"Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel is a situation comedy radio show starring two of the Marx Brothers, Groucho and Chico, and written primarily by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman. The series was originally broadcast in the United States on the National Broadcasting Company's Blue Network beginning November 28, 1932, and ended May 22, 1933. Sponsored by the Standard Oil Companies of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Louisiana and the Colonial Beacon Oil Company, it was the Monday night installment of the ""Five-Star Theater"", an old-time radio variety series that offered a different program each weeknight. Episodes were broadcast"
"Tommy Cook (actor) Tommy Cook (born July 5, 1930) is an American producer, screenwriter and actor (as well as former child actor) of films, television and radio. He also came up with the story for the 1977 disaster film ""Rollercoaster"", starring George Segal. Cook also voiced Augie Anderson and Biff on Hanna-Barbera's animated series ""The Funky Phantom"" and ""Jabberjaw"". Cook played a villainous tribesboy opposite Johnny Weissmuller in ""Tarzan and the Leopard Woman"", a ""nice native lad"" in ""Jungle Girl"" (a serial), and Little Beaver in the serial version of ""Adventures of Red Ryder"". He would later help write and"
"Gregg Rainwater Gregg Andrew Rainwater (born February 27, 1966) is an American actor of Osage, Cherokee, Irish, and Filipino descent, who is best known for his role as half-Kiowa Buck Cross on ""The Young Riders"" (1989–1992) and his role as T. Hawk in the Street Fighter The Movie (1994) He later starred in ""Ocean Tribe"" and ""Street Fighter"", guest-starred on ""Walker, Texas Ranger"" and ""Promised Land"", and has done a lot of voice work, including """", ""3×3 Eyes"", ""Justice League Unlimited"", ""Gargoyles"", and Tye Longshadow/Apache Chief in ""Young Justice"". He has also worked three seasons as an art director for"
"Emmett Kelly Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898March 28, 1979) was an American circus performer, who created the memorable clown figure ""Weary Willie"", based on the hobos of the Depression era. Kelly began his career as a trapeze artist. By 1923, Emmett Kelly was working his trapeze act with John Robinson's circus when he met and married Eva Mae Moore (6 June 1903–10 March 1991), another circus trapeze artist. They later performed together as the ""Aerial Kellys"" with Emmett still performing occasionally as a whiteface clown. He started working as a clown full-time in 1931, and it was only after"
"John Carroll Lynch John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American character actor and film director. He first gained notice for his role as Norm Gunderson in ""Fargo"". He is also known for his television work on the ABC sitcom ""The Drew Carey Show"" as the title character's cross-dressing brother, Steve Carey, as well as on """" and """" as Twisty the Clown. His films include ""Face/Off"", ""Gran Torino"", ""Shutter Island"", ""Ted 2"", ""The Invitation"", and ""Zodiac"". Most recently, he portrayed McDonald's co-founder Maurice McDonald in ""The Founder"". He made his directorial debut with the 2017 film ""Lucky""."
"Robert Knepper Robert Lyle Knepper (born July 8, 1959) is an American actor best known for his role as Theodore ""T-Bag"" Bagwell in the Fox drama series ""Prison Break"" (2005–2009, 2017), Samuel Sullivan in the final season of the NBC series ""Heroes"" (2009–2010), Angus McDonough in The CW series ""iZombie"" (2015–2018) and Rodney Mitchum in Showtime's revival of ""Twin Peaks"" (2017). He has also appeared in films such as ""Hitman"" (2007) and ""Transporter 3"" (2008). Knepper was born in Fremont, Ohio, and raised in Maumee, Ohio, the son of Pat Deck and Donald Knepper, a veterinarian. He was interested in"
"Jim Varney James Albert Varney Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his role as Ernest P. Worrell, who was used in numerous television commercial advertising campaigns and films and for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award. He gained further notability for playing Jed Clampett in the film version of ""The Beverly Hillbillies"" (1993) and providing the voice of Slinky Dog in ""Toy Story"" (1995) and ""Toy Story 2 Varney was born in Lexington, Kentucky. As a child, he displayed the ability to memorize long poems"
