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Seven mainline Star Wars movies later and John Ratzenberger has yet to reprise his role as Major Bren Derlin, although he did voice the character in the non-canon animated series Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures. Who knows?
Feb 11, 2015 · Interview: John Ratzenberger - Major Bren Derlin, Master of the Improv. The veteran actor talks with a fellow Empire Strikes Back alum about Star Wars and Maj. Derlin’s career -- before and after the Battle of Hoth.
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John Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) is an American actor who played Major Bren Derlin in The Empire Strikes Back. Soon after, his career exploded with his role as "Cliff Clavin" in Cheers and, later, in all of the Pixar animated movies.
Ratzenberger was thirty-two years old when he portrayed Derlin, spending about a week filming his scenes at Elstree Studios in a suburb north of London. Ratzenberger reprised his role as Derlin thirty-seven years later in LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures.
•"In the Star Wars Universe" — Star Wars Insider 49
•John Ratzenberger: The Postman Always Strikes Back on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
•John Ratzenberger on Wikipedia
•John Ratzenberger at the Internet Movie Database
•Official Website for John Ratzenberger
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Throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, Ratzenberger appeared in various roles in feature films throughout Europe including: A Bridge Too Far, filmed in Holland, as Lieutenant James Megellas; Superman, as a missile controller; Superman II, as the NASA control man; Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back as Major Derlin; Outland as a doomed mine ...
The only person to voice a character in all of Pixar Animation's feature films: as Hamm in Toy Story (1995), PT Flea in A Bug's Life (1998), Hamm again in Toy Story 2 (1999), Abominable Snowman in Monsters, Inc. (2001), Fish School in Finding Nemo (2003), Underminer in The Incredibles (2004), Mack in Cars (2006), Mustafa in Ratatouille (2007 ...
- April 6, 1947
Mar 7, 2021 · John Ratzenberger in ‘Star Wars’. The Wrap amassed a list of people who appeared in Star Wars films either before they were famous or in uncredited roles. From Broadway star Treat Williams,...
May 21, 2023 · Lucasfilm. By Jeremy Smith / May 20, 2023 8:00 pm EST. John Ratzenberger's acting career is riddled with the kind of trivia-fodder that would delight his "Cheers" character, Cliff Clavin....
