Jay Thomas

Jay Thomas

Jay Thomas (born Jon Thomas Terrell; July 12, 1948 – August 24, 2017) was an American actor, comedian, and radio personality. He was heard in New York from 1976–1979 on top-40 station 99X, and later on rhythmic CHR station 92KTU, and in Los Angeles beginning in 1986 on KPWR "Power 106", where he hosted the station's top-rated morning show until 1993. His notable television work included his co-starring role as Remo DaVinci on Mork & Mindy (1979–1981), the recurring role of Eddie LeBec, a Boston Bruins goalie on the downside of his career, on Cheers (1987–1989), the lead character of newspaper columnist Jack Stein on Love & War (1992–1995), and a repeat guest role as Jerry Gold, a talk-show host who becomes both an antagonist and love interest of the title character on Murphy Brown. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jay Thomas has received more than 2,089,113 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jay Thomas is the 9,512th most popular actor (down from 8,360th in 2019), the 13,846th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,766th in 2019) and the 4,649th most popular American Actor.