Timothy Stack

{{short description|American film and television actor and screenwriter}}

{{Infobox person

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|birthname = Timothy Clifton Stack

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|11|21}}

|birth_place = Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|occupation = {{flatlist|

Actor
screenwriter
producer}}

|yearsactive = 1979–present

|spouse = Jan A. Stack

|children = 2

|credits = Night Stand with Dick Dietrick, Son of the Beach, My Name Is Earl

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Timothy Clifton Stack (born November 21, 1954) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter.

Life and career

=Education=

Timothy was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the son of Joan and Tom Stack.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/75/Timothy-Stack.html|title=Timothy Stack Biography|website=Filmreference.com|accessdate=27 April 2019}} He graduated from the Philadelphia-area prep school Germantown Academy in 1973 and graduated from Boston College in 1978. After graduating, Tim moved to Los Angeles and quickly joined the improvisational comedy group The Groundlings in 1979.

=Television=

==1980s==

Some of Stack's early roles include appearances in shows such as Days of Our Lives, Benson, Laverne & Shirley, Remington Steele, Night Court, and ALF among others. In 1986, he appeared in a five-episode arc of Punky Brewster, as rule-obsessed but unfeeling DCFS social worker Simon Chillings, originally charged with Henry's petition to adopt Punky, but who instead removes her from Henry's care, concerned Henry could not adequately support her after his business burns down and he is hospitalized with an ulcer. Convinced Punky would be permanently better off with another foster family, he places her with a wealthy couple, Jules and Tiffany Buckworth. Ultimately, Jules Buckworth leaves Tiffany and returns Punky to Henry, who completes the adoption. When Simon calls Henry's new studio to congratulate him on the adoption, he reaches Mike, who laughs, reminding him he was the one trying to keep them apart. Simon states that he has quit his job with DCFS and has become romantically involved with Tiffany Buckworth.

==1990s and early 2000s==

In the early 1990s, Stack's appearances included episodes of The Golden Girls, The Wonder Years, Seinfeld, and Wings. He played the father of the main character on Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990–1993). He later starred as Dick Dietrick on the raunchy talk show send-up/satire Night Stand with Dick Dietrick (1995–1997).

Stack then played Notch Johnson on Son of the Beach, a Howard Stern-produced Baywatch send-up which aired on the FX cable channel from 2000 to 2002. He also wrote several episodes of Son of the Beach.

=Film=

Stack has appeared in many films including Back to School (1986), Clifford (1994), the principal in Idle Hands (1999), Cast Away (2000), Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003), Scary Movie 3 (2003), and American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005). Stack also got voiceover work, e.g. The Brave Little Toaster film series (1987–1998), as Lampy the orange desktop lamp.

=Other work=

Beginning in 2005, Stack started appearing in a recurring sketch on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno called Pumpcast News. In the sketch, Stack plays a fictional cable news reporter who interacts with customers at gas pumps-–sometimes completely taking people off guard. Stack also acted out a fictional version of himself on the television program My Name Is Earl, in which he was depicted as an arrogant, depressed, alcoholic resident of Camden County who frequently hosted beauty pageants and parades. Other programs Stack has guest starred in include Malcolm in the Middle, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Ghosts.{{IMDb name|821048}} He also hosts the computer DVD game Outburst.{{cite web |url=http://www.joshoconnell.com/nightstand/article4.html |title=Nightstand Online - Dick's Outburst |accessdate=2014-02-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222005446/http://www.joshoconnell.com/nightstand/article4.html |archivedate=2014-02-22 }}

=Personal life=

He lives with his wife Jan Stack and their children Murphy and Doyle.

