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| birth_place = [[Anchorage, Alaska]], U.S.
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'''John Dixon Paragon''' (December 9, 1954 – April 3, 2021) was an American actor, writer and director. He is known for his work on the television series ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]'', where he portrayed Jambi the Genie<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/shout-factory-pee-wee-playhouse-588490/|title=Shout! Factory Nabs 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Distribution Rights|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=July 18, 2013|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref> and provided the voice for Pterri the Pterodactyl.<ref name="Shafer 2021">{{Cite news|last=Shafer|first=Ellise|date=June 18, 2021|title=John Paragon, 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Star, Dies at 66|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/john-paragon-dead-dies-pee-wees-playhouse-1235000368/|url-status=live|access-date=June 18, 2021|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|language=en-US}}</ref> He was also a writer and director on a number of episodes.<ref name="Gaines 2011">{{cite book|last=Gaines|first=Caseen|date=2011|title=Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Ec_9mT3_QkC&pg=PA212|publisher=[[ECW Press]]|page=212|isbn=978-1550229981}}</ref>
==Early life==
Paragon was born on December 9, 1954 in [[Anchorage, Alaska]]<ref>{{cite web |title=John Paragon – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-paragon-488106 |website=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref> but grew up and attended schools in [[Fort Collins, Colorado]]. He graduated from [[Fort Collins High School]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Udell |first=Erin |title=Meet Jambi of Pee Wee's Playhouse fame in Fort Collins |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/entertainment/2016/09/27/meet-jambi-pee-wees-playhouse-fame-fort-collins/91168054/ |date=September 27, 2016 |newspaper=[[Fort Collins Coloradoan]] |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Udell 2021">{{cite news |last=Udell |first=Erin |title='Pee-wee's Playhouse' actor and Fort Collins High School grad John Paragon dead at 66 |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2021/06/21/pee-wees-playhouse-actor-fort-collins-grad-john-paragon-dead-66/7776019002/ |date=June 21, 2021 |newspaper=[[Fort Collins Coloradoan]] |access-date=June 22, 2021}}</ref>
==Career==
Paragon got his start in the Los Angeles-based [[Improvisational theater|improvisation]] group [[The Groundlings]] alongside [[Paul Reubens]] and [[Phil Hartman]].
He played Jambi the Genie on the children's TV show ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]''. In addition to writing many of its regular-season episodes, he co-wrote (with Reubens) the ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special]]'' in 1988, for which they were nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Children's Special.
His other roles include Cedric, one half of the couple [[Bob and Cedric]] on the television series ''[[Seinfeld]]''; the title character in the children's movie ''[[The Frog Prince (1986 film)|The Frog Prince]]''; the sex shop salesman in ''[[Eating Raoul]]''; and the owner of a strip-o-gram business in the 1986 film ''[[Echo Park (1986 film)|Echo Park]]''.
He 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 [[KCAL-TV|KHJ-TV]]-Los Angeles.
He also made multiple appearances at Knott's Scary Farm with Elvira at the Good Time Theater. One of the show's highlights was when he walked amongst the audience as Ramone Azteca.
Paragon 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 test runs of the animatronic figure.
He returned to his performance as Jambi the Genie in the Broadway outing of the [[Pee-wee Herman]] stage show that began performances at the [[Stephen Sondheim Theater]] on October 26, 2010.
==Death==
Paragon died on April 3, 2021 at his home in [[Palm Springs, California]], at the age of 66. His cause of death was heart disease and chronic alcoholism. News of his death was not made public until June 18 of that year.<ref name="Shafer 2021"/><ref name="Udell 2021"/><ref name="Hughes 2021">{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-john-paragon-pee-wees-playhouses-jambi-the-geni-1847127094|title=R.I.P. John Paragon, Pee-wee's Playhouse's Jambi the Genie|last=Hughes|first=William|date=June 18, 2021|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Evans |first=Greg |title=John Paragon Dies: Jambi The Genie Of 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Was 66 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/john-paragon-dead-obituary-jambi-the-genie-pee-wees-playhouse-was-66-1234777798/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618144527/https://deadline.com/2021/06/john-paragon-dead-obituary-jambi-the-genie-pee-wees-playhouse-was-66-1234777798/ |url-status=live |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |date=June 18, 2021 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sestito |first=Maria |title=John Paragon, 'Elvira' writer and genie on 'Pee-wee's Playhouse,' died in Palm Springs home |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2021/06/18/actor-john-paragon-pee-wees-playhouse-died-palm-springs-home/7745647002/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618232035/https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2021/06/18/actor-john-paragon-pee-wees-playhouse-died-palm-springs-home/7745647002/ |url-status=live |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |date=June 18, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Desert Sun]] |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref> He was cremated and his ashes were in the possession of [[Cassandra Peterson]] until they were interred at the [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] on November 15, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PF4NtAjQJE|title = ELVIRA aka CASSANDRA PETERSON - WTF Happened to this Horror Celebrity?|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref> His urn is "a perfectly crafted depiction" of the purple-and-gold Jambi the Genie box.<ref>https://boingboing.net/2022/11/18/pee-wees-playhouse-actor-john-paragon-laid-to-rest-in-a-fitting-urn-a-jambi-the-genie-box.html</ref>
==Filmography==
=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Year
! Title
! [[Film director|Director]]
! [[Screenwriter|Writer]]
! [[Actor]]
! Role
! class=unsortable | Notes
! class=unsortable | {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Cheech and Chong's Next Movie]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Director
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1982
| ''[[Eating Raoul]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Sex Shop Salesman
|
|
|-
| ''[[Pandemonium (1982 film)|Pandemonium]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Prisoner
|
|
|-
| ''[[Things Are Tough All Over]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Red Carpet Man #1
|
|
|-
| ''[[Airplane II: The Sequel]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Economy Flight Attendant
|
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Going Berserk]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Rooster
|
|
|-
| 1984
| ''Uncensored''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Various
| [[Direct-to-video]] film
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1985
| ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Movie Lot Actor
|
|
|-
| ''[[Get Out of My Room]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Robert Walters
| Direct-to-video [[mockumentary]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1986
| ''[[Echo Park (1986 film)|Echo Park]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Hugo
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Frog Prince (1986 film)|The Frog Prince]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Ribbit / Prince of Freedly
|
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[North Shore (1987 film)|North Shore]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Professor
|
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (film)|Elvira: Mistress of the Dark]]''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Gas Station Attendant
|
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Richard Fletcher
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1992
| ''[[Double Trouble (1992 film)|Double Trouble]]''
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
| FBI Agent
|
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
|-
| ''[[Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Lab Technician
|
|
|-
| ''Ring of the Musketeers''
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
| Air Traffic Controller Manfred Wenzel
|
|
| -
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| ''Every Breath''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Director
|
|
|-
| ''[[Twin Sitters]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Loan officer
|
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Rich Man's Wife]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Maitre D'
|
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Elvira's Haunted Hills]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
|
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Red Riding Hood (2006 film)|Red Riding Hood]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Fisherman
|
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Pee-wee's Big Holiday]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| TV Cameraman
|
|
|-
|}
Also production consultant direct-to-video ''ThrillerVideo'' (1985).
