Chevy Chase

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Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase on a panel for Community at PaleyFest 2010
Birth name	Cornelius Crane Chase
Born	(1943-10-08) October 8, 1943 (age 79) [1] New York City, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up film television
Education	Bard College (BA)
Years active	1967–present
Genres	Sketch comedy improvisational comedy physical comedy slapstick
Spouse	Suzanne Hewitt ​ ​ (m. 1973;div. 1976)​ Jacqueline Carlin ​ ​ (m. 1976;div. 1980)​ Jayni Luke ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	3
Website	https://officialchevychase.com/

Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase ( /ˈtʃɛvi/ ; born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He became a key cast member in the first season of Saturday Night Live (SNL), where his recurring Weekend Update segment became a staple of the show. As both a performer and a writer, he earned three Primetime Emmy Awards out of five nominations and two Golden Globe Award nominations. ^{[2] [3]}

Chase's early roles include the romantic comedies Foul Play (1978) and Seems Like Old Times (1980) opposite Goldie Hawn. He portrayed Clark W. Griswold in five National Lampoon's Vacation films including Vacation (1983), (and its 2015 remake/sequel), European Vacation (1985), Christmas Vacation (1989), and Vegas Vacation (1997). He also played Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher in Fletch (1985) and its sequel Fletch Lives (1989). He also starred in Caddyshack (1980), Spies Like Us (1985), Three Amigos! (1986), and Hot Tub Time Machine (2010). He has hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show, The Chevy Chase Show (1993). He played Pierce Hawthorne on the NBC sitcom Community from 2009 to 2012. ^{[4] [5]}

Early life

Cornelius Crane Chase was born in Lower Manhattan on October 8, 1943, ^[6] and grew up in Woodstock, New York. ^[7] He has an older brother, Ned Jr. ^[8]

Antecedents

His father, Edward Tinsley "Ned" Chase (1919–2005), ^[9] was a Princeton-educated Manhattan book editor and magazine writer. ^[10] Chase's paternal grandfather was artist and illustrator Edward Leigh Chase, and his great-uncle was painter and teacher Frank Swift Chase.

His mother, Cathalene Parker (née Browning; 1923–2005), was a concert pianist and librettist, whose father, Rear Admiral Miles Browning, served as Admiral Raymond A. Spruance's Chief of Staff on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) at the Battle of Midway in World War II. Cathalene was adopted as a child by her stepfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt Crane, heir to The Crane Company, and took the name Catherine Crane. ^[11] Her mother, also named Cathalene, was an opera singer who performed several times at Carnegie Hall. ^[12]

Chase was named for his adoptive grandfather, Cornelius, while the nickname "Chevy" was bestowed by his grandmother from the medieval English ballad "The Ballad of Chevy Chase". As a descendant of the Scottish Clan Douglas, she thought the name appropriate. ^[13]

Chase is a 14th-generation New Yorker, and was listed in the Social Register at an early age. His mother's ancestors arrived in Manhattan starting in 1624 — among those ancestors are

• New York City mayors Stephanus Van Cortlandt and John Johnstone
• the Dutch Schuyler family, through his ancestor Gertrude Schuyler, the wife of Stephanus Van Cortlandt
• John Morin Scott, General of the New York Militia during the American Revolution
• Anne Hutchinson, dissident Puritan preacher and healer
• Mayflower passengers and signers of the Mayflower Compact from England, John Howland, ^[14] and William Brewster, the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony

According to his step-brother John:

[Chevy] once told me that people who defined themselves in terms of their ancestry were like potatoes—the best parts of them were underground. He disdained the pretension of his mother's side of the family, as embodied by her mother, Cattie. ^[13]

Early Life

As a child, Chase vacationed at Castle Hill, the Cranes' summer estate in Ipswich, Massachusetts. ^[15] Chase's parents divorced when he was four; his father remarried into the Folgers coffee family, and his mother remarried twice. He has stated that he grew up in an upper middle class environment and that his adoptive maternal grandfather did not bequeath any assets to Chase's mother when he died. ^[16] In a 2007 biography, Chase stated that he was physically and psychologically abused as a child by his mother and stepfather, John Cederquist. ^[17] Both of his parents died in 2005.

