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John Paragon

Highest Rated: 89% Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

Lowest Rated: 58% Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988)

Birthday: Dec 9, 1954

Birthplace: Anchorage, Alaska, USA

John Paragon was an actor who graced the silver screen many times throughout his Hollywood career. Paragon had an early acting career in film, appearing in such titles as "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie" (1980) with Cheech Marin, "Pandemonium" (1982) and "Eating Raoul" (1982) with Paul Bartel. He appeared in a number of television specials, including "The Pee-wee Herman Show" (HBO, 1981-82) and "The Fact" (CBS, 1982-83). Paragon also provided his talents as a voice actor for "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo" (ABC, 1979-1986). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like the comedy adventure "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" (1985) with Paul Reubens, the Susan Dey comedy "Echo Park" (1986) and the Elvira comedy "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark" (1988). He also appeared in the comedy "UHF" (1989) with Weird Al Yankovic. Paragon had a number of different projects under his belt in the nineties, including "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid" (1992), "Ring of the Musketeers" with David Hasselhoff (1993) and "Twin Sitters" with David Paul (1995). His credits also expanded to "It's My Party" (1996) and "The Rich Man's Wife" (1996) starring Halle Berry. Paragon most recently appeared in "The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway" (HBO, 2010-11). John Paragon died in April of 2021 of unknown causes.

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Highest-Rated Movies

89% 79% Pee-wee's Big Adventure
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85% 71% Eating Raoul
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73% 64% Encounter in the Third Dimension
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71% 46% Elvira's Haunted Hills
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58% 66% Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Watchlist
43% Pandemonium
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40% Double Trouble
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57% Twin Sitters
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63% Things Are Tough All Over
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33% Ring of the Musketeers
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Filmography

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Elvira's Haunted Hills 71% 46% 2002 Writer Encounter in the Third Dimension 73% 64% 1998 Original Music Twin Sitters 57% 1994 Director Ring of the Musketeers 33% 1994 Director, Screenwriter Double Trouble 40% 1991 Director Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 58% 66% 1988 Screenwriter North Shore 83% 1987 Professor Actor The Frog Prince 76% 1986 Ribbit/Prince Of Freedly Actor Pee-wee's Big Adventure 89% 79% 1985 Movie Lot Actor Actor Eating Raoul 85% 71% 1982 Sex Shop Salesman Actor Things Are Tough All Over 63% 1982 Red Carpet Man No. 1 Actor Pandemonium 43% 1982 Prisoner Actor
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