David William Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian actor, comedian and television writer. He is best known for being one half of the duo

Bob and Doug McKenzie Bob and Doug McKenzie are a pair of fictional Canadian brothers who hosted "Great White North", a sketch which was introduced on '' SCTV'' for the show's third season when it moved to CBC Television in 1980. Bob is played by Rick Moranis an ...

with

Rick Moranis Frederick Allan Moranis (; born April 18, 1953) is a Canadian actor, comedian, musician, songwriter, writer and producer. He appeared in the sketch comedy series ''Second City Television'' (''SCTV'') in the 1980s and several Hollywood films, inc ...

. He appeared as Doug McKenzie on '' SCTV'', for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award out of two nominations, and in the film ''

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'' (1983), which he also co-directed. As a duo, they made two albums, ''

The Great White North Bob and Doug McKenzie are a pair of fictional Canadian brothers who hosted "Great White North", a sketch which was introduced on '' SCTV'' for the show's third season when it moved to CBC Television in 1980. Bob is played by Rick Moranis and ...

'' and ''

'', the former gaining them a

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nomination and a Juno Award. His other notable acting credits include ''

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'' (1981), ''

Love at Stake ''Love at Stake'' is a 1987 American comedy film, directed by John C. Moffitt, based on a screenplay by Lanier Laney and Terry Sweeney. It stars Patrick Cassidy and Kelly Preston, with Barbara Carrera, Bud Cort, Dave Thomas, and Stuart Pankin. ...

'' (1987), '' Moving'' (1988), ''

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'' (1993) and ''

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'' (2001). He provided the voice of Tuke in ''

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'' (2003), and ''

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'' (2006), and is also known for playing Russell Norton in the TV series

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(1993-1998).

Early life

David William Thomas was born May 20, 1949, in St. Catharines,

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. He is the eldest son of British parents
Moreen Duff Muir
(May 4, 1928 - May 18, 2022), a church organist for thirty years originally from Glasgow, Scotland, and composer of church music, and John E. Thomas (1926–1996), a medical ethicist from Merthyr Tydfil,

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who was head of the Philosophy Department at

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, and the author of several books. Dave's younger brother,

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, is a Canadian singer-songwriter. The family moved temporarily to Durham, North Carolina, where his father attended Duke University and earned a PhD in philosophy. The family moved back to Dundas, Ontario, in 1961, where Dave Thomas attended Dundas District high school, and later graduated with an honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from

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Career

Starting his career as a copywriter at ad agency

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in 1974, he became the head writer of the

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account in Canada within a year. After watching a Second City stage show in Toronto, and while suffering from self-described "boredom" in his advertising work, he auditioned for the Second City troupe and was chosen as a performer. He was a cast member of the Toronto production of ''

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'', along with

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, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, and

Andrea Martin Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American-Canadian actress, singer, and comedian, best known for her work in the television series '' SCTV'' and ''Great News''. She has appeared in films such as '' Black Christmas'' (1974), ''W ...

Paul Shaffer Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian, and multi-instrumentalist who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader, and sidekick on the entire run of both ''Late Ni ...

was the musical director. He first achieved fame as a cast member of the Canadian TV comedy series '' SCTV'', joining ''Godspell'' castmates Levy, Martin and later Short, plus

John Candy John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian known mainly for his work in Hollywood films. Candy rose to fame in the 1970s as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its '' SCTV'' seri ...

Harold Ramis Harold Allen Ramis (; November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, comedian, director and writer. His best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in ''Ghostbusters'' (1984) and ''Ghostbusters II'' (1989), and as Russell ...

, Catherine O'Hara and others. Notable characters on the show include Doug McKenzie of beer-swilling brothers

, editorialist ''Bill Needle'', Scottish scone-chef/bluesman ''Angus Crock'', motor-mouthed TV ad announcer ''Harvey K-Tel'', Lowery organist/curio pitchman ''Tex Boil'' and the "Cruising Gourmet". Thomas's first movie was ''

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'', directed by

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, in which Thomas played in a scene with Hollywood legend

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. He then wrote, co-directed, and starred in the Bob & Doug McKenzie feature film ''

''. Soon after, he wrote for and acted in ''

The New Show ''The New Show'' is an NBC sketch comedy show produced by Lorne Michaels that ran for one season from January 6 to March 23, 1984. Apart from being 60 minutes in length and entirely pre-recorded, the show is similar in format to Michaels' own '' ...

