Archie Hahn (actor)

Archie Hahn (sometimes credited as Archie Hahn III, born November 1, 1941) is an American character actor and improviser best known for his appearances on the British version of Whose Line is it Anyway?[1] and the 1988 movie Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach. He has also appeared in Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Pray TV (1980), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Brewster's Millions (1985), The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), and many Joe Dante films including Amazon Women on the Moon (1987), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) and Small Soldiers (1998). In two of his final appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway?, Hahn unexpectedly brought props to use as he improvised, first castanets and then a pair of false teeth.

Archie Hahn
Born
Charles Archibald Hahn

(1941-11-01) November 1, 1941
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor/Voice artist
Years active1972-present

Hahn attended AI DuPont HS in Wilmington, Delaware.

Hahn has done similar work in the improv theater company, WAR BABIES.

Hahn was an early member of The Groundlings school and troupe of comedy acting.[2][3]

Filmography
gollark: So they went to complain... but were told it hadn't actually been turned on yet.
gollark: There was this funny story I read where some company was setting up a new phone tower, but after it was finished "electrosensitive" people complained about it.
gollark: Well, I'm sensitive to phones in that I can... perceive them.
gollark: Seems fine.
gollark: I mean, the worst thing radio/microwaves can do is... well, cook you, if you stand too near a high-powered transmitter, but otherwise not much!

References
  1. "Celebrating Thirty Years of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'". The Indiependent. 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter: The Groundlings 9/19/2013
  3. "From the Archives: In Praise of Silliness: Los Angeles' own Groundlings are celebrating two decades of, well, just plain silliness". Los Angeles Times. 1994-09-18. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
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