Film Chevy_Chase

chevy chase @ premiere of movie seems old times, december 10, 1980

chase s film roles included tunnel vision, box office hit foul play, , oh! heavenly dog. role of eric otter stratton in national lampoon s animal house written chase in mind, turned role down work on foul play. role went tim matheson instead. chase said in interview chose foul play real acting first time in career instead of doing schtick . chase followed foul play successful harold ramis comedy caddyshack, in 1980. same year, reunited foul play co-star goldie hawn neil simon s seems old times , released self-titled record album, co-produced chase , tom scott, novelty , cover versions of songs randy newman, barry white, bob marley, beatles, donna summer, tennessee ernie ford, troggs, , sugarhill gang.

chase narrowly escaped death electrocution during filming of modern problems in 1980. during sequence in chase s character wears landing lights dreams airplane, lights malfunctioned , electrical current passed through chase s arm, back, , neck muscles. near-death experience caused chase experience period of deep depression, marriage jacqueline had ended prior start of filming. chase continued film career in 1983 s national lampoon s vacation, directed ramis , written john hughes. married jayni luke in 1982, , in 1985, starred in fletch, first of 2 films based on gregory mcdonald s fletch books. chase joined snl veterans steve martin , martin short in lorne michaels-produced comedy ¡three amigos! in 1986, declaring in interview making ¡three amigos! fun had making film. trio hosted snl year, time show has had 3 hosts on 1 show.

at height of career in late 1980s, chase earned around us$7 million per film , highly visible celebrity. appeared alongside paul simon, 1 of best friends, in simon s 1986 second video can call me al , in lip-syncs of simon s lyrics. chase hosted academy awards in 1987 , 1988, signing on proceedings in 1988 opener, evening, hollywood phonies! chase filmed sequel vacation, 1985 s national lampoon s european vacation , third, national lampoon s christmas vacation, in 1989, which, holiday theme, has become 1 of more durable films, airing on nbc every december. played saxophone onstage @ simon s free concert @ great lawn in central park in summer of 1991. later in 1991, helped record , appeared in music video voices care entertain , support u.s. troops involved in operation desert storm, , supported international red cross.

later work

gerald ford chase before conference on humor , presidency held @ gerald r. ford museum in 1986

chase s career took downturn in 1990s. chase had 3 consecutive film flops — 1991 s razzie award-nominated nothing trouble, 1992 s memoirs of invisible man, , 1994 s cops & robbersons. 3 releases had combined gross of $34 million in united states. durable vacation series ground halt, following 1997 s vegas vacation installment. of more recent movies starring chase (e.g., vacuums, rent-a-husband, goose!) have not been released in united states. returned mainstream movie-making in 2006, co-starring tim allen , courteney cox in comedy zoom, though both critical , commercial failure.

in september 1993, chase hosted chevy chase show, weeknight talk show, fox broadcasting company. though had high commercial expectations, show cancelled fox after 5 weeks. chase later appeared in commercial doritos, airing during super bowl, in made humorous reference show s failure.

chase hasty pudding s 1993 man of year, , received star on hollywood walk of fame in 1994. after having starred farrah fawcett in relatively successful man of house in 1995, received harvard lampoon s lifetime achievement award in 1996.

in 1998, golden palm star on palm springs, california, walk of stars dedicated him.

he roasted new york friars club comedy central television special in 2002. roast noted being unusually vitriolic. cast members of saturday night live s first season appeared @ roast laraine newman (one of actors on show), al franken, bit player , writer on show , u.s. senator, , paul shaffer (a band leader on snl in 1970s , host of roast).

in 2005, chase keynote speaker @ princeton university s class day, part of commencement activities.

on march 20, 2012, dan aykroyd announced through facebook page working chase on script new comedy star 2 actors.

in 2015, chase reprised role clark griswold in fifth vacation installment, titled vacation. unlike previous 4 films in clark main protagonist, has brief though pivotal cameo appearance. in spite of largely negative critical reception, film has proven financial success grossing on $104 million worldwide, making highest grossing entry date.