Randall Carver
| Randall Carver | |
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| Born | May 25 Fort Worth, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Known for | Taxi |
Randall Carver (born May 25 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actor. Carver started his acting career in the late 1960s, and portrayed roles in films and television. Notably, he portrayed John Burns in Taxi throughout the first season (1978–79) until his character was written out of the series and then replaced by Jim Ignatowski, portrayed by Christopher Lloyd, for subsequent seasons.
Carver, a Texan native, graduated from Missouri Military Academy and then West Texas State University. He also graduated from the Fine Arts program of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Carver appeared in minor roles, including his uncredited debut in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy. His first major appearance was the 1973 drama film Time to Run as Jeff Cole, an environment enthusiast who attempts to sabotage his father's (Ed Nelson) nuclear power plant. He portrayed Jeffrey DeVito, gangster husband of Cathy Shumway (Debralee Scott), in the 1977–78 television series Forever Fernwood. He also made guest appearances in other television series, like Emergency!, The Six Million Dollar Man, and The Waltons, and appeared in stage plays and in made-for-television films during the 1970s.
In the first season (1978–79) of the television sitcom series Taxi, Carver portrayed John Burns, "a [naïve student] who lands in the taxi business more by default than design." According to the book Happier Days (2006), although the book praised his acting, Carver's character John was not well-developed, even with his wedding subplot. Carver said,
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