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Actor: Spies Like Us. Jim Staahl began his professional career as a resident member of Chicago's Second City Theater and wrote for SCTV. Staahl performed and wrote for an array of Variety shows starring Steve Allen, Sid Caesar, Martin Mull, Steve Martin, and Marty Short.
- Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Writer, Actor, Producer
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- Jim Staahl
Jim Staahl. Actor: Spies Like Us. Jim Staahl began his professional career as a resident member of Chicago's Second City Theater and wrote for SCTV. Staahl performed and wrote for an array of Variety shows starring Steve Allen, Sid Caesar, Martin Mull, Steve Martin, and Marty Short.
Jim Staahl is an American screenwriter and actor. He is best known for co-creating the animated TV show "Bobby's World". in the 1990s starring Howie Mandel, and for playing Nelson Flavor opposite Robin Williams in "Mork & Mindy."
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Jim, is a native of Evanston, Illinois After High School he became a Theatre Arts major at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and received his B.A. in Theatre Arts with a Minor in Radio and Television from the University of Illinois. He is a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Board Member and a current member of the WGA Waiver Committee. Ji...
He began his professional career as a resident member of Chicago's Second City Theater. He stayed with Second city for 5 years, and his Second City resident company’s cast included Betty Thomas, Eugenie Ross Leming, Anne Ryerson, David Rasche, John Candy, Bill Murray and Tino Insana, and he also wrote for SCTV, and roles as writer and performer wou...
Jim helped to start an improv group at the Comedy Store in Hollywood with Cherie Eichen, Marty Short, Taylor Negron and Robin Williams, and it was through this connection that he ended up getting an audition for Mork and Mindy: "Robin told me they were adding a character and got me an audition. I was so nervous for the screen test. Just when the sc...
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Jim Staahl, B.A. Adjunct Associate Professor. Affiliated Divisions: John Wells Division of Writing for Screen & Television. Work Phone: 213.740.3303. Jim Staahl has a wide range of experience as both a writer and actor in the comedy genre, which may explain why he looks familiar.
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Jim Staahl is known as an Actor, Writer, Producer, Creator, Development Producer, and Screenplay. Some of his work includes The Beverly Hillbillies, Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, Here Come the Munsters, Teacher's Pet, VeggieTales: Duke and the Great Pie War, Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills, Twilight Theater, and ...
Writer, producer, actor, WGA member, and two-time Emmy Award nominee who has written for many live action and animated television shows, including Disney's Emmy Award-winning Teacher's Pet. His comedy feature credits include The Beverly Hillbillies, Under Surveillance and Blow Hard.
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