Actor, comedian and children’s television personality Joey D’Auria has worked
in the entertainment industry over 40 years. His skills in improvisational
comedy helped him win a coveted GONG SHOW trophy and made his Dr.
Flameo character such a favorite with Chuck Barris that he had D’Auria appear
several times on both the daytime and night time Gong shows, and Barris’s
prime time RAH RAH SHOW.

On New Year’s Eve 1982 he again appeared as Dr. Flameo on THE TONIGHT
SHOW with Johnny Carson.

This appearance led to Joey being cast as WGN-TV Chicago’s “BOZO THE
CLOWN” from 1984 to 2001, and receiving five Emmy Awards as on-camera
talent. When Chicago’s Bozo Show ended its 40 year run in 2001 D’Auria was
the last actor to portray Bozo the Clown on the longest running Bozo Show in
television history and had been seen world wide on WGN’s Super Satellite for
his entire run.
For many years copyright restrictions prevented D’Auria from participating in
conventions and other events. However, recently actor David Arquette
acquired ownership of BOZO THE CLOWN and has generously given Joey
permission to make appearances as himself at conventions, participate on
panels discussing children’s television, and to sign autographs as WGN-TV’s
Bozo the Clown.
Animation
As a voice over actor, Joey has supplied voices for several popular cartoons
characters: Butch the Alley Cat and Droopy Dog in TOM & JERRY; Whisper the
Yo Kai butler in YO KAI WATCH; the practical joke loving ghost Buzz in
Nickelodeon’s LOUD HOUSE; Mr. Rude, Mr. Fussy and Mr. Scatterbrain in THE
MR. MEN SHOW; and several video games including RATCHET AND CLANK
and BIO SHOCK.

Collectorabilia Saturday November 28, 2026 welcomes Larry Hankin! Resch Expo, Green Bay, WI

Larry Hankin has appeared in over 150 films and TV Shows from “Friends” and “Seinfeld” (“Mr. Heckles” and “Tom Pepper), to “CSI”, the junkyard owner who crushed the winnebago and sold the huge magnet in “Breaking Bad,” the Russian hitman Slovka in episode 3 of Bill Hader’s Barry, and recently, reprized his role as go-for-Joe, the junkyard dealer in Netflix movie, “El Camino.” Many trekkies know Larry from his role in Star Trek: Voyager as Guant Gary. His movie career started in 1966 and is still going strong.

One of Larry’s first big roles was a co-starring lead in “Escape from Alcatraz. He played the memorable Charley Butz.: Larry wrote the movie Sollys Diner, which was nominated for an Academy Award. Larry has recently compiled most of his comic and satiric rants, stories, fables, and Doggerel “pomes” in his book, “The Loopholes Dossier”, which has just been published and distributed worldwide.

Larry Hankin is an American actor, performer, director and producer.

Hankin studied acting at Syracurse University. He is known for his roles in TV shows Friends (as “Mr. Heckles”) and Seinfeld; as well as for his major role in the movie Escape from Alcatraz with Clint Eastwood. Also, he played a significant role in the movie Billy Madison along with Adam Sandler. He had cameo appearances in three John Hughes films, Home Alone, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and She’s Having A Baby, as well as minor roles in The Sure Thing and Running Scared. In 1980, he shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Short Film, Live action for Solly’s Diner. Hankin also appeared in Married…with Children, as well as one of the Halloween specials of Home Improvement.

In Seinfeld, Hankin portrayed Tom Pepper, the actor cast as Kramer on the pilot within a TV show Jerry. In real life, he had actually auditioned for the role of Kramer when Seinfeld began production. Larry David initially felt that Hankin best matched his idea of what the character would be like in comparison to his real-life inspiration, Kenny Kramer, but Michael Richards ultimately landed the role.

He recently appeared in Season 3 of Breaking Bad as a junk yard owner.