Tuesday, March 6, 2018

The Blues Brothers (1980): Where are They Now?



The Blues Brothers (1980): Where are They Now?

Most but not all actors listed (I stopped at Steven Spielberg for now due to his large number of active credits). Info derived from imdb. Only works 2015 and later being tracked. e=episode/s, VG=video game, nd=no date

John Belushi ('Joliet' Jake Blues): died in 1982.
Dan Aykroyd (Elwood Blues): in Workin' Moms (2e 2017-2018), Ghostbusters (2016; also Executive Producer), Pixels (2015), Dino Hunt Canada (4e 2015); Defend, Conserve, Protect (nd) in post-production; as Producer, announced: Untitled Ghostbusters Project (nd); as Executive Producer, announced: Blues Brothers (unknown e nd); as Self: Extra (2e 2016-2017), Entertainment Tonight (1e 2017), Ok! TV (1e 2017), C à vous (1e 2017), The World Without Canada (3e 2017), Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2017), Good Fortune (2016), Ghostheads (2016), Inside Edition (2e 2016), Jay Leno's Garage (1e 2016), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1e 2016), I Am Chris Farley (2015), AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steve Martin (2015), The Insider (2e 2015), Inside Comedy (1e 2015), Being Canadian (2015), Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015), Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Red Carpet Special (2015).
James Brown (Reverend Cleophus James): died in 2006.
Cab Calloway (Curtis): died in 1994.
Ray Charles (Ray): died in 2004.
Aretha Franklin (Mrs. Murphy): last known acting role in 1998; as Self: Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017), Amazing Grace (2016), 2016 Election Night Viewing Party (2016), The Insider (2e 2016), Jazz at the White House (2016), Gotta Keep Dreamin (2016), The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2015), The Meredith Vieira Show (1e 2015), Late Night with Seth Meyers (1e 2015), The Robert MacNeil Report (1e 2015), Festival of Families (2015), MSNBC Live (1e 2015), The Talk (1e 2015), The Gospel Tradition: In Performance at the White House (2015).

As Himself:
Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper: last known acting role in 2013; as Self: CBS This Morning: Saturday (1e 2017), Nashville Cats: Tony Jackson (2016), Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (1e 2016), Unsung (1e 2015), Mavis! (1e 2015).
Donald 'Duck' Dunn: died in 2012.
Murphy 'Murph' Dunne: in Pretty Little Liars (1e 2017), Inheritance (2017), Baskets (1e 2016), The Final Show (2016), Veep (1e 2016).
Willie 'Too Big' Hall: last known acting role in 2006 but Dig That, Zeebo Newton (2017 in post-production); as Self in 2013.
Tom 'Bones' Malone: in A Very Murray Christmas (2015; also Musical Arranger); as Musician: The 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2015), Late Show with David Letterman (1e 2015; also Musical Arrangement/Self).
'Blue Lou' Marini: last known acting role in 2000; as Musician in 2010; as Self: Zappa U (2017).
Matt 'Guitar' Murphy: last known acting role in 2013, then 1998 before that.
Alan 'Mr. Fabulous' Rubin: died in 2011.

