Garrison Keillor
1942-08-07 (1942)Anoka, Minnesota, USAActing
Biography
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He is best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of his books, including Lake Wobegon Days and Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. Other creations include Guy Noir, a detective voiced by Keillor who appeared in A Prairie Home Companion comic skits. Keillor is also the creator of the five-minute daily radio/podcast program The Writer's Almanac, which pairs one or two poems of his choice with a script about important literary, historical, and scientific events that coincided with that date in history. From Wikipedia (US), the free encyclopedia
Known For
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
American Experience
TV • 1988
Baseball
TV • 1994
The Civil War
TV • 1990
A Prairie Home Companion
MOVIE • 2006
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
MOVIE • 2013
Redux Riding Hood
MOVIE • 1997
The Congress
MOVIE • 1989
The Big One
MOVIE • 1997
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
MOVIE • 1991
The Haunted History of Halloween
MOVIE • 1997
The Wright Stuff
MOVIE • 1996
The Main Stream
MOVIE • 2002
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
MOVIE • 1988
Voices in Wartime
MOVIE • 2004
A Prairie Home Companion 30th Broadcast Season Celebration
MOVIE • 2004
The Dakota Conflict
MOVIE • 1993