| Chevy Chase  AKA Cornelius Crane Chase
Born: 8-Oct-1943
Birthplace: Woodstock, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Comic
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: He is, you're not Chevy Chase was once widely considered the funniest man in America. As a skitwriter on the original Saturday Night Live and the first anchor of "Weekend Update", he virtually invented the satirical newscast, and after leaving SNL he became a bona fide movie star, with several comedies that were funny and well-received. Born Cornelius Chase, he was nicknamed "Chevy" by his grandmother, presumably for the Maryland suburb. As a struggling comic, he worked as a waiter and wrote for the Smothers Brothers and National Lampoon. He was a regular on The Great American Dream Machine, a short-running and long-forgotten sketch comedy show in 1971.
When National Lampoon launched its weekly National Lampoon Radio Hour in 1973, Chase was in the cast, alongside John Belushi, Christopher Guest, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Michael O'Donoghue, and Richard Belzer. The show drew rave reviews but tiny audiences, and it was soon canceled. In 1975, much of the radio show's cast reunited for Saturday Night Live, and Chase became SNL's first break-out star. He was then the first to leave the show, and made his leading man debut in the lightweight Hitchcockian comedy Foul Play, with Goldie Hawn. His other big screen hits included Caddyshack with Bill Murray, National Lampoon's Vacation with Beverly D'Angelo, and Three Amigos with Steve Martin and Martin Short.
His deadpan delivery made Chase popular, but with increasingly unfunny sequels to Vacation and a string of lame comedies like Funny Farm, Chase's career was in trouble by the early 1990s. In 1992's Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Chase tried to play a semi-serious role, and there was nothing wrong with his performance, but it was too late. In 1993 he hosted the very quickly-canceled Chevy Chase Show on Fox. His only success since then has come with small, supporting roles, in Snow Day with Chris Elliott and Orange County with Colin Hanks and Schuyler Fisk. He was offered the lead in American Beauty -- the role that won Kevin Spacey an Oscar -- but Chase turned it down, fearing the film could hurt his family-friendly image.
In 2003, Chase became celebrity spokesman for Cola Turka, a Turkish soft drink.
In 2004, Chase was widely scolded for his performance as host of the People for the American Way awards ceremony at the Kennedy Center. In ad libbed remarks, Chase called President Bush a "dumbfuck" and "an uneducated, real lying schmuck", and said Bush had started a jihad with the invasion of Iraq. PFAW issued an apologetic press release immediately after the ceremony, calling Chase's remarks "inappropriate and offensive."
Girlfriend: Blythe Danner (dated at Bard College)
Wife: Jacqueline Carlin (m. 1976, div. 1980)
Wife: Jaynie Luke (m. 16-Mar-1982, three daughters)
Daughter: Cydney Cathalene (b. circa 1983)
Daughter: Caley Leigh (b. circa 1985)
Daughter: Emily Evelyn (b. circa 1989)
High School: Dalton School, New York City, NY (expelled after cow incident)
University: Haverford College
University: Bard College (1967)
Endorsement of AFLAC
Endorsement of Frito-Lay Doritos
Hollywood Walk of Fame 7021 Hollywood Blvd
Amnesty International
Bill Bradley for President
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Friends of Hillary
Gephardt for President
Gore 2000
Hillary Clinton for President
Hillary Rodham Clinton for US Senate Committee
John Kerry for President
Kerry Victory 2004
National Leadership PAC
Expelled from School
Driving While Intoxicated Beverly Hills, CA 26-Jan-1995
Betty Ford Center 1986
Roast: Lorne Michaels (2004)
Wedding: Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky (2008)
Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Depression, Marijuana
TELEVISION
Community Pierce Hawthorne (2009-)
The Chevy Chase Show (1993)
Saturday Night Live (1975-76)
Celebrity Poker Showdown Contestant
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Love, Gilda (18-Apr-2018) · Himself
Vacation (29-Jul-2015)
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (20-Feb-2015)
Jack and the Beanstalk (24-Apr-2010) · Gen. Antipode
Hot Tub Time Machine (25-Mar-2010) · Repairman
Zoom (11-Aug-2006)
Funny Money (9-Mar-2006)
Doogal (24-Feb-2006) [VOICE]
Ellie Parker (2005)
The Karate Dog (5-May-2004) · Cho Cho [VOICE]
Orange County (7-Jan-2002)
Snow Day (29-Jan-2000)
Dirty Work (12-Jun-1998) · Dr. Farthing
Vegas Vacation (14-Feb-1997)
Man of the House (3-Mar-1995)
Cops and Robbersons (15-Apr-1994) · Norman Robberson
Last Action Hero (18-Jun-1993) · Cameo
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (28-Feb-1992) · Nick Halloway
Nothing But Trouble (15-Feb-1991) · Chris Thorne
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991) · Himself
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1-Dec-1989) · Clark
Fletch Lives (17-Mar-1989) · Fletch
Caddyshack II (22-Jul-1988) · Ty Webb
Funny Farm (3-Jun-1988) · Andy
The Couch Trip (15-Jan-1988)
¡Three Amigos! (12-Dec-1986)
Spies Like Us (6-Dec-1985)
Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird (2-Aug-1985) · Newscaster
National Lampoon's European Vacation (26-Jul-1985) · Clark W. Griswold
Live Aid (13-Jul-1985) · Himself
Fletch (31-May-1985) · Fletch
Deal of the Century (4-Nov-1983) · Eddie Muntz
National Lampoon's Vacation (29-Jul-1983) · Clark Griswold
Modern Problems (25-Dec-1981) · Max Fielder
Under the Rainbow (31-Jul-1981)
Seems Like Old Times (19-Dec-1980)
Caddyshack (25-Jul-1980) · Ty Webb
Oh, Heavenly Dog! (11-Jul-1980)
Foul Play (14-Jul-1978)
Tunnel Vision (Mar-1976) · Himself
The Groove Tube (23-Jun-1974)
Lemmings (1973)
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