Chase was educated at Riverdale Country School, ^[18] an independent day school in the Riverdale neighborhood of The Bronx, New York City, before being expelled. He ultimately graduated as valedictorian in 1962 from the Stockbridge School, ^[19] an independent boarding school in the town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. At Stockbridge, he was known as a practical joker with an occasional mean streak.

He attended Haverford College during the 1962–1963 term, where he was noted for slapstick comedy and an absurd sense of physical humor, including his signature pratfalls and "sticking forks into his orifices". ^[20] During a 2009 interview on the Today show, he ostensibly verified the oft-publicized urban legend that he was expelled for harboring a cow in his fourth floor room, ^[21] although his former roommate David Felson asserted in a 2003 interview that Chase left for academic reasons. ^[20] Chase transferred to Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, where he studied a pre-med curriculum and graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

Chase did not enter medical school, which meant he was subject to the military draft. Chase was not drafted, and when he appeared in January 1989 as the first guest of the just-launched late-night The Pat Sajak Show , he said he had "convinced" his draft board he deserved a 4-F classification by "'falsely' claiming, among other things, that he had homosexual tendencies". ^[22]

He played drums with the college band The Leather Canary, headed by school friends Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Chase has called the group "a bad jazz band"; Becker and Fagen later founded the successful group Steely Dan. Chase has perfect pitch. ^[13] He played drums and keyboards for a rock band called Chamaeleon Church, which recorded one album for MGM Records before disbanding in 1969. To give the album a more soft-rock sound, producer Alan Lorber made several alterations in the mixing, including the muting of Chase's bass drum, and Chase was reportedly incensed when he heard the final mix. ^[23]

Career

Early career

Chase was a member of an early underground comedy ensemble called Channel One, which he co-founded in 1967. He also wrote a one-page spoof on Mission: Impossible for Mad magazine in 1970 and was a writer for the short-lived Smothers Brothers TV show comeback in the spring of 1975. Chase made the move to comedy as a full-time career by 1973, when he became a writer and cast member of The National Lampoon Radio Hour , a syndicated satirical radio series. The National Lampoon Radio Hour also featured John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, and Brian Doyle-Murray, all of whom later became "Not-Ready-For-Prime Time Players" on NBC Saturday Night (later re-titled NBC's Saturday Night and finally Saturday Night Live). Chase and Belushi also appeared in National Lampoon's off-Broadway revue Lemmings , a sketch and musical send-up of popular youth culture, in which Chase also played the drums and piano during the musical numbers. He appeared in the movie The Groove Tube , which was directed by another co-founder of Channel One, Ken Shapiro, featuring several Channel One sketches.

Saturday Night Live

The original cast of Saturday Night Live with President Gerald Ford in 1976

Chase was one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live (SNL), NBC's late-night comedy television show, beginning in October 1975. During the first season, he introduced every show except two, with "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" The remark was often preceded by a pratfall, known as "The Fall of the Week". Chase became known for his skill at physical comedy. In one comedy sketch, he mimicked a real-life incident in which President Gerald Ford accidentally tripped while disembarking from Air Force One in Salzburg, Austria. ^{[24] [25]} This portrayal of President Ford as a bumbling klutz became a favorite device of Chase's, and helped form the popular concept of Ford as being a clumsy man. ^[26] In later years, Chase met and became friendly with President Ford. ^{[26] [27]}

Chase was the original anchor for the Weekend Update segment of SNL, and his catchphrase introduction, "I'm Chevy Chase… and you're not" became well known. His trademark conclusion, "Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow" was later resurrected by Jane Curtin and Tina Fey. Chase also wrote comedy material for Weekend Update. For example, he wrote and performed "The News for the Hard of Hearing". In this skit, Chase read the top story of the day, aided by Garrett Morris, who repeated the story by loudly shouting it. Chase claimed that his version of Weekend Update was the inspiration for later news satire shows such as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report . ^[28] Weekend Update was later revived as a segment on The Chevy Chase Show , ^[29] a short-lived late-night talk show produced by Chase and broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company.

