Studs Terkel

Biography

Career Overview

Studs Terkel has 29 screen credits in a career dating back to 1961. Signature works include Studs Terkel: Listening to America, Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago, Halsted Street, USA. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

29

Birth Date

1912-05-16 00:00:00

Birth Place

New York, New York, U.S

Known For

• 

  Studs Terkel: Listening to America
• 

  Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago
• 

  Halsted Street, USA
• 

  Ridin' the Dog
• 

  Studs Terkel's Chicago
• 

  The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War

Frequent Collaborators

• David E. Simpson (5 collaborations)
• Noel Buckner (4 collaborations)
• Sam Sills (3 collaborations)
• Mary Dore (3 collaborations)
• Eric Simonson (2 collaborations)
• Ines Sommer (2 collaborations)
• Mike Dibb (2 collaborations)
• Wally Berger (1 collaborations)
• Wolfgang Held (1 collaborations)
• Tom Hurwitz (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (27 credits)

  • Algren

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Prohibition

    - A Nation of Hypocrites (2011) ... Self - Writer actor actors
    2011
  • Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Studs Terkel: Listening to America

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street

    self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Other Voices (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Halsted Street, USA

    Self - Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The Big One

    Self - Author / Radio Host

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Anthem

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Corwin

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The Daily Show

    - Studs Terkel (2006) ... Self actor actors
    1996
  • Baseball

    Self (voice)

    actor

    actors

    - Inning Nine: Home (1994) ... Self (voice) actor actors

    - Inning Eight: A Whole New Ball Game (1994) ... Self (voice) actor actors

    - Inning Seven: The Capitol of Baseball (1994) ... Self (voice) actor actors

    - Inning Six: The National Pastime (1994) ... Self (voice) actor actors

    - Inning Five: Shadow Ball (1994) ... Self (voice) actor actors
    1994
  • To Write and Keep Kind

    Poetry Reader

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union

    Self (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Ridin' the Dog

    Self - Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Eight Men Out

    Hugh Fullerton

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Studs Terkel's Chicago

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Interviews With Interviewers… About Interviewing

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • The Dollmaker

    Taxi Driver

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Working

    Self - Host

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Chicago Blues

    actor

    actors
    1972

• writing (1 credits)

  • Working

    book

    writing
    1982

• production (1 credits)

  • Chicago: First Impressions of a Great American City

    producer

    production
    1961