"show) and won $50,000. Raphael Xavier Raphael Xavier Williams (born December 7, 1970) is known as an Inmoc-ographer (innovative movement conceptualist). He is a professional breaker/dancer, rapper, music producer, comedian, photographer, author and multifaceted artist. He is known for re-invigorating the B-boying community in Philadelphia. He started choreographing dance with the Brandywine School of Ballet in 1995. He then became recognized as a theatre artist when he joined Rennie Harris Puremovement, the longest running Hip-Hop dance company, in their production of ""Rome & Jewels"" in 1997. He moved to the role of Tybalt shortly after. He would continue on to"
"Iwerks was portrayed in the episode by Tony Hale. All Comicolor shorts. All Comicolor shorts. Ub Iwerks Ubbe Eert ""Ub"" Iwerks, A.S.C. (; March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971) was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician, who created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. The works Iwerks produced alongside Walt Disney went on to win numerous awards, including multiple Academy Awards. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His father, Eert Ubbe Iwerks, immigrated to the U.S. in 1869 from the village of Uttum in East Frisia (northwest Germany, today part of the"
"member of the Guthrie Theatre Company) since 1997. John Carroll Lynch John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American character actor and film director. He first gained notice for his role as Norm Gunderson in ""Fargo"". He is also known for his television work on the ABC sitcom ""The Drew Carey Show"" as the title character's cross-dressing brother, Steve Carey, as well as on """" and """" as Twisty the Clown. His films include ""Face/Off"", ""Gran Torino"", ""Shutter Island"", ""Ted 2"", ""The Invitation"", and ""Zodiac"". Most recently, he portrayed McDonald's co-founder Maurice McDonald in ""The Founder"". He made"
"Brandon T. Jackson Brandon Timothy Jackson (born March 7, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian, rapper, actor, and writer. He is known for his roles in the films ""Roll Bounce"" (2005), ""Tropic Thunder"" (2008), """" (2010), ""Lottery Ticket"" (2010), """" (2011), and """" (2013). Jackson was born in Detroit, Michigan. His mother, Beverly Yvonne, is a pastor. His father, Bishop Wayne Timothy Jackson, is the senior pastor of Great Faith Ministries International, and author of the book ""Miracles Do Happen: The Power And Place Of Miracles As A Sign To The World"". His maternal grandfather, Royal Titus Bozeman, was a"
"throughout the 1960s. Wilbanks died on July 26, 2013. Don Wilbanks Don Wilbanks (born Thomas Donald Wilbanks on October 4, 1926; died July 26, 2013) was an American actor who appeared in such television series as ""Rawhide"", ""Tate"", ""Twilight Zone"", ""Tales of Wells Fargo"", ""Laramie"", ""Bat Masterson"", "" The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"", ""Bonanza"", ""Cheyenne"", ""Convoy"", ""Mayberry R.F.D."", ""The Guns of Will Sonnett "", ""77 Sunset Strip"", ""Ironside"", ""Mod Squad"", ""Lancer"", ""The Virginian"", ""Charlie's Angels"" and ""Lawman"", among others. Wilbanks was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, and moved to California to live with his mother when his father was"
"Norm Grabowski Norm Grabowski (February 5, 1933 – October 12, 2012) was an American hot rod builder and actor. The heavy set crew cut-wearing Grabowski appeared in minor roles in many films produced by Albert Zugsmith and Walt Disney. He was Polish-American. In 1952, after leaving military service, Grabowski built a hot rod based on a shortened 1922 Ford Model T touring car mated to a similarly extremely shortened Model A pickup truck bed. With a powerful Cadillac overhead valve engine that came from his parents' sedan, the vehicle that resulted had a unique appearance and stance which inspired many"
"as Ron Franz in Sean Penn's ""Into the Wild"" (2007) earned him both Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In his later career, Holbrook appeared as Francis Preston Blair in Steven Spielberg's ""Lincoln"" (2012), provided his voice as Mayday in the Disney animated film """" (2014) and as Whizzer in ""Blackway"" (2015). Hal Holbrook filmography Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (born February 17, 1925) is an American film, stage actor, and television director. He is notable for his one-man stage show as Mark Twain. Holbrook made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's ""The Group"" (1966)."
