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Cornelius Crane Chase, better known as Chevy Chase
(born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, writer and television
and film actor from Woodstock, New York.  He was
raised in affluence as part of the Crane plumbing
fixture family.

Chase is best known as one of the original cast
members for NBC's Saturday Night Live television
series from 1975 to 1976. Chase was the original
anchor for the Weekend Update segment, which he
began with the catch phrase "I'm Chevy Chase, and
you're not". 

Immediately tagged by the media as the star of the
show, and only signed to the show for one year,
Chase left in 1976 to pursue a career in film. His
earliest major film roles were Foul Play (1978)
and Oh Heavenly Dog (1980).  He followed these
with the more successful 1980 in film|1980's
Caddyshack, 1983 in film|1983's National Lampoon's
Vacation, and 1985 in film|1985's Fletch.

In 1986 in film|1986, Chase joined SNL veterans
Steve Martin and Martin Short in the comedy Three
Amigos|¡Three Amigos!.

Considered a comedy genius in the late 1970s and
1980s, Chase's career took a nosedive in the
1990s.  Few of Chase's subsequent films have been
able to duplicate the critical or commercial
success of his early career, and in 1993 he hosted
a talk show, The Chevy Chase Show, which was
cancelled after five weeks and remains one of the
most notorious failures in the history of
broadcast television: he later appeared in a
Doritos commercial which made humorous reference
to the show.  An arguable low point was a Comedy
Central roast that turned mean-spirited.

1995 in film|1995 saw Chase team up with Farrah
Fawcett and many precocious kids in Man of the
House, which immortalized the YMCA Indian Guides
program.

When he visited Cuba his room was bugged with both
video and audio recording devices says former
Cuban intelligence officer Delfin Fernandez. After
his visit Chase stated, "Socialism works. I think
Cuba can prove that."

On 2005-05-30, Mr. Chase was the keynote speaker
at Princeton University's Class Day, part of
commencement activities for the graduating Class
of 2005.  Though he mentioned that he "left his
written speech on the corner of the bathtub at
home," he spoke for about fifteen minutes about
sense of humor and the perspective on life that it
creates.


==Filmography==
*Walk... Don't Walk (1968) (short subject)
*The Groove Tube (1974) 
*Tunnel Vision (1976)
*Foul Play (1978)
*Oh, Heavenly Dog! (1980)
*Caddyshack (1980)
*Seems Like Old Times (1980)
*Under the Rainbow (1981)
*Modern Problems (1981)
*National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
*Deal of the Century (1983)
*Fletch (1985)
*National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
*Three Amigos (1986)
*The Couch Trip (1988)
*Funny Farm (1988)
*Caddyshack II (1988)
*Fletch Lives (1989)
*National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
*L.A. Story (1991)
*Nothing But Trouble (1991)
*Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
*Hero(1992) (Cameo)
*Last Action Hero (1993) (Cameo)
*A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
*Cops and Robbersons (1994)
*Man of the House (1995)
*National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation (1997)
*Dirty Work (1998)
*The One Arm Bandit (2000) (short subject)
*Snow Day (2000)
*Pete's a Pizza (2001) (short subject) (voice)
*Ellie Parker (2001) (short subject)
*Vacuums (2002)
*Orange County (2002)
*Bad Meat (2003) 
*Bitter Jester (2003) (documentary)
*Rent-a-Husband (2004)
*The Karate Dog (2004) (voice only)
*Goose! (2004)
*Funny Money (2005)
*Ellie Parker (2005)