Carrie Fisher (Mystery Woman): died in 2016; in Family Guy (5e 2015-2017), Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017), Catastrophe (5e 2015-2017), Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016 VG), Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (1e 2016), Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015); Wonderwell (2018) in post-production; as Self: Parenting for Idiots (1e 2017), Urban Myths (1e 2017), 8 Out of 10 Cats (1e 2016), The Graham Norton Show (2e 2015-2016), Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (3e 2015-2016), The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1e 2016), Today (2e 2015-2016), Richard E. Grant on Ealing Comedies (1e 2016), The Last Leg (1e 2016), Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens: The Story Awakens - The Table Read (2016), The Force Awakens: Force for Change (2016), Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey (2016), Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell (1e 2016), Live! With Kelly and Michael (2e 2015-2016), The EE British Academy Film Awards (2016), Coked Up! (2016), The Insider (2e 2015), 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2015), Access Hollywood (2e 2015), Extra (2e 2015), Conan (1e 2015), BuzzFeedVideo (1e 2015), Entertainment Tonight (2e 2015), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1e 2015), Star Wars: The Force Awakens World Premiere Red Carpet (1e 2015), Crackanory (1e 2015), Good Morning America (1e 2015), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1e 2015), Star Wars Celebration Live Anaheim 2015 (1e 2015), The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015).
Henry Gibson (Head Nazi): died in 2009.
John Candy (Burton Mercer): died in 1994.
Kathleen Freeman (Sister Mary Stigmata a.k.a. The Penguin): died in 2001.
Steve Lawrence (Maury Sline): last known acting role in 2014; as Self: The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special (2017).
Twiggy (Chic Lady): last known acting role in 2005; as Self: Harry Hill's Tea Time (1e 2018), My Generation (2017), Good Morning Britain (1e 2017), The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One (2015).
Frank Oz (Corrections Officer): in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017), Star Wars Rebels (2e 2014-2016), The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015), Inside Out (2015); as Director/Self: Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched (2017): as Executive Producer: Muscle (2016); as Self: Live from the Red Carpet of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), StarTalk (1e 2017), Piper's Picks TV (1e 2015), Star Wars: The Force Awakens World Premiere Red Carpet (2015), In Their Own Words (1e 2015), AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steve Martin (2015).
Jeff Morris (Bob): died in 2004.
Charles Napier (Tucker McElroy): died in 2011.
Steven Williams (Trooper Mount): in The Chi (9e 2018), One Mississippi (2e 2017), It (2017), Training Day (1e 2017), The Stakelander (2016), Supernatural (1e 2016), The Trust (2016), Street Credit (2016), Minority Report (2e 2015), The Leftovers (6e 2015), iZombie (1e 2015), Chicago P.D. (1e 2015), Bones (1e 2015), My Favorite Five (2015), Del Weston on Film (1e 2015), Fifty and Over Club (2015); Glass Jaw (nd) in post-production; Emerald Run (2017) filming; Don't Let Them In (nd) in pre-production. As Self: 6th NAFCA Annual Show, Stakelander: The Making of Stake Land II (2017).
Armand Cerami (Trooper Daniel): last known acting role in 1988.
Tom Erhart (Prison Guard): died in 1996.
Gerald Walling SJ (Prison Guard): died in 2011.
Walter Levine (Prison Guard): last known acting role in 1998.
Alonzo Atkins (Choirmaster): no other known acting roles.
Chaka Khan (Choir Soloist): last known acting role in 2006 but Revival! (2017) in post-production; as Self: Taraji's White Hot Holidays (2017), RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (1e 2017), Pitch Battle (2e 2017), Jools's Hootenanny (2016), FOMO Feat Chaka Khan House Of Love DJ Sneak Remix (2016), Dancing with the Stars (3e 2015), Good Morning America (2e 2015), Late Show with David Letterman (1e 2015), International Jazz Day (2015).
Stephen Bishop (Charming Trooper): last known acting role in 2010, then 1992 before that; as Self: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1e 2016), Wendy: The Wendy Williams Show (1e 2015), Rock N' Roll Stories (1e 2015).
John Landis (Trooper La Fong): in Tales of Halloween (2015); I Hate Kids (nd; also Executive Producer) in post-production; as Executive Producer: The Last Kill (2015); as Executive Producer, announced: An American Werewolf in London (nd); as Self: 74th Venice Film Festival Awards Ceremony (2017), King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2017), Días de cine (1e 2016), Sidemen: Long Road to Glory (2016), Le complexe de Frankenstein (2015), The 1st Annual Carney Awards (2015), In Their Own Words (1e 2015), National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015); as Self, completed: How 2 Make a Film: Billion $ Weekend (2015); as Self, post-production: Into the Dark: Exploring the Horror Film (nd), Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2018); as Self, filming: How to Sell a Film (nd).
