Moranis, Rick 1953(?)- (Rick Allen, Richard Moranis)

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Moranis, Rick 1953(?)- (Rick Allen, Richard Moranis)

PERSONAL

Full name, Frederick Alan Moranis; born April 18, 1953 (some sources cite 1954), in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; married Anne (died, February, 1991); children: two. Education: Attended college.

Addresses:

Agent—William Morris Agency, One William Morris Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Actor, director, writer, and comedian. CFTR-AM, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, overnight disc jockey using the name Rick Allen, c. early 1970s; CHUM-FM Radio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, afternoon disc jockey, c. 1970s; worked as a radio engineer, writer, and performer; wrote and performed on his own radio show in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; comedian in clubs and cabarets in Canada and the United States; founded a production company; as the character of Bob McKenzie, appeared in advertisements and on merchandise; also appeared in other advertisements; made an uncredited appearance as Wayne Szalinski in the theme park attraction Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (also known as MicroAdventure); Humber College School of Creative & Performing Arts, Ontario, Canada, member of the advisory committee for the comedy writing & performance diploma program; member of a rock band as a teenager.

Member:

Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN).

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award and three Emmy Award nominations, all outstanding writing in a variety or music program, all with others, 1982, for various episodes of SCTV Network 90; Juno Award nomination, producer of the year, Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, as Bob McKenzie with Dave Thomas as Doug McKenzie, 1982, for "Take Off"; Juno Award, best comedy album, and Juno Award nomination, album of the year, both 1982, and Grammy Award nomination, best comedy recording, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 1983, all as Bob McKenzie, all with Dave Thomas as Doug McKenzie, for Great White North; American Comedy Award, funniest supporting actor in a motion picture, 1990, for Parenthood; Earle Grey Award (with others), Gemini awards, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1995; named a Member of the Order of Canada.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Bob McKenzie, Strange Brew (also known as The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie and The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983.

Billy Fish, Streets of Fire, Universal/RKO Radio Pictures, 1984.

Harry, The Wild Life, Universal, 1984.

Louis Tully and Vinz Clortho (the Key Master), Ghostbusters (also known as Ghost Busters), Columbia, 1984.

Howard Gross, Head Office, TriStar, 1985.

Morty King, Brewster's Millions (also known as Brewsters millioner, Chi piu spende … piu guadagna!, Comment claquer un million de dollars par jour, El gran despilfarro, Ha-Beezbooz Ha-Gadol, Miliony Brewstera, To hrima fernei trela, Wow! Mikae perintoe!, and Zum Teufel mit den Kohlen), Universal, 1985.

Barry Nye, Club Paradise, Warner Bros., 1986.

Seymour Krelborn, Little Shop of Horrors (musical), Warner Bros., 1986.

Lord Dark Helmet, Spaceballs (also known as Mel Brooks Spaceballs and Planet Moron), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987.

Louis Tully, Ghostbusters II (also known as Ghostbusters 2, Ghostbusters II: River of Slime, and The Last of the Ghostbusters), Columbia, 1989.

Nathan Merrick, Parenthood, Universal, 1989.

Wayne Szalinski, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (also known as Microkids!), Buena Vista, 1989.

Barney Coopersmith, My Blue Heaven (also known as The Foolish Captive), Warner Bros., 1990.

Gravedigger, L.A. Story (also known as Los Angeles Story), TriStar, 1991.

Wayne Szalinski, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (also known as Big Baby and Honey, I Blew Up the Baby), Buena Vista, 1992.

Henry Bullock, Splitting Heirs, Universal, 1993.

Barney Rubble, The Flintstones (also known as The Flintstones: The Live-Action Movie), Universal, 1994.

Danny O'Shea, Little Giants, Warner Bros., 1994.

David Leary, Big Bully, Warner Bros., 1996.

Wayne Szalinski, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, Buena Vista Home Video, 1997.

(As Richard Moranis) Voice of the Toy Taker and Mr. Cuddles the Teddy Bear, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys (animated; also known as Rudolph & the Island of Misfit Toys), Golden Books Family Entertainment, 2001.

Voice of Rutt, Brother Bear (animated; also known as Bears and Tierra de osos), Buena Vista, 2003.

Voice of Rutt, Brother Bear 2 (animated), Buena Vista, 2006.

Film Work:

(With Dave Thomas) Director and character creator, Strange Brew (also known as The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie and The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983.

Television Appearances; Series:

Regular performer, 90 Minutes Live, CBC, c. 1976-78.

Regular performer, Second City TV (also known as SCTV and Second City Revue), CBC and syndicated, 1980-81.

Regular performer, SCTV Network 90 (also known as SCTV, SCTV Comedy Network, and SCTV Network), Canadian television and NBC, c. 1981-82.

