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Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas
Born: May 20, 1949 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director,
Active: '70s-2000s
Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: Caddyshack, Spies Like Us, Strange Brew
First Major Screen Credit: The David Steinberg Show (1974)
14 Videos for Dave Thomas
Brother Bear 2: The Moose Are on the Loose (2006) MVP: Most Valuable Primate (1999) My Man Adam (1986)
The Aristocrats (2005) Pippi Longstocking (1997) Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird (1985)
Intern Academy (2004) Boris and Natasha (1991) Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird (1985)
Beethoven's 5th (2003) Moving (1988) Stripes (1981)
Rat Race (2001) Love at Stake (1987)
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Biography:

...And Dave Thomas as the Beaver was the voice-over billing given this Canadian entertainer on the 1970s TV series Second City Television. But while Thomas may have had the adolescent face and short stature of Jerry Mathers, his taste in comedy was as mature and as wickedly satirical as any of his Second City confreres.

Among Thomas' dozens of comic characterizations during his Emmy-winning SCTV years, the best known and most popular were his dead-on impression of Bob Hope and his deadhead interpretation of donut-munching, bacon-ingesting, beer-swilling typical Canadian Doug McKenzie. Together with his onscreen brother, Bob McKenzie (better known as Rick Moranis), Thomas starred in the goofy feature film Strange Brew (1982), the first and last film ever made in Hose-a-rama (the origin of this phrase and a rundown of the rest of the McKenzie brothers' catchphrases could be given here, but it's known what happens when humor is dissected and left to die).

Dave Thomas' career hasn't quite reached the heights of such SCTV alumni as Moranis, Martin Short, and the late John Candy, but he's still plugging away, producing, directing, writing, and starring in uproarious cable TV specials; Thomas was cast in the regular role of Russell on the popular Brett Butler sitcom Grace Under Fire.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.