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Chevy Chase Biography (1943-)
Original name, Cornelius Crane Chase; born October 8, 1943, in Woodstock, NY;son of Edward Tinsley (a publishing executive) and Cathalene (a pianist andlibrettist; maiden name, Crane) Chase; stepson of Lawrence Widdowes (a playwright); stepbrother of Pamela Widdowes (a theatrical director and producer); married second wife, Jacqueline Carlin, December 4, 1976 (divorced, 1980); married Jayni Luke (a production coordinator), March 16, 1982; children: (thirdmarriage) Cydney Cathalene, Caley Leigh, Emily Evelyn. Addresses: Agent: Rick Nicita, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills,CA 90212; Scott Arnovitz, International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, comedian, producer, writer
- Birth Details
- October 8, 1943
- Woodstock, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Television Appearances
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Series
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The Great American Dream Machine, PBS, 1971-1972
- Not Ready for Prime Time Player, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night,
Saturday Night,
Saturday Night Live80,
SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1975-1976
- Host, The Chevy Chase Show, Fox, 1993
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Specials
- Host, The Chevy Chase Show, NBC, 1977
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The Paul Simon Special, NBC, 1977
- Host, The Chevy Chase National Humor Test, NBC, 1979
- Guest, Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration, ABC, 1979
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Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius, 1982
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Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming, NBC, 1985
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1985
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Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary, CBS, 1986
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Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special (also known as George Burns 90th Birthday Special), CBS, 1986
- Host, Will Rogers: Look Back in Laughter, HBO, 1987
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Humor and the Presidency, HBO, 1987
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Coca-Cola Presents Live: The Hard Rock, NBC, 1988
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Mike Tyson--A Portrait of the People's Champion, syndicated, 1989
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Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary, NBC, 1989
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The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1990
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Life of Python (also known as Life of Python: Monty Python 20thAnniversary Omnibus), Showtime, 1990
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Time Warner Presents the Earth Day Special (also known as EarthDay Special), ABC, 1990
- Host, That's What Friends Are For, CBS, 1990
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Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come, CBS, 1990
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The Dave Thomas Comedy Show, CBS, 1990
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A Party for Richard Pryor, CBS, 1991
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Voices That Care, Fox, 1991
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Birth of the Team (also known as Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy), The Disney Channel, 1992
- Gerald Ford, Saturday Night Live's Presidential Bash, NBC, 1992
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Bob Hope: The First Ninety Years, NBC, 1993
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An American Reunion: The 52nd Presidential Inaugural Gala, CBS, 1993
- Host, Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros., TNT, 1993
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Saturday Night Live Presents President Bill Clinton's All-Time Favorites, NBC, 1994
- "Gilda Radner: In Her Own Words," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1994
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Hollywood Stars: A Century of Cinema, The Disney Channel, 1995
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Earth Day at Walt Disney World, The Disney Channel, 1996
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Wayne Newton: The King of Las Vegas, Arts and Entertainment, 1997
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AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies, CBS, 1998
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The Great Christmas Movies, AMC, 1998
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AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Stars, CBS, 1999
- Host, SNL: 25 Years of Music, NBC and VH1, 1999
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin, NBC, 1999
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary, NBC, 1999
- Host, The Great American History Quiz: The Presidents, History Channel, 2000
- Host, The Great American History Quiz: Pursuit of Happiness, History Channel, 2000
- Host, The Great American History Quiz: Heroes and Villains, History Channel, 2000
- Interviewee, The Story Behind: Caddyshack, NBC, 2001
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The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool, PBS, 2001