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Year
! Name
! Director
! Writer
! Actor
! Role
! class=unsortable | Notes
! class=unsortable | {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The Pee-wee Herman Show]]''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Jambi / Pterri (voice)
| [[Television film]]
|
|-
| 1981–2011
| ''[[Elvira's Movie Macabre]]''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Breather
| 6 episodes as actor; 1 episode as writer
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Madame's Place]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Holistic doctor
| 1 episode
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1983
| ''The Paragon of Comedy''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Various
| Television film
|
|-
| ''The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Various
|
|
|-
| ''[[The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| (voice)
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1984
| ''Last of the Great Survivors''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Beef
| Television film
|
|-
| ''Cheeseball Presents''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Breather
| Television film
|
|-
| ''Welcome to the Fun Zone''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Himself
| Television film
|
|-
| ''Elvira's MTV Halloween Party''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Breather
| Television film
|
|-
| 1985
| ''FTV''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Various
|
|
|-
| 1985–2011
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Pterri (voice)
| 1 episode as actor, 1 episode as writer
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Raddichio
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1986–90
| ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Jambi / Pterri (voice)
| 41 episodes as actor; 25 episodes as writer;<br>20 episodes as director
| <ref name="Gaines 2011" />
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Cheers]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Grif Palmer
| 1 episode
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1988
| ''[[Sledge Hammer!]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Durward Monroe
| 1 episode
|
|-
| ''The Cheech Show''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
| Television film
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[On the Television]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Various
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1992
| ''Ring of the Musketeers''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Air Traffic Controller
| Television film
|
|-
| 1993
| ''The Elvira Show''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Voice of 'Reinfield'
|
|
|-
| 1995
| ''Kirk''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Ricky
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1995–96
| ''Night Stand''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Bachelor #3 / Dr. Ed Burns
| 5 episodes
|
|-
| 1995–98
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Cedric
| 3 episodes
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Renegade (TV series)|Renegade]]''
| {{yes}}
|
|
| {{n/a}}
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1996–98
| ''[[Silk Stalkings]]''
| {{yes}}
|
|
| {{n/a}}
| 10 episodes
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Pacific Blue (TV series)|Pacific Blue]]''
| {{yes}}
|
|
| {{n/a}}
| 1 episode
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999
| ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Bokar
| Episode: "[[Prodigal Daughter (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Prodigal Daughter]]"
|
|-
| ''[[Mega Babies]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[You Don't Know Jack (game show)|You Don't Know Jack]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
| Also consultant
|
|-
| 2011
| ''The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Jambi / Pterri (voice)
| Television film
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Elvira's Movie Macabre|13 Nights of Elvira]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
| Also producer and music supervisor
|
|-
|}
==References==
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{{Infobox person
| name = John Paragon
| image =
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| birth_name = John Dixon Paragon
| birth_date = {{birth date|1954|12|9}}
| birth_place = [[Anchorage, Alaska]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|3|1954|12|9}}<!-- DO NOT CHANGE this date of death to a date in June; Paragon's death was first announced in June, but he died on April 3, as supported by every cited source in the Death section. -->
| death_place = [[Palm Springs, California]], U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|writer|director}}
}}
'''John Dixon Paragon''' (December 9, 1954 – April 3, 2021) was an American actor, writer and director. He is known for his work on the television series ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]'', where he portrayed Jambi the Genie<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/shout-factory-pee-wee-playhouse-588490/|title=Shout! Factory Nabs 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Distribution Rights|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=July 18, 2013|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref> and provided the voice for Pterri the Pterodactyl.<ref name="Shafer 2021">{{Cite news|last=Shafer|first=Ellise|date=June 18, 2021|title=John Paragon, 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Star, Dies at 66|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/john-paragon-dead-dies-pee-wees-playhouse-1235000368/|url-status=live|access-date=June 18, 2021|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|language=en-US}}</ref> He was also a writer and director on a number of episodes.<ref name="Gaines 2011">{{cite book|last=Gaines|first=Caseen|date=2011|title=Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Ec_9mT3_QkC&pg=PA212|publisher=[[ECW Press]]|page=212|isbn=978-1550229981}}</ref>
==Early life==
Paragon was born on December 9, 1954 in [[Anchorage, Alaska]]<ref>{{cite web |title=John Paragon – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-paragon-488106 |website=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref> but grew up and attended schools in [[Fort Collins, Colorado]]. He graduated from [[Fort Collins High School]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Udell |first=Erin |title=Meet Jambi of Pee Wee's Playhouse fame in Fort Collins |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/entertainment/2016/09/27/meet-jambi-pee-wees-playhouse-fame-fort-collins/91168054/ |date=September 27, 2016 |newspaper=[[Fort Collins Coloradoan]] |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Udell 2021">{{cite news |last=Udell |first=Erin |title='Pee-wee's Playhouse' actor and Fort Collins High School grad John Paragon dead at 66 |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2021/06/21/pee-wees-playhouse-actor-fort-collins-grad-john-paragon-dead-66/7776019002/ |date=June 21, 2021 |newspaper=[[Fort Collins Coloradoan]] |access-date=June 22, 2021}}</ref>
==Career==
Paragon got his start in the Los Angeles-based [[Improvisational theater|improvisation]] group [[The Groundlings]] alongside [[Paul Reubens]] and [[Phil Hartman]].
