John Paragon

John Dixon Paragon was born on December 9, 1954. He is an actor, writer, and director. Paragon is probably best know for his work on childrens show Pee-wee's Playhouse where he played Jambi the Genie and voiced Pterri the Pteradactyl. In addition to writing many of the regular season episodes of Playhouse, he also co-wrote (with Paul Reubens) the acclaimed Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special in 1988. Some of his other memorable roles have been 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 Hugo, 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.

Filmography

• Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
• UHF (1989)
• The Frog Prince (1986)
• Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
• Eating Raoul (1982)

External links

• John Paragon at IMDb