Kristi Oleson (Toys 'R Us Saleswoman): no other known acting roles.
Gary McLarty (Toys 'R Us Customer): died in 2014.
Joe Cuttone (Lloyd): no other known acting roles.
Layne Britton (The Cheese Whiz): died in 1993.
Toni Fleming (Mrs. Tarantino): last known acting role in 1993.
Judith Belushi-Pisano (Cocktail Waitress): in All Downhill from Here (2e 2016); last previous known acting role in 1984; as Executive Producer, announced: Blues Brothers (unknown e 2018).
Rosie Shuster (Cocktail Waitress): last known acting role in 1986, as Writer in 1998, as Story Editor in 1998, as Producer in 1991, as Self in 2011; as Self, post-production: The Girl in the Show (2017), Love Gilda (2018).
Paul Reubens (Waiter): in Mosaic (7e 2017-2018), Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (3e 2015-2017), Minecraft: Story Mode - Season 2 (2017 VG), Wilson's Heart (2017 VG), The Purple Dragons (unknown e 2017),  Gotham (3e 2016-2017), Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2016 VG), Pickle and Peanut (2e 2015-2016), American Dad! (1e 2016), Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016; also Writer/Producer), The Blacklist (3e 2015), Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship (2015), Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series (2015 VG), Turbo FAST (1e 2015), Portlandia (1e 2015), Nailed! (2015); as Self: Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf (2e 2016), Gigglefudge, U.S.A. (2016), Conan (1e 2016), Today (2e 2016), Late Night with Seth Meyers (1e 2016), Live! With Kelly and Michael (1e 2016), Dish Nation (1e 2016), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1e 2016), Entertainment Tonight (1e 2016), Face Off (1e 2016).
Ben Piazza (Father): died in 1991.
Gwen Banta (Mother): last known acting role in 2005, as Self in 2012.
Lari Taylor (Daughter #1): no other known acting roles.
Cindy Fisher (Daughter #2): last known acting role in 1987.
Elizabeth Hoy (Daughter #3): last known acting role in 1984.
Tony M. Conde (Sommelier): no known subsequent acting roles.
Eugene J. Anthony (Gruppenfuehrer): known acting role in 1993.
Dean Hill (Nazi): in Other People's Heads (2016).
Gary Houston (Nazi): in Game Day (2017), Princess Cyd (2017), Chicago Justice (1e 2017), Medal of Victory (2016), Consumed (2015), Uncle John (2015), Shameless (1e 2015); Slice (2018) in post-production.
Jack Orend (Nazi): last known acting role in 2007.
Gene Schuldt (Nazi): only known subsequent acting role in 2008.
Charles Mountain (Cop): died in 1980.
John Lee Hooker (Street Slim): died in 2001.
Walter Horton (Tampa Pete): died in 1981.
Pinetop Perkins (Luther Jackson): died in 2011.
Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith (Drums): died in 2011.
Luther 'Guitar Jr.' Johnson (Guitar): no other known acting roles.
Calvin 'Fuzz' Jones (Bass): no other known acting roles.
Carolyn Franklin (Soul Food Chorus): died in 1988.
Brenda Bryant Corbett (Soul Food Chorus): last known acting role in 1988.
Margaret Branch (Soul Food Chorus): no other known acting roles.
De'voreaux White (Young Guitar Thief): last known acting role in 2014.
Sheilah Wells (Claire): only known subsequent acting role in 1990, as Self in 2002; as Self-post-production: Sebring (2018).
Lou Perryman (Man at Bar): died in 2009.
Stan Mazin (Drunk Dancer): last known acting role in 2011.
The Good Ole Boys
Russ Bruzek: last known acting role in 2014 but Miranda's Lullaby (2012) completed.
Blair Burrows: no known subsequent acting roles; as Stunts in 1998.
Jack Callahan: last known acting role in 2002.
Gene Janson: died in 2006.
Gil Pearson: last known acting role in 1999.
Orphans:
Aaron Jais: no other known acting roles.
Lemetrius Daniels: last known acting role in 1983.
Jeff Cahill: died in 2013.
Curt Clendenin: in Beta (2017; also Art Pieces), Bloody Bobby (2016; also Personal Assistant/Co-Producer/Makeup Trainee/Set Decorations), The Man in the Silo (2016; also Assistant to Production Designer); Black Pumpkin (2018; also Associate Producer) in pre-production; as Production Assistant/Self, filming: Kaufman Lives (nd); as Executive Producer/Co-Producer/Collaborating Director/Editor/Co-Writer/Camera Operator/Animator/Composer/Digital Effects/Sound Editor: The Jake Koffman Variety Show: Honor Your Truth (2015); as Self: Forgotten Tales (1e 2016).
Steve Cruz: no other known acting roles.
Leonard Daniels: no known subsequent acting roles.
Sean Hayden: last known acting role in 1980.
Babatunde Myers: no other known acting roles.
Gary Patzik: no other known acting roles.
J. Bernard Walton: no other known acting roles.
Butch Williams: no other known acting roles.
Wally Engelhardt (Gas Station Owner): died in 1991.
Michael Klenfner (Clarion Records' President): died in 2009.
Ralph Foody (Police Dispatcher): died in 1999.
Leonard R. Garner Jr. (Lobby Guard #1): in Rub the Speed (2017), A Craftsman (2017), Mixels (1e 2016), Say Again Your Last (2015); as Director: The Thundermans (4e 2015-2017), Liv and Maddie (6e 2016-2017).
Andrew Goodman (Lobby Guard #2): last known acting role in 1988.
Eddy Donno (SWAT Team Commander): died in 2014.

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