He played Jambi the Genie on the children's TV show ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]''. In addition to writing many of its regular-season episodes, he co-wrote (with Reubens) the ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special]]'' in 1988, for which they were nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Children's Special.
His other roles include Cedric, one half of the couple [[Bob and Cedric]] on the television series ''[[Seinfeld]]''; the title character in the children's movie ''[[The Frog Prince (1986 film)|The Frog Prince]]''; the sex shop salesman in ''[[Eating Raoul]]''; and the owner of a strip-o-gram business in the 1986 film ''[[Echo Park (1986 film)|Echo Park]]''.
He 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 [[KCAL-TV|KHJ-TV]]-Los Angeles.
He also made multiple appearances at Knott's Scary Farm with Elvira at the Good Time Theater. One of the show's highlights was when he walked amongst the audience as Ramone Azteca.
Paragon 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 test runs of the animatronic figure.
He returned to his performance as Jambi the Genie in the Broadway outing of the [[Pee-wee Herman]] stage show that began performances at the [[Stephen Sondheim Theater]] on October 26, 2010.
==Death==
Paragon died on April 3, 2021 at his home in [[Palm Springs, California]], at the age of 66. His cause of death was heart disease and chronic alcoholism. News of his death was not made public until June 18 of that year.<ref name="Shafer 2021"/><ref name="Udell 2021"/><ref name="Hughes 2021">{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-john-paragon-pee-wees-playhouses-jambi-the-geni-1847127094|title=R.I.P. John Paragon, Pee-wee's Playhouse's Jambi the Genie|last=Hughes|first=William|date=June 18, 2021|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Evans |first=Greg |title=John Paragon Dies: Jambi The Genie Of 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Was 66 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/john-paragon-dead-obituary-jambi-the-genie-pee-wees-playhouse-was-66-1234777798/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618144527/https://deadline.com/2021/06/john-paragon-dead-obituary-jambi-the-genie-pee-wees-playhouse-was-66-1234777798/ |url-status=live |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |date=June 18, 2021 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sestito |first=Maria |title=John Paragon, 'Elvira' writer and genie on 'Pee-wee's Playhouse,' died in Palm Springs home |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2021/06/18/actor-john-paragon-pee-wees-playhouse-died-palm-springs-home/7745647002/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618232035/https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2021/06/18/actor-john-paragon-pee-wees-playhouse-died-palm-springs-home/7745647002/ |url-status=live |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |date=June 18, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Desert Sun]] |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref> He was cremated and his ashes were in the possession of [[Cassandra Peterson]] until they were interred at the [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] on November 15, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PF4NtAjQJE|title = ELVIRA aka CASSANDRA PETERSON - WTF Happened to this Horror Celebrity?|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref> His urn is "a perfectly crafted depiction" of the purple-and-gold Jambi the Genie box.<ref>https://boingboing.net/2022/11/18/pee-wees-playhouse-actor-john-paragon-laid-to-rest-in-a-fitting-urn-a-jambi-the-genie-box.html</ref>
==Filmography==
=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Year
! Title
! [[Film director|Director]]
! [[Screenwriter|Writer]]
! [[Actor]]
! Role
! class=unsortable | Notes
! class=unsortable | {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Cheech and Chong's Next Movie]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Director
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1982
| ''[[Eating Raoul]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Sex Shop Salesman
|
|
|-
| ''[[Pandemonium (1982 film)|Pandemonium]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Prisoner
|
|
|-
| ''[[Things Are Tough All Over]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Red Carpet Man #1
|
|
|-
| ''[[Airplane II: The Sequel]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Economy Flight Attendant
|
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Going Berserk]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Rooster
|
|
|-
| 1984
| ''Uncensored''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Various
| [[Direct-to-video]] film
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1985
| ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Movie Lot Actor
|
|
|-
| ''[[Get Out of My Room]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Robert Walters
| Direct-to-video [[mockumentary]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1986
| ''[[Echo Park (1986 film)|Echo Park]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Hugo
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Frog Prince (1986 film)|The Frog Prince]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Ribbit / Prince of Freedly
|
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[North Shore (1987 film)|North Shore]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Professor
|
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (film)|Elvira: Mistress of the Dark]]''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Gas Station Attendant
|
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Richard Fletcher
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1992
| ''[[Double Trouble (1992 film)|Double Trouble]]''
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
| FBI Agent
|
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
|-
| ''[[Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Lab Technician
|
|
|-
| ''Ring of the Musketeers''
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
| Air Traffic Controller Manfred Wenzel
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| ''Every Breath''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Director
|
|
|-
| ''[[Twin Sitters]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Loan officer
|
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Rich Man's Wife]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Maitre D'
|
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Elvira's Haunted Hills]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
|
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Red Riding Hood (2006 film)|Red Riding Hood]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Fisherman
|
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Pee-wee's Big Holiday]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| TV Cameraman
|
|
|-
|}
Also production consultant direct-to-video ''ThrillerVideo'' (1985).
