hello kids!

who was the actor who portrayed Elaine's saxaphone-playing boyfried --
the one with great hair who, after pleasuring Elaine, couldn't wrap
his lips around his reed?  has he done anything since that episode?

thanks for the search time!
granny

Hello Granny,

A pleasure to search one of my favorite shows for you.

Searching Seinfeld +sax +elaine brought me to a cached page at Google
- I would have needed to be a subscriber to either Entertainment or
AOL to access this page in any other way. The epsidode you seek is
called "The Rye".

"EPISODE 115          THE RYE 

FIRST AIRED 1/4/96 WRITER Leifer DIR. Ackerman 

SYNOPSIS 

Elaine's desire to do "everything" proves disastrous for sponge-worthy
sax player John (Jeff Yagher). The Costanzas meet Susan's stuffy
parents and clash over any number of topics--most significantly a
''de-gifted'' loaf of marble rye. Moonlighting hansom-cab driver
Kramer takes the Rosses for an aromatic, Beef-A-Reeno-fueled ride.
HISTORIC MOMENT A frustrating trip to Schnitzer's Bakery results in
Jerry mugging an elderly woman (Frances Bay, who will get her revenge
in 118). CRITIQUE It's no mean feat tackling two potentially tasteless
topics (flatulence and oral sex) in one prime-time setting. To do it
so elegantly is just icing on the rye..."

So the actor of interest is Jeff Yagher.

Searching a bit farther, I find more info on him at IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/Name?Yagher,+Jeff


Jeff Yagher
 
Date of birth 18 January 1962
Lawrence, Kansas, USA 

Trivia
Brother of special effects expert and director Kevin Yagher. 
  

Actor - filmography 

Here I will list only the appearances since the Seinfeld episode you
requested. A more complete listing can be found here:
http://www.imdb.com/AName?Yagher,%20Jeff

View from the Top (2003) .... Shadow Agent 
Pursuit of Happiness (2001) (uncredited) .... Neighbor from 207
Pandora Project, The (1998) .... Bruce Bobbins 
Wing and a Prayer, A (1998) (TV) .... Jack Lowe 
My Fellow Americans (1996) .... Dorothy/Lt. Ralph Fleming 
Kidnapping in the Family, A (1996) (TV) .... Jack Taylor 

Notable TV Guest Appearances

"Crossing Jordan" (2001) playing "Ross Larken" in episode: "As If By
Fate" (episode # 2.5) 21 October 2002
"Touched by an Angel" (1994) playing "Mike Rice" in episode:
"Netherlands" (episode # 7.23) 6 May 2001
"Walker, Texas Ranger" (1993) playing "Hawkins" in episode: "Medieval
Crimes" (episode # 9.17) 21 April 2001
"Mysterious Ways" (2000) playing "Cal Montgomery" in episode: "Strike
Two" (episode # 1.18) 15 January 2001


Each of the above are linked from the IMDB page should you desire to
find more about any oF his films or appearances.

Thanks for a fun question!

Regards,

-=clouseau=-

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Clarification of Answer by clouseau-ga on 05 May 2003 16:13 PDT

The address for the cached page showing this synopsis is:

http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:u7x_5QmZJMUC:www.ew.com/ew/seinfeld/season7.html+seinfeld+%2Bsax+%2Belaine&hl=en&ie=UTF-8


Sorry for that omission!

-=clouseau=-

just what I needed and so *fast,* inspector.  thanks a million!  many
thanks also to pinkie.  it was driving me crazy where I'd seen him
before and it was indeed "V."  that 70s hair threw me.

Another memorable Jeff Yagher appearance was in the science fiction
series 'V', as the character "Kyle Bates."

http://www.mortalwombat.com/Image/JeffYagher.jpg

My pleasure Granny!

Thanks so much for the rating and tip!

-=clouseau=-