1952-07-01 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Daniel Edward Aykroyd, born in Ottawa, initially pursued studies in psychology, criminal sociology, and political science at Carleton University, where his comedy journey took off. He co-wrote sketches for a private cable company, igniting his passion for acting. At 20, he joined The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago and Toronto, marking the start of his career. In 1975, Aykroyd joined "Saturday Night Live" as a founding member of the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players," crafting iconic sketches like "The Blues Brothers" with Belushi and "Two Wild and Crazy Guys" with Steve Martin. The success of "The Blues Brothers" sketch led to a full-length feature in 1980, with Aykroyd writing and producing the movie soundtrack, defying the disco and punk era. His versatile talent shines in roles like Dr. Ray Stantz in "Ghostbusters," Jessica Tandy’s son in "Driving Miss Daisy," a single father in "My Girl," and an assassin in "Grosse Pointe Blank," showcasing both comedic and dramatic prowess.
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Marty, Life Is Short | Self (archive footage) | 2026-05-11 |
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On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers | Self | 2025-12-09 |
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self (archive footage) | 2025-01-27 |
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John Candy: I Like Me | Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City | 2025-09-04 |
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You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... | Self | 2025-09-06 |
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I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not | Self | 2025-12-04 |
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Jim Henson Idea Man | Self (archive footage) | 2024-05-18 |
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Ray Stantz | 2024-03-20 |
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The Greatest Night in Pop | Self (archive footage) | 2024-01-19 |
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Our Soho | self | 2023-07-07 |
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Zombie Town | Len Carver | 2023-09-01 |
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self (archive footage) | 2022-11-19 |
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Ray Stantz | 2021-11-18 |
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The Go-Go's | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-03-08 |
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Who Saw the Men in Black | self | 2021-11-09 |
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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self | 2020-01-07 |
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Belushi | Self (archive footage) | 2020-05-16 |
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Defend, Conserve, Protect | Narrator | 2019-07-25 |
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Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh | Self | 2019-05-27 |
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Le Fantastique Mr Murray | Self - Interviewee | 2019-10-20 |
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Ghostbusters | Cabbie | 2016-07-14 |
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Ghostheads | Self | 2016-04-23 |
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Good Fortune | Self | 2016-09-22 |
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Pixels | 1982 Championship MC | 2015-07-16 |
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Being Canadian | Self | 2015-09-18 |
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I Am Chris Farley | Self | 2015-07-27 |
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Tammy | Don | 2014-07-02 |
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Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond | 2014-09-16 | |
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Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective | 2014-09-16 | |
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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return | Scarecrow (voice) | 2014-05-08 |
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Get On Up | Ben Bart | 2014-08-01 |
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Behind the Candelabra | Seymour Heller | 2013-05-26 |
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Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving | Rick Phillips | 2013-11-27 |
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Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot | Self | 2013-01-15 |
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Born In Chicago | Narrator | 2013-03-13 |
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WWII: Saving the Reality | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2013-01-07 |
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The Campaign | Wade Motch | 2012-08-09 |
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Sunset Strip | Self | 2012-03-16 |
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The Women of SNL | Various (archive footage) | 2010-11-01 |
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Presidential Reunion | Jimmy Carter | 2010-03-02 |
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Yogi Bear | Yogi Bear (voice) | 2010-12-17 |
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Julie & Julia | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2009-08-06 |
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War, Inc. | Mr. Vice President | 2008-04-28 |
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Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation | Self | 2007-05-06 |
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | Captain Tucker | 2007-07-12 |
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Shortcut to Happiness | Julius Jensen | 2007-07-13 |
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Working with a Master: John Landis | Self | 2006-06-27 |
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Just the Two of Us | Self | 2005-08-23 |
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd | Various Characters (archive footage) | 2005-09-06 |
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Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live | Self | 2005-02-20 |
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Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation | Self | 2005-06-07 |
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Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs | Self | 2005-07-15 |
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The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music | Self | 2005-08-30 |
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi | Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2005-08-06 |
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Intern Academy | Dr. Cyrill Kipp | 2004-05-16 |
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Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin | Narrator | 2004-08-20 |
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Christmas with the Kranks | Vic Frohmeyer | 2004-11-24 |
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50 First Dates | Dr. Keats | 2004-02-13 |
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James Brown: Soul Survivor | 2003-10-29 | |
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Bright Young Things | Lord Monomark | 2003-10-03 |
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Toronto Rocks | Self | 2003-07-29 |
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The Making of ‘Sneakers’ | Self | 2003-06-03 |
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Unconditional Love | Max Beasley | 2002-08-23 |
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Crossroads | Pete Wagner | 2002-02-15 |
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Earth vs. the Spider | Det. Insp. Jack Grillo | 2001-10-07 |
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Evolution | Governor Lewis | 2001-06-08 |
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Chris Magruder | 2001-08-24 |
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On the Nose | Dr. Barry Davis | 2001-10-23 |
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Pearl Harbor | Captain Thurman | 2001-05-21 |
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Stardom | Barry Levine | 2000-10-13 |
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The House of Mirth | Augustus 'Gus' Trenor | 2000-10-13 |
