He grew up in Texas, mostly in a small town outside of Dallas. He did his time as a hired hand on cattle ranches and even shovelled up roadkill for the Texas Highway Department. As a student at North Texas State University, he landed some voice-over commercial jobs and was about to leap into the advertising game when he won a small part in a smaller independent movie. Church was brash enough to view that as a sign, so he moved to L.A. in 1989 for some serious work. Jobs on 21 Jump Street and Flying Blind, and a scene-stealing moment on Cheers as a skating penguin, led to his Wings role, and his notoriety as a thrifty man.
Church does now.
In fact, he's definite about it. You have few shots. And if I am fortunate enough to be asked to do another show, I want it to be mine. Meanwhile, Church is basking in the limelight of being in a hit movie. He plays the silly villain in the live-action movie romp of the '60s cartoon George Of The Jungle.