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Dick Shawn was an American actor and comedian. He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific character actor. During the 1960s he played small roles in madcap comedies, usually portraying caricatures of counter culture personalities, such as deadbeat son Sylvester Marcus in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and the hippie actor Lorenzo Saint DuBois ("L.S.D.") in The Producers (1968).
Birth Name
Richard Schulefand
Born
Saturday, 01 December 1923
Died
Friday, 17 April 1987
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind | Self | 2020 |
| When Comedy Went to School | Self | 2013 |
| Imagine | Self | 2003 |
| Batman & Robin | Snow Miser | 1997 |
| But... Seriously | Self | 1993 |
| Rented Lips | Charlie Slater | 1987 |
| Maid to Order | Stan Starkey | 1987 |
| Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm and Blues | Self | 1987 |
| Wordplay | Self - Celebrity Panelist | 1986 |
| The Making of 'Captain Eo' | Commander Bog / Self | 1986 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind | Self | 2020 |
| When Comedy Went to School | Self | 2013 |
| Imagine | Self | 2003 |
| Batman & Robin | Snow Miser | 1997 |
| But... Seriously | Self | 1993 |
| Rented Lips | Charlie Slater | 1987 |
| Maid to Order | Stan Starkey | 1987 |
| Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm and Blues | Self | 1987 |
| Wordplay | Self - Celebrity Panelist | 1986 |
| The Making of 'Captain Eo' | Commander Bog / Self | 1986 |
| The Perils of P.K. | The Psychiatrist | 1986 |
| The Check Is in the Mail... | Donald | 1986 |
| Captain EO | Commander Bog | 1986 |
| Amazing Stories | Joe Willoughby | 1985 |
| The Twilight Zone | Nelson Westbrook (segment "Cold Reading") | 1985 |
| Beer | Talk Show Host | 1985 |
| Hail to the Chief | Ivan Zolotov | 1985 |
| Water | Deke Halliday | 1985 |
| The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon | Self | 1984 |
| Steambath | Frankie Melnick | 1984 |
| Body Language | Self | 1984 |
| The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Mr. T | Self | 1984 |
| Legmen | Casanova | 1984 |
| The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud | The Ultimate Patient | 1984 |
| Best Chest in the West | Himself (Host) / Self - Host | 1984 |
| Angel | Mae | 1983 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Bo Gumbs | 1983 |
| Young Warriors | Professor Hoover | 1983 |
| Rock 'n' Roll Hotel | Weevil King of Evil | 1983 |
| St. Elsewhere | Edgar Eisenberg | 1982 |
| Madame's Place | Dick Shawn | 1982 |
| Good-bye Cruel World | Rodney Pointsetter / Ainsley Pointsetter | 1982 |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | Emperor / Guest Interviewee | 1982 |
| The Fall Guy | Edward Seraph | 1981 |
| Private Benjamin | Drysdale | 1981 |
| Aloha Paradise | Cyrus | 1981 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Buzz Benoit | 1980 |
| Mr. & Mrs. Dracula | Dracula | 1980 |
| Love at First Bite | Lt. Ferguson / Lieutenant Ferguson NYPD | 1979 |
| Looking Up | Manny Lander | 1977 |
| The Solid Gold Show | Self | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | Harvey Blanchard / David Jackson | 1977 |
| Three's Company | Jack Tripper, Sr. | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Vic Erskine | 1977 |
| The Paul Ryan Show | Self | 1977 |
| The Year Without a Santa Claus | Snow Miser / Snow Miser (voice) | 1974 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| The Mac Davis Show | Self | 1974 |
| The $10,000 Pyramid | Himself - Celebrity Contestant | 1973 |
| Golf for Swingers | Himself | 1973 |
| Evil Roy Slade | Marshal Bing Bell | 1972 |
| Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man | Himself / Self | 1970 |
| The Happy Ending | Harry Bricker | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Henry Chadwick (segment "Love and the Memento") / Howard (segment "Love and the Hairy Excuse") | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Nick Sutton | 1969 |
| The Barbara McNair Show | Self | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| You're Putting Me On | Self | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Pete Rashid | 1969 |
| This Is Tom Jones | Self | 1969 |
| Playboy After Dark | Self | 1969 |
| What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1968 |
| Operation: Entertainment | Self - Host | 1968 |
| The Producers | L.S.D. - Lorenzo St. DuBois / Lorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.) | 1967 |
| The Jerry Lewis Show | Self | 1967 |
| Off to See the Wizard | Tom Thumb | 1967 |
| Personality | Self | 1967 |
| Our Place | Self | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| Penelope | Dr. Gregory Mannix | 1966 |
| Way... Way Out | Igor Valkleinokov | 1966 |
| ABC Stage 67 | Paul Benderhof | 1966 |
| That Girl | Self | 1966 |
| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | Capt. Lionel Cash / Captain Lionel Cash | 1966 |
| A Very Special Favor | Arnold Plum | 1965 |
| The Val Doonican Show | Self | 1965 |
| For the People | Ernie Garatella | 1965 |
| ABC's Nightlife | Self / Self - Guest Host | 1964 |
| Get the Message | Self | 1964 |
| The Hollywood Palace | Singer / Self - Comedian | 1964 |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | Sylvester Marcus | 1963 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Sylvester Marcus (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) | 1963 |
| The Judy Garland Show | Self | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Self | 1963 |
| The Jerry Lewis Show | Self | 1963 |
| The Jimmy Dean Show | Self | 1963 |
| Missing Links | Self | 1963 |
| Here's Edie | Self | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest / Himself / Self / Himself - Guest Host | 1962 |
| The Lucy Show | Ace Winthrop | 1962 |
| The Andy Williams Show | Self | 1962 |
| Here's Edie | Self | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Co-Host / Himself - Comedian / Himself | 1961 |
| The Wizard of Baghdad | Genii-Ali Mahmud | 1961 |
| Michael Shayne | Ernie Trask | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Danny Whitman | 1960 |
| Wake Me When It's Over | Gus Brubaker | 1960 |
| The Revlon Revue | Himself | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Charlie Wilson | 1959 |
| The Eddie Fisher Show | Self | 1957 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 1956 |
| The Opposite Sex | Singer | 1956 |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | 1956 |
| The Tonight Show | Self - Comedian | 1954 |
| Max Liebman Spectaculars | Self - Co-Host / Self | 1954 |
| General Electric Theater | Felix Franklin | 1953 |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Self - Guest | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