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Loser | Dad | 2000-07-21 |
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Saturday Night Live: Christmas | Self | 1999-12-01 |
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey | 1999-10-13 | |
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Diamonds | Lance Agensky | 1999-12-10 |
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Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection | Captain Milligan | 1999-09-07 |
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Ghostbusters 1999 | Self | 1999-10-29 |
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
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Blues Brothers 2000 | Elwood Blues | 1998-02-06 |
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Antz | Chip (voice) | 1998-10-02 |
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Susan's Plan | Bob | 1998-10-29 |
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The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' | Self | 1998-09-08 |
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Roswell Top Secret | Self | 1998-01-01 |
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Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow | Crawford Gordon | 1997-01-01 |
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Grosse Pointe Blank | Grocer | 1997-04-11 |
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The Arrow | Crawford Gordon Jr. | 1997-01-12 |
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My Fellow Americans | President William Haney | 1996-12-20 |
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Rainbow | Sheriff Wyatt Hampton | 1996-07-26 |
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Getting Away with Murder | Jack Lambert | 1996-04-12 |
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Celtic Pride | Jimmy Flaherty | 1996-04-19 |
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Sgt. Bilko | COL John T. Hall | 1996-03-29 |
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Feeling Minnesota | Det. Ben Costikyan | 1996-09-13 |
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The Random Factor | Dexter (voice) | 1995-03-03 |
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Tommy Boy | Ray Zalinsky | 1995-03-31 |
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Canadian Bacon | OPP Officer (uncredited) | 1995-06-08 |
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Casper | Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited) | 1995-05-26 |
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The Best of the Blues Brothers | Elwood Blues / Self | 1994-07-26 |
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My Girl 2 | Harry Sultenfuss | 1994-02-11 |
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North | Pa Tex | 1994-07-22 |
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A Century of Cinema | Self | 1994-01-01 |
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Exit to Eden | Fred Lavery | 1994-10-14 |
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Coneheads | Beldar | 1993-07-23 |
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This Is My Life | Arnold Moss | 1992-02-21 |
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Chaplin | Mack Sennett | 1992-12-17 |
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Sneakers | Mother | 1992-09-09 |
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Two-Fisted Tales | Captain Miligan | 1992-01-18 |
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Nothing But Trouble | Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo | 1991-02-15 |
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My Girl | Harry Sultenfuss | 1991-11-27 |
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Loose Cannons | Ellis Fielding | 1990-02-09 |
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Masters of Menace | Johnny Lewis | 1990-09-06 |
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Seriously... Phil Collins | Self | 1990-09-08 |
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The Earth Day Special | Vic's Buddy | 1990-04-22 |
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Life of Python | Self | 1990-03-16 |
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Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary | Self | 1989-06-15 |
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Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | 1989-09-24 |
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Ghostbusters II | Ray Stantz | 1989-06-16 |
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Driving Miss Daisy | Boolie Werthan | 1989-12-13 |
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The Great Outdoors | Roman Craig | 1988-06-17 |
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My Stepmother Is an Alien | Steven Mills | 1988-12-09 |
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She's Having a Baby | Roman (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 |
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The Couch Trip | John W. Burns, Jr. | 1988-01-15 |
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Caddyshack II | Captain Tom Everett | 1988-07-22 |
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Dragnet | Sgt. Joe Friday | 1987-06-26 |
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Citizen Steve | Chial Dushane | 1987-01-01 |
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The Best of John Belushi | Various Characters | 1985-08-03 |
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We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song | Self | 1985-01-28 |
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Into the Night | Herb | 1985-02-22 |
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Spies Like Us | Austin Millbarge | 1985-12-06 |
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B.B. King: Into the Night | Self | 1985-01-01 |
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Nothing Lasts Forever | Buck Heller | 1984-09-06 |
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Art Weber | 1984-05-23 |
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Ghostbusters | Ray Stantz | 1984-06-08 |
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On the Scene with the Ghostbusters | 1984-12-04 | |
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The Coneheads | Beldar (voice) | 1983-06-28 |
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Twilight Zone: The Movie | Passenger | 1983-06-24 |
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Trading Places | Louis Winthorpe III | 1983-06-07 |
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Doctor Detroit | Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit | 1983-05-06 |
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It Came from Hollywood | Self | 1982-10-29 |
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E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors | Beldar Conehead | 1982-12-24 |
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Neighbors | Vic | 1981-12-18 |
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Steve Martin's Best Show Ever | Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves | 1981-11-25 |
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The Blues Brothers | Elwood Blues | 1980-06-16 |
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1941 | Sgt. Frank Tree | 1979-12-14 |
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Mr. Mike's Mondo Video | Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self | 1979-09-20 |
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash | Brian Thigh | 1978-03-22 |
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The Things We Did Last Summer | Self | 1978-10-28 |
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The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland | Elwood Blues | 1978-12-31 |
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Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland | Self | 1978-12-31 |
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Love at First Sight | Roy | 1977-06-17 |
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The Beach Boys: It's OK | Cop #1 | 1976-08-05 |
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The Beach Boys: It's OK | Cop #1 | 1976-08-05 |
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The Gift of Winter | Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice) | 1974-01-01 |
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That's Amore! | ||
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Getting Lost | (voice) | |
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Keeper of the Cup | The Keeper |
