Where Are They Now - Friday, May 27, 2016
Hello fans,
Marc Price is best known for his role as "Skippy" on the hit show Family Ties. Apparently, he is quite the comedian these days. Find out more about this sitcom star turned standup.
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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Joanna Lumley: British actress, played Patsy Stone in the TV series "Absolutely Fabulous"
Earl Holliman: He co-starred in the TV series "Police Woman", he appeared in "The Forbidden Planet", "Don't Go Near the Water", "The Sons of Katie Elder" and other movies
John Sturges: Director known for his actions movies of the 1950s and 1960s, including "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral", "The Magnificent Seven", "Ice Station Zebra", and "The Great Escape"
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Marc Price
Learn More About Marc Price on Celebrity Nooz
BIRTH DATE: February 23, 1968, New Jersey
CLAIM TO FAME: He is known for his role as Erwin "Skippy" Handleman on Family Ties.
FAMILY LIFE: No info found.
NICKNAME: Skippy
INFO: Price got his start as a standup comedian and actor, with guest appearances on Archie Bunker's Place and One Day at a Time. His big break came when he won the role of Skippy on the hit 1980s NBC sitcom Family Ties.
He went on to become the host of Disney Channel's Teen Win, Lose or Draw, and appear in the films Trick or Treat with Ozzy Osbourne and Touchstone's The Rescue, with Kevin Dillon.
He was the executive producer of his own special for The Disney Channel, and produced segments for Real TV, Ricki Lake and Inside Edition. Marc also co-created and developed the sitcom Some Like it Hotter, wrote, produced, and co-hosted Athens On Location From Sprint at the Greece Summer 2004 Olympics for NBC; and produced Endemol's live series Midnight Money Madness for TBS in 2006.
TRIVIA: Son of Al Bernie, a stand up comic.
Was the producer/developer/originator of Star Dates, a reality dating show that ran for two seasons on E!
Produced and directed Food Network's first hidden-camera comedy special, You're Cooked!, featuring Todd Glass.
Was the executive producer for 65 episodes of National Lampoon's Funny Money for GSN and 2 one-hour Comedians Unleashed specials for Animal Planet.
In September 2013, Price began appearing occasionally on Fox Sports Live with Jay and Dan on Fox Sports.
Price was the co-executive producer and creator of a special on Showtime called Green Collar Comedy. He has also done stand-up as an opening act for Jay Leno and Jerry Seinfeld, and toured with Carrot Top and Weird Al Yankovic. He toured the US with Playboy Playmate Julie McCullough from Growing Pains, on the Beauty and the Dweeb Tour.
Price has also sampled some new media, including working with legendary Improv owner Budd Friedman on the comedy website www.iJoke.com. He also produces online video for Reuters TV.
WHERE IS HE NOW: Works primarily as a standup comic and recently worked with actress/comedian Marsha Warfield for the Legends of Sitcom Tour.
WRITE TO MARC PRICE: Sorry, no address found.
CREDITS:
2016 Wig'd Out...Chip Winkleton
2013 The Moon & The Starr...Marc Price
2004 Athens on Location (TV series)...Host
1993 Little Devils: The Birth...Ed Reid
1992 Killer Tomatoes Eat France!...Michael
1992 Hearts Are Wild (TV series)...Billy Barnes
1990 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)...Chris Derby
All That Glitters
1989 Class Cruise (TV movie)...Arnold Guy
1982-1989 Family Ties (TV series)...Irwin 'Skippy' Handelman
1989 Teen Win, Lose or Draw (TV series)...Host
1988 The Rescue...Max Rothman
1987 Hotel (TV series)...Alan Hewitt
Fatal Attraction
1986 Combat High (TV movie)...Felix Long, Jr.
1986 Trick or Treat...Eddie Weinbauer
1985 The Zoo Gang...Val
1983 Condo (TV series)...Billy Kirkridge
1982 Archie Bunker's Place (TV series)...Comedian Kid
Break a Leg, Stephanie
1982 One Day at a Time (TV series)...Jeff
Mrs. O'Leary's Kid
1980 Juliet Bravo (TV series)...Kenny Nicholas
Coins
To see Then & Now pictures of Marc Price, visit: Celebrity Nooz
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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Joanna Lumley - ALIVE
Born: 05/01/1946
Earl Holliman - ALIVE
Born: 09/11/1928
John Sturges - DEAD (Heart attack)
Born: 01/03/1911 Died: 08/18/1992
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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
5/26
Loris Francesco Capovilla, 100, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.
Ted Dumitru, 76, Romanian football manager (Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, New York Apollo), heart attack.
Hedy Epstein, 91, German-born American Holocaust survivor and political activist (International Solidarity Movement).
Marcus Gordon, 84, American state judge, complications from a fall.
Arturo Pomar Salamanca, 84, Spanish chess grandmaster.
Coe Swobe, 87, American politician, member of the Nevada Senate (1966-1974)
5/25
Giacomo Barabino, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo (1988-2004).
Neil Cunningham, 52, New Zealand racing driver and stuntman (Top Gear), motor neuron disease.
Nancy Dow, 79, American actress and model.
Ian Gibson, 73, Scottish footballer (Cardiff City, Coventry City, Middlesbrough).
Gyula Kosice, 92, Czechoslovakian-born Argentine poet and sculptor.
Ku Chin-shui, 56, Taiwanese decathlete, plasma cell leukemia.
Peggy Spencer, 95, British dancer.
József Tempfli, 85, Romanian-Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Oradea Mare (1990-2008).
Yang Jiang, 104, Chinese playwright, author and translator.
5/24
Lewis Fiander, 78, Australian actor, stroke.
Buck Kartalian, 93, American actor (Planet of the Apes, Cool Hand Luke, The Rock).
Malik Iqbal Mehdi Khan, 64, Pakistani politician, MP (since 2013), liver disease.
Burt Kwouk, 85, British actor (The Pink Panther, Last of the Summer Wine, Goldfinger).
Mell Lazarus, 89, American cartoonist (Miss Peach, Momma).
Anne-Marie Nzié, 84, Cameroonian singer.
Berend Jan Udink, 90, Dutch politician and CEO.
5/23
Nurjahan Begum, 90, Bangladeshi journalist.
John Brophy, 83, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Birmingham Bulls, Toronto Maple Leafs, Hampton Roads Admirals), namesake of John Brophy Award.
Joe Fleishaker, 62, American actor (Troma Entertainment, Late Show with David Letterman), heart attack.
Vera Henriksen, 89, Norwegian writer.
Richard Marcotte, 69, Canadian politician, Mayor of Mascouche (1992-2012), cancer.
Zdenek Mézl, 81, Czech print-maker.
Arne Sandnes, 92, Norwegian politician.
Soita Shitanda, 56, Kenyan politician, MP from Malava (since 1997)