Jeff Doucette

In 1974, he moved to Chicago and joined the Second City Touring Company, met his Future comedy partner Ernst Emling, and formed the comedy team of Jeff and Ernst. Within two months they were signed by William Morris Agency and touring the country with legendary folk singer, Bob Gibson, and opening in larger venues for acts like Barry Manilow and The Spinners. In 1976 they moved to Los Angeles, and joined other young comics including Freddie Prinze, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Richard Lewis, Robin Williams, Michael Keaton, Jim Varney, and Andy Kaufman in building the foundation for the comedy boom of the 1980s. After many appearances on variety and talk shows, in 1977 they made their first appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

In 1991, he received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Performance for "Rage, or I'll Be Home For Christmas" at the Alliance Theater in Burbank. Ih 2014, he received the lifetime achievement award of the International Student Film Festival Hollywood (ISFFH)

Doucette is also a Writer and Director, having written two plays, Big Head Women, and Without Annette an improvisational comedy, which was published by PlayScripts Inc in 2015.

In his long career Doucette has made somewhere around 40 films and over two hundred TV appearances. In commercials, Doucette has been the face of Ben Franklin in ads for Chevy Volt, Quicken Loans, Ballpark’s Finest Hot Dogs, and El Monterrey breakfast foods, and a special appearance as Ben Franklin on Mike and Molly. You also might have recognized him in one of his many regular and recurring roles including on Desperate Housewives as Eva Longoria’s long suffering priest, Fr. Crowley; in Newhart as the loveable loser, Harley Estin; on Alien Nation as the obnoxious tabloid reporter Jed Burns; in Townies as Steve, the Fisherman without a clue; and on Weird Science as Al Wallace, the Homer Simpson-esque father whose son invents a cyber girl. He has also recurred on Dog With A Blog, Third Rock From The Sun, E/R, That '70s Show, and Beverly Hills 90210, and has guest starred on too many shows to mention.