Along with Martin Short, Billy Crystal and Harry Shearer, Guest was hired as a one-year only cast member for the 1984-85 season on NBC's Saturday Night Live.

In 1926 Hawks was introduced to Athole Shearer by his friend Victor Fleming, who was dating Athole's sister Norma Shearer at the time.

Shearer's first marriage to writer John Ward was unhappy and she and Hawks began dating throughout 1927 until Shearer asked Ward for a divorce in 1928.

From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group.

In August 1979, Shearer was hired as a writer and cast member on Saturday Night Live.

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

He has received several Primetime Emmy Award and Grammy Award nominations and in 2008 it was announced that Shearer would receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the radio category.

Shearer was born December 23, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, the son of Dora Warren ( née Kohn ), a book-keeper, and Mack Shearer.

Starting when Shearer was four years old, he had a piano teacher whose daughter worked as a child actress.

Shearer received the role when he was seven years old.

" Shearer said in an interview that one person who " took him under his wing " and was one of his best friends during his early days in show business was voice actor Mel Blanc, who voiced many animated characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Barney Rubble.

Shearer and his parents made the decision not to accept the role in the series if it was picked up by a television network.

According to Shearer, after graduating, he had " a very serious agenda going on, and it was ' Stay Out Of The Draft '.

From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group that included David Lander, Richard Beebe and Michael McKean.

In August 1979, Shearer was hired as a writer and cast member on Saturday Night Live, one of the first additions to the cast, and an unofficial replacement for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, who were both leaving the show.

Shearer told new executive producer Jean Doumanian that he was " not a fan of Lorne's " and offered to stay with the show if he was given the chance to overhaul the program and bring in experienced comedians, like Christopher Guest.

Shearer accepted because he was treated well by the producers and he thought the backstage environment had improved but later stated that he " didn't realize that guests are treated better than the regulars.

Dick Ebersol, who replaced Lorne Michaels as the show's producer, said that Shearer was " a gifted performer but a pain in the butt.

" In January 1985, Shearer left the show for good, partially because he felt he was not being used enough.

He also experimented behind the camera with pre-filmed sketches, notably directing a documentary-style short starring Shearer and Short as synchronized swimmers.

While at KRLA, Shearer also interviewed Creedence Clearwater Revival for the Pop Chronicles music documentary.

Shearer also started writing for Martin Mull's television series Fernwood 2 Night.

A possible move for Shearer was being mentioned in the media during late autumn of 1991, but he rejected talk of a transfer ( Leeds United were also linked to Shearer ) and vowed to see out the season with Southampton.

Although there was also interest from Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, Blackburn benefactor Jack Walker's millions were enough to prise the striker from the Saints, and Shearer moved north to Ewood Park in the summer of 1992.

Shearer also became a regular in the England team this season and scored his second international goal ; it came in a 4 – 0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier win over Turkey in November.

Shearer also had his first taste of European football in the UEFA Cup that season, and scored in the second leg as Blackburn went out in the first round, losing to Trelleborgs FF of Sweden.

Douglas Shearer also won the first Academy Award for Sound.

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

The Divorcee was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on March 8, 2008 ( along with A Free Soul, also starring Norma Shearer ), as one of five Pre-Code films in the " TCM Archives-Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol.

It also spelled the end of many silent careers, and Shearer was determined hers would not be one of them.

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.

Smithers is voiced by Harry Shearer, who is also the voice of Mr. Burns.

Other notable people born in or associated with Newcastle include: engineer and industrialist Lord Armstrong, engineer and father of the modern steam railways George Stephenson, his son, also an engineer, Robert Stephenson, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the incandescent light bulb Sir Joseph Swan, modernist poet Basil Bunting, Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz who was a diplomat in Newcastle from late 1874 until April 1879 — his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC from 1980 to the present, actors Charlie Hunnam multiple circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, Neil Tennant, Alan Hull, Mark Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cheryl Cole, entertainers Ant and Dec, and international footballers Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer.

There are also rumors of affairs with Norma Shearer and Myrna Loy ( during filming of The Animal Kingdom ).

A Free Soul was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on March 8, 2008 ( along with The Divorcee, also starring Norma Shearer ), as one of five Pre-Code films in the " TCM Archives-Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol.

The revue was written principally by Laurie and Fry, and the cast also included Thompson, Tony Slattery, Paul Shearer and Penny Dwyer.

At the start of the 2005 – 06 season, Milner scored in Newcastle's 3 – 1 away win against FK ZTS Dubnica in the Intertoto Cup, and also set up Shearer for the team's third goal.

Around this time, 120 Minutes, was moved to Sunday nights between 11 p. m. and 1 a. m. Jim Shearer also took over hosting duty from Kevin Dunn.

The show also drew many well-known or then up-and-coming actors and actresses for single guest starring roles, such as Don Ameche, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Ken Berry, Sonny Bono, Eddie Bracken, Joseph Campanella, Virginia Capers, Rosalind Cash, George Clooney, Polly Holliday, Robert Culp, Ruby Dee, the Del Rubio triplets, Jeane Dixon, Anne Francis, Johnny Gilbert, Jack Gilford, Alice Ghostley, Peter Graves, Merv Griffin, George Grizzard, Gary Grubbs, Bob Hope, Julio Iglesias, Freddie Jackson, Tony Jay, Billy Jayne, Gordon Jump, Paula Kelly, Alan King, David Leisure, Jenny Lewis, Hal Linden, Mark Linn-Baker, Mario Lopez, Edie McClurg, Marian Mercer, Martin Mull, Leslie Nielsen, Jerry Orbach, Leland Orser, Tony Plana, Peggy Pope, Joe Regalbuto, Burt Reynolds, Debbie Reynolds, Donnelly Rhodes, Richard Riehle, Alex Rocco, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Harry Shearer, McLean Stevenson, Inga Swenson, Jeffrey Tambor, Meshach Taylor, Jay Thomas, Alex Trebek, Dick Van Dyke, Tom Villard, Lyle Waggoner, David Wayne and Fred Willard.

At this point the film begins to take a very dark and gothic turn as Johnny's tour guide, Mephisto ( Mr. D's chief lieutenant, also voiced by Shearer ), guides him through the sections of Hell where musicians who have sold their souls are violently tortured.

The film starred Norma Shearer and Melvyn Douglas, and also featured Florence Shirley, Lee Bowman and Lenore J.

He also has a brother named Matt Shearer.