Stephen Stucker (July 2, 1947 – April 13, 1986) was an American actor, known for portrayals of larger-than-life flamboyant characters, notably the insane control-room worker Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs in the Airplane! movies and the cross-dressing, rubber-penis-waving stenographer in the courtroom sequence in 1977's The Kentucky Fried Movie.
Stucker was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 2, 1947, distinguishing himself at school as a pianist and a clas...
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Stephen Stucker (July 2, 1947 – April 13, 1986) was an American actor, known for portrayals of larger-than-life flamboyant characters, notably the insane control-room worker Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs in the Airplane! movies and the cross-dressing, rubber-penis-waving stenographer in the courtroom sequence in 1977's The Kentucky Fried Movie.
Stucker was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 2, 1947, distinguishing himself at school as a pianist and a class clown, blessed with dry wit. Stucker made his screen debut in Gregory Corarito's 1975 exploitation Carnal Madness as Bruce Wilson, a gay fashion designer who escapes an insane asylum with two fellow inmates before molesting and drooling their way through the pupils at a girls' reform school. Although the synopsis seems tasteless by modern standards, Corarito's film was of its time, and the over-the-top comedy performances by Stucker and his co-stars Michael Pataki and Bob Minor prevented the proceedings from lapsing too far into tasteless...
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