played Rebel Force Major Derlin in ESB
he was born on April 6th 1947
his most recognizable role is “Cliff” from Cheers
he is the only actor to voice a character in all the Pixar movies - Toy Story (1, 2 & 3), A Bug’s Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatoullie, Up, Wall-E
Interesting Tidbit: The trading card for his Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) character, Bren Derlin, says that “At the Mos Eisley Cantina, everybody knows his name.” Derlin is never seen in the Mos Eisley Cantina. This is an inside joke about his character Cliff Clavin the mailman, who frequents Cheers, “where everybody knows your name”
From Wookieepedia --
In the Star Wars Customizable Card Game, Derlin's card notes "At the Mos Eisley Cantina, everybody knows his name." The line is a reference to the theme song of Cheers, in which Ratzenberger appeared as "Cliff Clavin."
I already knew that John Ratzenberger was in ESB, but I found the quote from the trading card interesting. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a scan of it.
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Arrgh! Curses! Foiled again. Actually I've only been foiled once, but now I've got to change my post for May 28th.
In spite of you scooping me on John Ratzenberger, I'm enjoying your Empire posts.
Wow! I never knew 'Cliff' was in ESB.
Ok, now that is cool trivia! Thanks!
Hey John, I didn't mean to scoop you. I think you should go ahaed with your post. It's probably more in-depth than mine.
Great bit of trivia about the King of trivial trivia.
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