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable"

! width="33"|Year

! width="225"|Film

! width="175"| Role

! width="175"| Director

! width="175"| Notes

1982

|The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

|Melvin's Crew

|Colin Higgins

1985

|The Aviator

|First Officer

|George T. Miller

1986

|Back to School

|Trendy Man

|Alan Metter

rowspan="2"|1987

|Blind Date

|Grant

|Blake Edwards

The Brave Little Toaster

|Lampy / Zeke

|Jerry Rees

|voice

1989

|Seagrams

rowspan="2"|1992

|Albers

Nervous Ticks

|Tim

|Rocky Lang

rowspan="2"|1994

|Clifford

|Kevin's Father

|Paul Flaherty

It's Pat

|Doctor

|Adam Bernstein

1996

|Dear God

|Cousin Guy, the Postal Cop

|Garry Marshall

1997

|The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

|Lampy

|Robert C. Ramirez

|voice

1998

|The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

|Lampy

|Robert C. Ramirez

|voice

1999

|Idle Hands

|Principal Tidwell

|Rodman Flender

2000

|Cast Away

|Morgan Stockton

|Robert Zemeckis

rowspan="2"|2003

|Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

|Doctor

|Troy Miller

Scary Movie 3

|Carson Ward

|David Zucker

2004

|Teacher's Pet

|Daddy

|Timothy Björklund

2005

|American Pie Presents: Band Camp

|Mr. Nelson

|Steve Rash

2006

|Funny Money

|Dr. Rogers

|Leslie Greif

2007

|Welcome to Paradise

|Eugene Fennig

|Brent Huff

=TV series=

class="wikitable"
Year !Title !Role !Notes
rowspan="5" \|1981 \|Lou Grant \|Mayberry \|4.10 "Boomerang"
Thornwell \|Means \|Television film
Days of Our Lives \|Mark Garrett \|
Quincy, M.E. \|Mr. Crowley \|7.03 "Slow Boat to Madness"
Trapper John, M.D. \|Male Patient \|2.17 "The Albatross"; 3.13 "Angel of Mercy"
rowspan="3" \|1982 \|Benson \|C.C. McFadden \|3.16 "Getting Even"
Desire, the Vampire \|Daryl \|Television film
Laverne & Shirley \|Bank Teller \|8.06 "Death Row"
rowspan="4" \|1983 \|The Winds of War \|Yeoman Ryan \|Television miniseries
Murder Me, Murder You \|Natty \|Television film
Reggie \|Tom Lockett \|1983
AfterMASH \|Ernie Temple / Heard \|1.07 "Little Broadcast of '53"; 2.06 "The Recovery Room"
1984 \|Cagney & Lacey \|Bartender \|4.03 "Insubordination"
rowspan="3" \|1985 \|The Facts of Life \|Carl \|6.16 "Jazzbeau"
Remington Steele \|Arthur McKinley Reynolds III \|3.15 "Springtime for Steele"
The Paper Chase \| \|3.10 "It's Only a Show"
rowspan="3"\|1986 \|That's My Mama Now! \|Deuce \|Television film
Punky Brewster \|Simon P. Chillings \|2.17 "Changes"
It's a Living \|Raymond \|4.06 "Night at the Iguana"
rowspan="4"\|1987 \|Night Court \|Bill / Tim Bond / Mr. Marley \|4.14 "The Modest Proposal"; 6.18 "From Snoop to Nuts"; 7.15 "Wedding Bell Blues"
Starman \|Henry Kimble \|1.18 "The Wedding"
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter \|Murray De Lamour \|1.05 "Beans and the Satanic Backwards Masking Conspiracy"
Thirtysomething \|Maitre D' / Valet Parking Attendant / Movie Ticket Seller \|1.05 "But Not for Me"
1988 \|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color \|Officer Swan \|32.19 "Justin Case"
rowspan="3" \|1989 \|ALF \|Jim \|4.11 "Happy Together"
