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.

Harry Julius Shearer ( born December 23, 1943 ) is an American actor, humorist, writer, voice artist, musician, author, radio host and filmmaker.

Alan Shearer OBE, DL ( born 13 August 1970 ) is a retired English footballer.

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.

Helen Margaret Clarke ( née Shearer ), ONZM ( born 16 April 1971 in Auckland, New Zealand ) is a former field hockey goalkeeper for New Zealand, who competed in three Summer Olympics: 1992, 2000 and 2004.

Shearer was born in Montreal, Quebec to a prominent upper-class family, but his family fell on hard times after his father's business failed, which ultimately led to his parents ' separation.

Shearer was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Jim Shearer ( born January 3, 1977 ) is a MTV2 VJ who was hired in 2002 after catching the eye of the executive vice president of MTV with a homemade audition tape.

* Alan Shearer ( born 1970 ), English footballer

* Dale Shearer ( born 1965 ), Australian rugby league player

* Dave Shearer ( born 1958 ), Scottish footballer

* Duncan Shearer ( born 1962 ), Scottish footballer

* Rob Shearer ( born 1976 ), Canadian ice hockey player

* Sam Shearer ( born 1883 ), Scottish footballer

* David Shearer ( born 1957 ), New Zealand Leader of the Opposition

* Dale Shearer ( born 1965 ), Australian rugby league footballer

She was born Moira Shearer King in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the daughter of actor Harold V. King.

In 2006, a special production run of 2. 5 million bottles celebrated the career of Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer, who had recently broken the club's scoring record and was about to retire from football.

A native of Newcastle upon Tyne, Shearer made his professional debut with English top-flight club Southampton in 1988, scoring a hat-trick in the process.

A world-record £ 15 million move to his boyhood heroes, Newcastle United, followed the Euro ' 96 tournament, and Shearer spent the remainder of his career with the club.

While he would never win a trophy at Newcastle, Shearer helped his team to runners-up finishes in the Premier League and FA Cup with Newcastle, and won a second PFA Player of the Year award.

Shearer is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ), a Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland, a Freeman of Newcastle upon Tyne and an honorary Doctor of Civil Law of Northumbria and Newcastle Universities.

" Shearer captained his school team and helped a Newcastle City Schools team win a seven-a-side tournament at St James ' Park, before joining the amateur Wallsend Boys Club as a teenager.

Shearer had successful trials for First Division clubs West Bromwich Albion, Manchester City and Newcastle United, before being offered a youth contract with Southampton in April 1986.

Eventually both Manchester United and Newcastle United agreed fees with Blackburn Rovers and Shearer was all set to move to Manchester United but then at the last second Kevin Keegan requested one last audience with Shearer and persuaded him that his future lay at St. James Park.

On 30 July 1996, for a world transfer record-breaking £ 15 million Shearer joined his hometown club and league runners-up Newcastle United, managed by his hero Kevin Keegan.

Perhaps his best performance of the season came on 2 February 1997 when Newcastle went into the final 15 minutes of the game 3 – 1 down at home to Leicester City in the league, only for Shearer to win them the game 4 – 3 by scoring a late hat-trick.

During this tour, he took the opportunity to observe how Newcastle striker Alan Shearer dealt with attention from fans and the media.

After a disastrous season in general for the club, which culminated in Owen's former Newcastle and England team mate Alan Shearer being brought in as a temporary manager for the final 8 games of the season, on the final day of the season on 24 May, Newcastle were relegated from the Premier League for the first time in 15 years.

During the summer of 1996, Alan Shearer was sold to Newcastle United for a then world record fee of £ 15 million, and Harford failed to adequately replace him.

In 2001 he was granted the freedom of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, on the same day as Alan Shearer.

He then linked up with Kenny Dalglish at Newcastle United on a one-year contract but lost his place in the side after Christmas, when Alan Shearer returned from a long-term injury.

Ferdinand scored 50 goals in only 84 games at Newcastle, forming a successful partnership with Alan Shearer.

Before the 1996 – 97 season began, Cole had to deal with being offered to Blackburn Rovers as part-exchange in a £ 12 million deal that would have brought Alan Shearer to Old Trafford but the offer was turned down and Shearer opted for Newcastle instead.