Many -- including Chevy Chase himself -- would consider the title character from "Fletch" to be his signature movie role, and he told us why the character came so easily to him.
Many -- including Chevy Chase himself -- would consider the title character from "Fletch" to be his signature movie role, and he told us why the character came so easily to him.
Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.
Richard Belzer. Actor: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. A social misfit, was kicked out of every school he ever attended, due to his uncontrollable wit. His mother (Frances) died of breast cancer when Richard was 18. His father (Charles) committed suicide when he was 22. A dedication is written to him in Richard Belzer's "UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have To Be Crazy To Believe" (Ballantine Books,...
A lot of Chevy Chase's film characters share one thing in common -- they're all very much like the actor who played them. And Chase says that's especially true of the "Fletch" films.
In 'Fletch,' Chevy Chase Starred As ... Chevy Chase
A lot of Chevy Chase's film characters share one thing in common -- they're all very much like the actor who played them. And Chase says that's especially true of the "Fletch" films.