with Weekend at Bernie’s, where two young salesman (Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman) attempt to pretend their recently deceased boss Bernie (Terry Kiser) is not dead, by traipsing his ...

Ted Kotcheff, whose long career included directing 'First Blood,' 'Weekend at Bernie's,' 'Wake in Fright' and 'North Dallas ...

Kotcheff returned to comedies and notched another hit with 1989’s “Weekend at Bernie’s,” starring Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman as two low-level suits who puppet their CEO’s corpse.