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Year
! Name
! Director
! Writer
! Actor
! Role
! class=unsortable | Notes
! class=unsortable | {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The Pee-wee Herman Show]]''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Jambi / Pterri (voice)
| [[Television film]]
|
|-
| 1981–2011
| ''[[Elvira's Movie Macabre]]''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Breather
| 6 episodes as actor; 1 episode as writer
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Madame's Place]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Holistic doctor
| 1 episode
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1983
| ''The Paragon of Comedy''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Various
| Television film
|
|-
| ''The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Various
|
|
|-
| ''[[The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| (voice)
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1984
| ''Last of the Great Survivors''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Beef
| Television film
|
|-
| ''Cheeseball Presents''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Breather
| Television film
|
|-
| ''Welcome to the Fun Zone''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Himself
| Television film
|
|-
| ''Elvira's MTV Halloween Party''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Breather
| Television film
|
|-
| 1985
| ''FTV''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Various
|
|
|-
| 1985–2011
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Pterri (voice)
| 1 episode as actor, 1 episode as writer
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Raddichio
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1986–90
| ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Jambi / Pterri (voice)
| 41 episodes as actor; 25 episodes as writer;<br>20 episodes as director
| <ref name="Gaines 2011" />
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Cheers]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Grif Palmer
| 1 episode
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1988
| ''[[Sledge Hammer!]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Durward Monroe
| 1 episode
|
|-
| ''The Cheech Show''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
| Television film
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[On the Television]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Various
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1992
| ''Ring of the Musketeers''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Air Traffic Controller
| Television film
|
|-
| 1993
| ''The Elvira Show''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Voice of 'Reinfield'
|
|
|-
| 1995
| ''Kirk''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Ricky
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1995–96
| ''Night Stand''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Bachelor #3 / Dr. Ed Burns
| 5 episodes
|
|-
| 1995–98
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Cedric
| 3 episodes
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Renegade (TV series)|Renegade]]''
| {{yes}}
|
|
| {{n/a}}
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1996–98
| ''[[Silk Stalkings]]''
| {{yes}}
|
|
| {{n/a}}
| 10 episodes
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Pacific Blue (TV series)|Pacific Blue]]''
| {{yes}}
|
|
| {{n/a}}
| 1 episode
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999
| ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Bokar
| Episode: "[[Prodigal Daughter (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Prodigal Daughter]]"
|
|-
| ''[[Mega Babies]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[You Don't Know Jack (game show)|You Don't Know Jack]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
| Also consultant
|
|-
| 2011
| ''The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Jambi / Pterri (voice)
| Television film
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Elvira's Movie Macabre|13 Nights of Elvira]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
| Also producer and music supervisor
|
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
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.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}John ParagonBornJohn Dixon Paragon(1954-12-09)December 9, 1954Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.DiedApril 3, 2021(2021-04-03) (aged 66)Palm Springs, California, U.S.OccupationActorwriterdirector
John Dixon Paragon (December 9, 1954 – April 3, 2021) was an American actor, writer and director. He is known for his work on the television series Pee-wee's Playhouse, where he portrayed Jambi the Genie[1] and provided the voice for Pterri the Pterodactyl.[2] He was also a writer and director on a number of episodes.[3]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Death
4 Filmography
4.1 Films
4.2 Television
5 References
6 External links
Early life[edit]
Paragon was born on December 9, 1954 in Anchorage, Alaska[4] but grew up and attended schools in Fort Collins, Colorado. He graduated from Fort Collins High School.[5][6]
Career[edit]
Paragon got his start in the Los Angeles-based improvisation group The Groundlings alongside Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman.
He played Jambi the Genie on the children's TV show Pee-wee's Playhouse. In addition to writing many of its regular-season episodes, he co-wrote (with Reubens) the Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special in 1988, for which they were nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Children's Special.
His other roles include Cedric, one half of the 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 Eating Raoul; and the owner of a strip-o-gram business in the 1986 film Echo Park.
He 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.
He also made multiple appearances at Knott's Scary Farm with Elvira at the Good Time Theater. One of the show's highlights was when he walked amongst the audience as Ramone Azteca.
Paragon 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 test runs of the animatronic figure.
He returned to his performance as Jambi the Genie in the Broadway outing of the Pee-wee Herman stage show that began performances at the Stephen Sondheim Theater on October 26, 2010.
Death[edit]
Paragon died on April 3, 2021 at his home in Palm Springs, California, at the age of 66. His cause of death was heart disease and chronic alcoholism. News of his death was not made public until June 18 of that year.[2][6][7][8][9] He was cremated and his ashes were in the possession of Cassandra Peterson until they were interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on November 15, 2022.[10] His urn is "a perfectly crafted depiction" of the purple-and-gold Jambi the Genie box.[11]
Filmography[edit]
Films[edit]
Year
Title
Director
Writer
Actor
Role
Notes
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1980
Cheech and Chong's Next Movie
Yes
Director
1982
Eating Raoul
Yes
Sex Shop Salesman
Pandemonium
Yes
Prisoner
Things Are Tough All Over
Yes
Red Carpet Man #1
Airplane II: The Sequel
Yes
Economy Flight Attendant
1983
Going Berserk
Yes
Rooster
1984
Uncensored
Yes
Various
Direct-to-video film
1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Yes
Movie Lot Actor
Get Out of My Room
Yes
Robert Walters
Direct-to-video mockumentary
1986
Echo Park
Yes
Hugo
The Frog Prince
Yes
Ribbit / Prince of Freedly
1987
North Shore
Yes
Professor
1988
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Yes
Yes
Gas Station Attendant
1989
UHF
Yes
Richard Fletcher
1992
Double Trouble
Yes
Yes
FBI Agent
[7]
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Yes
Lab Technician
Ring of the Musketeers
Yes
Yes
Air Traffic Controller Manfred Wenzel
1994
Every Breath
Yes
Director
Twin Sitters
Yes
Yes
Yes
Loan officer
[7]
1996
The Rich Man's Wife
Yes
Maitre D'
2001
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Yes
—
2006
Red Riding Hood
Yes
Fisherman
2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Yes
TV Cameraman
Also production consultant direct-to-video ThrillerVideo (1985).
Television[edit]
Year
Name
Director
Writer
Actor
Role
Notes
Ref(s)
1981
The Pee-wee Herman Show
Yes
Yes
Jambi / Pterri (voice)
Television film
1981–2011
Elvira's Movie Macabre
Yes
Yes
Breather
6 episodes as actor; 1 episode as writer
[7]
1982
Madame's Place
Yes
Holistic doctor
1 episode
1983
The Paragon of Comedy
Yes
Yes
Various
Television film
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
Yes
Various
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
Yes
(voice)
1984
Last of the Great Survivors
Yes
Beef
Television film
Cheeseball Presents
Yes
Yes
Breather
Television film
Welcome to the Fun Zone
Yes
Himself
Television film
Elvira's MTV Halloween Party
Yes
Yes
Breather
Television film
1985
FTV
Yes
Various
1985–2011
Saturday Night Live
Yes
Yes
Pterri (voice)
1 episode as actor, 1 episode as writer
1986
Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills
Yes
Raddichio
1 episode
1986–90
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Yes
Yes
Yes
Jambi / Pterri (voice)
41 episodes as actor; 25 episodes as writer;20 episodes as director
[3]
1987
Cheers
Yes
Grif Palmer
1 episode
1988
Sledge Hammer!
