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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.
- Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Writer, Actor, Producer
- 1.91 m
- Jim Staahl
Evanston, Illinois, USA. Height. 6′ 3″ (1.91 m) Mini Bio. 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.
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- Mork & Mindy: Landing Nelson
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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 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."
Nelson Flavor (portrayed by Jim Staahl) – The strait-laced, driven, yet aloof cousin of Mindy with dreams of political power. Orson (voiced by Ralph James ) – Mork's mostly unseen and long-suffering superior who has sent Mork to Earth to get him off-world because humor is not permitted on Ork.
Jim Staahl is a writer and actor. He has provided scripts for several companies, including Disney, Warner Bros., and DreamWorks Animation, and is the co-creator of the animated series Bobby's World. As an actor, he has appeared in several sitcoms including King of Queens and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