'', produced by Lorne Michaels during his hiatus from ''

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''. Short-lived, this show featured a powerhouse writing staff including Thomas along with

Buck Henry Buck Henry (born Henry Zuckerman; December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Henry's contributions to film included his work as a co-writer for Mike Nichols's ''The Graduate'' (1967) for which he r ...

George Meyer George Meyer (born 1956) is an American producer and writer. Meyer is best known for his work on ''The Simpsons'', where he led the group script rewrite sessions. He has been publicly credited with "thoroughly shap ng... the comedic sensibility ...

Jack Handey Jack Handey (born February 25, 1949) is an American humorist. He is best known for his "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey", a large body of surrealistic one-liner jokes, as well as his "Fuzzy Memories" and "My Big Thick Novel" shorts, and for his dead ...

Al Franken Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American comedian, politician, media personality, and author who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. He gained fame as a writer and performer on the television comed ...

, Tom Davis,

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and

Steve Martin Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. He has won five Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 2013. Additionally, he was nominate ...

. Thomas tried his hand at network television hour-long shows in 1986 when he wrote and co-executive produced ''Steel Collar Man'' for

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...

. The pilot was produced but did not go to series. In 1988, Thomas wrote another hour long show for CBS, ''B Men'', which was back ordered, but Thomas took a directing job at

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, which caused the network to drop the series. He reportedly introduced John Travolta and

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while directing them in the Paramount film '' The Experts''. He wrote for, produced, and starred in ''

The Dave Thomas Comedy Show ''The Dave Thomas Comedy Show'' (later simply ''Dave Thomas'') was a sketch-based, half-hour, five-week summer replacement series, which aired on CBS in the summer of 1990. The show starred Canadian comedian Dave Thomas, who is best known for an ...

'' (1990). In 1991, he starred in the

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comedy, ''Public Enemy #2''. In 1992, he tried his hand at reality TV and co-executive produced

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's ''

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'' with

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, but left after thirteen weeks to appear in the film ''

''. In 1993, he officially co-starred in ABC's ''

'' with Brett Butler and

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and continued with the show for 5 seasons. In 1995 Thomas starred in ABC TV movie '' Picture Perfect'' with

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and

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. In 1995 Thomas tried his hand at TV Game shows, produced a pilot of a game show called ''

Family Challenge ''Family Challenge'' is an American game show that aired on The Family Channel from October 2, 1995 to September 7, 1997, lasting for two seasons. Reruns aired on Game Show Network from April 3 to September 25, 1999. The show was created by co ...

'' for ABC. When ABC did not pick up the series, Thomas sold ''Family Challenge'' to the Family Channel, where he produced 144 episodes of the show spread over 2 seasons. In 1996, Thomas played the title role in the Fox TV movie ''Mr. Foster's Field Trip'' aka '' Kidz in the Wood'' with

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. In 1996, he wrote the book ''SCTV: Behind the Scenes'' (

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, publishers). From 1999-2002, he voiced various roles on the animated series '' Mission Hill''. Thomas co-starred in the Paramount feature ''

''. As of 2001, Thomas has been the Executive Creative Director of

Animax Entertainment Animax Entertainment is an animation and interactive production studio producing content for all screens. Founded in 2001 by Dave Thomas, an actor, writer, and producer known for his Emmy award-winning work on '' SCTV'', Animax's clients include ...

, an animation studio based officially in Culver City, California. In 2001-2002 Thomas appeared with Eugene Levy and Martin Short on Short's show ''

Primetime Glick ''Primetime Glick'' is an American television series starring Martin Short as Jiminy Glick. The series aired on Comedy Central from June 20, 2001 to July 3, 2003. Format The half-hour show is a spoof of late night talk shows such as ''The Toni ...

