Shearer co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in Rob Reiner's 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap.

Following the breakup of the group, Shearer co-wrote the film Real Life with Albert Brooks and started writing for Martin Mull's television series Fernwood 2 Night.

First under contract to Pathé, which was subsequently absorbed by RKO studio, Harding ( who was promoted as the studio's ' answer ' to MGM's superstar Norma Shearer ), co-starred with Ronald Colman, Myrna Loy, Herbert Marshall, Leslie Howard, Richard Dix, and Gary Cooper, often on loan out to other studios, such as MGM and Paramount.

After appearing on stage, Young was signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( MGM )— a movie studio that, at the time, was known for holding contracts with a large number of stars — and, in spite of having a " tier B " status, he co-starred with some of the studio's most illustrious actresses, such as Margaret Sullavan, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Helen Hayes, Luise Rainer, and Helen Twelvetrees.

In 1984, while promoting the film This Is Spinal Tap, Shearer, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean had a performance on Saturday Night Live.

One of the 1984 North Queensland players was 17-year-old Dale Shearer from Sarina.

Doumanian refused, so Shearer also bid farewell ( he would return briefly in 1984 – 1985 ).

* In the 1984 comedy This is Spinal Tap David ( Michael McKean ), Nigel ( Christopher Guest ) and Derek ( Harry Shearer ) visit Graceland, then reminisce with Marty ( Rob Reiner ) and sing a portion of Heartbreak Hotel.

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer first appeared as the Folksmen on the November 3, 1984, episode of Saturday Night Live.

While promoting the film, Shearer was offered the chance to return to Saturday Night Live.

Shearer directed the 2002 film Teddy Bears ' Picnic and appeared in several films, including A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, The Simpsons Movie, The Truman Show, and Godzilla among many others.

Shearer made his film debut in the 1953 film Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, in which he only had a small part.

Shearer started working with Albert Brooks, producing one of Brooks ' albums and co-writing the film Real Life.

* 1899 – Douglas Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer ( d. 1971 )

The play was first heard on film in The Hollywood Revue of 1929, in which John Gilbert recited the balcony scene opposite Norma Shearer.

Shearer and Leslie Howard, with a combined age over 75, played the teenage lovers in George Cukor's MGM 1936 film version.

* January 5 – Douglas Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer ( b. 1899 )

The film stars Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook and Marius Goring and features Robert Helpmann, Léonide Massine and Ludmilla Tchérina, renowned dancers from the ballet world, as well as Esmond Knight and Albert Basserman.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1934 American film depicting the real-life romance between poets Elizabeth Barrett ( Norma Shearer ) and Robert Browning ( Fredric March ), despite the opposition of her father Edward Moulton-Barrett ( Charles Laughton ).

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Shearer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

The film was also nominated for Best Picture and won Best Actress for its star Norma Shearer.

According to popular film lore, Shearer was originally never in the running for the lead role in The Divorcee because it was believed that she didn't have enough sex appeal ; it was only after Shearer arranged a special photo session with studio portrait photographer George Hurrell and her husband saw the result, that he relented and gave her the role.

Shearer is widely celebrated by some as one of cinema's feminist pioneers: " the first American film actress to make it chic and acceptable to be single and not a virgin on screen ".

Shearer as Marie Antoinette in Marie Antoinette ( 1938 film ) | Marie Antoinette ( 1938 )

Shearer also took on another play popularized by Cornell in Romeo and Juliet ( 1936 ) ( her first film of the 30s to lose money ) and Marie Antoinette ( 1938 ) ( a budget of almost $ 2, 500, 000 was too great for the studio to expect a profit ), though their elaborate sets and costumes helped make the films immensely popular with audiences.

With increasing interest in the war in Europe, the film performed well at the box office, but Shearer made errors in judgment, passing up roles in the highly successful films Now, Voyager and Mrs. Miniver, in order to star in We Were Dancing and Her Cardboard Lover ( 1942 ), which both failed at the box office.

In 1957, Shearer was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.

The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Walter Pidgeon ), Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Greer Garson ), Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White ( Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt ), Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, Best Picture, and Best Sound, Recording ( Douglas Shearer ).

* 2001 – DVD Exclusive Award Winner: Best DVD Audio Commentary-This Is Spinal Tap-( shared with Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer )

Actor / writer Harry Shearer ( This Is Spinal Tap, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons ), who has attended at least one Bohemian Club event, wrote and directed The Teddy Bears ' Picnic, a parody of Bohemian Grove mock pagan pageantry and drunken revelry.

This new cast included Soap star Billy Crystal ; Martin Short, who had made a name for himself as Ed Grimley ( a character he would bring to SNL that year ) on Canada's SCTV ; Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer ( who was also a cast member in 1979 ) from The Credibility Gap and This Is Spinal Tap ; Pamela Stephenson from Not the Nine O ' Clock News & Superman III ; and Rich Hall from HBO's Not Necessarily the News.

For The Simpsons, Keeler has written such episodes as " A Star Is Burns " ( which Matt Groening refused to be credited for, as he was opposed to the idea of The Simpsons crossing over with The Critic ) and " The Principal and the Pauper " ( which many fans -- including series creator Matt Groening and voice actor Harry Shearer -- disliked due to the massive changes in Principal Skinner's backstory ).

The three core members of the band Spinal Tap — David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnel — were portrayed by McKean, Shearer and Guest respectively.

Shearer, Guest and McKean have since worked on several projects as their Spinal Tap characters.

The three main members of Spinal Tap — David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnel — are played by the American actors Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, and English-American actor Christopher Guest, respectively.

After leaving Laverne and Shirley in 1982, McKean played David St. Hubbins in the cult spoof documentary movie This is Spinal Tap with both Guest and Shearer, and appeared in the soap opera spoof Young Doctors in Love.

On March 22, 2006, while Harry Shearer was being interviewed on the Opie and Anthony Radio Show about Spinal Tap, he stated the following: " Well, Michael McKean had been in a band called ' The Left Banke '.

An uncredited Jim Cummings, along with Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest from This is Spinal Tap provided voices for the remaining Gorgonites.

* Harry Shearer ( Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap )

Two notable " featured players " on the show included writer Al Franken and ( for Season 5 ) Harry Shearer, who later acted in several films ( including This is Spinal Tap ) and television series, including The Simpsons.

The group disbanded in 1976, but the members have had occasion to work together since — notably the pairings of McKean and Lander as Lenny and Squiggy on the situation comedy Laverne & Shirley ( recording an album in character as " Lenny and the Squigtones ") and Shearer and McKean as members of the mock-rock band Spinal Tap.

Guest, McKean, and Shearer toured in the U. S. in and performed as Spinal Tap in a " One Night Only World Tour " on 30 June 2009 at Wembley Arena in London, three days after playing the Glastonbury Festival.

Guest, McKean and Shearer made a cameo appearance as the Folksmen in the 1992 film The Return of Spinal Tap, which documented the latter group's real-life reunion concert at Royal Albert Hall in London.

More recently, in April 2009, Guest, McKean and Shearer embarked upon the Unwigged & Unplugged tour to mark the 25th anniversary of the release of the film This is Spinal Tap.