Chevy Chase is a seasoned American actor and comedian. Chevy started his career on a small scale as the founder of a comedy group ‘Channel One’ in the late 60s and got his big career break with ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 1975. Eventually, as his fame grew with his breakthrough comedy sketch show, he went on to appear on TV with shows like ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘The Chevy Chase Show’, which further brought him more recognition. Eventually, he started appearing in films, mostly in the comic roles and some of his notable films include ‘Foul Play’, ‘Fletch’, ‘Fletch Lives’, ‘Caddyshack’, ‘Memoirs of an Invisible Man’, ‘Orange County’ and ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’.
Although his film career is full of notable films, ‘Foul Play’, which earned him two Golden Globe nominations, remains his best. Some of the other iconic roles played by Chevy Chase are the starring roles in the five ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ films, ‘Spies Like Us’ and ‘Seems like Old Times’.
Besides all the success, he has seen some colossal failures in form of films like ‘Cutlass’, ‘Vaccums’ and ‘Doogal’.
Clark Grisworld decides to take his family on a cross-country car trip from Chicago to Southern California amusement park Walley World. The family have numerous adventures along the way including a falling out, the death of a family member, getting lost in the desert and Clark becoming infatuated with a beautiful woman driving a red Ferrari.
Clark Griswold begins his plans for a "fun old-fashioned family Christmas" by driving with his wife Ellen and two children Audrey and Rusty to a country farm and securing the biggest tree. However, he struggles to keep his Christmas spirit up after unsophisticated relatives show up at his house and his boss denies his much-awaited bonus.
Danny Noonan, a young caddy, intends to bag the prestigious caddy scholarship offered by the Bushwood Country Club. For this, he has to impress the arrogant Judge Elihu Smails, the co-owner of the club. Al Czervik, a loud construction tycoon wants to purchase the club and gets into a conflict with Smails. Meanwhile, the golf course ground keeper is troubled by a rampaging gopher.
Andy Farmer is a former sportswriter who along with his wife, moves to a small town in Vermont so that he can focus on writing his novel. They soon realize that the locals are not very welcoming and the farm is also quite distracting.
On a game show, the Griswold family wins a 15-days’ vacation to Europe and gets set for the trip, though daughter Audrey is hesitant to leave her boyfriend behind, while son Rusty can’t wait to meet girls. The bumbling family travels from London to Paris, then Germany and Rome, moving from place to place, leaving a trail of disaster wherever they go.
Two incompetent CIA applicants are led to believe that they are on a mission. They soon find themselves in Pakistan, then in Afghanistan, and soon they are pursued by the Russians. They eventually realize that they are being used as decoys for a Nuclear War.
During 1920s, three out-of-work actors, Ned, Lucky day and Dusty Bottoms, who play heroic cowboys in silent movies, accept a show in Mexico assuming that they have to reprise their screen roles. Only on arrival they realize that they’re expected to fight real-life bandits who torment the villagers. As the locals hope for protection, the three must live up to their image.
A TV weatherman working in Los Angeles feels bored with his job as well as his relationship with his girlfriend. His life takes a turn when he begins to receive secret messages from an electronic freeway sign near his home.
Two friends—Sam and Mitch—are in need of money to pay for Sam’s dad’s heart surgery. However, they both get fired, after which they come up with a great idea to make money. They start a revenge-for-hire business, which becomes a big success.
Three despondent friends get together to spend some time at a ski resort, after one of them faces medical issues. They are joined by a young Jacob. The four consume an illegal Russian drink and get transported back into time in 1986. They must do everything the same way as it happened to come back to present times, but then the desire to do unpleasant things differently is also there.
Hero is a comedy drama film which tells the story of Bernie, a wanted thief, who rescues passengers from a burning airliner, but is shocked to see that another man is taking the credit for his heroic actions.
A journalist comes to know that he has inherited an old mansion. However, misfortune follows him, and he soon finds himself suspected of murder.
The Griswolds are on a family vacation to Las Vegas. However, each of them face their own misadventures, and they try their best to stay out of trouble.
After his application is rejected at Stanford University, Shaun finds out that his academic transcript got mixed up with that of another student. Due to his determination to get accepted at the university, Shaun decides to use any means necessary.
A magic movie ticket transports teenager Danny Madigan into the fictional world of his favorite movie character, the indestructible Los Angeles Cop Jack Slater. When the fictional villain, Mr. Benedict, uses the same ticket to escape into the real world, Danny and Slater must also travel back and team up to stop him.
Rusty Griswold decides to take a cross-country car trip to Walley World with his family to relive the fond memories of his childhood vacations. Unfortunately, one misadventure after another and many detours turn the trip into a disaster for the Griswolds and anyone who comes in contact with them.
Nothing But Trouble is a comedy film which revolves around a businessman and his friends who are arrested and taken to court, where they face trouble from a sadistic judge.
This comedy sci-fi film tells the story of Nick and Jacob, who decide to help their friend, Lou, who is in trouble. Therefore, they use a time machine in order to travel back in time. Unfortunately, things don’t go as they plan.
Zoom is a superhero comedy film which tells the story of Jack Shepherd, a former superhero, who is asked to come back to work in order to train a group of kids with useless powers.
Caddyshack II is a comedy film which tells the story of a real estate tycoon who is extremely annoyed after a snobbish country club denies him membership. He decides to take revenge by purchasing the club and turning it into an amusement park.
Chevy Chase Awards
| The Paul Simon Special | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special | 1978 |
| Saturday Night Live | Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music | 1976 |
| Saturday Night Live | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series | 1976 |
