fans and virtually brought down the house. This is the cinematic record of that electrifying event.Hollywood Homicide
5.21
Overview:
Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case or follow their hearts.Celebrity Duets
NYR
Overview:
Celebrity Duets was an American reality television show of the progressive game-show type, which combined celebrities of different backgrounds with professional singers in a weekly elimination competition. The show was a take-off of the Australian series program It Takes Two and its predecessor, the BBC's Just the Two of Us; however, unlike the British and Australian shows, the celebrities sang with different partners each week. Indeed, Celebrity Duets was meant to be transmitted in the UK first, under the title Star Duets, but the BBC bought the format before Simon Cowell got to produce it on ITV, there was even court action which the BBC won; thus, Star Duets never came into production. The show debuted on Fox, with a 2-hour premiere installment on August 29, 2006. It then moved to its normal Thursday timeslot the following week, and stayed there until its season finale on September 29, 2006. Simon Cowell of American Idol and The X Factor fame created the program, and Wayne Brady of Whose Line? fame, who himself is a singer and was the former host of a variety show on ABC, hosted the show. The judges were renowned composer and producer David Foster, rock and roll pioneer Little Richard, and singer Marie Osmond.Acting
TBAMirroring Michael Jackson as Self
2024A Motown Christmas as Self
2024Beatles '64 as Self
2024American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special as Self
2024The Greatest Night in Pop as Self
2023Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas as Self
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show (2 Episodes) as Self
2022Sherri (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2021Miracle in Motor City as Self
2021Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over as Self
2019Aretha Franklin Remembered (My Music) as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 Episode) as Self
2019Hitsville: The Making of Motown as Self
2019The Apollo as Self
2019ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke as Self
2017Hitsville US Eh! as Interviewee
2017Beat Shazam (1 Episode) as Self
2017Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song as Himself
2014The Art of McCartney as Self
2014Michael Jackson - The Final Days as self
2013Smokey Robinson - Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park as Unknown
2011Rejoice and Shout as Unknown
2010Who Do You Think You Are? (1 Episode) as Self
2010Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
2009The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts as Self
2009The Jay Leno Show (1 Episode) as Self
2009Michael Jackson Memorial as Self
2009DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70 as Self (archive footage)
2009Motown at the BBC as Self
2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History as Self
2008NPR Tiny Desk Concerts (1 Episode) as Self
2006Celebrity Duets (9 Episodes) as Unknown
2006Last Holiday as Smokey Robinson
2004The Very Best of Smokey Robinson Live In Concert as Himself
2004On Air with Ryan Seacrest (1 Episode) as Self - Performer
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show (1 Episode) as Self
2003Hollywood Homicide as Cabbie
2003The Giants of Black Music as Self
2002American Idol (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Guest Judge, Self
2002It's Black Entertainment as Self
2002CMT Crossroads (1 Episode) as Self
2001The Proud Family (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001One on One (2 Episodes) as Duane's Father
1998Hollywood Squares (5 Episodes) as Self - Panelist
1998The Heaven and Earth Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1998Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years as Self
1998Motown 40: The Music is Forever as Self
1995Ready Steady Go! The Sounds of Motown as self
1995The History of Rock 'n' Roll as Self
1993Aretha Franklin: Duets as Self
1993Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah as Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 Episode) as Unknown
1989The Jim Henson Hour (1 Episode) as Himself
1988Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues as Self
1986Knights of the City as Himself
1985We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song as Self
1984DTV: Golden Oldies as Self
1983Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever as Self
1982The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978The Kennedy Center Honors (1 Episode) as Self
1974Dinah! (2 Episodes) as Self
1974American Music Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Presenter
1973Police Story (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972The Midnight Special (1 Episode) as Host
1964The T.A.M.I. Show as Self - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
1961The Mike Douglas Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1959The Grammys (4 Episodes) as Self
Writing
1977Big Time ... Writer