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Hugh Hefner

Apr 9, 1926 - Chicago, Illinois, USA

Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles which provoked charges of obscenity.

Known For Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	1981	History of the World: Part I	Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire
Movie	2007	3000 Miles	Self
Movie	1998	Playboy: The Story of X	Self
Movie	2008	The House Bunny	Hugh Hefner
Movie	2001	Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV	President of the United States
Movie	1980	The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's	Self
Movie	2005	The Aristocrats	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie	2007	Playboy: Girls of World Soccer	self
Movie	1987	Sam Kinison: Breaking the Rules	Self (uncredited)
Movie	1996	Love in Hollywood	Self
Movie	1969	Freedom to Love	Self
Movie	1997	Playboy: Jenny McCarthy - The Playboy Years	Self
Movie	2002	Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion	Self
Movie	2022	The Janes	Self (archive footage)
Movie	2007	King: Man of Peace in a Time of War	Self
Movie	2008	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	Self (archive footage)
Movie	2013	Bettie Page Reveals All	Self
Movie	1979	Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration	Self
Movie	2001	Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored	Self
Movie	2011	Hop	Voice at Playboy Mansion (voice)
Movie	2025	Naked Ambition	Himself
Movie	2019	This Is Farrah Fawcett	Self (Editor-In-Chief, Playboy) (archive footage)
Movie	2007	Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein	Self
Movie	2008	Let's Play, Boy	himself
Movie	2004	Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates	Self - Editor-In-Chief
Movie	1979	The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
Movie	1970	How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?	Hugh Hefner
Movie	2009	Miss March	Hugh Hefner
Movie	1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	Hugh Hefner
Movie	2014	Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'	Self
Movie	2012	Sunset Strip	Self
Movie	1979	Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
Movie	1999	The Bunny Years	Self
Movie	1963	The Most
Movie	1973	The World of Hugh Hefner
Movie	2017	Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond	Self
Movie	1971	Why Do They Do It?
Movie	2008	Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood	Self
Movie	1967	NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure	Self
Movie	2005	Inside Deep Throat	Self
Movie	2010	The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!	Self
Movie	2006	The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'	Self
Movie	2001	The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner	Self
Movie	1996	A Century of Science Fiction	Self
Movie	1982	The Comeback Trail	Hugh Hefner
Movie	2003	Hugh Hefner: American Playboy	Self
Movie	2003	Sex at 24 Frames Per Second	Self
Movie	2012	Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom	Self
Movie	2009	Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America	Self
Movie	2005	Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson	Self
Movie	2000	Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
Movie	1995	The World of James Bond
Movie	2011	Gloria: In Her Own Words	Self (archive footage)
Movie	2000	The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect	Self
Movie	1982	Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 1
Movie	1985	Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
Movie	2006	Marilyn Monroe: Still Life	Self - Founder, Playboy Magazine
Movie	2004	Comic Book: The Movie	Hugh Hefner
Movie	2006	Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
Movie	2019	The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
Movie	1995	The Death of Playboy Playmate
Movie	2002	Playboy: The Ultimate Pamela Anderson	Self
Movie	2004	Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild	Self(as Hugh M. Hefner)
Movie	2002	Playboy: Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold?	Self
Movie	1980	Magic Night	Self
Movie	2003	Centerfold Babylon
Movie	2012	Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe	Self (archive footage)
Movie	1992	Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time	Self
TV Show	2001	Beat the Geeks		3
TV Show	1989	The Simpsons	Hugh Hefner (voice)	1
TV Show	1963	Burke's Law	Manager	1
TV Show	1999	Family Guy	Hugh Hefner (voice)	1
TV Show	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	2
TV Show	1970	The Odd Couple	Hugh Hefner	1
TV Show	2001	The Bernie Mac Show	Hugh Hefner	1
TV Show	1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Hugh Hefner	1
TV Show	2001	According to Jim	Hugh Hefner	1
TV Show	2004	Entourage		1
TV Show	2003	Las Vegas	Hugh Hefner - Justice of the Peace	1
TV Show	1959	Playboy's Penthouse	Self - Host	10
TV Show	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	2
TV Show	2004	The Celebrity Apprentice		1
TV Show	1976	Laverne & Shirley		1
TV Show	1996	E! True Hollywood Story	Self	6
TV Show	1990	Blossom		1
TV Show	2008	E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!	Self	8
TV Show	2003	Celebrities Uncensored	Self	1
TV Show	2005	The Girls Next Door		90
TV Show	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	1
TV Show	1980	Pink Lady	Hugh Hefner	1
TV Show	2008	Sex: The Revolution		4
TV Show	1969	Playboy After Dark		54
TV Show	1968	The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show	Self	1
TV Show	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	3
TV Show	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	1
TV Show	1992	The Larry Sanders Show	Hugh Hefner	1
TV Show	2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Hugh Hefner	1
TV Show	2017	American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story	Himself	10
TV Show	2022	Secrets of Playboy	Self (archive footage)	20
TV Show	1971	V.I.P. Schaukel	Self	1
TV Show	2007	Head Case	Self	1
TV Show	1998	Sex and the City	Hugh Hefner	1
TV Show	2007	Keeping Up with the Kardashians	Self	1
TV Show	2005	Robot Chicken	Hugh Hefner (voice)	1
TV Show	2006	Legends	Self	1
TV Show	2000	Crank It Up!	Self	1
TV Show	2003	Comedy Central Roasts	Self	1
TV Show	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	3
TV Show	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	1
TV Show	1977	Please Turn the Page	Self	1
TV Show	2023	The Playboy Murders	Self (archive footage)	8
TV Show	1998	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Self	1
TV Show	1997	Just Shoot Me!	Hugh Hefner	1
TV Show	2004	America or Busted	Self	1
TV Show	1997	Taff	self	1
TV Show	1998	V.I.P.	Hugh Hefner	1