Yes
Durward Monroe
1 episode
The Cheech Show
Yes
—
Television film
1991
On the Television
Yes
Various
1 episode
1992
Ring of the Musketeers
Yes
Yes
Yes
Air Traffic Controller
Television film
1993
The Elvira Show
Yes
Yes
Voice of 'Reinfield'
1995
Kirk
Yes
Ricky
1 episode
1995–96
Night Stand
Yes
Bachelor #3 / Dr. Ed Burns
5 episodes
1995–98
Seinfeld
Yes
Cedric
3 episodes
[7]
1996
Renegade
Yes
—
1 episode
1996–98
Silk Stalkings
Yes
—
10 episodes
[7]
1997
Pacific Blue
Yes
—
1 episode
1999
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Yes
Bokar
Episode: "Prodigal Daughter"
Mega Babies
Yes
—
2 episodes
2001
You Don't Know Jack
Yes
—
Also consultant
2011
The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway
Yes
Yes
Jambi / Pterri (voice)
Television film
2014
13 Nights of Elvira
Yes
—
Also producer and music supervisor
References[edit]
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^ a b Shafer, Ellise (June 18, 2021). "John Paragon, 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Star, Dies at 66". Variety. Retrieved June 18, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ a b Gaines, Caseen (2011). Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon. ECW Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-1550229981.
^ "John Paragon – Broadway Cast & Staff". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
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^ "ELVIRA aka CASSANDRA PETERSON - WTF Happened to this Horror Celebrity?". YouTube.
^ https://boingboing.net/2022/11/18/pee-wees-playhouse-actor-john-paragon-laid-to-rest-in-a-fitting-urn-a-jambi-the-genie-box.html
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'''John Dixon Paragon''' (December 9, 1954 – April 3, 2021) was an American actor, writer and director. He is known for his work on the television series ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]'', where he portrayed Jambi the Genie<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/shout-factory-pee-wee-playhouse-588490/|title=Shout! Factory Nabs 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Distribution Rights|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=July 18, 2013|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref> and provided the voice for Pterri the Pterodactyl.<ref name="Shafer 2021">{{Cite news|last=Shafer|first=Ellise|date=June 18, 2021|title=John Paragon, 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Star, Dies at 66|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/john-paragon-dead-dies-pee-wees-playhouse-1235000368/|url-status=live|access-date=June 18, 2021|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|language=en-US}}</ref> He was also a writer and director on a number of episodes.<ref name="Gaines 2011">{{cite book|last=Gaines|first=Caseen|date=2011|title=Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Ec_9mT3_QkC&pg=PA212|publisher=[[ECW Press]]|page=212|isbn=978-1550229981}}</ref>
==Early life==
Paragon was born on December 9, 1954 in [[Anchorage, Alaska]]<ref>{{cite web |title=John Paragon – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-paragon-488106 |website=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref> but grew up and attended schools in [[Fort Collins, Colorado]]. He graduated from [[Fort Collins High School]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Udell |first=Erin |title=Meet Jambi of Pee Wee's Playhouse fame in Fort Collins |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/entertainment/2016/09/27/meet-jambi-pee-wees-playhouse-fame-fort-collins/91168054/ |date=September 27, 2016 |newspaper=[[Fort Collins Coloradoan]] |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Udell 2021">{{cite news |last=Udell |first=Erin |title='Pee-wee's Playhouse' actor and Fort Collins High School grad John Paragon dead at 66 |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2021/06/21/pee-wees-playhouse-actor-fort-collins-grad-john-paragon-dead-66/7776019002/ |date=June 21, 2021 |newspaper=[[Fort Collins Coloradoan]] |access-date=June 22, 2021}}</ref>
==Career==
Paragon got his start in the Los Angeles-based [[Improvisational theater|improvisation]] group [[The Groundlings]] alongside [[Paul Reubens]] and [[Phil Hartman]].
He played Jambi the Genie on the children's TV show ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]''. In addition to writing many of its regular-season episodes, he co-wrote (with Reubens) the ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special]]'' in 1988, for which they were nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Children's Special.
His other roles include Cedric, one half of the couple [[Bob and Cedric]] on the television series ''[[Seinfeld]]''; the title character in the children's movie ''[[The Frog Prince (1986 film)|The Frog Prince]]''; the sex shop salesman in ''[[Eating Raoul]]''; and the owner of a strip-o-gram business in the 1986 film ''[[Echo Park (1986 film)|Echo Park]]''.
He 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 [[KCAL-TV|KHJ-TV]]-Los Angeles.
He also made multiple appearances at Knott's Scary Farm with Elvira at the Good Time Theater. One of the show's highlights was when he walked amongst the audience as Ramone Azteca.
Paragon 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 test runs of the animatronic figure.
He returned to his performance as Jambi the Genie in the Broadway outing of the [[Pee-wee Herman]] stage show that began performances at the [[Stephen Sondheim Theater]] on October 26, 2010.