- Andy Potts, America's Most Terrible Things, NBC, 2002
- Narrator, Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story, TCM, 2002
- (In archive footage) SNL Remembers John Belushi, NBC, 2002
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The New York Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase (also known as Comedy Central Presents the New York Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase), Comedy Network, 2002
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Back in the U.S., ABC, 2002
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Episodic
- Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night,
Saturday Night,
Saturday Night Live 80,
SNL, and SNL 25), multiple episodes, between 1977 and 2001
- Host, The Midnight Special, 1980
- Guest, Late Night with David Letterman, multiple appearances, between 1983 and 1992
- Guest, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, multiples appearances, between 1985 and 1992
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It's Gary Shandling's Show, 1989
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Dame Edna's Hollywood, NBC, 1992
- Guest, Late Show with David Letterman, multiple appearances, between 1994 and 1997
- "Roseanne's Return," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1995
- Guest, Politically Incorrect, ABC, 1997
- "A Decent Proposal," The Nanny, CBS, 1997
- "White People," Dennis Miller Live, 1997
- Guest, The Martin Short Show, syndicated, 1999, 2000
- Himself, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, ABC, 2001
- Guest, Primetime Glick, Comedy Central, 2001
- "Saturday Night Live," TV Tales, E! Entertainment Television, 2002
- Dr. David, "Garfield," Garfield & Friends, 2004
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Awards Presentations
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The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, ABC, 1976
- Presenter, The 49th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1977
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Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1978
- Presenter, The 54th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1982
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The Screen Actors Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration, CBS, 1984
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The American Music Awards, ABC, 1986
- Host, The 59th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1987
- Host, The 60th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1988
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The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1988
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The 1989 Video Music Awards, MTV, 1989
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The 3rd Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1989
- Presenter, The 62nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1990
- Presenter, The 63rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1991
- Presenter, The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, ABC, 1993
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The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1993
- Presenter, The Fourth Annual Environmental Media Awards, TBS, 1994
- Presenter, The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1994
- Presenter, The 11th Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1997
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The Television Academy Hall of Fame, UPN, 1999
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Other
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Tom Snyder's Celebrity Spotlight (pilot), NBC, 1980
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Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary, 1991
- Himself, Hitting the Wall, 2001
- Himself, The Hamptons (miniseries), ABC, 2002
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Television Work
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Series
- Producer, The Chevy Chase Show, Fox, 1993
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Film Appearances
- Pedestrian, Walk ... Don't Walk, 1968
- Four Leaf Clover, the fingers, and Geritan, The Groove Tube, Levitt-Pickman, 1974
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Tunnelvision, WorldWide Pictures, 1976
- Tony Carlson, Foul Play, Paramount, 1978
- Ty Webb, Caddyshack, Orion/Warner Bros., 1980
- Nicholas J. "Nick" Gardenia, Seems Like Old Times (also known as Neil Simon's Seems Like Old Times), Columbia, 1980
- Benjamin Browning, Oh, Heavenly Dog!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
- Bruce Thorpe, Under the Rainbow, Orion/Warner Bros., 1981
- Max Fielder, Modern Problems, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
- Eddie Muntz, Deal of the Century, Warner Bros., 1983
- Clark Wilhelm Griswold, Jr., National Lampoon's Vacation (also known as American Vacation,
National Lampoon's Summer Vacation, and Vacation), Warner Bros., 1983
- Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, Fletch, Universal, 1984
- Clark Wilhelm Griswold, Jr., National Lampoon's European Vacation(also known as European Vacation), Warner Bros., 1985
- Newscaster, Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird(also known asFollow That Bird), Warner Bros., 1985
- Emmett Fitz-Hume, Spies Like Us, Warner Bros., 1985
- Dusty Bottoms, The Three Amigos!!, Orion, 1986
- Ty Webb, Caddyshack II, Orion/Warner Bros., 1988
- Andrew "Andy" Farmer, Funny Farm, Warner Bros., 1988
- Condom father, The Couch Trip, Orion, 1988
