Home / Discover / People

Pat McCormick

Comedian, writer and actor Pat McCormick (born Arley D. McCormick) was known for playing Big Enos Burdette in Smokey and the Bandit and its two sequels. Behind the scenes, he was one of the lead writers on The Tonight Show writing many of its most well-known lines. McCormick had a distinctive appearance being 6'7" tall, weighing 250 lbs and known to sport a walrus mustache.

Aliases
  • Patrick McCormick
English
Filmography
  • Born In Lakewood, Ohio, USA
  • Born June 30, 1927
  • Died July 29, 2005
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com Wikipedia
  • Created April 5, 2019 by
    Administrator admin
  • Modified July 8, 2023 by
    appara mod

Playboy: Playmate Playoffs

1986
as Event Demonstrator

Under the Rainbow

1981
as Tiny

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

1983
as Big Enos Burdette

The New Bill Cosby Show

A Wedding

1978
as Mackenzie 'Mac' Goddard

Hot Stuff

1979
as Man with Cigars

Chinatown Connection

1990
as Flynn

Nerds of a Feather

1990
as Professor (as Patrick McCormick)

The Funnier Side of Eastern Canada

1974
as Chocolate Moose

History of the World: Part I

1981
as Plumbing Salesman - The Roman Empire

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

1976
as The President of the United States (Grover Cleveland)

Broadway Bound

1992
as Announcer

The Bob Mathias Story

1954
as Pat McCormick, Olympics Women's Diving Champion

The Gong Show Movie

1980
as Himself

Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses?

1977
as himself

Sam Kinison Banned

1990
as Prosecutor

E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind

1984
as Sonny Patterson

Smokey and the Bandit

1977
as Big Enos

The Jerk, Too

1984
as Dudley

Bombs Away

1985
as The Dispatcher

Smokey and the Bandit II

1980
as Big Enos

Best Chest in the West II

1986
as Self - Emcee

Gun Shy

1983

Beverly Hills Vamp

1989
as Professor Sommerset

Mr. Horn

1979
as John Noble

Doin' Time

1985
as Fallis

Writer

Movie All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special 1980
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Mind Over Matter 		1966
Movie The Funnier Side of Eastern Canada 1974
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
David Letterman (guest host), Peter Marshall 		1979
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Goober's Contest 		1967
Episode The Danny Kaye Show
XMAS special: Wayne Newton / Peggy Lee (in color) 		1966
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
David Letterman (guest host) 		1979
Episode Here's Lucy
Lucy and the Bogie Affair 		1969
Episode The Lucy Show
Lucy in London 		1966
Movie Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back 1977
Movie Under the Rainbow 1981
Episode Get Smart
The Day Smart Turned Chicken 		1965
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
David Letterman (guest host), Jay Leno 		1979
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Steve Martin (guest host), Tom Smothers, Ricky Jay 		1977
Episode Get Smart
I'm Only Human 		1966
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Frank Sinatra, Don Rickles, David Janssen, Olivia Newton-John, Ray Johnson 		1976
Episode Get Smart
Hello, Columbus -- Goodbye, America 		1970

Guest Star

Episode Cop Rock
Cop-a-Feeliac 		1990
Episode Sister, Sister
Christmas 		1995
Episode The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
Beans in Ski Heck 		1987
Episode C.P.O. Sharkey
The Many Sides of Don Rickles 		1970
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Larry Gelbart, Pat McCormick, David Lloyd 		1986
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Buck Henry, Pat McCormick, Leonard Frey, Hermione Gingold 		1971
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Charlton Heston, Pat McCormick, Steve Stoliar, Larry Gelbart, David Lloyd 		1986
Episode The Bob Newhart Show
Bum Voyage 		1973
Episode The Golden Girls
Valentine's Day 		1989
Episode Trapper John, M.D.
South Side Story 		1983
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Bette Davis, Buck Henry, Jonathan Miller, Pat McCormick 		1969
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Beverly Sills, Drew Pearson, Natalie Wood, Pat McCormick 		1969
Episode Sanford and Son
Superflyer 		1973
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Alice Playten, Pat McCormick, Terry (Joan) Garrity, Dr. Carlton Ray 		1970
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
The Beach Boys, Pat McCormick, Charlotte Curtis, Senator George McGovern 		1968
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Groucho Marx, Woody Allen, Bob Hope, Debbie Reynolds, Pat McCormick 		1968
Episode Grace Under Fire
The Good Mother 		1995
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Glen Campbell, James Coburn, Kathryn Kuhlman, Pat McCormick 		1971
Episode Laverne & Shirley
Lonely at the Middle 		1977