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John Paragon
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Acting
Birthday
1954-12-09,Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

Red Riding Hood

5.7

Red Riding Hood
2006-06-27

Get Out of My Room

5.5

Get Out of My Room
1985-10-01

The Elvira Show

0

The Elvira Show
1993-01-01

6.467

Eating Raoul
1982-03-24

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

5.2

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992-07-16

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway

6.7

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway
2011-03-19

The Rich Man's Wife

5.4

The Rich Man's Wife
1996-09-13

4.7

Double Trouble
1992-02-14

The Frog Prince

6.4

The Frog Prince
1986-10-05

2

Every Breath
1994-03-30

Last of the Great Survivors

0

Last of the Great Survivors
1984-01-03

5.1

Going Berserk
1983-09-30

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

6.1

Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016-03-15

0

The Facts
1982-06-01

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

5.966

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980-07-18

Things Are Tough All Over

5.7

Things Are Tough All Over
1982-08-04

The Pee-wee Herman Show

7.3

The Pee-wee Herman Show
1981-09-11

6.844

Spaceballs
1987-06-24

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

6.6

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988-09-30

5.167

Echo Park
1985-11-05

Ring of the Musketeers

4.7

Ring of the Musketeers
1992-12-01

6.6

UHF
1989-07-21

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

7.5

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988-12-21

4.6

Pandemonium
1982-04-01

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

6.4

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985-07-26

The Paragon of Comedy

9

The Paragon of Comedy
1983-01-16

7.6

Cheers
1982-09-30

7.911

Sledge Hammer!
1986-09-23

The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show

8

The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
1983-09-10

Pee-wee's Playhouse

7.1

Pee-wee's Playhouse
1986-09-13

Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills

2

Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills
1986-04-25

Storybook Cinema

0

Storybook Cinema
1994-04-02

Elvira's Movie Macabre

6.7

Elvira's Movie Macabre
1981-09-26

Night Stand with Dick Dietrick

0

Night Stand with Dick Dietrick
1995-05-26

8.279

Seinfeld
1989-07-05

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

7.873

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993-01-03

Harry and the Hendersons

5.633

Harry and the Hendersons
1991-01-13

7.3

Madame's Place
1982-09-20