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Tom Arnold
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Screenwriter, Actor Born: March 6, 1959 in Ottumwa, IA Biography:Brash, bullyish American comic actor "Tom Arnold" held down a number of "Joe" jobs after college--meat packer, box stacker, bartender, bouncer--before giving stand-up comedy at try. He was very funny in a blunt sort of way, but did not really make it big until his notorious union with comedienne "Roseanne Barr" in 1990. At the behest of his powerful spouse, who featured him as a semi-regular on her smash hit ABC sitcom "Roseanne" and made him a producer, Tom starred in two expensive network sitcoms, playing an obnoxious TV comedy star in one ("The Jackie Thomas Show") and a standard-issue "lovable dad" in the other ("Tom"). Despite the strenuous efforts of "Roseanne"'s production staff, neither program clicked with the public, though Arnold proved in both instances that he had the talent to stand on his own without the input of his wife.
The Roseanne/Tom marriage went down in flames in 1993, with... Full Biography
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