"Filthy Rich & Catflap Filthy Rich & Catflap is a BBC sitcom produced in 1986 and broadcast in 1987. The series featured former ""The Young Ones"" co-stars Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall, and Adrian Edmondson as its three title characters. It was written by Ben Elton (with additional material credited to Mayall), and produced and directed by Paul Jackson (who also directed ""The Young Ones""), with film sequences directed by Ed Bye. The show's music was written by Peter Brewis. One series consisting of six half-hour episodes was produced. Despite the continuity announcer saying that the show would return the following"
"Eddie Murphy Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, and producer. Murphy was a regular cast member on ""Saturday Night Live"" from 1980 to 1984. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. In films, Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in ""48 Hrs."", the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" series, ""Trading Places"", and ""The Nutty Professor"". In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award"
"Foundation, as well as cancer, education, creative arts, family support, health and homeless charities. He has donated to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, and $100,000 to the Screen Actors' Guild's strike relief fund. Eddie Murphy Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, and producer. Murphy was a regular cast member on ""Saturday Night Live"" from 1980 to 1984. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. In films, Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his"
"Nigel Planer Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953) is an English actor, comedian, novelist and playwright who played Neil in the cult BBC comedy ""The Young Ones"" and Ralph Filthy in ""Filthy Rich & Catflap"". He has appeared in many West End musicals, including original casts of ""Evita"", ""Chicago"", ""We Will Rock You"", ""Wicked"", and ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"". He has also appeared in ""Hairspray"". He won a BRIT award in 1984 and has been nominated for Olivier, TMA, What's On Stage, and BAFTA awards. Planer was born in Westminster, London. He studied at the University of Sussex"
"bit roles in the popular television series ""Little House on the Prairie"". Quillan also performed in the Landon-directed series ""Highway to Heaven"" and ""Father Murphy"" during the 1980s. Quillan made his last television appearance in a 1987 episode of the television crime-mystery series ""Matlock"". Quillan died of cancer in Burbank, California in 1990 and was interred at the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California. Eddie Quillan Edward Quillan (March 31, 1907 – July 19, 1990) was an American film actor and singer whose career began as a child on the vaudeville stages and silent film and"
"the age of 6. He also had a passion for baseball, playing in high school and for [South Hills High School] as a pitcher. He now resides in New York City, where he continues to perform on Broadway. On October 1, 2017, Klena announced his engagement to longtime girlfriend Elycia Scriven, and they married in September 2018. Derek Klena Derek Anthony Klena (born October 3, 1991) is an American actor and singer. He originated the role of Eddie Birdlace in the stage adaptation of ""Dogfight"", and played Fiyero Tigelaar in the 10th anniversary company of ""Wicked"" on Broadway. He had"
"Michael Ray Bower Anthony Michael Ray Bower (born February 12, 1975) is an American actor best known for his role as Eddie ""Donkeylips"" Gelfen on the television program ""Salute Your Shorts"", which was aired from 1991 to 1992 on Nickelodeon and for which he won a Young Artist Award. Born in Tarzana, California, Bower made his film debut at age 11, in Michael Jackson's 1988 ""Moonwalker"". He had appearances in episodic television series such as ""Webster"", ""Tales from the Crypt"", ""Empty Nest"", ""Superior Court"", ""Hull High"", ""The Wonder Years"", and ""Doogie Howser, M.D."", before being brought into ""Salute Your Shorts"""
"Eddie Griffin Edward Griffin (born July 15, 1968) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for portraying Eddie Sherman on the sitcom ""Malcolm & Eddie"", the title character in the 2002 comedy film ""Undercover Brother"" and Tiberius Jefferson ""T.J."" Hicks in """" (1999) and """" (2005). Griffin was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and was raised by his single mother, Doris Thomas, a phone company operator. His family were Jehovah's Witnesses. In 1984, at 16 years old, he moved to Compton, California to live with his cousins. in 1986, after graduating from Compton High, Griffin enrolled as"
