# Actor in Cigna commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326 "2017-10-08T20:37:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/1 "2017-10-08T20:37:17Z")
The “doctor poses” ads that Cigna is running are cracking me up, but there’s one actor whose face I recognize, but I can’t place him. It’s the old guy, referred to as “Dad” who walks past the posing doctors pushing his IV pole. I’ve tried looking at several sites, but they only name the main actors. Who the heck is he? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/2 "2017-10-08T21:17:06Z")
I don’t know, but here’s a [youtube link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTW7EgoKpSE). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/3 "2017-10-08T21:30:11Z")
Thanks - I didn’t think to post a link. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/4 "2017-10-08T21:33:42Z")
Michael Lerner? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/5 "2017-10-08T21:36:02Z")
I don’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/6 "2017-10-08T22:33:29Z")
Ken Lerner.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/7 "2017-10-08T22:36:31Z")
I was close. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/8 "2017-10-08T22:44:03Z")
Oh… happy days ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/9 "2017-10-08T22:44:41Z")
Thank you! I never would have figured that out - his name is not familiar at all, but his face is! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/10 "2017-10-08T22:45:01Z")
Damn, I’m getting old: Here’s [K. Lerner’s IMDb page](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503624/?ref_=tt_cl_t9). I remembered him from a Scrubs episode where they became a '70s TV medical comedy show. He was the patient. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/11 "2017-10-08T22:52:04Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Thank you! I never would have figured that out - his name is not familiar at all, but his face is! > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Damn, I’m getting old: > > Here’s [K. Lerner’s IMDb page](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503624/?ref_=tt_cl_t9). I remembered him from a Scrubs episode where they became a '70s TV medical comedy show. He was the patient. I remembered him from the Drew Carey show ,character name Finestein. Drew wrote the boss a speech, old man went on a racist rant, everyone shows up in Drew’s cubicle to bitch. The group assumed he knew a lawyer because of his Jewish name. I can’t believe I scored:D, I’d like to thank all the little people who made this possible…😛 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/12 "2017-10-08T22:52:33Z")
He’s “that guy!” but for TV instead of movies. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-in-cigna-commercial/798326/13 "2017-10-08T23:10:08Z")
I never watched _Buffy_, but you fans should hang your head in shame–he was Principal Flutie! To further confuse matters, Michael Learned was the mom on _The Waltons_.