Dick Shawn
Birthday
1923/12/01
Day of death
1987/04/17 (63 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
Also know as
Richard Schulefand
Biography
One-of-a-kind nightclub comedian and singer Dick Shawn (ne Richard Schulefand) was as off-the-wall as they came and, as such, proved to be rather an acquired taste. 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...Read more
Acting
(1984) Angel
as Mae
(1987) Maid to Order
as Stan Starkey
(1968) The Producers
as Lorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.)
(1983) Young Warriors
as Professor Hoover
(1984) Best Chest in the West
as Self - Host
(1963) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Sylvester Marcus
(1974) The Year Without a Santa Claus
as Snow Miser (voice)
(1966) What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as Captain Lionel Cash
(1979) Love at First Bite
as Lieutenant Ferguson NYPD
(1986) Captain EO
as Commander Bog
(1969) The Happy Ending
as Harry Bricker
(1966) Way... Way Out
as Igor Valkleinokov
(1960) Wake Me When It's Over
as Gus Brubaker
(1977) Looking Up
as Manny Lander
(1966) Penelope
as Dr. Gregory Mannix
(1979) Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
(1983) Good-bye Cruel World
as Rodney Pointsetter / Ainsley Pointsetter
(1965) A Very Special Favor
as Arnold Plum
(1985) If the Shoes Fit...
as Bo Gumbs
(1972) Evil Roy Slade
as Marshal Bing Bell
(1986) The Making of Captain EO
as Self
(1986) The Tommy Chong Roast
as ---
(2018) Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
(1956) The Opposite Sex
as Singer
(1961) The Wizard of Baghdad
as Genii-Ali Mahmud
(1985) Water
as Deke Halliday
(1985) The Emperor's New Clothes
as Emperor
(1971) Dames at Sea
as Lucky
(1991) Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self (archive footage)
(1970) Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man
as Himself
(1986) The Perils of P.K
as The Psychiatrist
(1987) Rented Lips
as Charlie Slater
(1997) Batman & Robin
as Snow Miser (archive sound) (uncredited)
(1979) Fast Friends
as Deke Edwards
(2020) Leave 'em Laughing
as Self (archive footage)
(1986) The Check is in the Mail...
as Donald
(1982) St. Elsewhere
as ---
(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as ---
(1984) Tales from the Darkside
as Bo Gumbs
(1985) The Twilight Zone
as ---
(1962) The Lucy Show
as Ace Winthrop
(1966) That Girl
as ---
(1976) Laverne & Shirley
as ---
(1969) Medical Center
as ---
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Felix Franklin
(1985) Hail to the Chief
as Ivan Zolotov
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1966) ABC Stage 67
as Paul Benderhof
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Charlie Wilson
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1985) Amazing Stories
as Joe Willoughby
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1963) The Judy Garland Show
as Self
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Guest Interviewee
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Emperor
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1977) The Love Boat
as David Jackson
(1977) The Love Boat
as Harvey Blanchard
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1982) Madame's Place
as Self