'' as

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(an impression he had first developed for ''SCTV'' with great success). In 2002, he co-starred with

Jason Priestley Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian actor and television director. He is best known as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–1998, 2000), as Richard "Fitz" Fitzpatrick in t ...

Dave Foley David Scott Foley (born January 4, 1963) is a Canadian actor, stand-up comedian, director, producer and writer. He is known as a co-founder of the comedy group The Kids in the Hall, who have appeared together in a number of television, stage and ...

and

Ewen Bremner Ewen Bremner (born 23 January 1972) is a Scottish character actor. His roles have included Julien in ''Julien Donkey-Boy'' and Daniel "Spud" Murphy in '' Trainspotting'' and its 2017 sequel '' T2 Trainspotting''. Early life Bremner was born i ...

in ''Fancy Dancing''. The next year he played a lead role in '' Beethoven's 5th''. In 2003, he directed a hospital comedy feature film entitled ''

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'', which he also wrote. As of 2004, Thomas was on the official Advisory Committee for the Comedy program at

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, the only such diploma program in the world. In 2004, he and Moranis reprised the voices of the McKenzie Brothers in

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's animated feature ''

''. Thomas has had a long career doing voices for animation including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

CatDog ''CatDog'' is an American animated television series created by Peter Hannan for Nickelodeon. The series follows the life of yellow conjoined brothers of different species, with one half of the resultant animal being a cat and the other a dog. ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and multiple roles on ''

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,'' ''

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'' and '' Family Guy''. In 2005, he had a guest stint as Charlize Theron's "Uncle Trevor" on Fox's ''

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''. In 2006, he reprised his voice role in ''

'' and appeared as himself in the feature film '' The Aristocrats''. He began production on ''ArnoldSpeaks.com'', a

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, as the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger; Animax Entertainment won an Emmy for a broadband animated series produced for ESPN, ''Off Mikes''. In 2007, Thomas and

reprised their roles as Bob and Doug McKenzie in a one-hour special, '' Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary'', for CBC Television. The show featured cameos from McKenzie celeb fans like

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Tom Green Michael Thomas Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor, filmmaker, podcaster, and rapper. After pursuing stand-up comedy and music as a young adult, Green created and hosted ''The Tom Green Show'', which a ...

Andy Dick Andrew Roane Dick (born Andrew Thomlinson; December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, musician, and television and film producer. Known professionally as a comic, his first regular television role was on the short-lived but influential ...

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, Barry Pepper, Martin Short, and

Geddy Lee Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib; July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. Lee joined the band in September 1968, at the re ...

. Former Prime Minister of Canada

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was the host. In 2008, Thomas revived Bob and Doug McKenzie in a new animated series, '' Bob & Doug''. While Thomas reprises the character of Doug in the new series, Moranis chose not to voice the character of Bob, which instead is voiced by Dave Coulier. Moranis is, however, involved in the series as an executive producer.Rob Salem
"Bob & Doug taking off again"
''

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'', April 19, 2009. In November 2009, Thomas received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from his alma mater

and gave the fall convocation speech. In 2010 Animax continued to produce branded entertainment, advertising and digital shorts for corporations like

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, and

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. In 2011, Thomas's company Animax produced another animated show for MTV entitled Big Box along with numerous Internet shorts such as ''Life With Dad''. In 2012 and 2013 Thomas guest starred in the dramatic shows ''

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'' and ''

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'' as well as comedy shows ''

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'' and '' How I Met Your Mother''. In addition in 2013 Thomas voiced the recurring role of Jeff Foxworthy's father Jesco in the CMT show ''

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''. Thomas joined the writing staff of the Fox crime drama television series ''Bones'' beginning in 2013. Thomas worked for two seasons on ''Bones'', writing several episodes and working on staff as consulting producer for two seasons. In 2015 Thomas joined the writing staff of NBC's ''The Blacklist'' as a consulting producer. In 2020 life-sized statues of Thomas and Rick Moranis as their characters Bob and Doug McKenzie was put in place at the ICE District Sports Arena in Edmonton, Alberta. Also in 2020, the Governor-General of Canada announced that Thomas was being appointed to the

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, Canada's highest civilian award. In 2021, Thomas and

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teamed to write a sci-fi mystery novel, ''The Many Lives of Jimmy Leighton''.

