Timothy Stack

Timothy Clifton Stack (born November 21, 1954), is an American actor, producer and screenwriter.

Timothy Stack
Born	Timothy Clifton Stack (1954-11-21) November 21, 1954 Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations	Actor screenwriter producer
Years active	1979–present
Notable credit(s)	Night Stand with Dick Dietrick, Son of the Beach, My Name Is Earl
Spouse	Jan A. Stack
Children	2

Life and career

Education

Timothy was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the son of Joan and Tom Stack. He graduated from the Philadelphia-area prep school Germantown Academy in 1973 and graduated from Boston College in 1978. After graduating, Tim moved to Los Angeles and quickly joined the improvisational comedy group The Groundlings in 1979.

Television

1980s

Some of Stack's early roles include appearances in shows such as Days of Our Lives, Benson, Laverne & Shirley, Remington Steele, Night Court, and ALF among others. In 1986, he appeared in a five-episode arc of Punky Brewster, as rule-obsessed but unfeeling DCFS social worker Simon Chillings, originally charged with Henry's petition to adopt Punky, but who instead removes her from Henry's care, concerned Henry could not adequately support her after his business burns down and he is hospitalized with an ulcer. Convinced Punky would be permanently better off with another foster family, he places her with a wealthy couple, Jules and Tiffany Buckworth. Ultimately, Jules Buckworth leaves Tiffany and returns Punky to Henry, who completes the adoption. When Simon calls Henry's new studio to congratulate him on the adoption, he reaches Mike, who laughs, reminding him he was the one trying to keep them apart. Simon states that he has quit his job with DCFS and has become romantically involved with Tiffany Buckworth.

1990s and early 2000s

In the early 1990s, Stack's appearances included episodes of The Golden Girls, The Wonder Years, Seinfeld, and Wings. He played the father of the main character on Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990-1993). He later starred as Dick Dietrick on the raunchy talk show send-up/satire Night Stand with Dick Dietrick (1995-1997).

Stack then played Notch Johnson on Son of the Beach, a Howard Stern-produced Baywatch send-up which aired on the FX cable channel from 2000 to 2002. He also wrote several episodes of Son of the Beach.

Film

Stack has appeared in many films including Back to School (1986), Clifford (1994), the principal in Idle Hands (1999), Cast Away (2000), Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003), Scary Movie 3 (2003), and American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005). Stack also got voiceover work, e.g. The Brave Little Toaster film series (1987-1998), as Lampy the orange desktop lamp.

Other work

Beginning in 2005, Stack started appearing in a recurring sketch on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno called Pumpcast News. In the sketch, Stack plays a fictional cable news reporter who interacts with customers at gas pumps-–sometimes completely taking people off guard. Stack also acted out a fictional version of himself on the television program My Name Is Earl, in which he was depicted as an arrogant, depressed, alcoholic resident of Camden County who frequently hosted beauty pageants and parades. Other programs Stack has guest starred in include Malcolm in the Middle, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Ghosts. He also hosts the computer DVD game Outburst.

Personal Life

He lives with his wife Jan Stack and their children Murphy and Doyle.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
1982	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Melvin's Crew	Colin Higgins
1985	The Aviator	First Officer	George T. Miller
1986	Back to School	Trendy Man	Alan Metter
1987	Blind Date	Grant	Blake Edwards
	The Brave Little Toaster	Lampy / Zeke	Jerry Rees	voice
1989	Martians Go Home	Seagrams	David Odell
1992	Double Trouble	Albers	John Paragon
	Nervous Ticks	Tim	Rocky Lang
1994	Clifford	Kevin's Father	Paul Flaherty
	It's Pat	Doctor	Adam Bernstein
1996	Dear God	Cousin Guy, the Postal Cop	Garry Marshall
1997	The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue	Lampy	Robert C. Ramirez	voice
1998	The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars	Lampy	Robert C. Ramirez	voice
1999	Idle Hands	Principal Tidwell	Rodman Flender
2000	Cast Away	Morgan Stockton	Robert Zemeckis
2003	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Doctor	Troy Miller
	Scary Movie 3	Carson Ward	David Zucker
2004	Teacher's Pet	Daddy	Timothy Björklund
2005	American Pie Presents: Band Camp	Mr. Nelson	Steve Rash
2006	Funny Money	Dr. Rogers	Leslie Greif
2007	Welcome to Paradise	Eugene Fennig	Brent Huff

