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The World According to Allee Willis
2024
Paul Reubens
Acting
Born August 27, 1952Died July 30, 2023Peekskill, New York, USA
Biography
Paul Reubens (August 27, 1952 – July 30, 2023) was an American actor, writer, film producer, game show host, and comedian, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor. In 1982 he began appearing in a show about a character he had been developing for years. The show, called The Pee-wee Herman Show, ran for five sold-out months, and HBO produced a successful special about it. Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and, for the next decade, Reubens was completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee. His feature film Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), directed by the then-unknown Tim Burton, was a financial and critical success and soon developed into a cult film. Its sequel, Big Top Pee-wee (1988), was less successful. Between 1986 and 1990, Reubens starred as Pee-wee in the CBS Saturday-morning children's program Pee-wee's Playhouse.
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DEVO
2024
6.7
Quiz Lady
2023
0.0
The Crown with a Shadow
2021
6.8
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
1.0
Gigglefudge USA!
2016
6.1
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
7.4
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
2015
4.3
Accidental Love
2015
7.5
Above and Beyond
2015
6.5
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Batman Be-Leaguered
2014
6.8
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
2014
8.2
Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace
2013
5.9
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
2013
5.7
The Smurfs 2
2013
7.9
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
2013
6.8
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
7.5
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
2012
7.3
Beauty Is Embarrassing
2012
5.8
The Smurfs
2011
7.3
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
2011
6.7
The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway
2011
5.9
Life During Wartime
2010
0.0
Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
2010
5.8
Reno 911!: Miami
2007
6.7
Area 57
2007
6.4
Re-Animated
2006
4.9
The Tripper
2006
6.1
Teacher's Pet
2004
5.0
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
6.8
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003
6.4
Overnight
2003
6.0
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002
6.0
The Groovenians
2002
7.4
Blow
2001
4.6
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
5.9
Mystery Men
1999
5.7
Doctor Dolittle
1998
6.2
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
5.0
Buddy
1997
7.2
Matilda
1996
5.4
Dunston Checks In
1996
7.8
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
5.6
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
7.0
Batman Returns
1992
6.0
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
10.0
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
1989
7.2
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
7.1
Moonwalker
1988
6.8
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
5.0
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
7.0
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987
5.9
Back to the Beach
1987
7.0
Flight of the Navigator
1986
All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular
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All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular
1985
6.5
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
4.0
Meatballs: Part II
1984
5.2
Pinocchio
1984
2.8
Cheeseball Presents
1984
2.8
Cheeseball Presents
1984
7.0
The Paragon of Comedy
1983
Likely Stories Vol. 2
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Likely Stories Vol. 2
1983
0.0
Lily for President?
1982
4.8
Pandemonium
1982
0.0
Twilight Theatre
1982
Dream on!
10.0
Dream on!
1981
7.4
The Pee-wee Herman Show
1981
5.8
Nice Dreams
1981
6.0
All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special
1980
5.9
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980
7.7
The Blues Brothers
1980
5.5
Pray TV
1980
7.0
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
5.8
Midnight Madness
1980
7.0
School, Girls, and You!
1978
7.0
A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts
1975
6.1
The Brotherhood
1968
0.0
Twilight Park
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Tim Burton: Life in the Line
7.9
Pee-wee as Himself
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Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
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The Holiday Movies That Made Us
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What We Do in the Shadows
8.3
Minecraft: Story Mode
7.0
The Conners
6.5
Mosaic
5.8
To Tell the Truth
5.8
To Tell the Truth
7.2
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
7.2
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
7.2
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
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Star Wars Rebels
7.6
Gotham
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
7.6
The Blacklist
6.4
Comedy Bang! Bang!
7.6
TRON: Uprising
7.4
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
6.9
Portlandia
7.8
Bob's Burgers
7.2
Conan
8.5
Adventure Time
3.3
The Jay Leno Show
7.6
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
8.2
Chowder
7.9
Pushing Daisies
7.2
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
6.7
Dirt
7.5
30 Rock
4.2
Campus Ladies
6.8
Hopeless Pictures
7.0
American Dad!
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American Dad!
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Tom Goes to the Mayor
5.9
Best Week Ever
7.3
Reno 911!
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The Groovenians
You Don't Know Jack
9.5
You Don't Know Jack
6.5
Ally McBeal
6.8
Everybody Loves Raymond
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
5.3
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
6.5
Murphy Brown
10.0
Dolly
7.2
Pee-wee's Playhouse
6.9
227
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MTV Video Music Awards
7.9
Madame's Place
8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
7.3
The Flintstone Comedy Show
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The Frankenstones
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Working Stiffs
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Mork & Mindy
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Saturday Night Live
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Saturday Night Live
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Saturday Night Live
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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