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John Paragon
Actor 1954 - 2021

John Paragon

Los Angeles, California, USA

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

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18 titles
Pee-wee's Big Holiday

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

John Lee 2016 1h 29m

A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.

Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood

Randal Kleiser 2006 1h 24m 2.0

A retelling of the classic tale, with Red as a psychotic vigilante.

Ring of the Musketeers

Ring of the Musketeers

1992

Modern day "Musketeers" attempt to become protectors of the inocent. While the biking trio rescue kindnapped children, guard witnesses, and chase mafia types, they also seek the missing fourth musketeer, who wears the famous musketeers' ring.

Honey I Blew Up the Kid

Honey I Blew Up the Kid

Randal Kleiser 1992 1h 29m 4.7

Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working.

Double Trouble

Double Trouble

John Paragon 1992 1h 26m

Muscle-bound twins try to smash a jewel smuggling ring.

UHF

UHF

Jay Levey 1989 1h 37m 7.4

An unemployed visionary finds a job as the manager of a television station his uncle owns. Unfortunately, due to gambling debts, the uncle is forced to consider selling the station to a rival station's owner. With popular less-then network standards of programming, George and his friends try to save the town's new favorite station.

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

James Signorelli 1988 1h 36m 6.7

When her great aunt dies famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight new England town to Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house a witches cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream queens ample assets all hell busts out & breaks loose.

Spaceballs

Spaceballs

Mel Brooks 1987 1h 36m 7.9

Spaceballs is the famous American science fiction comedy that parodies science fiction films like Star Wars and Star Trek.

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Tim Burton 1985 1h 31m 6.6

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.

Get Out of My Room

Get Out of My Room

Cheech Marin 1985 53m

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong attempt to finish a "video album" for their novelty record.

Echo Park

Echo Park

Robert Dornhelm 1985 1h 28m

In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the next apartment, August, an Austrian bodybuilder, fancies himself the next Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Paragon of Comedy

The Paragon of Comedy

Wayne Orr 1983 1h

John Paragon and friends perform comedy skits as a variety of colorful characters.

Going Berserk

Going Berserk

David Steinberg 1983 1h 25m 5.0

A clumsy chauffeur is hypnotized by a cult to kill the father of his fiancée, a congressman who's suing the cult for fraud, and encounters several weird characters during the days leading up to his wedding.

Things Are Tough All Over

Things Are Tough All Over

Thomas K. Avildsen 1982 1h 30m 5.0

Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady Arabs - Mr. Slyman and Prince Habib. Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throught the car.

Pandemonium

Pandemonium

Alfred Sole 1982 1h 22m

Tom Smothers stars as the brave mountie, who along with his trusty horse and bitter deputy Paul Reubens must track down a killer who is stalking coeds at a nearby cheerleader camp.

Eating Raoul

Eating Raoul

Paul Bartel 1982 1h 27m 7.0

A prudish married couple feel put upon by the swingers living in their apartment building. One night, by accident, they discover a way to both rid themselves of the “perverts” down the hall and simultaneously realize their dream of opening a restaurant.

The Pee Wee Herman Show

The Pee Wee Herman Show

Paul Reubens, Marty Callner 1981 58m

An adult-oriented version of what would eventually become an award-winning children's classic. This version of the show features Pee-wee's playhouse and many of the characters of the later series, but with adult and sexual overtones and jokes including "mirror shoes" and others.

Cheech and Chong's Next Movie

Cheech and Chong's Next Movie

Tommy Chong 1980 1h 39m 6.0

Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot enthusiasts head to the welfare offices where Cheech's girlfriend, Donna, works.

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