Dick Shawn
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Leave 'em Laughing
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Batman & Robin
1997
as Snow Miser (archive sound) (uncredited)
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rented Lips
1988
as Charlie Slater
Maid to Order
1987
as Stan Starkey
Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm and Blues
1987
as Self
Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 12
1987
as Self
The Making of Captain EO
1986
as Self
The Tommy Chong Roast
1986
The Perils of P.K
1986
as The Psychiatrist
The Check is in the Mail...
1986
as Donald
Captain EO
1986
as Commander Bog
Water
1985
as Deke Halliday
The Emperor's New Clothes
1985
as Emperor
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Cold Reading")
Hail to the Chief
1985
as Ivan Zolotov
Amazing Stories
1985
as Joe Willoughby
Angel
1984
as Mae
Best Chest in the West
1984
as Self - Host
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
1984
as The Ultimate Patient
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Bo Gumbs
Young Warriors
1983
as Professor Hoover
Good-bye Cruel World
1982
as Rodney Pointsetter / Ainsley Pointsetter
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Edgar Eisenberg
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Guest Interviewee
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Emperor
Madame's Place
1982
as Self
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Buzz Benoit
Love at First Bite
1979
as Lieutenant Ferguson NYPD
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
1979
as Self
Fast Friends
1979
as Deke Edwards
Looking Up
1977
as Manny Lander
The Love Boat
1977
as David Jackson
The Love Boat
1977
as Harvey Blanchard
Laverne & Shirley
1976
The Year Without a Santa Claus
1974
as Snow Miser (voice)
Evil Roy Slade
1972
as Marshal Bing Bell
Dames at Sea
1971
as Lucky
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
1970
as Himself
The Happy Ending
1969
as Harry Bricker
Medical Center
1969
The Producers
1968
as Lorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966
as Captain Lionel Cash
Way... Way Out
1966
as Igor Valkleinokov
Penelope
1966
as Dr. Gregory Mannix
That Girl
1966
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Paul Benderhof
A Very Special Favor
1965
as Arnold Plum
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Sylvester Marcus
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Judy Garland Show
1963
as Self
The Lucy Show
1962
as Ace Winthrop
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Wizard of Baghdad
1961
as Genii-Ali Mahmud
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Wake Me When It's Over
1960
as Gus Brubaker
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Charlie Wilson
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
The Opposite Sex
1956
as Singer
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Felix Franklin
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self