- Clark Wilhelm Griswold, Jr., National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation(also known as Christmas Vacation and National Lampoon's Winter Holiday), Warner Bros., 1989
- Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, Fletch Lives, Universal, 1989
- Chris Thorne, Nothing But Trouble, Warner Bros., 1991
- (Uncredited) Carlo Christopher, L.A. Story, TriStar, 1991
- Nick Halloway, Memoirs of an Invisible Man (also known as Les aventures d'un homme invisible), Warner Bros., 1992
- (Uncredited) Deke, Hero (also known as Accidental Hero), Columbia, 1992
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The Last Action Hero, Columbia, 1993
- Norman Robberson, Cops and Robbersons, TriStar, 1994
- Jack Sturgess, Man of the House (also known as Man 2 Man and Pals Forever), Buena Vista, 1995
- Clark Wilhelm Griswold, Jr., National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation (also known as Vegas Vacation), Warner Bros., 1997
- Dr. Farthing, Dirty Work (also known as Sale boulot), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1998
- Tom Brandston, Snow Day, Paramount, 2000
- Cop and second man with briefcase, The One Arm Bandit (short film;also known as Crash Pad and the One Arm Bandit), City Pound Productions, 2000
- Narrator, Pete's a Pizza (short animated film), Weston Woods Studios, 2001
- Principal Harbert, Orange County, Paramount, 2002
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Vacuums, Mediapro Pictures/Middle Fork Productions/Quincy Jones Media Group, 2002
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Rent-a-Husband, Medusa Distribuzione, 2003
- Congreve Maddox, The Great Goose Caper, Odeon Films, 2003
- Congressman Bernard P. Greely, Bad Meat, Chill-o-Vision, 2003
- Himself, Bitter Jester (documentary), Bitter Jester Productions/McBelz Enterprises/Panacea Entertainment, 2003
- Voice of Cho-Cho, The Karate Dog (also known as Unleashed),Crystal Sky Communications, 2004
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Film Work
- Producer, Funny Farm, Warner Bros., 1988
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Stage Appearances
- Member of ensemble, Lemmings (revue), off-Broadway production, 1973
- Also appeared in Channel One (revue), Bard College.
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Stage Work
- Producer (with Kenny Shapiro and Lane Sarahnson), Groove Tube, NewYork City, 1973
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Radio Appearances
- Appeared in National Lampoon Radio Hour series.
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
- (As Chevey Chase) Multiple roles, Lemmings (also known as National Lampoon Lemmings and National Lampoon's Lemmings), 1973
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The Best of John Belushi, Warner Home Video, 1985
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The Best of Dan Aykroyd, Warner Home Video, 1986
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The Best of Gilda Radner, Warner Home Video, 1989
- (In archive footage) Oscar's Greatest Moments (also known as Oscar's Greatest Moments 1971-1991), Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1992
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Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies, NBC Studios, 1998
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Saturday Night Live Christmas, Trimark Video, 1999
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Caddyshack: The 19th Hole, Warner Bros. Home Video, 1999
- Appeared in the music videos "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker, Jr.; "Proof" and "You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon; and "Voices That Care."
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WRITINGS
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Television Series
- (With others) The Smothers Brothers Show, ABC, 1975
- (With others) Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's SaturdayNight,
Saturday Night,
Saturday Night Live 80,
SNL,and SNL 25), NBC, 1975-1976
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The Chevy Chase Show, Fox, 1993
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Television Specials
- (With others) The Chevy Chase Show, NBC, 1977
- (With others) The Paul Simon Special, NBC, 1977
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Screenplays
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The Groove Tube, Levitt-Pickman, 1974
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Stage
- (With others) Lemmings (revue), off-Broadway production, 1973
- Also writer for Channel One (revue), Bard College.
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Videos
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The Best of John Belushi, Warner Home Video, 1985
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The Best of Dan Aykroyd, Warner Home Video, 1986
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Contemporary Authors, Volume 164, Gale, 1999
Periodicals
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Entertainment Weekly, October 29, 1993
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Men Only, Volume 63, number 3, 1998, p. 56
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New York, August 23, 1993
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Starlog, May, 1992
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TV Guide, August 28, 1993
Other
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It's Always Something: The Gilda Radner Story (television special), 2002
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