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Michael O'Donoghue

Screenwriter / Comedian / Actor / Author / Journalist / Film Director | * 01/05/1940 († 54, 11/08/1994) | Sauquoit, New York (United States of America (USA))
Michael O'Donoghue (January 5, 1940 – November 8, 1994) was an American writer and performer. He was known for his dark and destructive style of comedy and humor, and was a major contributor to National Lampoon magazine. He was the first head writer of Saturday Night Live and the first performer to deliver a line on the series. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Animation

Known for these Movies & Shows

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing staff member Eliot Loudermilk on Christmas Ev ...

Scrooged

PG-13

1988 | 3.4/5 | 1h 41min
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
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Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress. ...

Manhattan

R

1979 | 3.9/5 | 1h 36min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution". In the t ...

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

R

1979 | 2.4/5 | 1h 15min
Comedy
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A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying ...

Saturday Night Live

TV-14

1975- | 3.5/5 | 1h 7min per episode
Comedy, News
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Movies with Michael O'Donoghue as Actor(6)

as Priest1988 Scrooged
as Cardinal Mervin1988 The Suicide Club
as Reporter1987 Wall Street
as Scott Dantley1985 Head Office
as Mr. Mike1979 Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
as Dennis1979 Manhattan

TV Shows/Series with Michael O'Donoghue as Actor(4)

as Self - Impressionist1975 Saturday Night Live
as Various (archive footage)1975 Saturday Night Live
as Announcer / Extra / Self1975 Saturday Night Live
as Mr. Mike (uncredited)1975 Saturday Night Live

Movies with Michael O'Donoghue as Crew(12)

Writing/Writer2005 Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found
Writing/Writer2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Writing/Writer1992 The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Writing/Writer1988 Scrooged
Production/Executive Producer1984 Single Bars, Single Women
Writing/Writer1980 Gilda Live
Directing/Director1979 Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Writing/Writer1979 Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Writing/Writer1978 The Things We Did Last Summer
Writing/Writer1975 Tarzoon Shame of the Jungle
Writing/Screenplay1972 Savages
Writing/Writer1971 Dynamite Chicken

TV Shows/Series with Michael O'Donoghue as Crew(1)

Writing/Writer1975 Saturday Night Live

Full Name: Michael O'Donoghue
Born: Friday, 01/05 1940 (January) in Sauquoit, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 11/08 1994 (November) in New York City (aged: 54)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Michael O'Donoghue (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Michael 'Bud' O'Donoghue"
"Mr. Mike"
"Michael Henry Donohue"
"Michael O’Donoghue"
Michael O'Donoghue frequently works together with these people:
Andy Samberg (29x, Actor)
Bill Hader (21x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (18x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (17x, Actress)
Kenan Thompson (15x, Actor)
Will Forte (14x, Actor)
Lorne Michaels (12x, Crew)
Amy Poehler (9x, Actress)
Albert Brooks (9x, Actor)
Darrell Hammond (8x, Actor)
Melanie Hutsell (8x, Actress)
Paul Simon (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:209599, Added: 07/24/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024