Biography: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Biography is a documentary television series. Originally produced by CBS in 1962 and hosted by Mike Wallace, the A&E Network later re-ran it and has produced new episodes since 1987. The series has featured biographies on such people as Elvis Presley, Plácido Domingo, Pope John Paul II, Enrico Caruso, Diego Rivera, Mick Foley, Mao Zedong, and Queen Elizabeth II, and fictional characters like The Phantom, Superman, and Santa Claus. The program ended up profiling enough figures, that in 1999 A&E spun the program off into an entire network, The Biography Channel.

Series details

• Title: Biography
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1961-01-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-12-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: A&E
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 70 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4960

Cast and credited roles

• Peter Graves — Host
• Mike Wallace — Host
• Jack Perkins — Host
• Harry Smith — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1961: premiered 1961-01-01; final listed air date 1961-01-01.
• Season 1989: premiered 1989-04-06; final listed air date 1989-12-14.
• Season 1990: premiered 1990-11-26; final listed air date 1990-11-29.
• Season 1991: premiered 1991-04-16; final listed air date 1991-07-16.
• Season 1992: premiered 1992-07-28; final listed air date 1992-07-28.
• Season 1993: premiered 1993-09-21; final listed air date 1993-11-16.
• Season 1994: premiered 1994-01-18; final listed air date 1994-12-26.
• Season 1995: premiered 1994-01-02; final listed air date 1995-01-01.
• Season 1996: premiered 1995-06-17; final listed air date 1996-07-25.
• Season 1997: premiered 1997-01-15; final listed air date 1997-09-22.
• Season 1998: premiered 1998-01-04; final listed air date 1998-12-20.
• Season 1999: premiered 1997-07-14; final listed air date 1999-08-10.
• Season 2000: premiered 2000-01-04; final listed air date 2000-04-12.
• Season 2001: premiered 2001-01-07; final listed air date 2001-08-02.
• Season 2002: premiered 2002-01-01; final listed air date 2002-05-22.
• Season 2003: premiered 2003-01-21; final listed air date 2003-11-10.
• Season 2004: premiered 2004-01-29; final listed air date 2004-06-15.
• Season 2005: premiered 2005-01-01; final listed air date 2005-05-06.
• Season 2006: premiered 2006-01-05; final listed air date 2006-07-07.
• Season 2007: premiered 2002-07-23; final listed air date 2007-05-27.
• Season 2008: premiered 2008-01-04; final listed air date 2008-08-31.
• Season 2009: premiered 2009-01-28; final listed air date 2009-04-28.
• Season 2010: premiered 2010-01-09; final listed air date 2010-11-24.
• Season 2011: premiered 2011-01-10; final listed air date 2011-12-08.
• Season 2012: premiered 2012-01-03; final listed air date 2012-03-08.
• Season 2013: premiered 2013-02-26; final listed air date 2013-02-26.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-04-02; final listed air date 2014-04-02.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-12-16; final listed air date 2015-12-16.

Source and licence

Adapted from Biography on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.