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person_profile-John Paragon

John Paragon Age: 70

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

John Paragon

Date of Birth:

Dec 09, 1954

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

John Paragon

Found 25 Movies in total

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

TV Cameraman ( Actor )

... 2016

... 2011

Red Riding Hood

Fisherman ( Actor )

... 2006

The Rich Man's Wife

Maitre D' ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1994

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

Lab Technician ( Actor )

... 1992

Double Trouble

FBI Agent ( Actor )

Director

... 1992

UHF

Richard Fletcher ( Actor )

... 1989

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Jambi / Pterri (voice) ( Actor )

Writer

... 1988

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Gas Station Attendant ( Actor )

Writer

... 1988

Spaceballs

Dink (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1987

The Frog Prince

Ribbit / Prince Of Freedly ( Actor )

... 1986

Echo Park

Hugo ( Actor )

... 1985

Get Out of My Room

Robert Walters ( Actor )

Additional Writing

... 1985

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Movie Lot Actor ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1984

Going Berserk

Rooster ( Actor )

... 1983

The Paragon of Comedy

Dr Berger / Debbie / Mr Excitement / Ramone Azteca and others ( Actor )

Writer

... 1983

Things Are Tough All Over

Red Carpet Man #1 ( Actor )

... 1982

Pandemonium

Prisoner ( Actor )

... 1982

Eating Raoul

Sex Shop Salesman ( Actor )

... 1982

The Pee-wee Herman Show

Jambi the Genie ( Actor )

Writer

... 1981

... 1980