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Lou Grant	Mayberry	4.10 "Boomerang"
	Thornwell	Means	Television film
	Days of Our Lives	Mark Garrett
	Quincy, M.E.	Mr. Crowley	7.03 "Slow Boat to Madness"
	Trapper John, M.D.	Male Patient	2.17 "The Albatross"; 3.13 "Angel of Mercy"
1982	Benson	C.C. McFadden	3.16 "Getting Even"
	Desire, the Vampire	Daryl	Television film
	Laverne & Shirley	Bank Teller	8.06 "Death Row"
1983	The Winds of War	Yeoman Ryan	Television miniseries
	Murder Me, Murder You	Natty	Television film
	Reggie	Tom Lockett	1983
	AfterMASH	Ernie Temple / Heard	1.07 "Little Broadcast of '53"; 2.06 "The Recovery Room"
1984	Cagney & Lacey	Bartender	4.03 "Insubordination"
1985	The Facts of Life	Carl	6.16 "Jazzbeau"
	Remington Steele	Arthur McKinley Reynolds III	3.15 "Springtime for Steele"
	The Paper Chase		3.10 "It's Only a Show"
1986	That's My Mama Now!	Deuce	Television film
	Punky Brewster	Simon P. Chillings	2.17 "Changes"
	It's a Living	Raymond	4.06 "Night at the Iguana"
1987	Night Court	Bill / Tim Bond / Mr. Marley	4.14 "The Modest Proposal"; 6.18 "From Snoop to Nuts"; 7.15 "Wedding Bell Blues"
	Starman	Henry Kimble	1.18 "The Wedding"
	The New Adventures of Beans Baxter	Murray De Lamour	1.05 "Beans and the Satanic Backwards Masking Conspiracy"
	Thirtysomething	Maitre D' / Valet Parking Attendant / Movie Ticket Seller	1.05 "But Not for Me"
1988	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Officer Swan	32.19 "Justin Case"
1989	ALF	Jim	4.11 "Happy Together"
	Free Spirit	Dick Drake	1.11 "Radio Nights"
	Doctor Doctor	Sam	1.03 "Running on M.D."; 1.04 "The M.D. Nest Syndrome"; 2.04 "Bachelor Doctor"; 2.13 "No Free Lunch"
1990	The Golden Girls	Agent Bell	5.25 "The President's Coming! The President's Coming!"
	Tales from the Crypt	Frank	2.17 "My Brother's Keeper"
	Hurricane Sam	Bob Kelvin	Television film
	Almost Vegas
	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Mr. Martin Lewis	1990–1993
1991	The Flash	Jim Kline	1.11 "The Trickster"
	Father Dowling Mysteries	Stu	3.21 "The Consulting Detective Mystery"
	My Life and Times	Daniel Miller	1.04 "Millennium"; 1.05 "Fare on Park Avenue"
	Pacific Station		1.03 "A Man's Best Friend"
1992	Maid for Each Other	Larry the Lawyer	Television film
	Ring of the Musketeers	1st Federal Agent
1993	Johnny Bago	Lee Corsair / Bob Burrows / National Tattletale Reporter	1.01 "Johnny Bago Free at Last"; 1.04 "Johnny's Golden Shaft"; 1.06 "Lady Madonna"; 1.07 "Spotting Elvis"
	The Wonder Years	Mr. Plenitzer	6.17 "Eclipse"
	Seinfeld	Dwayne	5.07 "The Glasses"
	The John Larroquette Show	Feinberg	1.09 "There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You"
	The Mommies	Detective Malone	1.12 "Christmas"
1994	Nurses	Oscar	3.13 "Parental Guidance Suggested"
	The Second Half	Charles	1.12 "Far and Awry"
	L.A. Law	Stanton's Atty. Stoddard	8.19 "Tunnel of Love"
	Wings	Mr. Elias	5.24 "A Decent Proposal"
1995	On Our Own	Mr. Pinapel	1.14 "The Boarder"
	My Brother's Keeper	Father Frank	Television film
	Night Stand with Dick Dietrick	Dick Dietrick	Series Lead (1995–1997)
2000	Son of the Beach	Notch Johnson	Series Lead (2000–2002)
2005	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Jack Rafferty	2005–2013
	Malcolm in the Middle	Sam	6.20 "Stilts"
	The Surreal Life	Jeff Probe	5.07 "Voted Out of Vegas"
2005	My Name Is Earl	TV's Tim Stack	2005–2009
2007	Tim Stack's Family Vacation	TV's Tim Stack	Television pilot
2012	Raising Hope	TV's Tim Stack / Notch Johnson (uncredited)	2.12 "Gambling Again"; 3.19 "Making the Band"
2018	LA to Vegas	Hot Tea	1.02 "The Yips and the Dead"

Producer/executive producer

Year	Title	Notes
1995	Night Stand with Dick Dietrick	Executive producer (1995–1996)
2000	Son of the Beach	Executive producer (2000–2002)
2005	My Name Is Earl	Consulting producer (2005–2009)
2007	Tim Stack's Family Vacation	Executive producer (2000–2002)
2010	Raising Hope	Consulting producer (2010–2014)
2015	The Millers	Consulting producer (2014–2015)

Writer

Year	Title	Notes
1986	Saturday Night Live	11.17 "Jimmy Breslin and Marvin Hagler/Level 42/E.G. Daily"; 11.18 "Anjelica Huston and Billy Martin/George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic" (additional sketches)
1988	Glory Days	Television film
1989	Doctor Doctor	2.02 "Member of the Club"
1992	What She Doesn't Know	Television film
1994	On Our Own	1.11 "That's My Car and I'm Sticking to It"; 1.18 "Little Rascals"
1995	Night Stand with Dick Dietrick	86 episodes (1995–1997)
1997	Family Matters	9.06 "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read"; 9.21 "Lost in Space"
2000	Son of the Beach	42 episodes (2000–2002)
2005	My Name Is Earl	7 episodes (2005–2009)
2011	Raising Hope	9 episodes (2011–2014)
2015	The Millers	2.11 "Hero"
	Kirby Buckets	2.03 "The Gil in My Life"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result	Reference
2005	Writers Guild of America Award	My Name Is Earl (shared with Barbie Adler, Bobby Bowman, Vali Chandrasekaran, J.B. Cook, Brad Copeland, Victor Fresco, Gregory Thomas Garcia, John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, Michael Pennie, Hilary Winston and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel)	Best Comedy Series	Nominated
2006			Best New Series	Nominated

External links

• Timothy Stack at IMDb