I first saw Bobby Ray Shafer in a wonderfully goofy slasher movie called Psycho Cop in the early 90's - and thought he was pretty funny. He came back to that role a couple of years later in Psycho Cop Returns - which was also silly and fun.
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| Psycho Cop in action. |
I kept seeing him in various series and movies in the years since, and really enjoyed him in the American version of The Office - where he played Bob Vance Vance Refrigeration - Dunder Mifflin's office neighbor and eventually husband to Phyllis - in 25 episodes.
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| "Bob Vance Vance Refrigeration." |
Often now credited as Robert R. Shafer - he turns up all over the place - recently he's one of the poker players being annoyed by Kenny Rogers in a Geico Insurance commercial - and it turns out he's also a cousin of one of my favorite genre filmmakers - Fred Olen Ray - who was the R post in this challenge two years ago.
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| Mega Python vs Gatoroid |
I love the story of how they discovered their family bond - they ended up working on something together - and chatted about their origins - when both revealed their family had originated in West Virginia - some of the names overlapped - and they realized they were related! Since then they've worked together several times!
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| One of Fred Olen Ray's movies that Bobby Ray is in - you can see him sitting in the second picture on the left hand side. |
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| One of Fred's family films Bobby Ray is in. |
I'm sure you've seen something with Bobby Ray Shafer - because he's been in a lot of shows - and I heartily recommend you watch some more - because he's always worth watching.
Until next post, you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!