Jake's best friend is his mechanic Corky ( Jeff MacKay ), a good-hearted alcoholic whose memory is hazy as a result of the quantity of booze he consumes.

The show also featured Jeff MacKay ( who played " Mac " MacReynolds in Magnum P. I.

Visiting faculty have included David MacKay, Bernt Øksendal, David Aschman ( Cape Town ), Alan Beardon ( Cambridge ), Jordi Campos ( Barcelona ), Jesus Cerquides ( Spanish National Research Council ), Patrick Dorey ( Durham ), Pedro Ferreira ( Oxford ), Jan Govaerts ( Leuven ), Barry Green ( Stellenbosch ), Gordon Johnson ( Houston ), Dirk Laurie ( Stellenbosch ), Sanjoy Mahajan ( MIT ), Vincent Rivasseau ( University of Paris ), Bernd Schroers ( Heriot-Watt ), Robert de Mello Koch ( Witwatersrand ), Rob Beezer ( University of Puget Sound ), Jeff Sanders ( United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology ), and Tadashi Tokieda ( Cambridge ).

Mickie had a pleasant glow as he said, `` You see, both of them, I mean the President and Jeff Lawrence, are romantics.

In addition, the pitching staff posted a 4. 66 ERA — the best in team history — and starters Jason Jennings, Aaron Cook, and Jeff Francis had good seasons.

Halfway through the race, however, it seemed that Jeff Gordon had the upper hand.

In the final lap of the 2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Harvick beat Jeff Gordon by. 006 seconds, the same margin that Earnhardt had won over Bobby Labonte at the same race a year prior, and the images of Earnhardt's longtime gas man, Danny " Chocolate " Myers, crying after the victory, Harvick's tire-smoking burnout on the frontstretch with three fingers held aloft outside the driver's window, and the Fox television call by Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, and Darrell Waltrip, concluding with " Gordon got loose, but he ( Harvick ) is gonna get him though, it's Harvick!

It had a polished layout-even including original interior artwork by TSR artist Jeff Dee.

Early that same year, Gygax published Chainmail, a miniatures wargame that simulated medieval-era tactical combat, which he had originally written with hobby-shop owner Jeff Perren.

Lena Thorul later marries FBI agent Jeff Colby ( who had once arrested Lex ), later giving birth to a son, Val Colby.

By March 1947, the NCS had 112 members, including Bud Fisher ( Mutt and Jeff ), Don Flowers ( Glamor Girls ), Bob Kane ( Batman ), Fred Lasswell ( Barney Google and Snuffy Smith ), George Lichty ( Grin and Bear It ), Zack Mosley ( The Adventures of Smilin ' Jack ), Alex Raymond ( Rip Kirby ), Cliff Sterrett ( Polly and Her Pals ) and Chic Young ( Blondie ), plus editorial cartoonists Reg Manning and Fred O. Seibel and sports cartoonist Willard Mullin.

He cites Jeff Berlin, Jack Casady, John Entwistle, Jack Bruce and Chris Squire as the bassists who had the biggest impact on his playing style.

In 1987, Orbison had begun collaborating with Electric Light Orchestra frontman Jeff Lynne on a new album.

Mystery Girl was produced by Jeff Lynne, whom Orbison considered the best producer he had ever worked with, while Bono, Elvis Costello, Orbison's son Wesley and others offered their songs to him.

Snow, Jeff Kent, Rich Aurilia, and Ellis Burks, all who had 20 + HR and 80 + RBI.

Closer Robb Nen had pitched despite a damaged shoulder, an injury which eventually ended his career ( retired ), and Jeff Kent was not re-signed ( he went to play for the Houston Astros ).

Political observers were almost unanimous that Bracks had no chance of defeating Liberal premier Jeff Kennett at the November 1999 election: polls gave Kennett a 60 % popularity rating.

Simms ' replacement, Jeff Hostetler, had started only two games in his seven years as a backup with the Giants.

A reason for this was that defensive linemen Bruce Smith and Jeff Wright had missed most of the season with injuries.

