Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-12-01 (64 years old)
Deathday
1987-04-17
Place of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
Also known As
Richard Schulefand
Dick Shawn (December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor. Way ahead of his time most say, it was extremely difficult indeed to know how to properly tap into this man's eclectic talents. Shawn began inching toward the forefront during the be-bop 50s and early 60s with his odd penchant for playing cool cats. During his mild bid for film stardom, he was top-billed as a hip, laid back genie in the thoroughly dismal satire The Wizard of Baghdad (1960), but seemed to have better luck when taken in smaller doses. He fared quite well opposite another "way-out-there" comedian, Ernie Kovacs, in Wake Me When It's Over (1960) as a hustling ...
1984
as Mae
1987
as Stan Starkey
1968
as Lorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.)
1983
as Professor Hoover
1984
as Self - Host
1963
as Sylvester Marcus
1974
as Snow Miser (voice)
1966
as Captain Lionel Cash
1979
as Lieutenant Ferguson NYPD
1969
as Harry Bricker
1966
as Igor Valkleinokov
1960
as Gus Brubaker
1977
as Manny Lander
1966
as Dr. Gregory Mannix
1979
1983
as Rodney Pointsetter / Ainsley Pointsetter
1965
as Arnold Plum
1985
as Bo Gumbs
1972
as Marshal Bing Bell
1986
as Self
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1956
as Singer
1961
as Genii-Ali Mahmud
1985
as Deke Halliday
1985
as Emperor
1971
as Lucky
1991
as Self (archive footage)
1970
as Himself
1986
as The Psychiatrist
1987
as Charlie Slater
1997
as Snow Miser (archive sound) (uncredited)
1979
as Deke Edwards
2020
as Self (archive footage)
1986
as Donald
1984
as The Ultimate Patient
1986
as Commander Bog
1983
as Screenplay
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