John Paragon

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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.

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2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Movie TV Cameraman
2011
The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway
Movie Jambi
2006
Red Riding Hood
Movie Fisherman
2002
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Movie Writer
1996
The Rich Man's Wife
Movie Maitre D'
1995
Night Stand with Dick Dietrick
TV show
1994
Twin Sitters
Movie Director
1994
High Tide
TV show Director
1994
Storybook Cinema
TV show
1994
Every Breath
Movie Director
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV show Bokar
1992
Ring of the Musketeers
TV show Director
1992
Renegade
TV show Director
1992
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Movie Lab Technician
1992
Double Trouble
Movie FBI Agent
1991
Silk Stalkings
TV show Director

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1991
Harry and the Hendersons
TV show Arnold
1989
UHF
Movie Richard Fletcher
1989
Seinfeld
TV show Cedric
1988
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Movie Jambi / Pterri (voice)
1988
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Movie Gas Station Attendant
1987
Spaceballs
Movie Dink (voice) (uncredited)
1986
The Frog Prince
Movie Ribbit / Prince of Freedly
1986
Sledge Hammer!
TV show Durward Monroe
1986
Pee-wee's Playhouse
TV show Jambi
1986
Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills
TV show
1985
Echo Park
Movie Hugo
1985
Get Out of My Room
Movie Robert Walters
1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Movie Movie Lot Actor
1984
Elvira's MTV Halloween Party
Movie The Breather
1984
Last of the Great Survivors
Movie Beef
1983
Going Berserk
Movie Rooster
1983
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
TV show
1983
The Paragon of Comedy
Movie Dr Berger / Debbie / Mr Excitement / Ramone Azteca and others
1982
Cheers
TV show Grif Palmer
1982
Madame's Place
TV show Holistic Doctor
1982
Things Are Tough All Over
Movie Red Carpet Man #1
1982
The Facts
Movie
1982
Pandemonium
Movie Prisoner
1982
Eating Raoul
Movie Sex Shop Salesman