John E. Bristol is an American TV and Movie actor who appeared as Ebu, the Stone Age Chief of the tribe Mork and Mindy take refuge with in Season 4's Gotta Run, Part 3.
Biography[]
Career[]
John E. Bristol's on screen career covered (to this point) 1980 to 1984, trading on his large (often hairy) size, starting with his appearance as the ever lurking Bear the Hermit, in Robin Williams' first movie starrer, Popeye (1980). His final role was also in a notable movie, as the man Arnold Schwarzenegger flings off the phone booth in his search for Sarah Connor in The Terminator (1984). In between he made a number of apperances on popular TV shows of the day.[1]
Filmography[]
| Year | Movie | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Popeye | Bear, the Hermit | |
| 1982 | Wacko | Driver's Education Teacher | |
| 1983 | Off the Wall | Rene La Flerg | |
| 1984 | The Terminator | Phone Booth Man | |
| Year | TV Series | Episode(s) | Role |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero | Operation Spoilsport | Guy Who Lives Under the Bridge |
| 1982 | No Soap, Radio | Carmine the Squealer | Yukon Dan |
| 1982 | Mork & Mindy | Gotta Run: Part 3 | Ebu |
| 1983 | Bring 'Em Back Alive | The Hostage | Player |
Mork & Mindy[]
John E. Bristol, appeared in Season 4's Gotta Run, Part 3, as Ebu, the chief of the tribe that Belk belongs to, and who Mork & Mindy have to try to pacify in order to be able to stay with the tribe after they've been catapulted through time trying to get away from Kalnik. Not impressed with them at first sight, he is overtly aggressive towards them, and especially Mork as the new male, literally sniffing him out. It's not until Mork pulls out his harmonica and gives a fresh 'recital' that Ebu gets what Belk saw in them, and like the rest of the tribe falls to his knees in quasi worship of the Orkan, allowing him and Mindy to stay.