Buffalo's first opponent was the Los Angeles Raiders, led by quarterback Jeff Hostetler, who had led the New York Giants to victory over the Bills in Super Bowl XXV 3 years earlier.

Although Vikings quarterback Jeff George threw for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns, 3 of his scores occurred late in the fourth quarter after the Rams had already put the game away.

In 1997 Brant Parker passed his duties on to his son, Jeff Parker, who had already been involved with creating Id for a decade.

Jeff East, who played Bruce Gallatin, was a local Kansas City actor who had appeared in Superman as the young Clark Kent.

Jeff Minter had expressed an interest in programming computers from a young age, however it would not be until a long illness during secondary school that Minter's talents would develop in any meaningful way.

Jeff had been attending the University of East Anglia studying physics, however success in the video-game programming industry prompted him to drop his studies and take up video game development full-time.

Pearl Jam, which featured former Mother Love Bone members Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, had released its debut album Ten in August 1991, a month before Nevermind, but album sales only picked up a year later.

In addition to these solo projects, George delivered guitar work for Steve Arrington's album Dancing In The Key Of Life ( 1985 ) and had ad-libbed vocals on the track " Think Back And Remember " from the Galaxian album by the Jeff Lorber Fusion, released in 1981 on Arista Records.

Jeff once stated, " I had a great ' 70s.

Comic Book Guy ( born Jeff Albertson ) is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons.

The concept of a newspaper strip featuring recurring characters in multiple panels on a six-day-a-week schedule had previously been pioneered through the short-lived A. Piker Clerk by Clare Briggs, but it was Mutt and Jeff as the first successful daily comic strip that staked out the direction of the future trend.

Throughout the rest of 1990s, Osment played regular and / or recurring roles in various TV series ; including The Jeff Foxworthy Show and the final season of Murphy Brown, where he replaced Dylan Christopher as Murphy's son, Avery.

She took a recurring role on Desperate Housewives – for which she received an Emmy ( also in the category Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series ) and a Satellite Award nomination – and also appeared alongside her ex-husband Jeff Perry in an episode of Grey's Anatomy.

Throughout much of February 2009, Helms was involved in a recurring feud with Matt Hardy, who had just turned heel and betrayed his brother, Jeff.

Mohr had a recurring role in the first season of The Jeff Foxworthy Show as Jeff Foxworthy's brother, Wayne.

Featured voice actors included Scott Valentine, Margot Kidder, Ron Perlman, and Jeff Bennett, while Mark Hamill, Debbie Harry, Rob Paulsen, and Paul Williams had recurring roles.

In October 2010, Rue joined the cast of Rules of Engagement in a recurring role as Brenda, Jeff and Audrey's new surrogate.

From left to right: John Swartzwelder, George Meyer, Jeff Martin ( writer ) | Jeff Martin, Al Jean, Sam Simon, List of recurring characters from The Simpsons # Roger Meyers Jr. | Roger Meyers, Abraham Simpson and Mike Reiss.

Following Scarface, she accepted the roles of Isabeau d ' Anjou in Richard Donner's fantasy film Ladyhawke ( 1985 ) opposite Rutger Hauer and Matthew Broderick, Diana in John Landis ' comedy Into the Night ( 1985 ) opposite Jeff Goldblum, Faith Healy in Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty ( 1986 ) opposite Michael Caine, and Brenda Landers in a segment of the 1950s sci-fi parody Amazon Women on the Moon ( 1987 ), all of which, despite achieving only modest commercial success, helped to establish her as an actress.

The TV movie starred Robert Goulet as Tommy, Peter Falk as Jeff, and Sally Ann Howes as Fiona, with Finlay Currie in one of his last roles as Mr. Lundie, Edward Villella as Harry Beaton, and Marlyn Mason as Meg.

Towne has also written for television, including an acclaimed episode of the 1962-1963 CBS anthology series The Lloyd Bridges Show entitled " My Daddy Can Beat Your Daddy ," with starring roles for Jeff Bridges and Gary Lockwood.