"Vincent Baggetta Vincent Baggetta (also billed as Vince Baggetta, Vincent Beggetta, or Vince Bagetta) (December 7, 1944 – May 2, 2017) was an American television actor. Baggetta was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He is best known for his starring role in ""The Eddie Capra Mysteries"", playing the title character for the 13-episode run of the series in 1978–1979. Baggetta drove a taxi while he sought success as an actor. His career started with bit parts in ""The Defenders"" and ""Naked City"" in 1962 and ""The Twilight Zone"" in 1963. He also did a guest spot as himself on ""The"
"dim-witted ""Tank"" in Steve Kluger's critically acclaimed Boston Red Sox comedy, ""Bullpen"". He's appeared on numerous television series including episodes of ""Cheers, Doogie Howser, M.D., Jake and the Fat Man, Paradise, Grand Slam!"" and the motion picture ""Dive!"". There's also little doubt you've heard one of Eddie's numerous voice-overs on the airwaves, where he has also been credited as Christy Mathewson and Eric Frierson (only when misspelled in the credits — this was an original mistake caused by language differences with the payroll company on a few anime projects in the 1980s — ""Eddie"" was ""heard"" as ""Eric"" in the"
"the comedy podcast Red Bar Radio with Mike David. He is a moderator for the show's official subreddit. Michael Ray Bower Anthony Michael Ray Bower (born February 12, 1975) is an American actor best known for his role as Eddie ""Donkeylips"" Gelfen on the television program ""Salute Your Shorts"", which was aired from 1991 to 1992 on Nickelodeon and for which he won a Young Artist Award. Born in Tarzana, California, Bower made his film debut at age 11, in Michael Jackson's 1988 ""Moonwalker"". He had appearances in episodic television series such as ""Webster"", ""Tales from the Crypt"", ""Empty Nest"","
"which appeared on the BBC and told the story of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. In 1987, Edmondson reunited with Planer and Mayall to star in ""Filthy Rich and Catflap"", a comic attack on showbiz, again written by Elton. He played ""Edward Catflap"", a coarse, drunken minder of light-entertainment nonentity ""Richie Rich"". In this show Edmondson displayed the same slapstick characteristics as Vyvyan in ""The Young Ones"" but was closer in personality to his later character ""Eddie Hitler"" in ""Bottom"". The show was cancelled after one series. Edmondson also co-starred in 1987 with Mayall in the ITV sit-com ""Hardwicke House"". Due"
"Edward Albert Edward Laurence Heimberger (February 20, 1951 – September 22, 2006), known professionally as Edward Albert, was an American film and television actor. For his breakout role in ""Butterflies Are Free"" (1972), he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. Edward Laurence Heimberger was born in Los Angeles, California, to actor Eddie Albert (1906–2005), and Mexican actress Margo (1917–1985). Albert made his motion picture debut in a 1965 drama, ""The Fool Killer"", as a runaway orphan who crossed paths with a disturbed Civil War veteran, played by Anthony Perkins. He is best known"
"he does not have unfettered access to his daughter, and has asked for a reduction in spousal support he pays to his ex-wife.. Darius McCrary Darius Jaren McCrary (born May 1, 1976) is an American film and television actor and singer. McCrary is best known for his role as Edward ""Eddie"" Winslow, the oldest child of Carl and Harriette Winslow on the ABC/CBS television sitcom ""Family Matters"", which ran from 1989–1998. Another one of McCrary's notable roles was as Scam in the 1987 comedy film ""Big Shots"", which was his film debut. He provided the voice of Jazz in the"
"Eddie Rouse Eddie Rouse (July 2, 1954 – December 7, 2014) was an American character actor whose feature film credits included ""American Gangster"", ""The Number 23"", and ""Pineapple Express"". Rouse starred in the 2014 dramatic short film, ""Rat Pack Rat"", as a Sammy Davis impersonator hired to perform at a birthday party. He was filming the HBO television series, ""Westworld"", at the time of his death in 2014. Rouse attended Olney High School in the Olney section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began his career in acting at the Bushfire Theatre of the Performing Arts, also located in Philadelphia. Rouse then"
"Josh Gad Joshua Ilan Gad (born February 23, 1981) is an American actor, comedian and singer. He is known for voicing Olaf in ""Frozen"", playing Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical ""The Book of Mormon"", and LeFou in the live action adaptation of Disney's ""Beauty and the Beast"". He has also appeared in ""ER"", ""The Daily Show"", ""Modern Family"", ""New Girl"", ""Bored to Death"", and ""Numb3rs"". Gad played Skip Gilchrist in the political sitcom ""1600 Penn"" on NBC, and a fictionalized version of himself on FX's ""The Comedians"", alongside Billy Crystal. His other film roles include ""The Rocker"", ""The"
