Harry Shearer

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Harry Shearer
Born Harry Julius Shearer
December 23, 1943 (1943-12-23) (age 68)
Los Angeles, California California
Spouse Judith Owen (1993–)

Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943, in Los Angeles, California) is an American comedic actor and writer. Shearer is famous for playing the voices of several minor characters for The Simpsons (1989 to present).

Shearer was a child actor. He acted on the Jack Benny radio program.[1]

Shearer was a member of the Credibility Gap comedy group. The radio stations KRLA and later KPPC broadcast the Credibility Gap.[2] He performed on the Pop Chronicles music documentary.[3][4]

Shearer portrayed Derek Smalls in the 1984 comedy movie This is Spinal Tap. Rob Reiner directed this movie.[5]

Shearer speaks the voices for many characters on The Simpsons cartoon. Some of the characters he plays are Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, and Ned Flanders.[6]

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  1. Plume, Kenneth. "Interview with Harry Shearer (Part 1 of 4) – feature – at IGN". Movies.ign.com. http://movies.ign.com/articles/035/035860p1.html. Retrieved 2009-12-28. 
  2. Deming, Mark. "The Credibility Gap > Biography". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p149. Retrieved 2009-12-28. 
  3. Show 34 - Revolt of the Fat Angel: American musicians respond to the British invaders. [Part 2] : UNT Digital Library
  4. E-J — University of North Texas Libraries
  5. Rabin, Nathan. "Harry Shearer | Animation | Interview". The A.V. Club. http://www.avclub.com/articles/harry-shearer,13807/. Retrieved 2009-12-28. 
  6. "Welcome to The Simpsons.com". Thesimpsons.com. http://www.thesimpsons.com/bios/bios_actors_shearer.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-28. 

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