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'''Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase''' is an American Emmy Award-winning comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', where his Weekend Update skit quickly became a staple of the show. Chase is also well known for his portrayal of the character [[Clark Griswold]] in four National Lampoon's ''Vacation'' films. In addition to his numerous movie roles, he has hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show, ''The Chevy Chase Show''. He currently stars in the NBC sitcom ''Community'' with Joel McHale, and was recently seen in ''Hot Tub Time Machine''.
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'''Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase''' is an American Emmy Award-winning comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', where his Weekend Update skit quickly became a staple of the show. Chase is also well known for his portrayal of the character [[Clark Griswold]] in four National Lampoon's ''Vacation'' films. In addition to his numerous movie roles, he has hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show, ''[[The Chevy Chase Show]]''. He currently stars in the [[NBC]] sitcom ''Community'' with Joel McHale, and was recently seen in ''Hot Tub Time Machine''.
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He appeared in "[[Mr. Saturday Knight]]", where he was voiced by [[Fred Tatasciore]].
   
 
A clip of his short-lived [[The Chevy Chase Show|late night talk show]] was seen during "[[Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure]]"'s ''[[24]]''-style opening.
 
A clip of his short-lived [[The Chevy Chase Show|late night talk show]] was seen during "[[Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure]]"'s ''[[24]]''-style opening.

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Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase is an American Emmy Award-winning comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live, where his Weekend Update skit quickly became a staple of the show. Chase is also well known for his portrayal of the character Clark Griswold in four National Lampoon's Vacation films. In addition to his numerous movie roles, he has hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show, The Chevy Chase Show. He currently stars in the NBC sitcom Community with Joel McHale, and was recently seen in Hot Tub Time Machine.

He appeared in "Mr. Saturday Knight", where he was voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

A clip of his short-lived late night talk show was seen during "Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure"'s 24-style opening.

As seen in Meet the Quagmires, Chase would be the host of The Tonight Show as of 2007 if Peter Griffin did not marry his wife Lois. Ed McMahon would be his sidekick.

He reprises his role as Clark Griswold in Blue Harvest.

Chase also voices a younger-looking version of himself with Dan Aykroyd in "Spies Reminiscent of Us", where he and Aykroyd were appointed spies by Ronald Reagan.