Acting

Vance Colvig Jr.

Born March 9, 1918 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died March 3, 1991 · aged 72

Vance DeBar Colvig Jr. was an American character actor, voice actor, and writer best known for being the first actor to portray Bozo the Clown on a franchised television program. He also voiced Chopper the bulldog on The Yogi Bear Show. He was the son of Pinto Colvig, the original voice of Disney's Goofy and the first-ever performer of Bozo the Clown on records. In the 1980s, he became a familiar …

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Barfly

MovieComedyDrama

Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.

UHF

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.

Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee · 1988

Big Top Pee-wee

MovieComedyFamily

Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front yard. Pee-wee, along with an outlandish cast of animals and circus performers, puts on the best show ever.

American Pop

American Pop · 1981

MovieAnimationMusic

The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.

Dudes

MovieComedyWestern

Two punks from the big city, traveling across the country in a Volkswagen bug, embrace the western ethos when they must take revenge against a group of rednecks for killing their friend in this lighthearted road movie. Along the way, they enlist the help of a young woman who runs a wrecking service.

The Boys Next Door

The Boys Next Door · 1986

The Boys Next Door

MovieCrimeDrama

Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.

Maid to Order

Maid to Order · 1987

MovieComedyFantasy

Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy godmother Stella. In an effort to save Jessie, Stella casts a spell which causes Charles to no longer have a daughter. Jessie, now penniless and without a friend, must take a maid's job to earn a living, and hopefully to learn her lesson.

Track 29

Track 29 · 1988

MovieDramaMystery

Years after a desperate teenage Linda gives up her baby for adoption, she finds herself face-to-face with Martin, a young man claiming to be her long-lost son. Linda embraces Martin and in him finds a welcome reprieve from her unhappy marriage to the neglectful Henry. But soon Martin grows violent and becomes obsessed with Henry -- a philandering man whose only offspring is an expansive model train set that devours his waking hours.

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Barfly

MovieComedyDrama

Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.

Alcoholic Man

UHF

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.

Bum

Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee · 1988

Big Top Pee-wee

MovieComedyFamily

Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front yard. Pee-wee, along with an outlandish cast of animals and circus performers, puts on the best show ever.

Clownie

American Pop

American Pop · 1981

MovieAnimationMusic

The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.

Hobo #1

Dudes

MovieComedyWestern

Two punks from the big city, traveling across the country in a Volkswagen bug, embrace the western ethos when they must take revenge against a group of rednecks for killing their friend in this lighthearted road movie. Along the way, they enlist the help of a young woman who runs a wrecking service.

Hezekiah

The Boys Next Door

The Boys Next Door · 1986

The Boys Next Door

MovieCrimeDrama

Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.

Old Man

Maid to Order

Maid to Order · 1987

MovieComedyFantasy

Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy godmother Stella. In an effort to save Jessie, Stella casts a spell which causes Charles to no longer have a daughter. Jessie, now penniless and without a friend, must take a maid's job to earn a living, and hopefully to learn her lesson.

Man with Newspapers

Track 29

Track 29 · 1988

MovieDramaMystery

Years after a desperate teenage Linda gives up her baby for adoption, she finds herself face-to-face with Martin, a young man claiming to be her long-lost son. Linda embraces Martin and in him finds a welcome reprieve from her unhappy marriage to the neglectful Henry. But soon Martin grows violent and becomes obsessed with Henry -- a philandering man whose only offspring is an expansive model train set that devours his waking hours.

Mr. Ennis

My Chauffeur

My Chauffeur · 1986

MovieComedyRomance

A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine business, much to the chagrin of her older male coworkers and the disbelief of her customers.

Doolittle

Boris and Natasha

Boris and Natasha · 1992

Boris and Natasha

MovieAdventureComedy

Sent by Fearless Leader to America to find an important microchip, dastardly Pottsylvanian spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale begin questioning who they're working for and why.

One-Eyed Man

For the Love of It

For the Love of It · 1980

For the Love of It

MovieActionAdventure

An entrepreneur discovers a Russian plan for taking over the Middle East. He wants to use it to create a new video game but the KGB, the CIA and the FBI have different ideas.

Old Hippie

Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place

Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place · 1989

Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place

Cable TV Special. Rodney Auditions for an adult movie and finds out all men are not created equal. Get ready for a wild time at Rodney's Place, with special guests Jeff Foxworthy, Tim Allen and Sam Kinison.

Smitty

Arizona Heat

Arizona Heat · 1988

A tough old school Arizona cop is teamed with a lesbian partner to catch a serial killer who preys on police.

Mr. Gordon

Mortuary Academy

Mortuary Academy · 1988

Mortuary Academy

"Police Academy" clone, about some nerds who inherit an academy for morticians, which is run by a corrupt closet necropheliac. Of course, the most incompetent students possible are accepted, so that the academy will fail, and all sorts of wacky hijinks ensue.

Uncle Willard

Night Court

Night Court · 1984

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

Bum

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere · 1982

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.

Mr. Pechar

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories · 1985

Amazing Stories

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyComedy

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.

Vaudevillian

The Yogi Bear Show

The Yogi Bear Show · 1961

The Yogi Bear Show

SeriesAnimationComedy

From his home in Jellystone Park, Yogi Bear dreams of nothing more in life than to outwit as many unsuspecting tourists as he can and grab their prized picnic baskets all while staying one step ahead of the ever-exasperated Ranger Smith. Yogi's little buddy, Boo-Boo, tries to keep Yogi out of trouble but rarely succeeds. That's okay because not even Ranger Smith can stay mad for long at the lovable, irresistible Yogi Bear.

Chopper (voice)

The Quick Draw McGraw Show

The Quick Draw McGraw Show · 1959

The Quick Draw McGraw Show

SeriesKidsAnimation

The Quick Draw McGraw Show is the third cartoon television production created by Hanna-Barbera, starring an anthropomorphic cartoon horse named Quick Draw McGraw. The series featured 3 cartoons per episode, one each by Quick Draw McGraw & Baba Looey, father and son dog duo Augie Doggie & Doggie Daddy, and cat and mouse detectives Snooper & Blabber.

Tombstone Jones