Chase was committed contractually to SNL for only one year as a writer and became a cast member during rehearsals just before the show's premiere. He received two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for his comedy writing and live comic acting on the show. In Rolling Stone 's February 2015 appraisal of all 141 SNL cast members to date, Chase was ranked tenth in overall importance. "Strange as it sounds, Chase might be the most under-rated SNL player," they wrote. "It took him only one season to define the franchise…without that deadpan arrogance, the whole SNL style of humor would fall flat." ^[30]

In a 1975 New York magazine cover story, which called him "The funniest man in America", NBC executives referred to Chase as "The first real potential successor to Johnny Carson" and claimed he would begin guest-hosting The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson within six months of the article. Chase dismissed rumors that he could be the next Carson by telling New York, "I'd never be tied down for five years interviewing TV personalities." Chase did not appear on the program until May 4, 1977, when he was promoting a prime-time special for NBC. Carson later said of Chase: "He couldn't ad-lib a fart after a baked bean dinner." ^[31]

Chase acknowledged Ernie Kovacs's influence on his work in Saturday Night Live, ^[32] and he thanked Kovacs during his acceptance speech for his Emmy Award. ^[33] In addition, Chase spoke of Kovacs's influence on his work in an appearance in the 1982 documentary called Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius. ^[34]

Leaving SNL

Chevy Chase at the private party after the premiere of the movie A Star Is Born , December 1976

In late 1976, in the middle of the second season, Chase became the first member of the original cast to leave the show. While he landed starring roles in several films on the strength of his SNL fame, he asserted that the principal reason for his departure was the reluctance of his girlfriend, Jacqueline Carlin, to move to New York. ^[35] Chase moved to Los Angeles, married Carlin, and was replaced by Bill Murray, although he made a few cameo appearances on the show during the second season.

Chase hosted SNL eight times until 1997 when he was reportedly banned after hitting Cheri Oteri on the back of the head and harassing female writers. ^[36] However, SNL creator and show runner Lorne Michaels has since disputed reports that he was shocked by Chevy's behavior or had banned him as a result, claims which he calls “idiotic”. ^[37] While Chase has not returned to SNL to host since 1997, he appeared on the show's 25th anniversary special in 1999 and was interviewed for a 2005 NBC special on the first five years of SNL. Later appearances included a Caddyshack skit featuring Bill Murray, a 1997 episode with guest host Chris Farley, as the Land Shark in a Weekend Update segment in 2001, another Weekend Update segment in 2007, and in Justin Timberlake's monologue in 2013 as a member of the Five-Timers Club, where he was reunited with his Three Amigos co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short. He also participated in the 40th anniversary special in February 2015. ^[38]

Film success

Chevy Chase at the premiere of the movie Seems Like Old Times , December 10, 1980

Chase's early film roles included Tunnel Vision , the box office hit Foul Play that earned more than $44 million, ^[39] and Oh! Heavenly Dog . The role of Eric "Otter" Stratton in National Lampoon's Animal House was originally written with Chase in mind, but he turned the role down to work on Foul Play. ^[16] The role went to Tim Matheson instead. Chase said in an interview that he chose to do Foul Play so he could do "real acting" for the first time in his career instead of just doing "schtick". ^[40] Chase followed Foul Play with the successful Harold Ramis comedy Caddyshack , in 1980. Caddyshack was a major box office success, pulling in $39 million ^[41] off a $6 million budget. It has since become a classic, currently sitting at a 73% approval rate on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics saying "Though unabashedly crude and juvenile, Caddyshack nevertheless scores with its classic slapstick, unforgettable characters, and endlessly quotable dialogue". That same year, he also reunited with Foul Play co-star Goldie Hawn for Neil Simon's Seems Like Old Times which was also successful at the box office, earning more than 43 million. ^[42] After this he released a self-titled record album, co-produced by Chase and Tom Scott, with novelty and cover versions of songs by Randy Newman, Barry White, Bob Marley, the Beatles, Donna Summer, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Troggs, and The Sugarhill Gang.

Chase narrowly escaped death by electrocution during the filming of Modern Problems in 1980. During a sequence in which Chase's character wears "landing lights" as he dreams that he is an airplane, the lights malfunctioned and an electrical current passed through Chase's arm, back, and neck muscles. The near-death experience caused Chase to experience a period of deep depression, as his marriage to Jacqueline had ended just prior to the start of filming. Chase continued his film career in 1983's National Lampoon's Vacation , directed by Ramis and written by John Hughes. This one, grossing $61 million ^[43] off a $15 million budget, was his most successful movie at the time. He married Jayni Luke in 1982, and in 1985 he starred in Fletch , which grossed over $50 million ^[44] off an $8 million budget. This was the first of two films based on Gregory Mcdonald's Fletch books as well as Spies Like Us . Chase joined SNL veterans Steve Martin and Martin Short in the Lorne Michaels–produced comedy Three Amigos in 1986, declaring in an interview that making Three Amigos was the most fun he had making a film. This film was also very successful, grossing $39 million ^[45] off a $25 million budget with critics saying "Three Amigos! stars a trio of gifted comedians and has an agreeably silly sense of humour". The trio later hosted SNL that year, the only time the show has had three hosts on one show. In 1988, he starred alongside Madolyn Smith in Funny Farm which was a sizeable hit at $25 million and currently has a 65% approval rate on Rotten Tomatoes.