"in many episodes. In the unaired pilot episode, the part was played by Nate ""Happy"" Derman, who played a more aggressively wolfish boy. Butch Patrick was reportedly cast out of over 500 boys in March 1964, and would appear in all episodes broadcast on CBS. When asked how he was selected to portray the role of Eddie, Patrick recalled, ""I had a lot of experience. But maybe it was because my fangs were my own teeth. My teeth were so bad, that even when I closed my mouth they stuck out. I was about a head smaller than the other"
"""Filthy Rich & Catflap"" (written by Elton, with additional material by Mayall) and ""Bottom"" (written by Mayall and Edmondson. Christopher Ryan also made appearances as the character ""Dave Hedgehog""). Most of the regular cast (and several of the guests) also appeared in Channel 4 and BBC2's ""The Comic Strip Presents"" comedy shows. All four main actors went on to gain reputations as both dramatic and comic actors. In 1990, ITV puppet series ""Spitting Image"" made reference to ""The Young Ones"" when four members of the Margaret Thatcher cabinet reminisced about their younger days, with all four playing one ""Young Ones"""
"Eric Martsolf Eric Martsolf (born July 27, 1971) is an American television actor and singer best known for his role as Ethan Winthrop in the NBC soap opera ""Passions"" from 2002 to 2008. Since November 2008, he has played the role of Brady Black on NBC's ""Days of Our Lives"" for which he won a Daytime Emmy in 2014. He appeared in Season 10, Episode 18 of ""Smallville"" in 2011, playing the character 'Booster Gold'. Martsolf sang on a Hawaiian cruise ship for a year and has modeled for over 50 designers, companies, and businesses. He was a radio broadcaster"
"Sepulchre Cemetery in New Rochelle, New York. Eddie Foy Jr. Edwin Fitzgerald Jr. (February 4, 1905 - July 15, 1983), known professionally as Eddie Foy Jr., was an American stage, film, and television actor. Edwin Fitzgerald Jr. was born on February 4, 1905, in New Rochelle, New York, the son of vaudevillian Eddie Foy and his third wife, Madeline Morando. He was one of the ""Seven Little Foys"" immortalized in the 1955 film of the same name. Of the seven, he had the longest performing career, and the only one in movies (though six Foys appeared in two short films"
"Eddie Foy Sr. Edwin Fitzgerald (March 9, 1856 – February 16, 1928), known professionally as Eddie Foy and Eddie Foy Sr., was an American actor, comedian, dancer and vaudevillian. Foy's parents, Richard and Mary Fitzgerald, emigrated to the United States from Ireland in 1855 and lived first in New York City's Bowery and then in Greenwich Village neighborhoods, where Eddie was born. Richard Fitzgerald died in an insane asylum in 1862 from syphilis-induced dementia, and his widow took her four children (Eddie was second oldest) to Chicago, where she reportedly at one time tended the mentally ill widow of Abraham"
"two daughters. Gad has stated that he loves the traditional aspects of Judaism and celebrates some traditions of his wife's religion (Catholicism), and considers himself spiritual but not religious. Josh Gad Joshua Ilan Gad (born February 23, 1981) is an American actor, comedian and singer. He is known for voicing Olaf in ""Frozen"", playing Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical ""The Book of Mormon"", and LeFou in the live action adaptation of Disney's ""Beauty and the Beast"". He has also appeared in ""ER"", ""The Daily Show"", ""Modern Family"", ""New Girl"", ""Bored to Death"", and ""Numb3rs"". Gad played Skip Gilchrist"
"""NYPD Blue"". He had an uncredited 1995 appearance in the television series ""Renegade"". His latest work was a leading role as David Renaldi on ""One Life to Live"" in 2005. On May 2, 2017, Baggetta died in Sherman Oaks, California, at age 72. Vincent Baggetta Vincent Baggetta (also billed as Vince Baggetta, Vincent Beggetta, or Vince Bagetta) (December 7, 1944 – May 2, 2017) was an American television actor. Baggetta was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He is best known for his starring role in ""The Eddie Capra Mysteries"", playing the title character for the 13-episode run of the series"
"Brad Rowe (actor) Bradley Thomas Rowe (born May 15, 1970) is an American film and television actor, writer, producer, and public policy advocate. He appeared in ""Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss"" (1998) and TNT's ""Purgatory"". Other roles include a short stint as recurring character, Walt, on ""NewsRadio"", Murphy Sinclair on ""General Hospital"", Ty Swindle, on ""Wasteland"", and Dan Murphy on ""Leap of Faith"". Rowe was born and raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. A 1993 University of Wisconsin–Madison economics graduate, Rowe worked as a finance manager for political campaigns in Washington, D.C. before moving to Los Angeles, California, to pursue acting and screenwriting."