Free Spirit \|Dick Drake \|1.11 "Radio Nights"
Doctor Doctor \|Sam \|1.03 "Running on M.D."; 1.04 "The M.D. Nest Syndrome"; 2.04 "Bachelor Doctor"; 2.13 "No Free Lunch"
rowspan="5" \|1990 \|The Golden Girls \|Agent Bell \|5.25 "The President's Coming! The President's Coming!"
Tales from the Crypt \|Frank \|2.17 "My Brother's Keeper"
Hurricane Sam \|Bob Kelvin \|rowspan="2"\|Television film
Almost Vegas \|
Parker Lewis Can't Lose \|Mr. Martin Lewis \|1990–1993
rowspan="4" \|1991 \|The Flash \|Jim Kline \|1.11 "The Trickster"
Father Dowling Mysteries \|Stu \|3.21 "The Consulting Detective Mystery"
My Life and Times \|Daniel Miller \|1.04 "Millennium"; 1.05 "Fare on Park Avenue"
Pacific Station \| \|1.03 "A Man's Best Friend"
rowspan="2" \|1992 \|Maid for Each Other \|Larry the Lawyer \|rowspan="2"\|Television film
{{Interlanguage link multi\|Ring of the Musketeers\|de\|3=Der Ring der Musketiere\|lt=Ring of the Musketeers}} \|1st Federal Agent
rowspan="5" \|1993 \|Johnny Bago \|Lee Corsair / Bob Burrows / National Tattletale Reporter \|1.01 "Johnny Bago Free at Last"; 1.04 "Johnny's Golden Shaft"; 1.06 "Lady Madonna"; 1.07 "Spotting Elvis"
The Wonder Years \|Mr. Plenitzer \|6.17 "Eclipse"
Seinfeld \|Dwayne \|5.03 "The Glasses"
The John Larroquette Show \|Feinberg \|1.09 "There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You"
The Mommies \|Detective Malone \|1.12 "Christmas"
rowspan="4" \|1994 \|Nurses \|Oscar \|3.13 "Parental Guidance Suggested"
The Second Half \|Charles \|1.12 "Far and Awry"
L.A. Law \|Stanton's Atty. Stoddard \|8.19 "Tunnel of Love"
Wings \|Mr. Elias \|5.24 "A Decent Proposal"
rowspan="3" \|1995 \|On Our Own \|Mr. Pinapel \|1.14 "The Boarder"
My Brother's Keeper \|Father Frank \|Television film
Night Stand with Dick Dietrick \|Dick Dietrick \|Series Lead (1995–1997)
2000 \|Son of the Beach \|Notch Johnson \|Series Lead (2000–2002)
rowspan="3" \|2005 \|The Tonight Show with Jay Leno \|Jack Rafferty \|2005–2013
Malcolm in the Middle \|Sam \|6.20 "Stilts"
The Surreal Life \|Jeff Probe \|5.07 "Voted Out of Vegas"
2005 \|My Name Is Earl \|TV's Tim Stack \|2005–2009
2007 \|Tim Stack's Family Vacation \|TV's Tim Stack \|Television pilot
2012 \|Raising Hope \|TV's Tim Stack / Notch Johnson (uncredited) \|2.12 "Gambling Again"; 3.19 "Making the Band"
2018 \|LA to Vegas \|Hot Tea \|1.02 "The Yips and the Dead"

class="wikitable"

Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

rowspan="5" |1981

|Lou Grant

|Mayberry

|4.10 "Boomerang"

Thornwell

|Means

|Television film

Days of Our Lives

|Mark Garrett

Quincy, M.E.

|Mr. Crowley

|7.03 "Slow Boat to Madness"

Trapper John, M.D.

|Male Patient

|2.17 "The Albatross"; 3.13 "Angel of Mercy"

rowspan="3" |1982

|Benson

|C.C. McFadden

|3.16 "Getting Even"

Desire, the Vampire

|Daryl

|Television film

Laverne & Shirley

|Bank Teller

|8.06 "Death Row"

rowspan="4" |1983

|The Winds of War

|Yeoman Ryan

|Television miniseries

Murder Me, Murder You

|Natty

|Television film

Reggie

|Tom Lockett

|1983

AfterMASH

|Ernie Temple / Heard

|1.07 "Little Broadcast of '53"; 2.06 "The Recovery Room"

