Barry Manilow - Selected TV and Movie Appearances

Selected TV and Movie Appearances

Donny & Marie in 1977.
ABC special The Stars Salute Israel At 30 on May 8, 1978.
May 8, 1982, Goldie & Kids a special where he acted in skits and sang "One Voice" and "I Am Your Child" with hostess Goldie Hawn.
In 1985 Barry wrote and starred in the Television movie Copacabana (musical), which was inspired by his 1978 song Copacabana.
On September 17, 1987, he appeared in the star-studded CBS special We The People 200: The Constitutional Gala taped at the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to debut his song "Let Freedom Ring".
On May 17, 1989, made first of eight appearances as a guest on The Arsenio Hall Show over five years.
On May 17, 1993, Manilow made a guest appearance on the CBS show Murphy Brown. On the show, Candice Bergen's title character had frequently made reference to her hatred of Manilow's music, but after she became a mother, Manilow appeared to sing her a sweet version of his tune "I Am Your Child", winning her over with the song about a parent's bond with a child. Later that year he appeared in England on Surprise! Surprise! with Cilla Black where he performed the new single he had recorded with Cilla of "You'll Never Walk Alone".
Guest appearance in a 2001 episode of Ally McBeal. He played both a hallucination of Ally's and himself on stage at the end of the show.
Played himself in a cameo in the 2002 dark comedy Unconditional Love starring Kathy Bates and Rupert Everett where "Can't Smile Without You" also played a key role in the plot.
On December 11, 2003, Manilow appeared on the NBC show Will & Grace as himself backstage between tour stops. The name of the episode is "Fanilow" as in "a fan of Manilow".
On April 20–21, 2004, Manilow reunited with Debra Byrd his former backup singer who is now the vocal coach at American Idol when he appeared as a guest judge and worked with the top seven finalists for the popular FOX variety prize show where the season three contestants sang his songs as the theme for the week.
On December 8, 2004, he was a guest on the NBC special A Clay Aiken Christmas, hosted by the former Idol runner-up.
On March 21–22, 2006, Manilow returned to American Idol in season five when 1950s music was the theme. He again helped the top eleven finalists to fine tune their performances and again sang on the results show.
In November 2006, he appeared on Logo's reality show Jacob and Joshua: Nemesis Rising as himself in Las Vegas for a recording session with the twins.
On November 23, 2006, Manilow appeared live on a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and performed the song "What the World Needs Now" on the television broadcast of the parade.
On December 2, 2006, Manilow was the celebrity guest and theme for the week on series three of The X Factor where he assisted the top four acts with their performances.
On December 12, 2006, appeared live at the 2006 Royal Variety Performance and performed a selection from his latest album.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on October 31, 2007, on November 17, 2008, and on July 12, 2011.
He guest starred on Family Guy in "Back to the Woods" on February 17, 2008
On December 4, 2008, he was the main guest on UK's The Graham Norton Show.
He guest starred on Strictly Come Dancing on December 7, 2008
Barry narrated and wrote original music for the Ocean Spray Christmas special "Cranberry Christmas".
He appeared as a guest on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (UK) on September 11, 2009.
On October 2, 2009, he appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
He appeared as a guest on The Jay Leno Show (US) on December 10, 2009.
He appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (US) on January 21, 2010. He mentioned that, before he became famous, he wrote advertising jingles, including two well-known jingles for Band-Aid and State Farm. Also, he commented on his diet of "forgetting to eat".
On February 6, 2010, he was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where Jimmy showed a photo of him in the 1970s and discussed his new album.
On December 11, 2010, he ended the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, Norway singing four of his most known and popular songs. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
On June 15, 2011, he appeared on "Good Morning America" performing his new album, "Fifteen Minutes".
On June 23, 2011, he appeared on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight.
On June 24, 2011, he appeared on the UK's Paul O'Grady Live.
On October 28, 2011, he was the star of the UK's show An Audience With... Barry Manilow.
On December 11, 2011, he appeared on ITV's Text Santa: The Launch
On December 14, 2011, he appeared on the royal variety show on ITV.

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