RECENT CREDITS
True Hollywood Story (TV)  Apr. 3, 2001
Canadian Bacon (FILM)  Sep. 22, 1995
Wagons East! (FILM)  Aug. 26, 1994
North (FILM)  Jul. 22, 1994
Cool Runnings (FILM)  Oct. 1, 1993


HIGHLIGHTS
Played football in high school.
First professional job was working with a children's theater group.
Dan Aykroyd encouraged him to audition for Chicago's improv troupe Second City in the early 1970s.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Once Upon a Crime  1992 -Augie Morosco
Actor
Film


JFK  1991 -Dean Andrews
Actor
Film


Delirious  1991 -Jack Gable
Actor
Film


Only the Lonely  1991 -Danny Muldoon
Actor
Film


Career Opportunities  1991 -C.D. Marsh (uncredited)
Actor
Film


Nothing But Trouble  1991 -Dennis, Eldona
Actor, Actor
Film


Home Alone  1990 -Gus Polinski
Actor
Film


Masters of Menace  1990 -Special Appearance
Actor
Film


The Rescuers Down Under  1990 -Wilbur
Voice
Film


Uncle Buck  1989 -Uncle Buck Russell
Actor
Film


Speed Zone  1989 -Charlie Cronyn
Actor
Film


Who's Harry Crumb?  1989 -Harry Crumb
Actor, Executive Producer
Film


Hot to Trot!  1988 -Don
Voice
Film


The Great Outdoors  1988 -Chet Ripley
Actor
Film


Planes, Trains and Automobiles  1987 -Del Griffith
Actor
Film


Spaceballs  1987 -Barf the Mawg, CoPilot
Actor
Film


Little Shop of Horrors  1986 -Wink Wilkinson
Actor
Film


Armed and Dangerous  1986 -Frank Dooley
Actor
Film


Camp Candy   -John
Voice
TV


Hostage for a Day   -Yuri Petrovich
Director, Executive Producer, Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Host
TV
Expand


Canadian Bacon  1995 -Sheriff Bud Boomer
Actor
Film


Wagons East!  1994 -James Harlow
Actor
Film


North  1994
Actor
Film


Cool Runnings  1993 -Irv Blitzer
Actor
Film


Rookie of the Year  1993 -Announcer (uncredited)
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Splash  1984 -Freddie Bauer
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Heavy Metal  1981 -Desk Sergeant, Dan, Den, Robot
Voice
Film


Double Negative  1981 -John
Actor
Film


Stripes  1981 -Dewey "Ox" Oxberger
Actor
Film


The Blues Brothers  1980 -Burton Mercer
Actor
Film


1941  1979 -Foley
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Boris and Natasha   -Kallishak
Actor
Film


Brewster's Millions   -Spike Nolan
Actor
Film


Find the Lady   -Kopek
Actor
Film


Going Berserk   -John Bourgignon
Actor
Film


Clown Murders   -Ollie
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Rocket Boy   -The Hawk
Actor
Film


Lost and Found   -Carpentier
Actor
Film


Kavik the Wolf Dog   -Pinky
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Director, Actor
Film


The Silent Partner   -Simonsen
Actor
Film


Tunnel Vision   -Agent Cooper
Actor
Film


Summer Rental   -Jack Chester
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Volunteers   -Tom Tuttle from Tacoma
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Played football in high school.
First professional job was working with a children's theater group.
Dan Aykroyd encouraged him to audition for Chicago's improv troupe Second City in the early 1970s.
His children, Jennifer and Chris, appeared with him on the animated series Camp Candy.
Breakthrough film role came in 1984's Splash opposite Tom Hanks.
Became a part owner of the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts in 1991 along with Wayne Gretzky and Bruce McNall.


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