Awards

ACTRA AWARD The ACTRA Awards were first presented in 1972 to celebrate excellence in Canada's television and radio industries.

for Best Variety Performer in 1978. * Emmy Award in 1981 for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Musical Program. * Juno Award for Best Canadian Comedy Album of the Year in 1981. * Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album Nominated in 1983 * Juno Award in 1983-84 for Best Comedy Album of the Year. *

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with the cast of ''

'' in 1994. * Earl Grey Award in 1995 for his work on ''SCTV''. * In 2002, he and the cast of the ''SCTV'' received a star on

Canada's Walk of Fame Canada's Walk of Fame (french: link=no, Allée des célébrités canadiennes) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a walk of fame that acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of Canadians who have excelled in their respective fields. It is a ...

. * Emmy Award in 2006 - Outstanding Achievement in Content for Non-Traditional Delivery Platforms – Thomas and his company

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won this award for ESPN's Off Mikes *

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from

Toronto in November 2009. * Honorary Doctor of Letters from

in 2009 * AMPIA Special Achievement Award from Alberta Media Production Industries Association in 2013 * Honoured at the 2013 AMPIA Awards for his contribution to film and television. *In 2020, Dave Thomas was appointed as a member of the

. * In 2020, life-sized statues of Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis as their characters Bob and Doug McKenzie were put in place at the ICE District Sports Arena in Edmonton, Alberta.

Partial filmography

*'' SCTV'' (1976–1982, TV Series) various, including Doug McKenzie *''Home to Stay Television MOW'' (1978, TV Movie) as Petrie *''

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'' (1979, TV Movie) as Cdn. Captain *''

Deadly Companion ''Deadly Companion'' (also known as ''Double Negative'') is a 1980 Canadian thriller film based on the novel '' The Three Roads'' by Ross Macdonald. Plot Michael Taylor, played by Michael Sarrazin, is tormented by his sheer lack of memory conce ...

'' (1980) as Howie *''

'' (1981) as M.C. *''

'' (1983, also co-director) as Doug McKenzie *'' The Get-Along Gang'' (1984, pilot episode) as Leland Lizard *''

'' (1984, TV Series) *'' Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird'' (1985) as Sam Sleaze *''

My Man Adam ''My Man Adam'' is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Roger L. Simon and co-written by Simon and Renée Missel. Plot High schooler Adam Swit (Raphael Sbarge) constantly daydreams about the same beautiful girl. Soon new student Sabrina McKa ...

'' (1985) as Jerry Swit *''

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'' (1987) as Bob Hope (voice, uncredited) *''

'' (1987) as Mayor Upton *'' Moving'' (1988) as Gary Marcus *''Rocket Boy'' (1989, TV Movie) as Rocket Boy *'' The Experts'' (1989, director) *''

'' (1990, TV Series) as Himself *''

Parker Lewis Can't Lose ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose'' is an American teen sitcom that originally aired on Fox from September 1990 to June 1993. It was produced by Clyde Phillips Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television. During the last season, the s ...

'' (1991, TV Series) as Lionel Tower *'' Boris and Natasha: The Movie'' (1992, TV Movie) as Boris Badenov *''

Cold Sweat "Cold Sweat" is a song performed by James Brown and written with his bandleader Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis. Brown recorded it in May 1967. An edited version of "Cold Sweat" released as a two-part single on King Records was a No. 1 R&B hit, and rea ...

'' (1993) as Larry *''

'' (1993) as Highmaster *''Ghost Mom'' (1993, director) *''

'' (1993–1998, TV Series) as Russell Norton *''

Public Enemy Number Two ''Public Enemy Number Two'' is a novel written by Anthony Horowitz, the second in ''The Diamond Brothers'' series. It was first published in 1987.Splitting Heirs ''Splitting Heirs'' is a 1993 British black comedy film directed by Robert Young and starring Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cleese and Sadie Frost. It features music by Michael Kamen. It was entered in ...

