Louie Anderson

Age: 56
Height: 5' 7"

Birth Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Born: Mar. 24th, 1953

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Louie Anderson's Main TV Roles

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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Enjoys butter.
Shortly after the attacks on New York City of 9-11-01, Louie came up with the idea that they do a special NYC police vs. firemen week for the show, the prize money going to the NYPD and FDNY Widow's Fund. Louie put his own personal money to start a pot at the beginning of the week -- $75,000.
In 1981, met comedy legend 'Henny Youngman' (qv), and began writing one-liners for him.
Is the tenth child out of eleven children.
Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 137, pages 2-3. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
In 2000, Anderson was blackmailed by a man threatening to reveal to tabloids that Anderson allegedly approached him in a California casino requesting sexual acts in 1993. Fearing the story would threaten his starring roles in two family-oriented series, Louie initially paid a large amount of extortion money, but when the blackmailer's demands increased, Louie went to the police. The man was arrested and sentenced to 21 months in prison.
When ABC's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire hit the air, Louie thought it would be a good idea to raise the Family Feud jackpot from $10,000 to $20,000. He got his way, and Family Feud's ratings went up as a result. The jackpot had been $10,000 for many years.
"The Real Ghostbusters" (1986) character Dr. Ray Stantz was based on his voice and appearance, Dan Aykroyd's appeal to the occult and technical know-how and John Belushi's comedic delivery.

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