Dan Monahan (born July 20, 1955) is an

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, best known for his role as Edward "Pee Wee" Morris in the 1980s ''

Porky's ''Porky's'' is a 1981 sex comedy film written and directed by Bob Clark about the escapades of teenagers in 1954 at the fictional Angel Beach High School in Florida. The film stars Kim Cattrall, Scott Colomby, Kaki Hunter, Nancy Parsons, Alex Ka ...

'' trilogy of

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s. He appeared in '' Only When I Laugh'' and ''

'' in 1981.

Early and personal life

Monahan graduated from Olmsted Falls High School in Olmsted Falls, Ohio. Then he majored in business and drama at

Ohio University Ohio University (Ohio or OU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. The university was first conceived in the 1787 contract between the United States Department of the Treasury#Re ...

. Monahan married a teacher, Sharon Killius, in September 1982, and has a daughter.

Filmography

* '' Paradiso Blu'' (1980) - Peter * ''

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, th ...

'' (1981) - Tom Sawyer * '' Only When I Laugh'' (1981) - Jason * ''

'' (1981) - Edward "Pee Wee" Morris * '' Porky's II: The Next Day'' (1983) - Edward "Pee Wee" Morris * '' Up the Creek'' (1984) - Max * '' Porky's Revenge!'' (1985) - Edward "Pee Wee" Morris * '' From the Hip'' (1987) - Larry * '' The Prince of Pennsylvania'' (1988) - Tommy Rutherford * '' The Night Flier'' (1997) - Merton Morrison * '' Shattered Illusions'' (1998) - Mark * ''

Baby Geniuses ''Baby Geniuses'' is a 1999 American family comedy film directed by Bob Clark and written by Clark and Greg Michael, from a story by Clark, Steven Paul, Francisca Matos, and Robert Grasmere. It stars Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Kim Cattr ...

'' (1999) - Reporter * ''

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'' (2000) - Friar Lawrence

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* 1955 births Living people American male film actors Male actors from Ohio People from Olmsted Falls, Ohio {{US-film-actor-1950s-stub