Short-statured, pokerfaced nightclub comic John Byner rose to fame during the 1966 edition of TV's The Garry Moore Show. Byner went on to join the supporting ensemble on the 1967 summer-replacement weekly The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, and five years later headlined his own five-week summer series. He has appeared as a regular on the TV sitcoms The Practice (1976) and Soap (1977), and can be spotted in such lampoonish theatrical films as Transylvania 6-5000 (1985). An accomplished impressionist -- he provided the voice for the Jackie Mason-ish aardvark in DePatie-Freleng's Ant and the Aardvark cartoon shorts -- one of Byner's most enduring routines concerns a bad impressionist, whose concept of Walter Brennan consists of kicking the left leg in the air and screeching "Luke, the barn! Luke, the barn!" A Las Vegas headliner into the 1990s, John Byner's TV contributions have included a stint as host of a series of Bowery Boys films on the A&E cable network.
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My 5 Wives
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2000 | |||
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Munchie Strikes Back
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1994 | |||
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| 1991 | ||||
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| 1988 | ||||
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The Black Cauldron
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1985 | |||
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Transylvania 6-5000
Actor |
1985 | |||
| 1984 | ||||
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Stroker Ace
Actor |
1983 | |||
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Will: G. Gordon Liddy
Voice |
1982 | |||
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Bizarre [TV Series]
Participant |
1980 | |||
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Murder Can Hurt You
Actor |
1980 | |||
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Soap: Season 04
Actor |
1980 | |||
| 1979 | ||||
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Bing Crosby: White Christmas
Archival Appearance |
1979 | |||
| 1979 | ||||
| 1978 | ||||
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Captain & Tennille in New Orleans
Performance |
1978 | |||
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Soap: Season 02
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1978 | |||
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Three on a Date
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1978 | |||
| 1976 | ||||
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When Things Were Rotten
Actor |
1975 | |||
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What's Up, Doc?
Actor |
1972 | |||
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Aesop's Fables
Voice |
1971 |