Ronald Reagan and Chevy Chase, 1985

At the height of his career in the late 1980s, Chase earned around US$7 million per film and was a highly visible celebrity. He appeared alongside Paul Simon, one of his best friends, in Simon's 1986 second video for "You Can Call Me Al", in which he lip-syncs all of Simon's lyrics. ^[46] Chase hosted the Academy Awards in 1987 and 1988, opening the telecast in 1988 with the quip, "Good evening, Hollywood phonies!" Chase filmed a sequel to Vacation, 1985's National Lampoon's European Vacation , this movie pulling in just shy of $50 million at the box office, ^[47] and then a third film, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation in 1989, which pulled in $71 million and, thanks to its holiday theme, has become one of his more durable films. ^[48]

In 1987, his Cornelius Productions company had set up a non-exclusive, albeit first-refusal deal with Warner Bros., in order to develop four feature projects at the studio, and a fifth project set up at Universal Pictures. ^[49] He played saxophone onstage at Simon's free concert at the Great Lawn in Central Park in the summer of 1991. Later in 1991, he helped record and appeared in the music video "Voices That Care" to entertain and support U.S. troops involved in Operation Desert Storm, and supported the International Red Cross.

Later work

Gerald Ford with Chase before the Conference on Humor and the Presidency held at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in 1986

Chase had three consecutive film flops—1991's Razzie Award–nominated Nothing but Trouble , 1992's Memoirs of an Invisible Man , and 1994's Cops & Robbersons . The three releases had a combined gross of $34 million in the United States. In September 1993, Chase hosted The Chevy Chase Show, a weeknight talk show, for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Although it had high commercial expectations, the show was cancelled by Fox after five weeks. Chase later appeared in a commercial for Doritos, airing during the Super Bowl, in which he made humorous reference to the show's failure.

Chase found success with some of his subsequent movies. 1995's Man of the House , co-starring Farrah Fawcett was relatively successful, grossing $40 million ^[50] and 1997's Vegas Vacation was a box office success, grossing $36.4 million. ^[51] 2000's Snow Day , in which Chase appeared, was also successful grossing over $60 million, ^[52] as well as Orange County in 2002, grossing more than $40 million. ^[53]

Chase was Hasty Pudding's 1993 Man of the Year, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in that same year. ^[54] He also received The Harvard Lampoon 's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. ^[55] He was roasted by the New York Friars Club for a Comedy Central television special in 2002. This roast was noted for being unusually vitriolic, even by the standards of a roast. ^[56]

Some of the more recent films starring Chase (e.g., Vacuums, Rent-a-Husband , Goose!) have not been widely released in the United States. He returned to mainstream movie-making in 2006, co-starring with Tim Allen and Courteney Cox in the comedy Zoom , though it was both a critical and commercial failure.

Chase guest-starred as an anti-Semitic murder suspect in "In Vino Veritas", the November 3, 2006, episode of Law & Order . He also guest-starred in the ABC drama series Brothers & Sisters in two episodes as a former love interest of Sally Field's character. Chase appeared in a prominent recurring role as villainous software magnate Ted Roark on the NBC spy-comedy Chuck . In 2009, Chase and Dan Aykroyd voiced themselves in the Family Guy episode "Spies Reminiscent of Us".

In 2010, he appeared in the film Hot Tub Time Machine which received some praise, as well as a short online film featuring the Griswold Family, and in the Funny or Die original comedy sketch "Presidential Reunion", where he played President Ford alongside other current and former SNL president impersonators. 2019 saw him in the Netflix movie The Last Laugh where he starred alongside Richard Dreyfuss. In 2015, Chase reprised his role as Clark Griswold in the fifth Vacation installment, titled Vacation . Unlike the previous four films in which Clark is the main protagonist, he only has a brief though pivotal cameo appearance. In spite of largely negative critical reception, the film itself has proven to be a financial success grossing over $107 million worldwide, ^[57] making it the highest-grossing entry to date.