"""futuristic amusement park."" Rouse filmed the pilot episode in Utah just a few weeks before his death. Rouse made his final television role in the Adult Swim original TV series ""Black Dynamite"". Eddie Rouse died from liver failure at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California, on December 7, 2014, at the age of 60. Eddie Rouse Eddie Rouse (July 2, 1954 – December 7, 2014) was an American character actor whose feature film credits included ""American Gangster"", ""The Number 23"", and ""Pineapple Express"". Rouse starred in the 2014 dramatic short film, ""Rat Pack Rat"", as a Sammy Davis impersonator"
"Henry Winkler Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, and author. He played the role of greaser Arthur ""Fonzie"" Fonzarelli, the breakout character of the 1970s American sitcom ""Happy Days"". He also starred as Sy Mittleman on Adult Swim's ""Childrens Hospital"", and as Eddie R. Lawson on USA Networks's ""Royal Pains"". Winkler also had notable guest-starring roles on ""Arrested Development"" as Barry Zuckerkorn and Dr. Saperstein on ""Parks and Recreation"". In 2018, he began appearing as Gene Cousineau on the HBO comedy ""Barry"". For his role on ""Happy Days"", Winkler won two"
"Sid Raymond Sid Raymond (January 21, 1909 - December 1, 2006) was an American comedian and character actor. Born Raymond Silverstein, he appeared in many movies and commercials and was active nearly until his death. He is probably best remembered as being the voice for Baby Huey. In addition, Raymond did the voice for Katnip the cat of Herman and Katnip fame (Katnip also appeared in several Buzzy the Crow cartoons). He was also one of several actors (notably Dayton Allen) who voiced magpies Heckle and Jeckle. On radio, Raymond was ""Finnegan"" on ""Duffy's Tavern"" during its final seasons. Raymond"
"of the shotgun and then the duck falling and screaming all the way to the ground."" Charlie Callas Charlie Callas (born Charles Callias; December 20, 1924 – January 27, 2011) was an American comedian and actor most commonly known for his work with Mel Brooks, Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin, and his many stand-up appearances on television talk shows in the 1970s. He was also known for his role as Malcolm Argos, the restaurant owner and former con man, on the Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner television series ""Switch"" (1975–1978). Callas was also known as the voice of Elliott the"
"$1.5 million supercar was badly damaged. Griffin later criticized reporters who suggested the crash was a publicity stunt. During the sexual assault allegations on Bill Cosby, Griffin suggested that Cosby was the victim of a conspiracy to destroy his image and that several other prominent African-American men had been victims of similar conspiracies. Eddie Griffin Edward Griffin (born July 15, 1968) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for portraying Eddie Sherman on the sitcom ""Malcolm & Eddie"", the title character in the 2002 comedy film ""Undercover Brother"" and Tiberius Jefferson ""T.J."" Hicks in """" (1999) and"
"for 19 days when the utilities were restored. Eddie Hodges Samuel Hodges (born March 5, 1947) professionally known as Eddie Hodges, is an American former child actor and recording artist who left show business as an adult. Hodges was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and traveled to New York City with his family in 1952. This began a long career in show business for Hodges in films, on stage and popular recordings. Hodges made his professional acting debut on stage in Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway musical ""The Music Man"", in which he originated the character of Winthrop Paroo and introduced the"
"Topher Grace Christopher John Grace (; born July 12, 1978) is an American actor. He is known for playing Eric Forman in the Fox sitcom ""That '70s Show"", Eddie Brock / Venom in Sam Raimi's film ""Spider-Man 3"", Pete Monash in ""Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!"", Carter Duryea in ""In Good Company"", Edwin in ""Predators"", Getty in ""Interstellar"", Adrian Yates in ""American Ultra"", and David Duke in Spike Lee's film ""BlacKkKlansman"". His other film roles include ""Traffic"", ""Mona Lisa Smile"", ""Valentine's Day"", ""Take Me Home Tonight"", ""The Big Wedding"", ""War Machine"", and ""Under the Silver Lake"". Grace was born"
"Elden Henson Elden Henson (born Elden Ryan Ratliff; August 30, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Fulton Reed in ""The Mighty Ducks"" trilogy, Foggy Nelson in ""Daredevil"" and the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe television series, and Pollux in """" and """". Elden Ryan Ratliff was born August 30, 1977 in Rockville, Maryland, to a professional photographer mother. His siblings are actors Garette Ratliff Henson (who appeared in ""The Mighty Ducks"" with Elden) and Erick Ratliff (who, like Elden, appeared in ""Elvis & Me""). Henson also has a younger half-brother, Ellington Ratliff, who is a member"
"Scatman Crothers Benjamin Sherman Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986), known professionally as Scatman Crothers, was an American actor and musician. He played Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show ""Chico and the Man"" and Dick Hallorann in Stanley Kubrick's ""The Shining"" (1980). He was also a prolific voiceover actor who provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the Harlem Globetrotters animated TV series, Jazz the Autobot in ""The Transformers"" and """" (1986), the title character in ""Hong Kong Phooey"", and Scat Cat in the animated Disney film ""The Aristocats"" (1970). Crothers was born in Terre Haute,"