"T.J. Miller Todd Joseph Miller (born June 4, 1981) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer, and writer. In 2008, he made his acting debut in ""Cloverfield"", and from 2010 to 2019, he voiced Tuffnut Thorston in all three ""How to Train Your Dragon"" films. From 2014 to 2017, he starred as Erlich Bachman in the HBO sitcom ""Silicon Valley"", and also played Marvel Comics character Weasel in 2016's ""Deadpool"" and its 2018 sequel, ""Deadpool 2"". Miller also has had roles in films such as ""Yogi Bear"", ""She's Out of My League"", """", ""Big Hero 6"", ""Office Christmas Party"", ""The"
"Raphael Xavier Raphael Xavier Williams (born December 7, 1970) is known as an Inmoc-ographer (innovative movement conceptualist). He is a professional breaker/dancer, rapper, music producer, comedian, photographer, author and multifaceted artist. He is known for re-invigorating the B-boying community in Philadelphia. He started choreographing dance with the Brandywine School of Ballet in 1995. He then became recognized as a theatre artist when he joined Rennie Harris Puremovement, the longest running Hip-Hop dance company, in their production of ""Rome & Jewels"" in 1997. He moved to the role of Tybalt shortly after. He would continue on to become a core member"
"Frank Windsor Frank Windsor (born Frank W. Higgins; 12 July 1927) is a British actor, mainly on television. Windsor attended Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall, and studied speech training and drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then based at the Royal Albert Hall, London. He played Detective Sergeant John Watt in ""Z-Cars"" from 1962 to 1965, and thereafter its spin-offs ""Softly, Softly"" and """" from 1966 to 1976. He appeared as 'Tobin' in Series 6, Episode 9 of The Avengers. From 1987 to 1989 he starred in the comedy drama ""Flying Lady"" written by Brian Finch. He"
"Blair Redford David Blair Redford (born July 27, 1983) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Scotty Grainger on ""The Young and the Restless"", Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on ""Passions"", Ethan Whitehorse on ""The Lying Game"", Tyler ""Ty"" Mendoza on ""Switched at Birth"" and Simon Waverly on ""Satisfaction"" and Thunderbird on ""The Gifted."" Redford grew up in the suburb of Canton, Georgia and attended Sequoyah High School. He is of Irish, French, German, and Native American descent. He worked for several summers in Georgia's Renaissance Festival performing and doing stunts, creating a pirate character named ""Rusty"
"Leon Thau Leon Thau (8 April 1926 in Palestine – 16 May 2010 in Dorset, United Kingdom) was a British actor, TV producer and director. He played the part of Frankie Wing in the 1960 London production of the musical ""Flower Drum Song"". As an actor, he became known in the BBC TV comedy series ""It's a Square World"" (1960-64), and also appeared in ""Comedy Playhouse"", ""The Gnomes of Dulwich"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Up Pompeii!"" and ""The Avengers"". He had parts in the films ""The Magic Christian"", ""Carry On Up the Khyber"", ""The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery"" and ""The Sandwich Man""."
"Brian Doyle-Murray Brian Doyle-Murray (né Murray; born October 31, 1945) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. The older brother of actor/comedian Bill Murray, he has appeared in several films, including ""Caddyshack"", ""Scrooged"", ""Ghostbusters II"", ""Groundhog Day"", and ""The Razor's Edge"". He co-starred on the TBS sitcom on ""Sullivan & Son"", where he played the foul-mouthed Hank Murphy. He also appeared in the Nickelodeon animated series ""SpongeBob SquarePants"" as The Flying Dutchman, in the Cartoon Network original animated series ""My Gym Partner's a Monkey"" as Coach Tiffany Gills. Then in ""The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack"" as the surly"
"Paul Tibbitt Paul Harrison Tibbitt is an American animator, television producer, writer, storyboard artist, songwriter, voice actor, and director, best known for working on the animated series ""SpongeBob SquarePants"". He was the co-executive producer of the show and was also the voice of Potty the Parrot; he has also voiced DoodleBob and previously voiced Betsy Krabs before Sirena Irwin took over. He made his feature film directorial debut directing """" as well as providing the voice of Kyle the Seagull in the same movie. Tibbitt studied in the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. After creator"
"Robert Patrick Robert Hammond Patrick Jr. (born November 5, 1958) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his portrayals of villainous characters. He is a Saturn Award winner with four nominations. Patrick dropped out of college when drama class sparked his interest in acting, and entered film in 1986. After playing a supporting role in ""Die Hard 2"" (1990), Patrick starred as the T-1000, the main antagonist of """" (1991) – a role he reprised for cameo appearances in ""Wayne's World"" (1992) and ""Last Action Hero"" (1993). Other notable film credits include ""Fire in the Sky"" (1993), ""Striptease"" (1996),"
"Pat Walshe Patrick Walshe (July 26, 1900 – December 11, 1991) was an American dwarf character actor and circus performer who specialized portraying animals (animal impersonating). He is best known for playing Nikko, the head of the Winged Monkeys in ""The Wizard of Oz"". He appeared in only a few films, as most of his work was in theater, vaudeville and circus. Walshe was born as Patrick Walshe, on July 26, 1900, in New York City. Living his early years in Brooklyn, Walshe suffered from a form of restricted growth, and as a result never grew to be taller than"