1984

|Cagney & Lacey

|Bartender

|4.03 "Insubordination"

rowspan="3" |1985

|The Facts of Life

|Carl

|6.16 "Jazzbeau"

Remington Steele

|Arthur McKinley Reynolds III

|3.15 "Springtime for Steele"

The Paper Chase

|3.10 "It's Only a Show"

rowspan="3"|1986

|That's My Mama Now!

|Deuce

|Television film

Punky Brewster

|Simon P. Chillings

|2.17 "Changes"

It's a Living

|Raymond

|4.06 "Night at the Iguana"

rowspan="4"|1987

|Night Court

|Bill / Tim Bond / Mr. Marley

|4.14 "The Modest Proposal"; 6.18 "From Snoop to Nuts"; 7.15 "Wedding Bell Blues"

Starman

|Henry Kimble

|1.18 "The Wedding"

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

|Murray De Lamour

|1.05 "Beans and the Satanic Backwards Masking Conspiracy"

Thirtysomething

|Maitre D' / Valet Parking Attendant / Movie Ticket Seller

|1.05 "But Not for Me"

1988

|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

|Officer Swan

|32.19 "Justin Case"

rowspan="3" |1989

|ALF

|Jim

|4.11 "Happy Together"

Free Spirit

|Dick Drake

|1.11 "Radio Nights"

Doctor Doctor

|Sam

|1.03 "Running on M.D."; 1.04 "The M.D. Nest Syndrome"; 2.04 "Bachelor Doctor"; 2.13 "No Free Lunch"

rowspan="5" |1990

|The Golden Girls

|Agent Bell

|5.25 "The President's Coming! The President's Coming!"

Tales from the Crypt

|Frank

|2.17 "My Brother's Keeper"

Hurricane Sam

|Bob Kelvin

|rowspan="2"|Television film

Almost Vegas

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

|Mr. Martin Lewis

|1990–1993

rowspan="4" |1991

|The Flash

|Jim Kline

|1.11 "The Trickster"

Father Dowling Mysteries

|Stu

|3.21 "The Consulting Detective Mystery"

My Life and Times

|Daniel Miller

|1.04 "Millennium"; 1.05 "Fare on Park Avenue"

Pacific Station

|1.03 "A Man's Best Friend"

rowspan="2" |1992

|Maid for Each Other

|Larry the Lawyer

|rowspan="2"|Television film

{{Interlanguage link multi|Ring of the Musketeers|de|3=Der Ring der Musketiere|lt=Ring of the Musketeers}}

|1st Federal Agent

rowspan="5" |1993

|Johnny Bago

|Lee Corsair / Bob Burrows / National Tattletale Reporter

|1.01 "Johnny Bago Free at Last"; 1.04 "Johnny's Golden Shaft"; 1.06 "Lady Madonna"; 1.07 "Spotting Elvis"

The Wonder Years

|Mr. Plenitzer

|6.17 "Eclipse"

Seinfeld

|Dwayne

|5.03 "The Glasses"

The John Larroquette Show

|Feinberg

|1.09 "There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You"

The Mommies

|Detective Malone

|1.12 "Christmas"

rowspan="4" |1994

|Nurses

|Oscar

|3.13 "Parental Guidance Suggested"

The Second Half

|Charles

|1.12 "Far and Awry"

L.A. Law

|Stanton's Atty. Stoddard

|8.19 "Tunnel of Love"

Wings

|Mr. Elias

|5.24 "A Decent Proposal"

rowspan="3" |1995

|On Our Own

|Mr. Pinapel

|1.14 "The Boarder"

My Brother's Keeper

|Father Frank

|Television film

Night Stand with Dick Dietrick

|Dick Dietrick

|Series Lead (1995–1997)

2000

|Son of the Beach

|Notch Johnson

|Series Lead (2000–2002)

rowspan="3" |2005

|The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

|Jack Rafferty

|2005–2013

Malcolm in the Middle

|Sam

|6.20 "Stilts"

