Actor
David Leisure
November 16, 1950 · San Diego, California, USA
David Russell Leisure (born November 16, 1950) is an American actor best known for his role as Charley Dietz in the sitcom Empty Nest from 1988 to 1995 and fictional (and "lying") automotive "pitch man" Joe Isuzu in a series of North American television commercials for Isuzu from 1986 to 1990, and again from 1999 to 2001.
Additional television credits include Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, One on One, V.I.P., Diagnosis: Murder, The Parent 'Hood, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, For Your Love, Caroline in the City, The Wayans Bros., Touched by an Angel, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Renegade, The Golden Girls, Married... with Children, ALF, 227, T. J. Hooker, The Equalizer, Falcon Crest, Sledge Hammer, and Nurses.
Notable work
7.610 Things I Hate About You (1999)
as Mr. Chapin
7.3Airplane! (1980)
as First Krishna
6.1Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
as Religious Zealot
7.7ALF (1986)
as Brandon Tartikoff
7.7Married... with Children (1987)
as Bink Winkleman
7.8Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)
as Bob Bermuda
7.8Dinosaurs (1991)
as Mr. Teddy Wolfe (voice)
6.9Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)
as Spencer Spencer
7.6The Golden Girls (1985)
as Charlie Dietz and as Oliver
7.4The Goldbergs (2013)
as Captain Roger
6.1The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
as Jason
Often works with
Lee Bryant
3 titles together
Airplane!, Airplane II: The Sequel, T. J. Hooker
Robert Hays
2 titles together
Airplane!, Airplane II: The Sequel
Julie Hagerty
2 titles together
Airplane!, Airplane II: The Sequel
Lloyd Bridges
2 titles together
Airplane!, Airplane II: The Sequel
Peter Graves
2 titles together
Airplane!, Airplane II: The Sequel
Stephen Stucker
2 titles together
Airplane!, Airplane II: The Sequel
Full filmography · 49
Sperm Donor
as Maxwell
2012
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn
as Metus (voice)
20095.8
Teed Off Too
as Your Golf Guide
2008
Teed Off
as Your Golf Guide
2005
Welcome To September
as Elliott Faydo
2005
Elvis Has Left the Building
as Hole-in-the-Head Elvis
20045.3
Ghost Dog: A Detective Tail
as Dr. Vaughn
2003
Downward Angel
as Charles
2001
Behind the Seams
as Milos Breneschov
2000
Dogmatic
as Pal Acres
1999
10 Things I Hate About You
as Mr. Chapin
19997.6
Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure
as Nick's Dad
1999