==Death==
Paragon died on April 3, 2021 at his home in [[Palm Springs, California]], at the age of 66. His cause of death was heart disease and chronic alcoholism. News of his death was not made public until June 18 of that year.<ref name="Shafer 2021"/><ref name="Udell 2021"/><ref name="Hughes 2021">{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-john-paragon-pee-wees-playhouses-jambi-the-geni-1847127094|title=R.I.P. John Paragon, Pee-wee's Playhouse's Jambi the Genie|last=Hughes|first=William|date=June 18, 2021|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Evans |first=Greg |title=John Paragon Dies: Jambi The Genie Of 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Was 66 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/john-paragon-dead-obituary-jambi-the-genie-pee-wees-playhouse-was-66-1234777798/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618144527/https://deadline.com/2021/06/john-paragon-dead-obituary-jambi-the-genie-pee-wees-playhouse-was-66-1234777798/ |url-status=live |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |date=June 18, 2021 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sestito |first=Maria |title=John Paragon, 'Elvira' writer and genie on 'Pee-wee's Playhouse,' died in Palm Springs home |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2021/06/18/actor-john-paragon-pee-wees-playhouse-died-palm-springs-home/7745647002/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618232035/https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2021/06/18/actor-john-paragon-pee-wees-playhouse-died-palm-springs-home/7745647002/ |url-status=live |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |date=June 18, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Desert Sun]] |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref> He was cremated and his ashes were in the possession of [[Cassandra Peterson]] until they were interred at the [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] on November 15, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PF4NtAjQJE|title = ELVIRA aka CASSANDRA PETERSON - WTF Happened to this Horror Celebrity?|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref> His urn is "a perfectly crafted depiction" of the purple-and-gold Jambi the Genie box.<ref>https://boingboing.net/2022/11/18/pee-wees-playhouse-actor-john-paragon-laid-to-rest-in-a-fitting-urn-a-jambi-the-genie-box.html</ref>
==Filmography==
=== Films ===
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| 1980
| ''[[Cheech and Chong's Next Movie]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Director
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| rowspan="4" |1982
| ''[[Eating Raoul]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Sex Shop Salesman
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| ''[[Pandemonium (1982 film)|Pandemonium]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Prisoner
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| ''[[Things Are Tough All Over]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Red Carpet Man #1
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| ''[[Airplane II: The Sequel]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Economy Flight Attendant
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| 1983
| ''[[Going Berserk]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Rooster
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| 1984
| ''Uncensored''
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| {{yes}}
| Various
| [[Direct-to-video]] film
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| rowspan="2" |1985
| ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Movie Lot Actor
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| ''[[Get Out of My Room]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Robert Walters
| Direct-to-video [[mockumentary]]
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| rowspan="2" |1986
| ''[[Echo Park (1986 film)|Echo Park]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Hugo
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| ''[[The Frog Prince (1986 film)|The Frog Prince]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Ribbit / Prince of Freedly
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| 1987
| ''[[North Shore (1987 film)|North Shore]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Professor
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| 1988
| ''[[Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (film)|Elvira: Mistress of the Dark]]''
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Gas Station Attendant
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| 1989
| ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Richard Fletcher
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| rowspan="3" |1992
| ''[[Double Trouble (1992 film)|Double Trouble]]''
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| FBI Agent
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| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
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| ''[[Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Lab Technician
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| ''Ring of the Musketeers''
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| Air Traffic Controller Manfred Wenzel
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| rowspan="2" | 1994
| ''Every Breath''
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| {{yes}}
| Director
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| ''[[Twin Sitters]]''
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Loan officer
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| 1996
| ''[[The Rich Man's Wife]]''
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| Maitre D'
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| 2001
| ''[[Elvira's Haunted Hills]]''
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| {{yes}}
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| 2006
| ''[[Red Riding Hood (2006 film)|Red Riding Hood]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Fisherman
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| 2016
| ''[[Pee-wee's Big Holiday]]''
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| TV Cameraman
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Also production consultant direct-to-video ''ThrillerVideo'' (1985).
=== Television ===
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| 1981
| ''[[The Pee-wee Herman Show]]''
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Jambi / Pterri (voice)
| [[Television film]]
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| 1981–2011
| ''[[Elvira's Movie Macabre]]''
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Breather
| 6 episodes as actor; 1 episode as writer
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
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| 1982
| ''[[Madame's Place]]''
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| {{yes}}
| Holistic doctor
| 1 episode
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| rowspan="3" |1983
| ''The Paragon of Comedy''
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Various
| Television film
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| ''The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour''
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|
| {{yes}}
| Various
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|
|-
| ''[[The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| (voice)
|
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|-
| rowspan="4" |1984
| ''Last of the Great Survivors''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Beef
| Television film
|
|-
| ''Cheeseball Presents''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Breather
| Television film
|
|-
| ''Welcome to the Fun Zone''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Himself
| Television film
|
|-
| ''Elvira's MTV Halloween Party''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Breather
| Television film
|
|-
| 1985
| ''FTV''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Various
|
|
|-
| 1985–2011
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Pterri (voice)
| 1 episode as actor, 1 episode as writer
|
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| 1986
| ''[[Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Raddichio
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1986–90
| ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Jambi / Pterri (voice)
| 41 episodes as actor; 25 episodes as writer;<br>20 episodes as director
| <ref name="Gaines 2011" />
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| 1987
| ''[[Cheers]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Grif Palmer
| 1 episode
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1988
| ''[[Sledge Hammer!]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Durward Monroe
| 1 episode
|
|-
| ''The Cheech Show''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
| Television film
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[On the Television]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Various
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1992
| ''Ring of the Musketeers''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Air Traffic Controller
| Television film
|
|-
| 1993
| ''The Elvira Show''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Voice of 'Reinfield'
|
|
|-
| 1995
| ''Kirk''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Ricky
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1995–96
| ''Night Stand''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Bachelor #3 / Dr. Ed Burns
| 5 episodes
|
|-
| 1995–98
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Cedric
| 3 episodes
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Renegade (TV series)|Renegade]]''
| {{yes}}
|
|
| {{n/a}}
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1996–98
| ''[[Silk Stalkings]]''
| {{yes}}
|
|
| {{n/a}}
| 10 episodes
| <ref name="Hughes 2021" />
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Pacific Blue (TV series)|Pacific Blue]]''
| {{yes}}
|
|
| {{n/a}}
| 1 episode
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999
| ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
| Bokar
| Episode: "[[Prodigal Daughter (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Prodigal Daughter]]"
|
|-
| ''[[Mega Babies]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[You Don't Know Jack (game show)|You Don't Know Jack]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
| Also consultant
|
|-
| 2011
| ''The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Jambi / Pterri (voice)
| Television film
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Elvira's Movie Macabre|13 Nights of Elvira]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{n/a}}
| Also producer and music supervisor
|
|-
|}
==References==
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<p><b>John Dixon Paragon</b> (December 9, 1954 – April 3, 2021) was an American actor, writer and director. He is known for his work on the television series <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Playhouse" title="Pee-wee's Playhouse">Pee-wee's Playhouse</a></i>, where he portrayed Jambi the Genie<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> and provided the voice for Pterri the Pterodactyl.<sup id="cite_ref-Shafer_2021_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shafer_2021-2">[2]</a></sup> He was also a writer and director on a number of episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-Gaines_2011_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gaines_2011-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<p>Paragon was born on December 9, 1954 in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anchorage,_Alaska" title="Anchorage, Alaska">Anchorage, Alaska</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> but grew up and attended schools in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fort_Collins,_Colorado" title="Fort Collins, Colorado">Fort Collins, Colorado</a>. He graduated from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fort_Collins_High_School" title="Fort Collins High School">Fort Collins High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Udell_2021_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Udell_2021-6">[6]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=John_Paragon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Paragon got his start in the Los Angeles-based <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Improvisational_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Improvisational theater">improvisation</a> group <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Groundlings" title="The Groundlings">The Groundlings</a> alongside <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paul_Reubens" title="Paul Reubens">Paul Reubens</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a>.
