Harry Shearer · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
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- Born
- 1943
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Smalls change
- It's the stupidity, stupid
- Man bites town
- Not Enough Indians
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- 4,031
- Total plays
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Harry Shearer began his career as a child actor in 1950s movies ("The Robe") and television ("The Jack Benny Program"). Shearer also played the precursor to the Eddie Haskell character in the pilot episode of the TV series "Leave It to Beaver." Shearer was later a member of Los Angeles radio comedy group "The Credibility Gap," 1968–1974, and a writer for such television shows as "Fernwood 2-Night" and "Laverne and Shirley." In August 1979, Shearer was hired as a writer and cast member on "Saturd
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,685x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,640x
- The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans
· 2020 · cited 9,162x
- The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic
· 2014 · cited 8,588x
- Random effects structure for confirmatory hypothesis testing: Keep it maximal
· 2013 · cited 8,367x
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Key facts
- Born
- Harry Julius Shearer , ( 1943-12-23 ) December 23, 1943 (age 82) , Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of California, Los Angeles ( BA )
- Occupations
- Actor comedian musician radio host writer producer
- Years active
- 1951–present
- Spouses
- Penny Nichols ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1977 ) Judith Owen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1993 )
- Website
- harryshearer .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, musician, radio host, writer, and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his career as a child actor. From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group. Following the breakup of the group, Shearer co-wrote the film Real Life (1979) with Albert Brooks and worked as a writer on Martin Mull's television series Fernwood 2 Night.
Shearer was a cast member on Saturday Night Live between 1979 and 1980, and 1984 and 1985. Shearer co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in the film This Is Spinal Tap (1984), a hit satirical rockumentary. In 1989, he joined the cast of the animated sitcom The Simpsons, providing voices for characters including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Lenny Leonard, Kang, Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman, Otto Mann, Scratchy, and formerly Dr. Hibbert. Shearer has appeared in films including The Truman Show (1998) and A Mighty Wind (2003), and has directed two, Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002) and The Big Uneasy (2010). Since 1983, Shearer has been the host of the public radio comedy/music program Le Show, incorporating satire, music, and sketch comedy. He has written three books.
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