Dave Gruber Allen
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Dave "Gruber" Allen (born 1958, Naperville, Illinois) is an American actor and comedian. He earned his nickname in high school when a classmate's greeting of "What's up, groover?" gradually became "Gruber." He is a graduate of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, and first gained attention as part of the comedy team The Higgins Boys and Gruber alongside Steve Higgins and David Anthony Higgins.
He is perhaps best known for playing guidance counselor Jeff Rosso in the Judd Apatow-produced drama series Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000), appearing in all 18 episodes. He also portrayed the Naked Trucker in the Comedy Central series The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (2007), played Mr. Kwest in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, and had a recurring role as the town troubadour in Gilmore Girls.
In Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016), Allen appeared as the Electrocuted Ghost, the undead specter in the Stonebrook Theatre sequence. He was heavily costumed in prosthetics and blue lighting rigs for the role.