Chevy Chase: Filmography, biography, photo

In this article, we will trace the life and creative path of an actor known to the public under the stage name Chevy Chase. His filmography is huge, because to act in films an American actor began in 1968 and has been working in this field ever since. The role of Chevy Chase is the role of a comedic, mostly eccentric plan. We can say that the personal star on the "Walk of Fame" in Hollywood in 1993, he achieved thanks to the amazing facial expressions of his face. But not only this was the key to his success. Impromptu in dialogues, which at times turned out to be funnier than the written script, and rude humor on the verge of a foul also added glory to him.

The most famous Chevy Chase brought the role of Tony Carlson in the movie "Dirty Game", released in 1978. For this work, the actor was even nominated for the prestigious Golden Globe Award.

Chevy Chase: Biography

The actor saw the light in Woodstock (in the state of New York) on October 8, 1943. His grandfather was Miles Browning, Vice Admiral of the US Navy, a participant in two world wars.

The real name of the actor is Cornelius Crane Chase. The alias "Chevy" with the preservation of the surname he took from the time of work in the television comedy show "Saturday evening on the air". The father of the actor was the famous editor from Manhattan Edward Tinsley Chase, and the mother - Catalina Browning, adopted after the death of his glorious father Vanderbilt Crane. When Cornelius was four years old, his parents divorced. The father remarried, and the mother married two more times. It is noteworthy, but both parents died in one year - in 2005. Thanks to the repeated marriages of her mother, Cornelius had a half-sister.

At school the teenager did not study very well. Then Chase was carried away by music. He played keyboards and percussion instruments in the groups Chameleon Church and Zee Les Canary (later renamed Styles Dan). Chevy Chase, whose photo will later be known to all comedy fans, worked as a courier, a builder, a truck and taxi driver, a seller in a wine boutique, a supermarket manager, a waiter.

Early career in film

Usually actors at the end of a career become writers, publishing their memoirs. Quite another case - Chevy Chase. His filmography began with the writing of texts. He came up with verbal puns and funny gags for the TV program "Saturday Evening Live", but other actors were casting them from the screens. Later, Chase himself took direct part in this television program, taking the creative nickname "Chevy". When the actor turned twenty-five, he debuted on wide screens in the episodic role of a pedestrian in the film "Go. Stay. " Alas, this work has remained unnoticed by either critics or the public. But Chase did not want to give up. Six years later, he decided to still try his luck in Hollywood. In 1974, he received his second role in the film "Track". But Chase liked the audience more in the "Saturday Evening Live". For the work in this show, he was twice awarded the prize "Emmy" (in 1975 and in 1978). Although Chase amused the audience there along with Dan Aykroyd and Martin Short.

Television or cinema?

This dilemma tortured Chevy Chase until 1976. On the one hand, he had a titmouse in his hand - a public recognition of the work on the TV show "Saturday Evening Live". On the other hand, he was attracted by great acting ambitions. And the finest hour struck. In 1978, the screens released a slightly mystical comedy "Dirty Game" in which Chevy Chase, whose filmography begins with this tape, was played by Detective Tony Carlson. Inspired by success, the actor continued to make films. But he also did not want to burn the bridges behind him, having left television. His place in the "Saturday evening" was taken by Bill Murray, but Chevy Chase returned to his previous work - writing texts and scripts. But cooperation with the NBC channel, where the show was produced, did not always go smoothly. After another scandal in 1997, the actor left the "Saturday evening on the air". But even earlier, in 1993, he launched his own humorous program, which was called: "The Chevy Chase Show". As a screenwriter, he proved himself in the films "The Best of John Belushi" (1985), "The Best of Dan Aykroyd" (1986) and others.

Movies with Chevy Chase

The list of comedies in which the actor played is very large. Here we give only the main films that brought Chevy Chase special popularity. Two years after the "Dirty Game" actor was in great demand on the set of Hollywood. He played Taya Webb at the Golf Club, Browning in "Oh, the divine dog!" And Nicholas Gardenia in "As in the good old days." Then the actor expected the same intense schedule. Particularly succeeded in Chase's role as a stretch and losers. It should be noted comedy cycle "In a crooked mirror", which consists of the films "Holidays" (1983), "European Vacations" (1985), "Hello, Santa Claus!" (1989) and "Holidays in Vegas" (1997). In it, he played Clarke Griswold. A lot of popularity was added by the "Fletch" diology, in which the main role was played by Chevy Chase. The filmography of the actor will be incomplete if we do not mention such comedies as "Funny Farm", "Three Amigo", "Spies like Us", "Fuck off!", "Who's in the House".

