Louie Perry Anderson is an American

United States

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 stand-up comedian. Anderson created the cartoon series Life with Louie

Life with Louie

Life with Louie is an American animated series. The show is based on the childhood of stand-up comedian Louie Anderson, growing up with his family in Wisconsin.The first two episodes aired in primetime on Fox....

, has written three books, and was the initial host of the second revival of the game show

Game show

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 Family Feud

Family Feud

Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people...

, from 1999 to 2002.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Louie Anderson was the second-youngest of 11 children in his family. A 1985 marriage to his high school sweetheart lasted four weeks.
In late 1985, Anderson was cast as Lou Appleton alongside Bronson Pinchot

Bronson Pinchot

Bronson Alcott Pinchot is an American actor. He has appeared in several feature films, including Risky Business, Beverly Hills Cop , The First Wives Club, True Romance, Courage Under Fire and It's My Party...

 on the pilot episode of Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers (TV series)

Perfect Strangers is an American sitcom that ran for eight seasons from March 25, 1986, to August 6, 1993, on the ABC television network. Created by Dale McRaven, the series chronicles the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean...

for ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 (which was known in this early stage as The Greenhorn).