Johnny Kassir (born October 24, 1957 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian who has been active in many facets of entertainment since 1984. During Ed McMahon's original Star Search Kassir had beaten Sinbad in the talent competition. October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: BELIEVE (formerly The City That Reads) Nickname: Charm City Location in Maryland Founded  -Incorporated 30 July 1729 1797  County Independent city Mayor Martin J. OMalley (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 349. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animation (including animated feature films, television series, animated shorts), radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... A comedian (also comedienne, female) is a person who attempts to make people laugh through a variety of methods, normally through joke telling, or a stream of funny banter. ... Ed McMahon (born Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. ... Star Search was a television show from 1983 to 1995 hosted by Ed McMahon. ... Sinbad is the name used by an actor and stand-up comedian from the United States of America, born November 10, 1956 as David Adkins in Benton Harbor, Michigan. ...

Kassir's live action credits include sketch-acting on The Amanda Show and a portrayal of Shemp Howard in a biopic about the Three Stooges. The Amanda Show was a live-action comedy-variety show on the Nickelodeon TV channel. ... Samuel Shemp Howard / (Horwitz) (March 17, 1895 – November 22, 1955) was part of the Three Stooges comedy team. ... The Three Stooges was an American comedy act in the 20th century. ...

More recently John has specialized in voice-over work for animation, video games, and other productions. Notable in this regard has been his reading the roles of Raymundo on Rocket Power, and of the Crypt Keeper on Tales from the Crypt. A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... This article is about the animated cartoon series Rocket Power. ... Tales from the Crypt was a horror anthology TV series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO. It was based on the 1950s EC Comics series of the same name. ...

External link

• John Kassir's IMDB page