</p><p>He played Jambi the Genie on the children's TV show <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Playhouse" title="Pee-wee's Playhouse">Pee-wee's Playhouse</a></i>. In addition to writing many of its regular-season episodes, he co-wrote (with Reubens) the <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Playhouse_Christmas_Special" class="mw-redirect" title="Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special">Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special</a></i> in 1988, for which they were nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Children's Special.
</p><p>His other roles include Cedric, one half of the couple <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bob_and_Cedric" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob and Cedric">Bob and Cedric</a> on the television series <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Seinfeld" title="Seinfeld">Seinfeld</a></i>; the title character in the children's movie <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Frog_Prince_(1986_film)" title="The Frog Prince (1986 film)">The Frog Prince</a></i>; the sex shop salesman in <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eating_Raoul" title="Eating Raoul">Eating Raoul</a></i>; and the owner of a strip-o-gram business in the 1986 film <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Echo_Park_(1986_film)" title="Echo Park (1986 film)">Echo Park</a></i>.
</p><p>He collaborated with fellow Groundling <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cassandra_Peterson" title="Cassandra Peterson">Cassandra Peterson</a> on numerous Elvira projects, including the recurring role of The Breather, an annoying caller, for her first television series on <a href="/enwiki/wiki/KCAL-TV" title="KCAL-TV">KHJ-TV</a>-Los Angeles.
</p><p>He also made multiple appearances at Knott's Scary Farm with Elvira at the Good Time Theater. One of the show's highlights was when he walked amongst the audience as Ramone Azteca.
</p><p>Paragon worked with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Walt_Disney_Imagineering" title="Walt Disney Imagineering">Walt Disney Imagineering</a> on ways to incorporate improvisational performance into attractions at Disney parks. In this capacity, he performed as the keeper of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lucky_the_Dinosaur" title="Lucky the Dinosaur">Lucky the Dinosaur</a> during test runs of the animatronic figure.
</p><p>He returned to his performance as Jambi the Genie in the Broadway outing of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pee-wee_Herman" title="Pee-wee Herman">Pee-wee Herman</a> stage show that began performances at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Sondheim Theater">Stephen Sondheim Theater</a> on October 26, 2010.
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<p>Paragon died on April 3, 2021 at his home in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs, California</a>, at the age of 66. His cause of death was heart disease and chronic alcoholism. News of his death was not made public until June 18 of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-Shafer_2021_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shafer_2021-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Udell_2021_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Udell_2021-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hughes_2021_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hughes_2021-7">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> He was cremated and his ashes were in the possession of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cassandra_Peterson" title="Cassandra Peterson">Cassandra Peterson</a> until they were interred at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hollywood_Forever_Cemetery" title="Hollywood Forever Cemetery">Hollywood Forever Cemetery</a> on November 15, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> His urn is "a perfectly crafted depiction" of the purple-and-gold Jambi the Genie box.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup>
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<th><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">Writer</a>
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<td>1980
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<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cheech_and_Chong%27s_Next_Movie" title="Cheech and Chong's Next Movie">Cheech and Chong's Next Movie</a></i>
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<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
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<td>Director
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</td>
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<td rowspan="4">1982
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eating_Raoul" title="Eating Raoul">Eating Raoul</a></i>
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<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
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<td>Sex Shop Salesman
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
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<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pandemonium_(1982_film)" title="Pandemonium (1982 film)">Pandemonium</a></i>
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<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Prisoner
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Things_Are_Tough_All_Over" title="Things Are Tough All Over">Things Are Tough All Over</a></i>
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<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Red Carpet Man #1
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Airplane_II:_The_Sequel" title="Airplane II: The Sequel">Airplane II: The Sequel</a></i>
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<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
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<td>Economy Flight Attendant
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<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
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<td>1983
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<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Going_Berserk" title="Going Berserk">Going Berserk</a></i>
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<td>
</td>
<td>
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<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
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<td>Rooster
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<td>
</td>
<td>
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<td>1984
</td>
<td><i>Uncensored</i>
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<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Various
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Direct-to-video" title="Direct-to-video">Direct-to-video</a> film
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2">1985
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Big_Adventure" title="Pee-wee's Big Adventure">Pee-wee's Big Adventure</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Movie Lot Actor
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Get_Out_of_My_Room" title="Get Out of My Room">Get Out of My Room</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Robert Walters
</td>
<td>Direct-to-video <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mockumentary" title="Mockumentary">mockumentary</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2">1986
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Echo_Park_(1986_film)" title="Echo Park (1986 film)">Echo Park</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Hugo
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Frog_Prince_(1986_film)" title="The Frog Prince (1986 film)">The Frog Prince</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Ribbit / Prince of Freedly
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1987
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/North_Shore_(1987_film)" title="North Shore (1987 film)">North Shore</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Professor
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1988
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Elvira:_Mistress_of_the_Dark_(film)" title="Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (film)">Elvira: Mistress of the Dark</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Gas Station Attendant
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1989
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/UHF_(film)" title="UHF (film)">UHF</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Richard Fletcher
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3">1992
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Double_Trouble_(1992_film)" title="Double Trouble (1992 film)">Double Trouble</a></i>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>FBI Agent
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-Hughes_2021_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hughes_2021-7">[7]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Honey,_I_Blew_Up_the_Kid" title="Honey, I Blew Up the Kid">Honey, I Blew Up the Kid</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Lab Technician
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i>Ring of the Musketeers</i>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Air Traffic Controller Manfred Wenzel
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2">1994
</td>
<td><i>Every Breath</i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Director
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Twin_Sitters" title="Twin Sitters">Twin Sitters</a></i>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Loan officer
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-Hughes_2021_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hughes_2021-7">[7]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1996
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Rich_Man%27s_Wife" title="The Rich Man's Wife">The Rich Man's Wife</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Maitre D'
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2001
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Elvira%27s_Haunted_Hills" title="Elvira's Haunted Hills">Elvira's Haunted Hills</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2006
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Red_Riding_Hood_(2006_film)" title="Red Riding Hood (2006 film)">Red Riding Hood</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Fisherman
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2016
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Big_Holiday" title="Pee-wee's Big Holiday">Pee-wee's Big Holiday</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>TV Cameraman
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<p>Also production consultant direct-to-video <i>ThrillerVideo</i> (1985).