Brian O ' Halloran and Jeff Anderson, the stars of Smith's debut film Clerks, have cameo roles, as do Smith regulars Scott Mosier, Dwight Ewell, Walt Flanagan, and Bryan Johnson.

Other appearances included The Twilight Zone episodes " A Hundred Yards Over the Rim " ( 1961 ) and " The Dummy " ( 1962 ) followed by guest-starring roles in such series as the NBC medical drama about psychiatry The Eleventh Hour ( 1963 ) in the role of Jeff Dillon, " The Man Who Came Home Late ".

It stars Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges, with Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, and Michael Jeter in supporting roles.

The video featured Smith, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson and Brian O ' Halloran reprising their roles from Clerks.

The sequel features Jeff Anderson and Brian O ' Halloran reprising their roles as Dante Hicks and Randal Graves.

Back in Britain most of her roles were " bit parts ", although she played the starring role of Holly Turner in Crime Traveller ( 1997 ) alongside Michael French, who played Jeff Slade.

These interests led him to leading-man cowboy roles in Western films, starting with his role as cowboy and frontier marshal Orrin Sackett in the 1979 film The Sacketts, opposite Sam Elliott, Jeff Osterhage, and Western legends Glenn Ford and Ben Johnson.

The lead roles were originally written for DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.

Jeffrey Charles William Michael " Jeff " Conaway ( October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011 ) was an American actor best known for his roles in the movie, Grease, and the two US television series, Taxi and Babylon 5.

Additionally, he coached and developed many players at Virginia who would go on to play significant roles in the United States national team, including Claudio Reyna, Jeff Agoos, John Harkes and Tony Meola.

The film stars Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J. T. Walsh, and Reese Witherspoon, with Don Knotts, Paul Walker, and Jane Kaczmarek in supporting roles.

In the past such professional actors as Jean Inness, Raquel Welch, Anne Archer, Karen Grant Thomas ( daughter of actress Betta St. John ), Onslow Stevens, Jeffrey Meek, Victor Jory, Crist Thomas, Henry Brandon, Jeff Griggs ( Days of Our Lives ), Brent Howard, Brian A. Smith and Maurice Jara have portrayed the romantic leading roles of Ramona and her Indian lover Alessandro.

He has signed on to new projects in which he will play starring roles, including Jeff the Demon for New Line Cinema, in which he will play a demon who is summoned by a pair of high school losers.

Before filming commenced, actors attached to the lead male roles included Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges.

Other notable members of Abdnor's staff who went on to fill important public service roles include John Hamre, Undersecretary of Defense ; Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House ; Bruce Knight, Undersecretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, U. S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA ); Larry Parkinson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Law Enforcement and Security, U. S. Department of the Interior ( DOI ); Phil Hogen, Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission ( NIGC ); Vern Larson, South Dakota State Treasurer and Auditor ; South Dakota State Senators Mike Vehle and Scott Heidepriem ; South Dakota State Representatives Sean O ' Brien and Lee Schoenbeck ; Charlotte Fischer, South Dakota Public Utilities Commissoner ; Roland Dolly, Commissioner of Economic Development for the State Of South Dakota ; and Stephen Censky, CEO of the American Soybean Association.

It was also presented as a half-hour broadcast of Screen Director's Playhouse on September 7, 1951 with James Stewart and Jeff Chandler in their original film roles.

Throughout his career, Nix worked behind the scenes as producer, arranger, musician and many other roles for artists such as Lonnie Mack, Furry Lewis, Freddy King, Albert King, Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Jeff Beck, Brian May, Eric Clapton and many others.

Angus Macfadyen ( born 21 September 1963 ) is a Scottish actor, best known for his roles as Robert the Bruce in Braveheart and as Jeff Denlon in Saw III.

ArenaNet co-founders Jeff Strain and Patrick Wyatt left ArenaNet to take roles at NCsoft West in 2008, and ultimately left NCsoft in 2009.