Various characters, Twilight Theater (also known as Steve Martin's "Twilight Theater"), NBC, 1982.

Voice of Max Schneider, Gravedale High (animated; also known as Rick Moranis in Gravedale High), NBC, 1990-91.

Voice of Bob McKenzie, The Animated Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie (animated), CanWest Global Television, beginning 2009.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Voice of Holley, Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids (animated), Nickelodeon, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, On the Scene with the Ghostbusters, 1984.

Himself and Billy Fish, Music Videos and Inside "Streets of Fire," 1984.

Coach Willi Liepert, Hockey Night, CBC, 1984, broadcast on WonderWorks, PBS, 1987.

Linsk Menjuvic, The Last Polka, HBO, 1985.

McKenzie brother, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Olympics, CTV (Canada), 1988.

(In archive footage) Various characters, The Best of SCTV, ABC, 1988.

Automatic Safety System of spacecraft, The Rocket Boy (five episodes of an intended television series edited together as a special; also known as Rocketboy), 1989.

Himself, The Earth Day Special (also known as Time Warner Presents the Earth Day Special), ABC, 1990.

(In archive footage) Various characters, The Best of John Candy on SCTV, [Canada], 1992.

Bob McKenzie, Bob & Doug McKenzie Two-Four Anniversary, CBC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Host, The 19th Annual Juno Awards, CBC, 1990.

Presenter, The 62nd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1990.

Himself, The Fourth Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1990.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour, NBC, 1982.

Cohost, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's "Saturday Night," Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live '80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1983.

Host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's "Saturday Night," Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live '80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1989.

Himself, Showbiz Today, Cable News Network, 1990.

Narrator, "Little Toot and the Loch Ness Monster," Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (animated), Showtime, c. 1992.

Himself, Clive Anderson Talks Back, Channel 4 (England), 1993.

Himself, Sesame Street (also known as The New Sesame Street, Open Sesame, Sesame Park, Sesame Street Unpaved, Canadian Sesame Street, and Les amis de Sesame), PBS, 1996.

Himself, Muppets Tonight! (also known as Muppets Live!, The New Muppet Show, and Les Muppets), ABC, 1997.

Himself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 2006.

Appeared in other programs, including The Alan Hamel Show, CTV (Canada).

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Twilight Theatre II, NBC, 1982.

Voice of Bob McKenzie, The Animated Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie (animated), c. 2002.

Television Work; Series:

(With Dave Thomas) Executive producer and character creator, The Animated Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie (animated), CanWest Global Television, beginning 2009.

Radio Appearances:

Performed on his own radio show in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

RECORDINGS

Albums; as Bob McKenzie; with Dave Thomas as Doug McKenzie:

Great White North (also known as Bob and Doug McKenzie's "Great White North"), Island/Mercury, c. 1981.

Strange Brew, Mercury, 1983.

Singles; as Bob McKenzie; with Dave Thomas as Doug McKenzie:

(Also with Geddy Lee) "Take Off," Mercury, 1981.

Other singles as Bob McKenzie include "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Moranis and Thomas's singles as Bob and Doug McKenzie have appeared in other recordings.

Albums; as Solo Artist:

You, Me, the Music and Me, IRS, 1989.

The Agoraphobic Cowboy, 2005.

Singles; as Solo Artist:

"Ipanema Rap," c. 1989.

Recorded other singles. Also performed other songs.

Videos:

Himself, Discovering Bedrock (short; also known as Discovering Bedrock: The Making of "The Flintstones"), Universal Studios Home Video, 1999.

(In archive footage) Lord Dark Helmet, Spaceballs: The Documentary (short), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, c. 2002.

Music Videos:

Ray Parker, Jr., "Ghostbusters," c. 1984.

Bobby Brown, "On Our Own," 1989.

Rick Moranis, "Ipanema Rap," c. 1989.

BC52s (the B52s), "(Meet) The Flintstones," c. 1994.

Appeared in other music videos, including Donald Fagen's "Tomorrow's Girls."

WRITINGS

Screenplays; with Others:

(With Dave Thomas and Steven DeJarnatt) Strange Brew (also known as The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie and The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew; based on a sketch originally on Second City TV), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983.

(Uncredited) Ghostbusters (also known as Ghost Busters), Columbia, 1984.

Teleplays; with Others; Specials:

The Best of SCTV, ABC, 1988.

(With Dave Thomas) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Olympics, CTV (Canada), 1988.

Teleplays; with Others; Episodic:

Second City TV (also known as SCTV and Second City Revue), CBC and syndicated, 1980-81.

SCTV Network 90 (also known as SCTV, SCTV Comedy Network, and SCTV Network), Canadian television and NBC, c. 1981-82.