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Overview
Trivia:
Has a child Jamie.Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(5 articles)
The 10 Greatest Gross-Out Moments Of The '80s (From TotalFilm. 4 March 2009, 4:08 AM, PST)
[DVD Review] Top Secret!
(From JustPressPlay. 28 January 2009, 8:53 AM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Kentucky Fried TheatreFilmography
In Development: 
- Scary Movie 5 (details only on IMDbPro)
Writer:
- Scary Movie 4 (2006) (screenplay)
... aka Scary Movie 4 (Australia: cable TV title) - Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998) (written by)
... aka Mafia! (USA: short title) - Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) (television series Police Squad)
- Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) (characters) (written by)
... aka Hot Shots! 2 (Australia) - Hot Shots! (1991) (written by)
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) (television series Police Squad)
... aka The Naked Gun 2 1/2 (Canada: English title) - The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) (television series Police Squad) (written by)
... aka The Naked Gun - Top Secret! (1984) (writer)
- "Police Squad!" (6 episodes, 1982)
- Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh) (1982) TV episode (creator)
- Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood) (1982) TV episode (creator)
- Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi) (1982) TV episode (creator)
- The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand) (1982) TV episode (creator)
- Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) (1982) TV episode (creator)
(1 more) - Airplane! (1980) (written by)
... aka Flying High! (New Zealand: English title) (Philippines: English title)
... aka Flying High (Australia) - The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) (written by)
Producer:
- ...First Do No Harm (1997) (TV) (executive producer) (producer)
- Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) (executive producer)
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) (executive producer)
... aka The Naked Gun 2 1/2 (Canada: English title) - Cry-Baby (1990) (executive producer)
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) (executive producer)
... aka The Naked Gun - Top Secret! (1984) (executive producer)
- "Police Squad!" (executive producer) (6 episodes, 1982)
- Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh) (1982) TV episode (executive producer)
- Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood) (1982) TV episode (executive producer)
- Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi) (1982) TV episode (executive producer)
- The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand) (1982) TV episode (executive producer)
- Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) (1982) TV episode (executive producer)
(1 more) - Airplane! (1980) (executive producer)
... aka Flying High! (New Zealand: English title) (Philippines: English title)
... aka Flying High (Australia)
Director:
- Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
... aka Mafia! (USA: short title) - ...First Do No Harm (1997) (TV)
- An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet (1994) (V)
- Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
... aka Hot Shots! 2 (Australia) - Hot Shots! (1991)
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
- Big Business (1988)
- Ruthless People (1986)
- Top Secret! (1984)
- "Police Squad!" (1 episode, 1982)
- A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise) (1982) TV episode - Airplane! (1980)
... aka Flying High! (New Zealand: English title) (Philippines: English title)
... aka Flying High (Australia)
Actor:
- Oscar (1991) (uncredited) .... Postman
- Coming to America (1988) .... Face on Cutting Room Floor
... aka Prince in New York (Europe: English title: video title) - Top Secret! (1984) (uncredited) .... German Soldier in Prop Room
- Airplane! (1980) .... Religious Zealot #6
... aka Flying High! (New Zealand: English title) (Philippines: English title)
... aka Flying High (Australia) - The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) .... Technician #1 (segment "Eyewitness News")/Announcer (segment "Courtroom")/Other Roles
- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1 episode, 1972)
... aka "The Best of Carson" (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 20 December 1972 (1972) TV episode (as Kentucky Fried Theatre)
Soundtrack:
- Chiseled (2007) (V) ("DEADPAST")
- Top Secret! (1984) (lyrics: "SPEND THIS NIGHT WITH ME")
- The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV) (producer: "Courtroom Theme From The Kentucky Fried Movie")
... aka All You Need Is Cash (USA)
Thanks:
- Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (2008) (special thanks)
Self:
- "Biography" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2001-2004)
- Bette Midler (2004) TV episode
- Charlie Sheen: Born to Be Wild (2001) TV episode .... Himself - Wisconsin Born & Bred: The Entertainers (2004) .... Interviewed
- "Life and Times" .... Himself (1 episode, 2000)
- Leslie Nielsen: The Last Laugh (2000) TV episode .... Himself - "The Directors" .... Himself (1 episode)
- The Films of Zucker, Abrahams & Zucker (????) TV episode .... Himself - Hot Shots: The Making of an Important Movie (1991) (V) .... Himself - Director/Writer
- Cocaine Blues (1983) .... Himself
- "The Midnight Special" .... Himself (1 episode, 1974)
- Episode #2.40 (1974) TV episode .... Himself
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