Acting

John Paragon

Born 1954-12-09 Los Angeles, California, USA 25 films

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 work on children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse where he played Jambi the Genie and voiced Pterri the Pterodactyl. In addition to writing many of the regular season episodes of Playhouse,…

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Filmography

25 films

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

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Pee-wee's Big Holiday

★ 6.1 2016

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway poster

Pee-Wee is excited when Jambi the genie grants him a wish. He wishes to fly but gets upset when he…

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The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway

★ 6.6 2011

Teenage Claire would rather hang out with her friends at the mall than to stay home with her brothe…

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Red Riding Hood

★ 5.7 2006

A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over drinks…

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The Rich Man's Wife

★ 5.4 1996

An unemployed actor gets involved with a strange woman who hangs out in lesbian nightclubs and her…

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Every Breath

★ 4.2 1994

Filmed for CBS in 1993, this unaired pilot features the witch Elvira, her aunt, and their pet cat w…

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The Elvira Show

★ 6.6 1993

Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that ca…

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Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

★ 5.3 1992

Two beefed-up twins operating on opposing sides of the law, team up to stop a nefarious crook in th…

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Double Trouble

★ 4.7 1992

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin…

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UHF

★ 6.7 1989

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special poster

Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-…

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Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

★ 7.2 1988

Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvi…

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Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

★ 6.7 1988

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air,…

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Spaceballs

★ 6.9 1987