Jeff Doucette

Jeff Doucette

Jeff Doucette (born November 25, 1947) is an American television and film actor. Doucette has appeared in over 92 films and television series which include Splash, All The Way, The Dentist 2, Desperate Housewives, Weird Science, and Newhart. He has been used as a voice actor in a number of animated movies. Doucette grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the second of eight children from Elizabeth (Betty Andres) Doucette and William (Bill) Doucette. He attended Marquette University High School, and then went on to college at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois, where he became the first Theater Major and helped build the theater and the theater program, He went on to graduate school for Theater at Northern Illinois University. In 1974, he moved to Chicago and joined the Second City Touring Company, met his future comedy partner Ernst Emling, and formed the comedy team of Jeff and Ernst. Within two months they were signed by William Morris Agency and touring the country with legendary folk singer, Bob Gibson, and opening in larger venues for acts like Barry Manilow and The Spinners. In 1976 they moved to Los Angeles, and joined other young comics including Freddie Prinze, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Richard Lewis, Robin Williams, Michael Keaton, Jim Varney, and Andy Kaufman in building the foundation for the comedy boom of the 1980s. After many appearances on variety and talk shows, in 1977 they made their first appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

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