Dick Shawn
American actor (1923-1987) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 63
Dick Shawn was an American actor and comedian. He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific character actor.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Captain EOFilm, Commander Bog1985
Amazing StoriesSeries, Joe Willoughby1984
AngelFilm, Mae1982
Faerie Tale TheatreSeries, Guest Interviewee
Good-bye Cruel WorldFilm, 1982Writer1980
Magnum, P.I.Series, Buzz Benoit1977Looking UpFilm, Manny Lander1976
Laverne & ShirleySeries1974
The Year Without a Santa ClausFilm, Snow Miser (voice)1971
Dames at SeaFilm, Lucky1969
The Happy EndingFilm, Harry Bricker1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1966
ABC Stage 67Series, Paul Benderhof
PenelopeFilm, 1966Dr. Gregory Mannix1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldFilm, Sylvester Marcus1962
The Lucy ShowSeries, Ace Winthrop1960
Wake Me When It's OverFilm, Gus Brubaker1959
The DuPont Show with June AllysonSeries, Charlie Wilson1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeries
The Opposite SexFilm, 1956Singer1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1923Born1 December 1923People around Dick
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Valerie Perrine Also in Water (1985 film) and Water
Edie Adams Also in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)- Gordon Douglas Directed Way...Way Out (1966)
Fred Gwynne Also in Water (1985 film) and Dames at Sea
Dick Clement Directed Water (1985 film) (1986)
George Harrison Produced Water (1985 film) (1985)
Jerry Lewis Also in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Anita Ekberg Also in Way...Way Out and Way... Way Out
Mickey Rooney Also in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Billy Connolly Also in Water (1985 film) and Water
Peter Falk Also in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Blake Edwards Produced What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
Richard Brooks Directed The Happy Ending (1969)
Robert Morley Also in Way...Way Out and Way... Way Out
Connie Stevens Also in Way...Way Out and Way... Way Out
Jim Backus Also in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Kenneth Mars Also in The Producers and Beer
William Hootkins Also in Water (1985 film) and Water
Howard Morris Also in Way...Way Out and Way... Way Out- Michael Gordon Directed A Very Special Favor (1965)
Ronnie Schell Also in Love at First Bite (1979)
Jay Novello Also in What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
William Bowers Wrote Way...Way Out and Way... Way Out
Robert Iscove Directed Mary
Known for
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Captain EO 1986
The Year Without a Santa Claus 1974
The Producers 1968
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
Angel 1984
Filmography 39
67 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
During the 1960s, he played small roles in madcap comedies, usually portraying caricatures of counterculture personalities, such as the hedonistic but mother-obsessed Sylvester Marcus in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and the hippie actor Lorenzo Saint DuBois ("L.S.D.") in The Producers (1967). Beyond his film work, he appeared in numerous television shows from the 1960s through the 1980s.