</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Television">Television</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=John_Paragon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Television">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<table class="wikitable sortable">
<caption>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th>Year
</th>
<th>Name
</th>
<th>Director
</th>
<th>Writer
</th>
<th>Actor
</th>
<th>Role
</th>
<th class="unsortable">Notes
</th>
<th class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"/><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference(s)">Ref(s)</span>
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>1981
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Pee-wee_Herman_Show" title="The Pee-wee Herman Show">The Pee-wee Herman Show</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Jambi / Pterri (voice)
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Television_film" title="Television film">Television film</a>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1981–2011
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Elvira%27s_Movie_Macabre" title="Elvira's Movie Macabre">Elvira's Movie Macabre</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Breather
</td>
<td>6 episodes as actor; 1 episode as writer
</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-Hughes_2021_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hughes_2021-7">[7]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1982
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Madame%27s_Place" title="Madame's Place">Madame's Place</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Holistic doctor
</td>
<td>1 episode
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3">1983
</td>
<td><i>The Paragon of Comedy</i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Various
</td>
<td>Television film
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i>The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour</i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Various
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_New_Scooby_and_Scrappy-Doo_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show">The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>(voice)
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="4">1984
</td>
<td><i>Last of the Great Survivors</i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Beef
</td>
<td>Television film
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i>Cheeseball Presents</i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Breather
</td>
<td>Television film
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i>Welcome to the Fun Zone</i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Himself
</td>
<td>Television film
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i>Elvira's MTV Halloween Party</i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Breather
</td>
<td>Television film
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1985
</td>
<td><i>FTV</i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Various
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1985–2011
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Pterri (voice)
</td>
<td>1 episode as actor, 1 episode as writer
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1986
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Leo_%26_Liz_in_Beverly_Hills" title="Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills">Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Raddichio
</td>
<td>1 episode
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1986–90
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Playhouse" title="Pee-wee's Playhouse">Pee-wee's Playhouse</a></i>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Jambi / Pterri (voice)
</td>
<td>41 episodes as actor; 25 episodes as writer;<br />20 episodes as director
</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-Gaines_2011_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gaines_2011-3">[3]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1987
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cheers" title="Cheers">Cheers</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Grif Palmer
</td>
<td>1 episode
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2">1988
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sledge_Hammer!" title="Sledge Hammer!">Sledge Hammer!</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Durward Monroe
</td>
<td>1 episode
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i>The Cheech Show</i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—
</td>
<td>Television film
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1991
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/On_the_Television" title="On the Television">On the Television</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Various
</td>
<td>1 episode
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1992
</td>
<td><i>Ring of the Musketeers</i>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Air Traffic Controller
</td>
<td>Television film
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1993
</td>
<td><i>The Elvira Show</i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Voice of 'Reinfield'
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1995
</td>
<td><i>Kirk</i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Ricky
</td>
<td>1 episode
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1995–96
</td>
<td><i>Night Stand</i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Bachelor #3 / Dr. Ed Burns
</td>
<td>5 episodes
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1995–98
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Seinfeld" title="Seinfeld">Seinfeld</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Cedric
</td>
<td>3 episodes
</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-Hughes_2021_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hughes_2021-7">[7]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1996
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Renegade_(TV_series)" title="Renegade (TV series)">Renegade</a></i>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—
</td>
<td>1 episode
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1996–98
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Silk_Stalkings" title="Silk Stalkings">Silk Stalkings</a></i>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—
</td>
<td>10 episodes
</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-Hughes_2021_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hughes_2021-7">[7]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1997
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pacific_Blue_(TV_series)" title="Pacific Blue (TV series)">Pacific Blue</a></i>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—
</td>
<td>1 episode
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2">1999
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine" title="Star Trek: Deep Space Nine">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>Bokar
</td>
<td>Episode: "<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Prodigal_Daughter_(Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine)" title="Prodigal Daughter (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)">Prodigal Daughter</a>"
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mega_Babies" title="Mega Babies">Mega Babies</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—
</td>
<td>2 episodes
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2001
</td>
<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/You_Don%27t_Know_Jack_(game_show)" title="You Don't Know Jack (game show)">You Don't Know Jack</a></i>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—
</td>
<td>Also consultant
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2011
</td>
<td><i>The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway</i>
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<td>2014
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<td><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Elvira%27s_Movie_Macabre" title="Elvira's Movie Macabre">13 Nights of Elvira</a></i>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660893/">John Paragon</a> at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/IMDb" title="IMDb">IMDb</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p105567">John Paragon</a> at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/AllMovie" title="AllMovie">AllMovie</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/ISNI_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISNI (identifier)">ISNI</a>
<ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://isni.org/isni/0000000117810542">1</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/VIAF_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="VIAF (identifier)">VIAF</a>
<ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/121673297">1</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no96054189/">WorldCat</a></span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://catalogo.bne.es/uhtbin/authoritybrowse.cgi?action=display&authority_id=XX4959669">Spain</a></span></li>
<li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14126493p">France</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14126493p">(data)</a></span></li>
<li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96054189">United States</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="uid"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/MBA_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="MBA (identifier)">MusicBrainz</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cd42dfaa-603a-472b-b427-8d8b7af5bc0d">artist</a>)</span></li></ul>
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