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Actor — Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe on Frasier
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Dan Butler was born on December 2, 1954. Reference works divide on his birthplace — some say Fort Wayne, others nearby Huntington — and this entry does not settle it, because his Fort Wayne tie needs no settling: he was raised in the city, the son of Fort Wayne pharmacist Andrew Butler, and graduated from Northrop High School. He is best known as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe, the sports-radio host on NBC's Frasier from 1993 to 2004, a role he returned to in the revival series. His film work includes the FBI technician Rodman in The Silence of the Lambs (1991); in animation he voiced Mr. Simmons on Hey Arnold!; and he wrote and performed the one-man show The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me…
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Sources: Encyclopedia.com (Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television); IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes biographical entries (on the divided birthplace).