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Danny John-Jules

Daniel (Danny) John-Jules (born in London on September 16, 1960) is a British dancer and actor. He is perhaps best known for playing The Cat (and its alter ego, Duane Dibbley) in Red Dwarf on television and an up-coming film. He got the part of the Cat by turning up an hour late for auditions but being totally unconcerned about this fact. The producers decided that he was cool enough to be the Cat.

On television, he has also played the parts of Barrington in Maid Marian and Her Merry Men and of Milton Wordsworth, one of the magical characters in The Story Makers. In film, he has appeared in Labyrinth, the 1986 version of Little Shop of Horrors, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Blade II.

Before his television and film work he was a dancer, including many productions at West End theatres. He was a member of the original cast of Starlight Express, playing a boxcar, Roxy I. In 1993, he released a song from Red Dwarf, "Tongue Tied", as a single, which got into the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart.


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In 1993, he released a song from Red Dwarf, "Tongue Tied", as a single, which got into the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart. His star is on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6930 Hollywood Boulevard. He was a member of the original cast of Starlight Express, playing a boxcar, Roxy I. In February 2002, he appeared on the animated series The Simpsons (episode DABF07, The Lastest Gun in the West) as the voice of aging Hollywood cowboy legend Buck McCoy. Before his television and film work he was a dancer, including many productions at West End theatres. He played a man who is illiterate and the film called attention to the problem of illiteracy. In film, he has appeared in Labyrinth, the 1986 version of Little Shop of Horrors, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Blade II. Weaver recieved probably the best reviews of his career when he starred in the 1987 film Bluffing It.

On television, he has also played the parts of Barrington in Maid Marian and Her Merry Men and of Milton Wordsworth, one of the magical characters in The Story Makers. In 1983, he played a real estate agent addicted to cocaine in Cocaine: One Man's Seduction. The producers decided that he was cool enough to be the Cat. In 1980, he played Doctor Samuel Mudd, who was unjustly imprisoned for the Lincoln assassination, in The Ordeal Of Doctor Mudd. He got the part of the Cat by turning up an hour late for auditions but being totally unconcerned about this fact. Dennis Weaver has appeared in many acclaimed television films. Daniel (Danny) John-Jules (born in London on September 16, 1960) is a British dancer and actor. He is perhaps best known for playing The Cat (and its alter ego, Duane Dibbley) in Red Dwarf on television and an up-coming film. Poteet in the televsion miniseries Centennial on the episode entitled, The Longhorns.

In 1978, he played the trail boss R.J. From 1973 to 1975, he was president of the Screen Actors Guild. In 1975, he was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. In 1974, he was nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series.

He received two Emmy Award nominations for his role on McCloud. From 1967-1969, he appeared on the television show Gentle Ben as Tom Wedloe. He received an Emmy Award in 1959 for Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series. It was while delivering flowers for one of these jobs that he heard he had landed the role of "Chester" on the new television series Gunsmoke.

Over the next three years, he played roles in a series of movies, but still had to work odd jobs in order to support his family. He made his film debut that same year in the movie The Redhead from Wyoming. In 1952, Winters aided him in getting a contract from Universal Studios. During the start of his acting career, he supported his family by doing a number of odd jobs, including selling vacuum cleaners, tricycles and women's hosiery.

Solidifying his choice to become an actor, Weaver entrolled in the Actor's Studio, where he met Shelley Winters. His first role on Broadway came as understudy to Chapman as "Turk Fisher" in Come Back, Little Sheba. He eventually took over the role from Chapman in the national touring company. After he failed to make the team, his college friend Lonny Chapman convinced him to come to New York to try his hand at acting. In 1948, he tried out for the US Olympic team to compete in the decathlon.

In 1945, he married Gerry Stowell, with whom he had three children. He served as pilot in the US Navy during the Second World War. He attended the University of Oklahoma, where he was a track star. He was in born in Joplin, Missouri.

June 4, 1924) is an American television actor, best known for his role as Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama McCloud which ran from 1970 to 1977. Dennis Weaver (b.