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John Paragon

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.


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Born:
Dec 9, 1954 In Los Angeles, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
34
First Appeared:
In the movie Cheech & Chong's Next Movie 1980-07-18
Latest Project:
Movie Pee-wee's Big Holiday 2016-03-15
Known For
Poster of Night Stand with Dick Dietrick
Poster of Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills
Poster of Things Are Tough All Over
Poster of Elvira's Movie Macabre
Filmography
Movie Pee-wee's Big Holiday TV Cameraman 2016-03-15
Movie The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway Jambi 2011-03-19
Movie Red Riding Hood Fisherman 2006-06-27
Movie The Rich Man's Wife Maitre D' 1996-09-13
Series Night Stand with Dick Dietrick Unknown 1995-05-26
Series Storybook Cinema 1994-04-02
Movie Every Breath 1994-03-30
Series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Bokar 1993-01-03
Movie Double Trouble FBI Agent 1992-02-14
Movie Ring of the Musketeers Air Traffic Controller Manfred Wenzel 1992-12-01
Movie Honey, I Blew Up the Kid Lab Technician 1992-07-16
Series Seinfeld Unknown 1989-07-05
Movie UHF Richard Fletcher 1989-07-21
Movie Elvira: Mistress of the Dark Gas Station Attendant 1988-09-30
Movie Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Jambi / Pterri (voice) 1988-12-21
Movie Spaceballs Dink (voice) (uncredited) 1987-06-24
Series Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills Unknown 1986-04-25
Series Pee-wee's Playhouse Jambi 1986-09-13
Movie The Frog Prince Ribbit / Prince Of Freedly 1986-10-05
Series Sledge Hammer! Unknown 1986-09-23
Movie Pee-wee's Big Adventure Movie Lot Actor 1985-07-26
Movie Echo Park Hugo 1985-11-05
Movie Get Out of My Room Robert Walters 1985-10-01
Movie Last of the Great Survivors Beef 1984-01-03
Movie Going Berserk Rooster 1983-09-30
Series The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show Unknown 1983-09-10
Movie Eating Raoul Sex Shop Salesman 1982-03-24
Movie Pandemonium Prisoner 1982-04-01
Series Cheers Unknown 1982-09-30
Movie The Facts 1982-06-01
Movie Things Are Tough All Over Red Carpet Man #1 1982-08-04
Movie The Pee-wee Herman Show Jambi the Genie 1981-09-11
Series Elvira's Movie Macabre 1981-09-26
Movie Cheech & Chong's Next Movie Director (Groundling) 1980-07-18