The Surreal Life

|Jeff Probe

|5.07 "Voted Out of Vegas"

2005

|My Name Is Earl

|TV's Tim Stack

|2005–2009

2007

|Tim Stack's Family Vacation

|TV's Tim Stack

|Television pilot

2012

|Raising Hope

|TV's Tim Stack / Notch Johnson (uncredited)

|2.12 "Gambling Again"; 3.19 "Making the Band"

2018

|LA to Vegas

|Hot Tea

|1.02 "The Yips and the Dead"

=Producer/executive producer=

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Year ! Title ! Notes
1995 \|Night Stand with Dick Dietrick \|Executive producer (1995–1996)
2000 \|Son of the Beach \|Executive producer (2000–2002)
2005 \|My Name Is Earl \|Consulting producer (2005–2009)
2007 \|Tim Stack's Family Vacation \|Executive producer (2000–2002)
2010 \|Raising Hope \|Consulting producer (2010–2014)
2015 \|The Millers \|Consulting producer (2014–2015)

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Notes

1995

|Night Stand with Dick Dietrick

|Executive producer (1995–1996)

2000

|Son of the Beach

|Executive producer (2000–2002)

2005

|My Name Is Earl

|Consulting producer (2005–2009)

2007

|Tim Stack's Family Vacation

|Executive producer (2000–2002)

2010

|Raising Hope

|Consulting producer (2010–2014)

2015

|The Millers

|Consulting producer (2014–2015)

=Writer=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Notes
1986 \|Saturday Night Live \|11.17 "Jimmy Breslin and Marvin Hagler/Level 42/E.G. Daily"; 11.18 "Anjelica Huston and Billy Martin/George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic" (additional sketches)
1988 \|Glory Days \|Television film
1989 \|Doctor Doctor \|2.02 "Member of the Club"
1992 \|What She Doesn't Know \|Television film
1994 \|On Our Own \|1.11 "That's My Car and I'm Sticking to It"; 1.18 "Little Rascals"
1995 \|Night Stand with Dick Dietrick \|86 episodes (1995–1997)
1997 \|Family Matters \|9.06 "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read"; 9.21 "Lost in Space"
2000 \|Son of the Beach \|42 episodes (2000–2002)
2005 \|My Name Is Earl \|7 episodes (2005–2009)
2011 \|Raising Hope \|9 episodes (2011–2014)
rowspan="2"\|2015 \|The Millers \|2.11 "Hero"
Kirby Buckets \|2.03 "The Gil in My Life"

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Notes

1986

|Saturday Night Live

|11.17 "Jimmy Breslin and Marvin Hagler/Level 42/E.G. Daily"; 11.18 "Anjelica Huston and Billy Martin/George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic" (additional sketches)

1988

|Glory Days

|Television film

1989

|Doctor Doctor

|2.02 "Member of the Club"

1992

|What She Doesn't Know

|Television film

1994

|On Our Own

|1.11 "That's My Car and I'm Sticking to It"; 1.18 "Little Rascals"

1995

|Night Stand with Dick Dietrick

|86 episodes (1995–1997)

1997

|Family Matters

|9.06 "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read"; 9.21 "Lost in Space"

2000

|Son of the Beach

|42 episodes (2000–2002)

2005

|My Name Is Earl

|7 episodes (2005–2009)

2011

|Raising Hope

|9 episodes (2011–2014)

rowspan="2"|2015

|The Millers

|2.11 "Hero"

Kirby Buckets

|2.03 "The Gil in My Life"

Awards and nominations

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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Award

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Work

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Category

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Result

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Reference

2005

|rowspan="2"|Writers Guild of America Award

|rowspan="2"|My Name Is Earl (shared with Barbie Adler, Bobby Bowman, Vali Chandrasekaran, J.B. Cook, Brad Copeland, Victor Fresco, Gregory Thomas Garcia, John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, Michael Pennie, Hilary Winston and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel)

|Best Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

2006

|Best New Series

| {{nom}}