Events on the set

In 1981 Chevy Chase took part in the filming of "Contemporary Problems". Max Fielder, a loser and a loser, pours a toxic truck through a toxic mud. The next morning the protagonist of the film wakes up with the abilities to telekinesis and becomes another American "Batman". According to the scenario, Max Fielder flies across the sky and flashing desperately as a plane with lights, asks for a landing. During the filming of the episode of this comedy with Chevy Chase in the title role, the actor was struck by electric shock due to the closure of wires fixed to the body. He lost consciousness and was hospitalized. After this incident Chevy Chase some time overpowered the depression.

The last great role

Chevy Chase, whose films were very popular in the eighties, starred in 1992 in a new mystical comedy, "Confessions of the Invisible Man." The director of this tape was John Carpenter. The script was built on the book of the same name by C.F.Saint. The plot was uncomplicated and in some ways "perepeval" novel of Herbert Wells. Chevy Chase played in this comedy the main role of stockbroker Nick Halloway. Having slumbered at work, he spills coffee on a computer keyboard, which causes a short circuit and ... mystical invisibility. He is hunted by a CIA agent Jenkins (played by Sam Nill). After the trials of the invisible man, the hero of Chase finds shelter in his friend's country house. After the favorite girl Alice Monroe (Hannah Daryl) arrives there and Richard is hustling behind her, Nick decided to "prove himself". The ubiquitous CIA agent attacks the invisibility track. But Nick gets rid of the pursuer, after which, according to mandatory for comedies happy ending, happily settles with his beloved in the mountains.

Sunset of the star

After the "Confession of the Invisible Man" films with Chevy Chase no longer caused such enthusiastic reviews of film critics and such success with the audience as the ribbons of the eighties. The actor moved on to second roles, and then began shooting episodically. However, he still wrote scripts for the TV show and made scoring cartoons (in particular, "Pharaohs and Robbersons", where he gave the voice to Norman). Sometimes his name is not even indicated in the credits. Of the roles played in the 2000s, it is worth mentioning a policeman in One-Hand Bandit, Tom Brandston in the Snowy Day, Harbert's director in The Land of the Cranks, Paul Parmezan in the Husband's Hire. At the end of a career, the actor again tries himself on TV shows. In particular, from 2009 to 2013 he appears in the "Community" in the role of Pierce Hawthorne.

Personal life

Unlike many Hollywood stars, the actor Chevy Chase does not shock anyone either with his sexual orientation, with loud divorce or secret betrayal. In his youth he was married several times. The first marriage with Susan Hewitt did not last long, from February 1973 to January 1976. A bachelor to stay an actor had a little bit: already in December, he led by the wreath Jacqueline Carlin. But the marriage with her also lasted only four years. This time, the actor chose his wife more carefully. Only in June 1982 he signed with Janey Chase. Marriage suffered the test of time. The couple had three daughters: Sidney Kathleen (1983), Kali Lee (1985) and Evelyn Emily (1988). Chevy Chase, whose photo rarely appears on the pages of magazines about the personal life of film actors, is known as a good family man and is not going to divorce his wife.

Recent work and plans

The actor is strenuously removed in serials ("Brothers and Sisters", "Law and Order", "Chuck"), voices cartoons ("Griffins", "Dhugal"). But Chevy Chase, a movie with the participation of which collected cash in several million dollars in the 80's, is not going to refuse filming in the movies. In the past year, there were two tapes at once: "The Sick of Love" and "Time Machine in the Jacuzzi 2".

Unexpected discovery for the public was a remake of "Holidays". In it, Chevy Chase plays all the same Clark Griswold, the aged father of the family. But the protagonist is not he, but his son, who inherited from his father an amazing ability to get into all sorts of troubles. For a month of renting in the United States, the comedy film has managed to raise fifty-two million dollars. But, as critics say , it was a tribute to the former glory of the actor. After Chevy Chase, four streets are named in American cities: Cochrantone (Pennsylvania), New Orleans (Louisiana), Bray (California) and Port Charlotte (Florida).