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Harry Shearer
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Shearer in 2019
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Born
| Harry Julius Shearer
(
1943-12-23
)
December 23, 1943
(age 80)
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Occupation(s)
| Actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, musician, author, radio host, director, producer
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Years active
| 1953?present
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Notable work
| Ned Flanders
,
Montgomery Burns
,
Waylon Smithers
,
Seymour Skinner
in
The Simpsons
Derek Smalls
in
This is Spinal Tap
Science Vessel
in
Starcraft
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Spouse(s)
| Penny Nichols
(m. 1974?1977; divorced)
Judith Owen
(m. 1993?present)
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Website
| http://www.harryshearer.com
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Harry Julius Shearer
(born December 23, 1943, in
Los Angeles, California
) is an
American
comedic
actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, musician, author, radio host, director and producer. Shearer is famous for playing the voices of many characters for
The Simpsons
(1989 to present).
Shearer was a child actor. He acted on the
Jack Benny
radio program.
[1]
Shearer was a member of
the Credibility Gap
comedy group. The radio stations
KRLA
and later
KPPC
broadcast
the Credibility Gap
.
[2]
He performed on the
Pop Chronicles
music
documentary
.
[3]
[4]
Shearer portrayed
Derek Smalls
in the 1984
comedy
movie
This is Spinal Tap
.
Rob Reiner
directed this movie.
[5]
Shearer speaks the voices for many characters on
The Simpsons
cartoon. Some of the characters he plays are
Mr. Burns
,
Waylon Smithers
, and
Ned Flanders
.
[6]
Year
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Series
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Role
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Notes
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1953, 1955
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The Jack Benny Program
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Jack Benny, as a child
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Episode 4.2: "Jack as a Child"
Episode 5.12: "Jack Takes the Beavers to the Fair"
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1955
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The Donald O'Connor Show
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Himself
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Episode 1.7
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1955
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It's a Great Life
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Terry
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Episode 2.4: "The Paper Drive"
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1955
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Death Valley Days
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Unnamed character
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Episode 4.2: "The Valencia Cake"
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1956
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Private Secretary
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Chuckie Wills, shoeshine boy
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Episode 4.16: "The Little Caesar of Bleecker Street"
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1957
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General Electric Theater
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Timmy
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Episode 5.28: "Cab Driver"
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Leave It to Beaver
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Frankie Bennett
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Pilot: "
It's a Small World
"
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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Street Kid
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Episode 2.31: "The Night the World Ended"
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1976
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Serpico
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Hippy
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TV film/Pilot: "The Deadly Game"
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1976?82
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Laverne & Shirley
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Various characters
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Appeared in six episodes;
also co-wrote episode 1.12: "Hi, Neighbor"
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1979
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The T.V. Show
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Various characters
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Pilot; also writer, producer and composer
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1979?80, 1984?85
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Saturday Night Live
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Various characters
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Appeared in 32 episodes;
also co-wrote 39 episodes
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1981
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Likely Stories, Vol. 1
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Various characters
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TV film; also co-wrote
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1982
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Million Dollar Infield
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Jack Savage
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TV film
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1985
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The History of White People in America
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Rabbi
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TV film; also director
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1986
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Viva Shaf Vegas
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Rabbi
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TV film; also director, writer and executive producer
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The History of White People in America: Volume II
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Rabbi
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TV film; also director
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Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
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Additional voice
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Pilot/TV special
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1987
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Spitting Image: The Ronnie and Nancy Show
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Additional voice
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TV special
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Down and Out with Donald Duck
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Additional voices
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TV special
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1988
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Portrait of a White Marriage
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Unnamed character
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TV film; also director
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Miami Vice
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FBI Agent Timothy Anderson
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Episode 4.12: "The Cows of October"
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Merrill Markoe's Guide to Glamorous Living
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Unnamed character
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TV special
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1989?present
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The Simpsons
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Ned Flanders
,
Charles Montgomery Burns
,
Waylon Smithers
,
Seymour Skinner
and various other characters
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Longest-running role
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1990
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The Golden Girls
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George H. W. Bush
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Episode 5.26: "The President's Coming! The President's Coming! Part 2"
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Hometown Boy Makes Good
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Unnamed character
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TV film
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Murphy Brown
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Chris Bishop
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Episode 3.1: "The 390th Broadcast"
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1991
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Sunday Best
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Various characters
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1993
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Dream On
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Steve
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Episode 4.6: "Home Sweet Homeboy"
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L.A. Law
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Gordon Huyck
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Episode 8.6: "Safe Sex"
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Animaniacs
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Ned Flat
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Episode 1.40: "Fair Game/Puppet Rulers"
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1994
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Ellen
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Ted
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Episode 2.9: "The Trainer"
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1995
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Sliders
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Radio DJ
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Episode 1.1: "Pilot"; uncredited
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Friends
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Dr. Baldharar
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Episode 1.21: "The One with the Fake Monica"
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The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
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Mr. Blackwell
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TV special
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Frontline
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Larry Hadges
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Episode 2.10: "Changing the Face of Current Affairs"
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1996
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State of the Union: Undressed
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Newt Gingrich
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TV special
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Chicago Hope
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Nowhere man
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Episode 3.7: "A Time to Kill"
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1997
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Tracey Takes On...
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Ronald Littleman
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Episode 2.12: "Race Relations"
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ER
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John Smythe
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Episode 3.19: "Calling Dr. Hathaway"
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The Visitor
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Louis Faraday
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Episode 1.1: "Fear of Flying"
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1998
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George & Leo
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Unnamed character
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Episode 1.17: "The Poker Game"
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1999
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Seven Days
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Walter Landis
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Episode 1.19: "EBE's"
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Just Shoot Me!
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Larry Fenwick
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Episode 4.1: "A Divorce to Remember"
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1999?2001
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Jack & Jill
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Dr. Wilfred Madison
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Appeared in four episodes
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2000?01
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Dawson's Creek
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Principal Peskin
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Episodes 4.8: "The Unusual Suspects" and 4.22: "The Graduate"
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2001
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That's Life
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Dean
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Episode 2.9: "Oh, Baby!"
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2002
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The Agency
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The President
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Episode 1.14: "The Gauntlet"
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2003
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MADtv
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Mark Shubb
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Episode 8.21
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2009
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Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Himself
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Series 23 Episode 6
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2012
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Nixon's the One
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Richard Nixon
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TV special
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2012
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Have I Got News For You
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Himself
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Series 44 Episode 5
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2014
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The Kumars
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Himself
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Sky1 Sitcom
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2014
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Outnumbered
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Mr Johnson
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Series 5 Episode 5
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