John Landis is Now 69
Fun Fact: After firing the crew’s hairdresser (who wanted extra time off), Landis took the Delta actors to a local barbershop and asked them if they could do early 1960s-style haircuts. He did all of the actors’ haircuts, one after another. Another fun fact: John Landis shaved his heavy beard to appear in the movie as the cafeteria dishwasher who catches Bluto mooching and tries to stop him. The scene was filmed, but Landis eventually cut the scene.
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Landis has directed lots of famous movies, like ‘The Blues Brothers’ (1980), ‘An American Werewolf in London’ (1981), ‘Trading Places’ (1983), ‘Three Amigos’ (1986), ‘Coming to America’ (1988) and ‘Beverly Hills Cop III (1994).’ He’s even done non-comedy projects, such as directing Michael Jackson’s music videos for “Thriller” (1983) and “Black or White” (1991).