John Byner

Acting

John Byner

Born 1938-06-28 · New York City, New York, USA

John Byner (né Biener; born June 28, 1938) is an American actor, comedian, and impressionist who has had a lengthy television and movie career. His voice work includes the cartoon series The Ant and the Aardvark, in which the title characters are voiced by Byner's impressions of Dean Martin and Jackie Mason, respectively.

Acting credits

The Black Cauldron poster
6.4

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.

The Black Cauldron

1985

Wishmaster poster
6.1

The Djinn, having been released from his ancient prison, seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow Djinn to take over the earth.

Wishmaster

1997

Transylvania 6-5000 poster
5.3

Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman, the Vampiress Odette and a whole cast of other weirdos.

Transylvania 6-5000

1985

Will: G. Gordon Liddy poster
5.0

Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy who spent 54 months in prison following the Watergate scandal.

Will: G. Gordon Liddy

1982

A Wish for Wings That Work poster
6.2

Opus the Penguin struggles to achieve his seemingly impossible dream to be able to fly.

A Wish for Wings That Work

1991

My 5 Wives poster
4.8

A three times divorced real estate tycoon who thought he was through with love gets more then he bargained for when he invests in some property for a ski resort in Utah.

My 5 Wives

2000

Once Upon a Halloween poster
6.0

On the night before Halloween, the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs plans to conquer Halloween, and asks her cauldron to show you several villains, to which one of them helps her in her plan, such as Peg Leg Pete from Mickey & Co., Ursula from The Little Mermaid, Captain Hook from Peter Pan, Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove, Professor Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective, Alameda Slim from Home on the Range, and Judge Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame The cauldron also explains its origins and The Horned King, both from The Black Cauldron.

Once Upon a Halloween

2005

Stroker Ace poster
4.8

Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook.

Stroker Ace

1983

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me poster
7.5

When a former cop marries a wealthy widow, his ex-girlfriend sees an opportunity for blackmail. But their plan to keep her quiet and out of their lives does not exactly go as planned.

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me

1995

Grease Day USA poster
8.3

The star-studded premiere party for "Grease," featuring numerous unrelated musical performances.

Grease Day USA

1978

Joys poster
6.0

Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer known only as "Joys."

Joys

1976

The Super Bob Einstein Movie poster
6.9

This documentary explores Bob Einstein’s unlikely discovery and enduring career, sharing the many evolving layers of his comedy from the people that knew him best.

The Super Bob Einstein Movie

2021

The Great Smokey Roadblock poster
5.7

An old trucker steals his truck for one last cross-country run, with a madam and her crew on board.

The Great Smokey Roadblock

1978

The Mouse and the Motorcycle poster
5.7

It looks like young Keith Gridley will have a lonely summer, until he meets a talking mouse named Ralph. Ralph takes an immediate liking to Keith's toy motorcycle and can ride it just by making a motor noise. Ralph even acts heroically when Keith comes down with a nasty fever, while dodging cats, owls and a guest's noisy dog.

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

1986

The Ant and the Aardvark poster
7.2

An aardvark tries to catch one ant without success.

The Ant and the Aardvark

1969

Munchie Strikes Back poster
3.7

The magical Munchie is back, and if he gets in any more trouble it's off to the dullest constellation in the galaxy. Staying out of trouble has never been easy for Munchie, but this time he gives it his best shot. He is sent to earth and finds himself in the company of the McClelland family. As he proves himself, he becomes mixed up in the family's many problems. Munchie does his best to fulfill his duty on Earth, but not without getting involved in a little mischief. Written by Concorde - New Horizons.

Munchie Strikes Back

1994

The Big Time poster
4.5

In 1948 Manhattan, a diverse group of people are committed to making the fledgling Empire Network a success. Among them: a naive young woman who's hired as a script girl; an idealistic programmer; and an aspiring director who hopes to make Empire "the network that takes risks and makes new stars." Then there's Empire's president, an eccentric scientist whose bride raises eyebrows at the network.

The Big Time

2002

A Guide for the Married Woman poster
4.3

A seriocomic look at the life of Julie Walker. Bored with her marriage, and encouraged by her friends, she contemplates an affair. Fantasy and reality mix often, leading to complications and headaches.

A Guide for the Married Woman

1978

Three on a Date poster
3.3

The adventures and mishaps of four couples, winners on a TV game show, along with their young chaperone, on a Hawaiian holiday.

Three on a Date

1978

Aesop's Fables poster
9.0

A collection of the classic morality tales narrated by Bill Cosby as "Aesop" that have been passed down from family to family for thousands of years. Every story has a lesson.

Aesop's Fables

1971

Murder Can Hurt You! poster
NR

A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight bumbling super-sleuths band together in a battle of wits against the devilishly clever Master Criminal.

Murder Can Hurt You!

1980

Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show poster
8.0

Bing's 1973 primetime Christmas special from NBC, with his family and guest stars.

Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show

1973

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3.7

In this comedy, three middle-aged men renew their boyhood friendship at a stag party and hatch a crazy scheme that involves making money off of a luscious prostitute.

A Pleasure Doing Business

1979

The Ant from Uncle poster
8.0

To bar the Ant from subterranean refuge, the Aardvark strives to plug every ant hole in existence and, to his dismay, discovers a hole of volcanic proportions which is the dwelling of Charlie's huge, older kin.

The Ant from Uncle

1969