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Don Rickles
Donald Jay Rickles was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author, known especially for his insult comedy. His film roles included Run Silent, Run Deep with Clark Gable, Kelly's Heroes with Clint Eastwood, and Casino with Robert De Niro; beginning in 1976, he enjoyed a two-year run starring in the NBC television sitcom C.P.O. Sharkey and had his own sitcom called The Don Rickles Show. A headline performer at Las Vegas hotel-casinos and peripheral member of the Rat Pack via friendship with Frank Sinatra, Rickles received widespread exposure as a frequent guest on talk and variety shows, including The Dean Martin Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman, and later voicing Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Story franchise. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for the 2007 documentary Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project.
Birth nameDonald Jay Rickles
BornMay 8, 1926, New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 6, 2017, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting placeMount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
MediumStand-up, film, television, books
GenresInsult comedy, observational comedy, musical comedy, improvisational comedy
Subject(s)American culture, racism, self-deprecation, everyday life, religion, current events
Children2, including Larry Rickles

About Don Rickles

Don Rickles
Don Rickles

Comedian Don Rickles was born on May 8, 1926 in Queens, New York, United States (He dies at the age of 90, on April 6, 2017).

Legendary insult comedian who was a regular on TV Show Host Johnny Carson's Tonight Show and a regular on Pop Singer Dean Martin's Celebrity Roast specials. In the three Toy Story films, he also voiced Mr. Potato Head.

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Don Rickles before becoming famous

Don Rickles was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1926 is also the year of Tiger (兎) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He enlisted in the United States Navy after graduating from high school in order to serve in World War II. He later studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began performing stand up comedy in hotels in the Catskill Mountains in New York after becoming frustrated with the lack of work he was getting as an actor.

Achievement of Don Rickles

He rose to prominence after making fun of Pop Singer Frank Sinatra while working in a Miami Beach bar. Sinatra was so taken with the young comic that he pushed other celebrities to come see him and get humiliated.

Don Rickles's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

With his 45-year-old wife, Barbara, he had two children. Mr. Warmth: The Comedian Don Rickles Project, which won an Emmy Award in 2007, was produced by his son Larry.

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Don Rickles Collabed with

For comic TV Actor Garry Shandling, he was both an inspiration and an idol.

Don Rickles Income & Net worth

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Don Rickles Height and Weight

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Latest information about Don Rickles updated on March 12 2023.