'' (1993) *''

The Larry Sanders Show ''The Larry Sanders Show'' is an American television sitcom set in the office and studio of a fictional late-night talk show. The series was created by Garry Shandling and Dennis Klein and aired from August 15, 1992, to May 31, 1998, on the HBO ...

'' (1994) *'' Kidz in the Woods'' (1995) *'' Picture Perfect'' (1995, TV Movie) as Ernie Barrett *''

'' (1997–2006, TV Series) as Bob Hope / Rex Banner *''

The Red Green Show ''The Red Green Show'' is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States (airing on more than 100 PBS affiliates a ...

'' (1994–1995, TV Series) as Ben Franklin *''

Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking ( sv, Pippi Långstrump) is the fictional main character in an eponymous series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story w ...

'' (1997) as Thunder-Karlsson (voice) *''

'' (1998–2007, TV Series) as Lane Pratley / Gretta (voice) *'' Cosby'' (1999, TV Series) as Tully *''Most Valuable Primate'' (2000) as Willy Drucker *''Te wu mi cheng'' (2001) (voice) *''

'' (2001) as Harold Grisham *''

That '70s Show ''That '70s Show'' is an American television period teen sitcom that aired on Fox from August 23, 1998, to May 18, 2006. The series focuses on the lives of a group of six teenage friends living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin, ...

'' (2001, TV Series) as Chris *''

Space Ghost Coast to Coast ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' is an American adult animated comedy talk show created by Mike Lazzo for Cartoon Network and hosted by a re-imagined version of the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. In contrast to the original ...

'' (2001, TV Series) as Himself *''Fancy Dancing'' (2002) as Uncle Billy Gemmill *''New Beachcombers'' (2002, TV Movie) as Dave McGonigal *''

Who's Your Daddy? Who's Your Daddy? is an alternate capitalization of "Who's your daddy?", a phrase expressing dominance, especially of a sexual nature. Who's Your Daddy? may also refer to: Music * Who's Your Daddy? (Daddy Yankee song), "Who's Your Daddy?" (Da ...

'' (2003) as Carl Hughes *''

'' (2003) as Tuke (voice) *'' Beethoven's 5th'' (2003) as Freddy Kablinski *''

Intern Academy ''Intern Academy'' is a 2004 Canadian comedy film written and directed by Dave Thomas. It has several alternative titles including working titles ''An Intern's Diary'', ''Whitecoats'' and ''Interns''. In Canada, its English title is ''Intern A ...

'' (2004) as Dr. Omar Olson *'' Love on the Side'' (2004) as Red *''

Santa's Slay ''Santa's Slay'' is a 2005 Christmas slasher black comedy film written and directed by David Steiman, a former assistant to Brett Ratner; Ratner served as a producer. The film stars Bill Goldberg, Douglas Smith, Emilie de Ravin, Robert Culp, Sau ...

'' (2005) as Pastor Timmons *''

'' (2005, TV Series) as Trevor *'' The Aristocrats'' (2005) as Himself *''

'' (2006, video) as Tuke (voice) *'' Weeds'' (2006, TV Series) *'' Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary'' (2007, TV Movie documentary) as Doug McKenzie *'' Bob & Doug'' (2009, TV Series) as Doug McKenzie *''

Popzilla ''Popzilla'' is an American adult animated sketch comedy television series that aired on MTV. It premiered on September 27, 2009 following '' America's Best Dance Crew'' and ended on October 16 of the same year. The show is produced by SCTV alu ...

'' (2009, TV Series) (voice) *''

Pound Puppies Pound Puppies is a toy line that was created by Tonka in the 1980s. It later inspired an animated TV special, two animated TV series, and a feature film. Shipments of the toys over five years generated sales of $300 million in 35 countries. Toy ...

'' (2011–2012, TV Series) as Agent Todd (voice) *''

'' (2012, TV Series) as Bill Duffy *''

Comedy Bang Bang ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'' (formerly ''Comedy Death-Ray Radio'') is a weekly comedy audio podcast, which originally began airing as a radio show on May 1, 2009.A Special Thing Forums:Comedy Death-Ray Radio starts today! Popularly known as ''Humani ...

