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Funny Men Of Film |
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Chevy Chase
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This 6’ 4”, Emmy Award winning, Saturday Night Live “fall guy” became the first comedian to emerge from the popular TV show & star in big screen comedies such as “Foul Pay”, “Fletch”, “Caddyshack”, “3 Amigos”, “Spies Like Us”, “Funny Farm” & the 4 National Lampoon’s Vacation films in which he created his signature role of family man Clark Wilhelm Griswold Jr.
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Fact File |
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Birth Name: Cornelius Crane Chase
Date Of Birth: 8th October 1943
Place Of Birth: Woodstock, New York, USA
Height: 6’ 4”
Spouses: Jacqueline Carlin (1976-80) Jaynie Luke (1982-Present)
Debut Starring Role: Chevy played bumbling policeman Tony Carlson in “Foul Play” (1978)
Trivia: Turned down the lead role in “American Beauty” which won Kevin Spacey an Oscar.
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Chevy Chase’s Top 5 Movies on DVD
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Caddyshack [DVD](1980) DVD Riotous comedy set in an elite country club features Rodney Dangerfield as a loud and loutish new member, Chevy Chase as the egotistical club pro, Bill Murray as a crazed groundskeeper, and the pesky Mr. Gopher. The plot revolves around a not-so friendly game of golf between Dangerfield, Chase and stuffy judge Ted Knight. Co-stars Michael O'Keefe. 99 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; documentary; outtakes; production notes; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Seems Like Old Times [DVD](1980) DVD Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn re-team in this Neil Simon screwballer about a liberal lawyer (Hawn) taking in her trouble-prone ex-husband (Chase) after he is forced to assist bank robbers and becomes the quarry of the cops. Co-stars Charles Grodin as her nerdy D.A. husband, Harold Gould, Robert Guillaume. 121 min. Widescreen (Enhanced) and Standard; Soundtracks: English mono; Subtitles: English, French; theatrical trailers; scene access.
National Lampoon's Vacation (20th Anniversary Special Edition) [DVD](1983) DVD Join Chevy Chase and family on a madcap vacation trek through the U.S. On this trip, everything happens: cars go out of control, beautiful model Christie Brinkley shows up, along with John Candy, and relatives prove weirder than you'd ever think. Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid. 93 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono, Portuguese Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese; audio commentary by "the Griswolds"; featurettes; theatrical trailers.
Fletch [DVD](1985) DVD Chevy Chase plays an unorthodox reporter with a penchant for disguise who gets involved in a murder plot. This thriller, laced with laughs and based on Gregory McDonald's novel, co-stars Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker and Geena Davis. 96 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: Spanish; production notes; biographies; theatrical trailer.
Spies Like Us [DVD](1985) DVD Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd are two bumbling agents on a top secret assignment to foil a group of international missile maniacs. But they're the ones who get foiled, hung upside down, and lost, a lot, in this frantic comedy feast. Co-stars Donna Dixon, Steve Forrest. 103 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround; scene access.
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Chevy Chase’s Top 5 Movies on VHS
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Oh, Heavenly Dog!(1980) VHS What do you get when Chevy Chase meets Benji? Zany fun, that's what! Chevy's reincarnated as the precocious pup, and secret agents, the beautiful Jane Seymour and outrageous comedy play parts in this canine chase caper. Omar Sharif, Robert Morley and the great Alan Sues also star. 103 min.
Modern Problems(1981) VHS Put-upon air traffic controller Chevy Chase is doused with radioactive goo and develops telekinetic powers in this slapstick comedy that will levitate the laughs out of you. With Dabney Coleman, Patti D'Arbanville, Nell Carter. 91 min.
Funny Farm(1988) VHS Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith are two urbanites who decided to try the small town life of a New England farm instead...only to be harassed by strange neighbors, attacked by woodland creatures, and trapped in a decaying house; directed by George Roy Hill. 101 min.
Nothing But Trouble(1991) VHS Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, John Candy and Demi Moore team up for this outrageous farce. A dim-witted New York Yuppie couple are stopped for running a stop sign in a bizarre, run-down village where the demented, 106-year-old justice of the peace sentences them to death! Aykroyd also scripted and directed. 94 min.
Cops And Robbersons(1994) VHS Funny farce starring Chevy Chase as Norman Robberson, a meek Middle American father with an eccentric family and an adoration for TV cop shows, who plays host and unwanted sidekick to a gruff veteran detective (Jack Palance) and his young partner staking out a counterfeiting neighbor. Dianne Wiest, Robert Davi also star. 93 min.
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Chevy Chase Videos & DVDs - Complete List
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