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Dick Shawn

Dick Shawn
Nome de nascimento: Richard Schulefand
Data de nascimento: 01 de dezembro de 1923 ( 63 anos)
Falecimento: 17 de abril de 1987
Atividades: Ator
Local de nascimento: Buffalo, New York, USA
Anos ativo: 1956 - 1987

Dick Shawn

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 another "way-out-there" comedian, Ernie Kovacs, in Wake Me When It's Over (1960) as a hustling soldier out to make a buck in the Far East. Also on the plus side, he replaced Zero Mostel in the bawdy musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" on Broadway and stole a small scene in the all-star epic comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). By far, the one role that completely overshadows all of his other hard work is his mock portrayal of a singing Adolf Hitler in the show-within-a-movie The Producers (1968). In the film, which starred Mostel and Gene Wilder as two con artists deliberately producing a stage "bomb" called "Springtime for Hitler," Shawn sang the hammy, absurdly narcissistic song "Love Power." The movie finally captured Shawn in his element, but this stroke of genius of matching actor to role would never happen again for him. For the most part his roles came off slick and smarmy, and were stuck in mediocre material. Shawn won a huge fan base, however, touring in one-man stage shows which contained a weird mix of songs, sketches, satire, philosophy and even pantomime. A bright, innovative wit, one of his best touring shows was called "The Second Greatest Entertainer in the World." During the show's intermission, Shawn would lie visibly on the stage floor absolutely still during the entire time. By freakish coincidence, Shawn was performing at the University of California at San Diego in 1987 when he suddenly fell forward on the stage during one of his spiels about the Holocaust. The audience, of course, laughed, thinking it was just a part of his odd shtick. In actuality, the 63-year-old married actor with four children had suffered a fatal heart attack. A not-surprising end for this thoroughly offbeat and intriguing personality.

Filmografia ( 38 obras)

Ano Nota Título Personagem
2020 - Leave 'em Laughing Self (archive footage)
2018 - Mel Brooks: Unwrapped Self (archive footage)
1997 - Batman & Robin Snow Miser (archive sound) (uncredited)
1991 - Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' Self (archive footage)
1988 - Rented Lips Charlie Slater
1987 - Maid to Order Stan Starkey
1986 - The Making of Captain EO Self
1986 - Captain EO Commander Bog
1986 - The Perils of P.K The Psychiatrist
1986 - The Check is in the Mail... Donald
1986 - The Tommy Chong Roast -
1985 - The Emperor's New Clothes Emperor
1985 - Ilha dos Malucos Deke Halliday
1984 - The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud The Ultimate Patient
1984 - Anjo - Inocência e Pecado Mae
1984 - Best Chest in the West Self - Host
1983 - Jovens Guerreiros aka O Guerreiro Jovem Professor Hoover
1982 - Good-bye Cruel World Rodney Pointsetter / Ainsley Pointsetter
1982 - Good-bye Cruel World Screenplay
1979 - Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration Self
1979 - Amor à Primeira Mordida Lieutenant Ferguson NYPD
1979 - O Espetáculo Não Pode Parar Deke Edwards
1977 - Looking Up Manny Lander
1974 - O Ano Sem Papai Noel Snow Miser (voice)
1972 - O Perverso Roy Slade Marshal Bing Bell
1971 - Dames at Sea Lucky
1970 - Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man Himself
1969 - Tempo Para Amar, Tempo Para Esquecer Harry Bricker
1968 - Primavera Para Hitler Lorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.)
1966 - Os Prazeres de Penélope Dr. Gregory Mannix
1966 - Um Biruta em Órbita Igor Valkleinokov
1966 - Papai, Você Foi Herói? Captain Lionel Cash
1965 - Um Favor Muito Especial Arnold Plum
1963 - Deu a Louca no Mundo Sylvester Marcus
1961 - The Wizard of Baghdad Genii-Ali Mahmud
1960 - Wake Me When It's Over Gus Brubaker
1958 - The All-Star Christmas Show Self
1956 - O Belo Sexo Singer

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