Crew

Media
Movie	1991	Playboy: 101 Ways to Excite Your Lover	Producer	Production
Movie	1995	Man of the Year	Producer	Production
Movie	1973	The Third Girl from the Left	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2000	Girls of Hedonism, Runaway Bay Jamaica	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2001	Playboy: Playmates Unwrapped	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2005	Playboy: Women of Fear Factor	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1987	Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1988	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1979	Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1993	Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1994	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1995	Playboy Video: Playmate Calendar 1996	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1997	Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2003	Playboy: Girls of Reality TV	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2007	Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1983	Playboy Playmate Workout	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1986	The Tommy Chong Roast	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1993	Playboy: Erotic Fantasies II	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1973	The Naked Ape	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1998	Playboy's Babes of Baywatch	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2001	Playboy's Real Couples - Sex in Dangerous Places	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1992	Playboy: The Best of Wet & Wild	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2001	Playboy's Celebrities	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1997	Playboy's Girls in Uniform	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1997	Playboy's Girls Next Door - Naughty and Nice	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1998	Playboy: Naturals	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2000	Playboy Wet & Wild: Slippery When Wet	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2003	Playboy: Women of Starbucks	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1981	A Whale for the Killing	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1992	Playboy: Sexy Lingerie IV	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1999	Playboy: How to Reawaken Your Sexual Powers	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1994	Playboy: Secret Confessions	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	N/A	Playboy Intimate Secrets: How Women Love to Be Loved	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1999	Playboy: Best Kept Sex Secrets	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1992	Playboy's Erotic Fantasies	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1993	Playboy's Erotic Fantasies III	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1990	Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1991	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2000	Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1979	Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2000	Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1983	Playboy Playmate Review, Vol. 1	Producer	Production
Movie	1993	Night Dreams	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1989	Playboy: Sexy Lingerie	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1990	Playboy: Playmates at Play	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1988	Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1989	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1986	Playboy: Playmate Playoffs	Producer	Production
Movie	2018	Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1999	Playboy's Tales of Erotic Fantasies	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2000	Playboy: Sexy Shorts	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1971	Macbeth	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1986	Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1987	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1979	Saint Jack	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1998	Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1996	Playboy: Girls of South Beach	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1974	The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1993	Playboy: Wet & Wild IV	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1989	Playboy: Wet & Wild	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1998	Playboy's Asian Exotica	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1994	Playboy: Wet & Wild - The Locker Room	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1996	Playboy: Wet & Wild VIII - Bottoms Up	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1985	Playboy's Girls of Rock & Roll	Executive Producer	Production
TV Show	2005	The Girls Next Door	Creator	Creator