He acted alongside Animal House co-star John Belushi yet again in Stephen Spielberg’s 1941, and received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his role of President John Hoynes on The West Wing.

“Animal House” was filmed in Eugene for 32 days in the fall of 1977. Belushi was there three days a week and returned to New York to perform in NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” on the weekends.

John Belushi and Tim Matheson in a scene from “Animal House.” ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection In his book, Matheson was adamant that Belushi wasn’t using drugs while filming.

Belushi gave a star-making performance as the outrageous, frat house wild man, John “Bluto” Blutarsky, and those who recall the shooting of the movie on location have some colorful ...

Matheson and Belushi starred in the box office hit as college students in the Delta Tau Chi fraternity. Now, in his book, he has revealed that director John Landis made sure his colleague was ...

John Belushi headlined less than a half-dozen movies during his short career. He had smaller roles in a handful of films leading up to his breakthrough performance in 1978's National Lampoon's ...

“National Lampoon’s Animal House” was released to theaters on July 28, 1978. Made on a budget of chewing gum and pocket lint — all right, $3 million — it featured a mostly unknown cast ...

Martha Smith, (left) as Babs Jansen, John Belushi as John Blutarsky or "Bluto" and Mary Louise Weller as Mandy Pepperidge pose for photos between filming sessions of the movie Animal House in ...

Why You Should Watch: Animal House John Landis’ 1978 frat comedy classic redefined American comedy and made John Belushi a star. Toga Party!

Though Belushi is associated with the wild behavior he and his fellow SNL castmates were famous for, he also had a more traditional side. He met future wife Judith Belushi in the ...

On March 5, 1982, "Saturday Night Live" star John Belushi shot a “speedball," a mixture of coke and heroin. He was found dead at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.