'' (2012–2015, TV Series) as Burt Aukerman *''

'' (2013–2017, TV Series) as Dick Scarn / Andrew Jursic *'' How I Met Your Mother'' (2013, TV Series) as Chuck Gerussi *''

'' (2013, TV Series) as Jesco / Actor *''

The Blacklist ''The Blacklist'' is an American crime thriller television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. The show follows Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader), a former U.S. Navy officer turned high-profile criminal who voluntarily s ...

'' (2015–2016, TV Series)

Celebrity impersonations on SCTV

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian novelist. One of the most famous Soviet dissidents, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repres ...

* Al Pacino (as Steve Burns) * Arnold Schwarzenegger *

Art Linkletter Arthur Gordon Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly or Arthur Gordon Kelly; sources differ; July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of ''Art Linkletter's House Party, House Par ...

Bennett Cerf Bennett Alfred Cerf (May 25, 1898 – August 27, 1971) was an American writer, publisher, and co-founder of the American publishing firm Random House. Cerf was also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearanc ...

Benny Hill Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992) was an English comedian, actor, singer and writer. He is remembered for his television programme ''The Benny Hill Show'', an amalgam of slapstick, burlesque and double ente ...

* Carl Sagan * DeForest Kelley *

Fred Travalena Frederick Albert Travalena III (October 6, 1942 – June 28, 2009) was a U.S. entertainer, specializing in comedy and impressions. Early life Bronx, New York-born and Long Island-raised, Travalena moved to Los Angeles and developed a mult ...

(as

Jim Nabors James Thurston Nabors (June 12, 1930 – November 30, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and comedian, widely known for his signature character, Gomer Pyle. Nabors was discovered by Andy Griffith while working at a Santa Monica nightclub, an ...

) *

G. Gordon Liddy George Gordon Battle Liddy (November 30, 1930 – March 30, 2021) was an American lawyer, FBI agent, talk show host, actor, and convicted felon in the Watergate scandal as the chief operative in the White House Plumbers unit during the Nixon admi ...

Hal Holbrook Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and screenwriter. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show that he developed called '' Mark Twain Tonight!'' ...

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James Whitmore James Allen Whitmore Jr. (October 1, 1921 – February 6, 2009) was an American actor. He received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Theatre World Award, and a Tony Award, plus two Ac ...

) *

James Herriot James Alfred Wight (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author. Born in Sunderland, Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to Eng ...

Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected Secretary of ...

* John Simon *

Ken Osmond Kenneth Charles Osmond (June 7, 1943May 18, 2020) was an American actor and police officer. Beginning a career as a child actor at the age of four, Osmond played the role of Eddie Haskell on the late 1950s to early 1960s television situation co ...

* Lee Iacocca *

Liberace Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer, and actor. A child prodigy born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin, he enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordi ...

Lloyd Bridges Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of four children, includi ...

Michael Caine Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite; 14 March 1933) is an English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 160 films in a career spanning seven decades, and is considered a British film ico ...

Neil Simon Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He has received mo ...

Orson Welles George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his innovative work in film, radio and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential f ...

Phil Donahue Phillip John Donahue (born December 21, 1935) is an American media personality, writer, film producer and the creator and host of ''The Phil Donahue Show''. The television program, later known simply as ''Donahue'', was the first talk show forma ...

* Randy Newman *

Red Buttons Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt; February 5, 1919 – July 13, 2006) was an American actor and comedian. He won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role in the 1957 film '' Sayonara''. He was nominated for awards for his acting work ...

Richard Harris Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, notably as Corrado Zeller in Michelangelo Antonioni's '' Red Desert'', Frank Machin in '' This Sporting ...

Robert Duvall Robert Selden Duvall (; born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career spans more than seven decades and he is considered one of the greatest American actors of all time. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, four Gold ...

* Rodney Dangerfield * Roger Ebert * Sean Connery *

Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the ''CBS Evening News'' for 19 years (1962–1981). During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the mo ...

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