George Carlin

Bronx, New York on 5/12/1937

Leading stand-up comic and occasional actor since the late 1960s, this veteran performer evolved from a suit-clad, clean-cut social observer to a shaggy countercultural commentator to a grizzled survivor of numerous trends in American comedy. Carlin started out as a radio disc jockey while serving in the US Air Force in Shreveport LA. Working with a partner, he began as a night club comedian in 1960 before striking out on his own two years later. Carlin made his first TV appearance as a guest on "The Merv Griffin Show" in 1965.