"Robert Townsend (actor) Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, film director, and writer. Townsend is best known for directing the films ""Hollywood Shuffle"" (1987), ""Eddie Murphy Raw"" (1987), ""The Meteor Man"" (1993), and various other films and stand-up specials, especially his eponymous self-titled character as the starring role as Robert Peterson on The WB sitcom ""The Parent 'Hood"" (1995–1999), in which he created the series, as well as directing episodes and Donald ""Duck"" Matthews in 1991's ""The Five Heartbeats"". Townsend is also known for his production company Townsend Entertainment which has produced films ""Playin' for"
"Kenneth Tobey Kenneth Jesse Tobey (March 23, 1917 – December 22, 2002) was an American stage, film, and television actor, who performed in hundreds of productions during a career that spanned more than half a century, including his role as the star of the 1957-1960 Desilu Productions TV series ""Whirlybirds"". Tobey was born in 1917 in Oakland, California. According to the United States Census of 1930 for Oakland,13-year-old “Kenneth J.” was the eldest of three sons of Jesse V. Tobey and his wife Frances H. Tobey. That census also documents that Tobey's father was an automobile-tire salesman and that young"
"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Melissa Mathison. It features special effects by Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren, and stars Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore and Pat Welsh. It tells the story of Elliott (Thomas), a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed ""E.T."", who is stranded on Earth. Elliott and his siblings help E.T. return to his home planet, while attempting to keep him hidden from the government. The concept was based on an imaginary friend Spielberg created after"
"psychological thriller by M. Night Shyamalan. Charlie Tahan Charles Tahan (born June 11, 1998) is an American actor. Notable roles include Wyatt Langmore in the Netflix crime drama ""Ozark"", the voice of Victor Frankenstein in the animated film ""Frankenweenie"" (2012), Ben Burke in the dystopian mystery series ""Wayward Pines"" (2015–16) and the young Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in the DC Comics television series ""Gotham"". Tahan was born and raised in Glen Rock, New Jersey, where he attended Glen Rock High School. His sister is actress Daisy Tahan, and he has an older brother named Willie. Tahan portrayed Ethan in ""I"
"Tahj Mowry Tahj Dayton Mowry (; born May 17, 1986) is an American actor and singer. Mowry is the younger brother of identical twins Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry. He is known for his show ""Smart Guy"" as the main character TJ on The WB, though the show gained later notoriety on the Disney Channel. Mowry was later cast as a ten-year-old super genius Wade Load on ""Kim Possible"" as a nod to this role. He is also known for his role on ""Full House"" playing Michelle's best friend, Teddy. Tahj also played Tucker Dobbs on Freeform's hit comedy show"
"Buzz Lightyear Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character in the ""Toy Story"" franchise. He is a toy Space Ranger superhero according to the movies and an action figure in the franchise. Along with Sheriff Woody, he is one of the two lead characters in all three ""Toy Story"" movies. He also appeared in the movie """" and the television series spin-off ""Buzz Lightyear of Star Command"". He is voiced by Tim Allen in the ""Toy Story"" films, a few video games, and the ""Buzz Lightyear"" movie, Patrick Warburton in the TV series, and by Pat Fraley for the video games"
"going for. The Kirk mask did, resulting in the crew selecting it for the film. However, in the opening scene to ""The Dark Knight"", Heath Ledger's Joker character is seen waiting to cross a busy Gotham City street holding an Emmet Kelly mask, which he is later seen wearing during a bank robbery. Emmett Kelly Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898March 28, 1979) was an American circus performer, who created the memorable clown figure ""Weary Willie"", based on the hobos of the Depression era. Kelly began his career as a trapeze artist. By 1923, Emmett Kelly was working his trapeze"
"the evidence in Walker vs. Viacom. Troy Walker Troy Walker (born January 25, 1967) is an American cartoonist, toy inventor, producer and founder of TWP Cartoon Studios. Walker created the children's novelty fad Hairy Pops finger puppets, used as a promotional tool in the late 1990s by the Supercuts chain of hair salons. The comic strip ""Bob Spongee, the Unemployed Sponge"" featured, as the main character, a creature with sponges for eyes, legs, and arms. During the early 1990s, Walker packaged a homemade Bob Spongee doll with comic strips and sold them throughout Northern California. A decade later, this character"
"son in an unaired pilot for a ""Beverly Hills Cop"" TV series on CBS. Brandon T. Jackson Brandon Timothy Jackson (born March 7, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian, rapper, actor, and writer. He is known for his roles in the films ""Roll Bounce"" (2005), ""Tropic Thunder"" (2008), """" (2010), ""Lottery Ticket"" (2010), """" (2011), and """" (2013). Jackson was born in Detroit, Michigan. His mother, Beverly Yvonne, is a pastor. His father, Bishop Wayne Timothy Jackson, is the senior pastor of Great Faith Ministries International, and author of the book ""Miracles Do Happen: The Power And Place Of Miracles"
"the film ""Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me to Be"", which he directed. J. Elvis Weinstein Joshua Stuart ""Josh"" Weinstein (born May 21, 1971), known professionally as J. Elvis Weinstein, is an American writer and performer, best known for his roles as Dr. Laurence Erhardt and the original puppeteer and voice for Tom Servo and Gypsy on ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". Weinstein was one of the founding writers/performers of the show in 1988 at the age of 17. Weinstein worked on ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"" during its original appearance on Minneapolis UHF station KTMA-TV from 1988 to 1989,"