Community (2009–2012)

Starting in 2009, Chase returned to NBC in the sitcom Community , as aging moist-towelette tycoon Pierce Hawthorne. The series received critical acclaim for its acting and writing, appeared on numerous critics' year-end "best-of" lists and developed a cult following. ^{[58] [59]}

Personal life

Chase in 1990

Chase married Susan Hewitt in New York City on February 23, 1973. They divorced on February 1, 1976. His second marriage, to Jacqueline Carlin, was formalized on December 4, 1976 and ended in divorce on November 14, 1980; they had no children. ^[60] He married his third wife, Jayni Luke, in Pacific Palisades on June 19, 1982. ^[61] He has three daughters with Luke. ^[8] The couple resides in Bedford, New York. ^[62]

In 1986, Chase was admitted to the Betty Ford Center for treatment of a prescription painkiller addiction. His use began after he experienced ongoing back pain related to the pratfalls he took during his Saturday Night Live appearances. ^[63] In 2010, he said that his drug abuse had been "low level." ^[64] He entered the Hazelden Clinic in September 2016 to receive treatment for alcoholism. ^[65]

An active environmentalist and philanthropist, Chase holds liberal political views. He raised money for Bill Clinton in the 1990s; and for John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. He mocked President George W. Bush during a speech at a People for the American Way benefit at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he referred to Bush as an "uneducated, real lying schmuck" and a "dumb fuck", which stunned the organizers and the crowd and which Norman Lear categorized as "utterly untoward." ^[66]

Feud with Bill Murray

While filming an episode of Saturday Night Live in 1978, Chase got into a fistfight with Bill Murray in John Belushi's dressing room. Murray and Chase's backstage brawl took place when Chase returned to host the show after his exit as a full-time cast member in 1976. Murray had reportedly made a derogatory comment about Chase's troubled marriage to Jacqueline Carlin, leading Chase to criticize Murray's physical appearance. SNL cast members Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner witnessed the incident.

In a talk show appearance in 2021, Newman noted of the altercation, "it was very sad and painful and awful". She went on to say, "I think they both knew the one thing that they could say to one another that would hurt the most and that's what I think incited it." Chase and Murray would later reconcile to star together in Caddyshack in 1980. ^[67]

Controversy

Throughout the filming of Community seasons 1 through 4, Chase came into conflict with co-stars on account of racially insensitive remarks, including allegedly using a racial slur. Chase departed the show by mutual agreement with the network and his character was abruptly written out of the fourth season of Community. ^[68]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Walk... Don't Walk	Pedestrian	Short film
1974	The Groove Tube	The Fingers/Geritan/Four Leaf Clover
1976	Tunnel Vision	Himself
1978	Foul Play	Tony Carlson
1980	Oh! Heavenly Dog	Browning
	Caddyshack	Ty Webb
	Seems Like Old Times	Nicholas Gardenia
1981	Under the Rainbow	Bruce Thorpe
	Modern Problems	Max Fiedler
1983	National Lampoon's Vacation	Clark Griswold
	Deal of the Century	Eddie Muntz
1985	Fletch	Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher
	National Lampoon's European Vacation	Clark Griswold
	Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird	Newscaster	Cameo
	Spies Like Us	Emmett Fitz-Hume
1986	Three Amigos	Dusty Bottoms
1988	The Couch Trip	Condom Father	Cameo
	Funny Farm	Andy Farmer
	Caddyshack II	Ty Webb
1989	Fletch Lives	Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher
	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	Clark "Sparky" Griswold
1991	Nothing but Trouble	Chris Thorne
	L.A. Story	Carlo Christopher	Cameo
1992	Memoirs of an Invisible Man	Nick Halloway
	Hero	Deke	Uncredited [69]
1993	Last Action Hero	Himself	Cameo
1994	A Century of Cinema	Himself	Documentary
	Cops & Robbersons	Norman Robberson
1995	Man of the House	Jack Sturgess
1997	Vegas Vacation	Clark Griswold
1998	Dirty Work	Dr. Farthing
2000	Snow Day	Tom Brandston
	Pete's Pizza	Narrator	Voice Short film
	The One Armed Bandit	Cop	Short film
2001	The Goon Cave	Officer Schmeivon	Direct-to-DVD
2002	Orange County	Principal Harbert
2003	Vacuums	Mr. Punch
	Bitter Jester	Himself	Documentary
2004	Our Italian Husband	Paul Parmesan
	Bad Meat	Congressman Bernard P. Greely	Direct-to-DVD
2005	Ellie Parker	Dennis Swartzbaum
2006	Funny Money	Henry Perkins
	Doogal	Train	Voice
	Goose on the Loose	Congreve Maddox	Direct-to-DVD
	Zoom	Dr. Grant
2009	Stay Cool	Principal Marshall
	Jack and the Beanstalk	Antipode
2010	Hot Tub Time Machine	Repairman
	Hotel Hell Vacation	Clark Griswold	Short film
2011	Not Another Not Another Movie	Max Storm
2013	Before I Sleep	Gravedigger
2014	Lovesick	Lester
	Shelby	Grandpa Geoffrey	Direct-to-DVD
2015	Hot Tub Time Machine 2	Repairman
	Vacation	Clark Griswold
2017	The Last Movie Star	Sonny
	Hedgehogs	ThinkMan	Voice Direct-to-DVD
2019	The Last Laugh	Al Hart
2020	The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee	Chevy
2021	Panda vs. Aliens	King Karoth	Voice Direct-to-DVD

