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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Paragon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2016 · Pee-wee's Big Holiday as TV Cameraman
- 2011 · The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway as Jambi
- 2006 · Red Riding Hood as Fisherman
- 1996 · The Rich Man's Wife as Maitre D'
- 1995 · Night Stand with Dick Dietrick as
- 1994 · Storybook Cinema as
- 1994 · Every Breath as
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Bokar
- 1993 · The Elvira Show as Reinfield (voice)
- 1992 · Ring of the Musketeers as Air Traffic Controller Manfred Wenzel
- 1992 · Honey, I Blew Up the Kid as Lab Technician
- 1992 · Double Trouble as FBI Agent
- 1991 · Harry and the Hendersons as Arnold
- 1989 · UHF as Richard Fletcher
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Cedric
- 1988 · Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special as Jambi / Pterri (voice)
- 1988 · Elvira: Mistress of the Dark as Gas Station Attendant
- 1987 · Spaceballs as Dink (voice) (uncredited)
- 1986 · The Frog Prince as Ribbit / Prince Of Freedly
- 1986 · Sledge Hammer! as
- 1986 · Pee-wee's Playhouse as Jambi
- 1986 · Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills as
- 1985 · Echo Park as Hugo
- 1985 · Get Out of My Room as Robert Walters
- 1985 · Pee-wee's Big Adventure as Movie Lot Actor
- 1984 · Last of the Great Survivors as Beef
- 1983 · Going Berserk as Rooster
- 1983 · The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show as
- 1983 · The Paragon of Comedy as Dr Berger / Debbie / Mr Excitement / Ramone Azteca and others
- 1982 · Cheers as Grif Palmer
- 1982 · Madame's Place as Holistic Doctor
- 1982 · Things Are Tough All Over as Red Carpet Man #1
- 1982 · The Facts as
- 1982 · Pandemonium as Prisoner
- 1982 · Eating Raoul as Sex Shop Salesman
- 1981 · Elvira's Movie Macabre as
- 1981 · The Pee-wee Herman Show as Jambi the Genie
- 1980 · Cheech & Chong's Next Movie as Director (Groundling)