Dick Shawn
Born in Buffalo, New York, USA — Dec 01 1923• Died Apr 17 1987
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Biography
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 anothe…
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Dick Shawn's Credits
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Magnum, P.I.
Buzz Benoit
The Love Boat
David Jackson
St. Elsewhere
Edgar Eisenberg
Medical Center
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Cold Reading")
The Lucy Show
Ace Winthrop
Tales from the Darkside
Bo Gumbs
Amazing Stories
Joe Willoughby
Laverne & Shirley
That Girl
Faerie Tale Theatre
Guest Interviewee
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Charlie Wilson
Madame's Place
Self
ABC Stage 67
Paul Benderhof
Batman & Robin
Snow Miser (archive sound) (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Sylvester Marcus
The Judy Garland Show
Self
The Producers
Lorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.)
General Electric Theater
Felix Franklin
Hail to the Chief
Ivan Zolotov
Angel
Mae
Water
Deke Halliday
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Penelope
Dr. Gregory Mannix
The Happy Ending
Harry Bricker
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Snow Miser (voice)
Love at First Bite
Lieutenant Ferguson NYPD
The Opposite Sex
Singer
Evil Roy Slade
Marshal Bing Bell
Maid to Order
Stan Starkey
Captain EO
Commander Bog
Young Warriors
Professor Hoover
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Captain Lionel Cash
The Check is in the Mail...
Donald
Way... Way Out
Igor Valkleinokov
A Very Special Favor
Arnold Plum
Rented Lips
Charlie Slater
The Making of Captain EO
Self
Wake Me When It's Over
Gus Brubaker
The Wizard of Baghdad
Genii-Ali Mahmud
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
Himself
Fast Friends
Deke Edwards
Dames at Sea
Lucky
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Self (archive footage)
Good-bye Cruel World
Rodney Pointsetter / Ainsley Pointsetter
The Perils of P.K
The Psychiatrist
The Tommy Chong Roast
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self (archive footage)
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Best Chest in the West
Self - Host
The Emperor's New Clothes
Emperor
Looking Up
Manny Lander
Leave 'em Laughing
Self (archive footage)
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
The Ultimate Patient