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John Paragon

1954-12-09 Los Angeles, California, USA

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Biografia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Dixon Paragon (born 9 December 1954) is an American actor, writer, and director. He was born in Anchorage, Alaska, on an Army base. He grew up and attended schools in Fort Collins, Colorado. Paragon is probably best known for his work on children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse where he played Jambi the Genie and voiced Pterri the Pterodactyl. In addition to writing many of the regular season episodes of Playhouse, Paragon also co-wrote (with Paul Reubens) the acclaimed Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special in 1988, for which they were nominated an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Children's Special. Some of Paragon's other memorable roles include Cedric, one half of the gay couple Bob and Cedric on the television series Seinfeld; the title character in the children's movie The Frog Prince; the sex shop salesman in the cult favorite Eating Raoul; and the owner of a Strip-o-gram business in the 1986 film Echo Park. Paragon got his start in the Los Angeles-based improvisation group The Groundlings alongside Reubens and Phil Hartman. He also collaborated with fellow Groundling Cassandra Peterson on numerous Elvira projects, including the recurring role of The Breather, an annoying caller, for her first television series on KHJ-TV-Los Angeles. In recent years, Paragon has worked with Walt Disney Imagineering on ways to incorporate improvisational performance into attractions at Disney parks. In this capacity, he performed as the keeper of Lucky the Dinosaur during the test runs of the animatronic figure. Paragon returned to his performance as Jambi the Genie in the Broadway outing of the new Pee-wee Herman stage show that began performances 26 October 2010 at the Stephen Sondheim Theater. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Paragon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Películas

Pee-wee's Big Holiday TV Cameraman 2016-03-15
The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway Jambi 2011-03-19
Red Riding Hood Fisherman 2006-06-27
The Rich Man's Wife Maitre D' 1996-09-13
Every Breath 1994-03-30
The Elvira Show Reinfield (voice) 1993-01-01
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid Lab Technician 1992-07-16
Double Trouble FBI Agent 1992-02-14
Ring of the Musketeers Air Traffic Controller Manfred Wenzel 1992-12-01
UHF Richard Fletcher 1989-07-21
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Jambi / Pterri (voice) 1988-12-21
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark Gas Station Attendant 1988-09-30
Spaceballs Dink (voice) (uncredited) 1987-06-24
The Frog Prince Ribbit / Prince Of Freedly 1986-10-05
Echo Park Hugo 1985-11-05
Get Out of My Room Robert Walters 1985-10-01
Pee-wee's Big Adventure Movie Lot Actor 1985-07-26
Last of the Great Survivors Beef 1984-01-03
The Paragon of Comedy Dr Berger / Debbie / Mr Excitement / Ramone Azteca and others 1983-01-16
Going Berserk Rooster 1983-09-30
Pandemonium Prisoner 1982-04-01
The Facts 1982-06-01
Eating Raoul Sex Shop Salesman 1982-03-24
Things Are Tough All Over Red Carpet Man #1 1982-08-04
The Pee-wee Herman Show Jambi the Genie 1981-09-11
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie Director (Groundling) 1980-07-18