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John Paragon‌

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John Paragon

Los Angeles, California, USA

John Paragon

Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1954-12-09

Popularity

star6.3

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.

Movie Credits

Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood‌
star5.7
calendar 2006

Get Out of My Room

Get Out of My Room‌
star5.5
calendar 1985

The Elvira Show

The Elvira Show‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Eating Raoul

Eating Raoul‌
star6.5
calendar 1982

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid‌
star5.2
calendar 1992

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway‌
star6.7
calendar 2011

The Rich Man's Wife

The Rich Man's Wife‌
star5.4
calendar 1996

Double Trouble

Double Trouble‌
star4.7
calendar 1992

The Frog Prince

The Frog Prince‌
star6.4
calendar 1986

Every Breath

Every Breath‌
star2.0
calendar 1994

Last of the Great Survivors

Last of the Great Survivors‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Going Berserk

Going Berserk‌
star5.1
calendar 1983

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

Pee-wee's Big Holiday‌
star6.1
calendar 2016

The Facts

The Facts‌
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calendar 1982

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

Things Are Tough All Over

Things Are Tough All Over‌
star5.7
calendar 1982

The Pee-wee Herman Show

The Pee-wee Herman Show‌
star7.3
calendar 1981

Spaceballs

Spaceballs‌
star6.8
calendar 1987

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark‌
star6.6
calendar 1988

Echo Park

Echo Park‌
star5.3
calendar 1985

Ring of the Musketeers

Ring of the Musketeers‌
star4.7
calendar 1992

UHF

UHF‌
star6.7
calendar 1989

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special‌
star7.5
calendar 1988

Pandemonium

Pandemonium‌
star4.6
calendar 1982

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure‌
star6.4
calendar 1985

The Paragon of Comedy

The Paragon of Comedy‌
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calendar 1983

Tv Credits

Cheers

Cheers‌
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calendar 1982

Sledge Hammer!

Sledge Hammer!‌
star7.9
calendar 1986

The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show

The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show‌
star8.0
calendar 1983

Pee-wee's Playhouse

Pee-wee's Playhouse‌
star7.1
calendar 1986

Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills

Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills‌
star2.0
calendar 1986

Storybook Cinema

Storybook Cinema‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

Elvira's Movie Macabre

Elvira's Movie Macabre‌
star6.7
calendar 1981

Night Stand with Dick Dietrick

Night Stand with Dick Dietrick‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

Seinfeld

Seinfeld‌
star8.3
calendar 1989

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine‌
star7.9
calendar 1993

Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons‌
star5.6
calendar 1991

Madame's Place

Madame's Place‌
star7.3
calendar 1982