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	The Smothers Brothers Show		Writer
1975–2015	Saturday Night Live	Various characters/ Himself (host)	38 episodes; also writer 8 episodes
1977	The Chevy Chase Show	Himself	Television special; also writer
	The Paul Simon Special	Himself	Television special; also writer
1979	The Chevy Chase National Humor Test	Himself	Television special; also writer
1987	59th Academy Awards	Himself (co-host)	Television special
1988	60th Academy Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
1990	The Earth Day Special	Vic's Buddy	Television special
1993	The Chevy Chase Show	Himself (host)	25 episodes; also writer and producer
1995	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Episode: "Roseanne's Return"
1997	The Nanny	Himself	Episode: "A Decent Proposal"
2002	America's Most Terrible Things	Andy Potts	Pilot
2003	Freedom: A History of US	Various characters	5 episodes
2004	The Karate Dog	Cho-Cho	Voice Television film
2006	The Secret Policeman's Ball	General Nuisance	Television special
	Law & Order	Mitch Carroll	Episode: "In Vino Veritas"
2007, 2009	Family Guy	Clark Griswold / Himself (voices)	Episodes: "Blue Harvest" "Spies Reminiscent of Us"
2007	Brothers & Sisters	Stan Harris	2 episodes
2009	Hjälp!	Dan Carter	8 episodes
	Chuck	Ted Roark	3 episodes
2009–2014	Community	Pierce Hawthorne	83 episodes
2014	Hot in Cleveland	Ross	Episode: "People Feeding People"
	Wishin' and Hopin'	Adult Felix (voice)	Television film
2015	Chevy	Chase	Pilot
2016	A Christmas in Vermont	Preston Bullock	Television film

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973–1974	The National Lampoon Radio Hour	Various roles	Also writer

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
1976	Writers Guild of America	Writing for a Variety Series	The Smothers Brothers Show	Nominated	[70]
1976	Primetime Emmy Award	Individual Performance in a Variety Program	Saturday Night Live	Won
		Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series		Won
1977		Individual Performance in a Variety Program		Nominated
		Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series		Nominated
1978		Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special	The Paul Simon Special	Won
1978	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Foul Play	Nominated
		New Star of the Year	—	Nominated
1992	Saturn Award	Best Actor	Memoirs of an Invisible Man	Nominated

On September 23, 1993, Chase received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. ^[54]

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Further reading

• I'm Chevy Chase...and You're Not (The Authorized Biography) by Rena Fruchter. Virgin Books, 2007. ISBN   1-85227-346-1.
• Who's Who in Comedy by Ronald L. Smith. Pp. 102–103. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN   0-8160-2338-7.
• Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller. Back Bay Books.

External links

• Chevy Chase at IMDb
• Interview with Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short about The Three Amigos in 1986 from Texas Archive of the Moving Image
• Chevy Chase at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

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