John Byner
Biography
John Byner is an American comedian, actor and impressionist from New York City who has worked in television and film for decades. He began with appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, where he impersonated Sullivan and John Wayne and sang in the style of Dean Martin and Johnny Mathis. His Dean Martin and Jackie Mason impressions gave voice to the two title characters of the animated series The Ant and the Aardvark. He hosted 22 episodes of the syndicated variety show Something Else in 1970 and 1971 and his own John Byner Comedy Hour in 1972, and he later hosted Bizarre in the 1980s. On television he also took a recurring part in the first season of The Practice and played Detective Donahue on Soap. His film work includes Doc in Stroker Ace (1983) and the voices of Gurgi and Doli in the Disney feature The Black Cauldron (1985).
88years old
Turns 89 on June 28in 259 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 21 years1976 to 1997
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Getting ready for a role
John Byner voiced the title characters of The Ant and the Aardvark using his impressions of Dean Martin and Jackie Mason.
First role
Byner made his first early TV appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, where he mimicked Ed Sullivan among many others.
Beyond film
In 1966, Byner put out a single called "Everybody Do The" on the Pop-Side label. It was a musical spoof of dance crazes.
A first
In 1972, Byner hosted the John Byner Comedy Hour, a show of his own. Bob Einstein played Super Dave Osborne on it, and that character made its first appearance there.
John Byner movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
John Byner made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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John Hurt's page
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Robin Williams's page
Ed Begley Jr.'s page
Jeff Goldblum's page
Richard RichDirector, 1 film, 1985
All films by Richard Rich
Ted BermanDirector, 1 film, 1985
All films by Ted Berman
All films by Robert Kurtzman
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.