Soupy Sales
Known for Acting · 43 credits
- Born
- 1926-01-28
- Died
- 2009-10-22
- Place of birth
- Franklinton, North Carolina, USA
- Also known as
- Milton Supman
Biography
Milton Supman, known professionally as Soupy Sales, was an American comedian, actor, radio/television personality, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television show Lunch with Soupy Sales, a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. From 1968 to 1975 he was a regular panelist on the syndicated revival of What's My Line? and appeared on several other TV game shows. During the 1980s, Sales hosted his own show on WNBC-AM in New York City.
Sales is best known for his daily children's television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales. The show was originally called 12 O'Clock Comics, and was later known as The Soupy Sales Show. Improvised and slapstick in nature, Lunch with Soupy Sales was a rapid-fire stream of comedy sketches, gags, and puns, almost all of which resulted in Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. Sales developed pie-throwing into an art form: straight to the face, on top of the head, a pie to both ears from behind, moving into a stationary pie, and countless other variations. He claimed that he and his visitors had been hit by more than 20,000 pies during his career. He recounted a time when a young fan mistakenly threw a frozen pie at his neck and he "dropped like a pile of bricks."
Known For
TV Shows (30)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
The Love Boat
1977
as Victor Marshall
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Wings
1990
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Love, American Style
1969
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Burke's Law
1963
as Henry Geller
Boy Meets World
1993
as Mr. Martini
Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
Route 66
1960
The Rebel
1959
as Stable Owner / Meyers
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self - Guest Host
Monsters
1988
as Howard Filby
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
True Blue
1989
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
as Self
Saturday Supercade
1983
as Donkey Kong (voice)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Fireman Smokey / Fred Brady
Hullabaloo
1965
as Self / Self - Host
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
as Self
Hennesey
1959
Donkey Kong
1983
as Donkey Kong (voice)
The Judy Garland Show
1963
as Self
Movies (13)
Holy Man
1998
as Soupy Sales
The Making of '...And God Spoke'
1994
as Moses
Black Scorpion Returns
2001
as Sonny Dey / Professor Prophet
Birds Do It
1966
as Melvin Byrd
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
Let's Go Mets
1986
as Self
Palmer's Pick-Up
1999
as Ernie Bolza
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Seams
2000
as Doorman
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
1977
as Santola
The Two Little Bears
1961
as Officer McGovern
Bill's Hat
1967
A Little Bit of Lipstck
2000
as Max
About Soupy Sales
Milton Supman, known professionally as Soupy Sales, was an American comedian, actor, radio/television personality, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television show Lunch with Soupy Sales, a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. From 1968 to 1975 he was a regular panelist on the syndicated revival of What's My Line? and appeared on several other TV game shows. During the 1980s, Sales hosted his own show on WNBC-AM in New York Cit… With 43 credits spanning from 1948 to 2016, Soupy Sales has appeared in 13 films and 30 TV shows.
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- Holy Man (1998) — as Soupy Sales
- The Making of '...And God Spoke' (1994) — as Moses
- Black Scorpion Returns (2001) — as Sonny Dey / Professor Prophet
- Birds Do It (1966) — as Melvin Byrd
- Murder at N.B.C. (1966)
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