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Richard Halpern(I)

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Do you dare enter...the Theatre Fantastique? Acclaimed filmmaker Ansel Faraj (Doctor Mabuse) presents this anthology series, featuring stories of horror, mystery, and the macabre. These include adaptations of classic works by Edgar Allan Poe and H.G. Wells, as well as original tales of suspense. They star many of the cast of the original Dark Shadows -- Christopher Pennock, Jerry Lacy, Lara Parker, and Lisa Blake Richards -- alongside Academy Award-nominated actress Sally Kirkland. Every segment creates a haunting netherworld akin to that of Farajs prior works, Doctor Mabuse (2013) and The Last Case of August T. Harrison (2015). Drawing equally from Roger Corman, Alfred Hitchcock, and German Expressionism, Theatre Fantastique will stand alongside The Twilight Zone, Thriller, and Night Gallery in the annals of horror anthologies.
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Richard was born in New York in and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 11. He began acting in school plays, from elementary school all the way through junior college, after which he began writing and performing comedy celebrity voice bits for the Rick Dees In The Morning Show on Los Angeles radio station, 102.7 KIIS-FM. In 1985, he embarked on his other career as a cabaret singer. He has developed, over the years, a repertoire of the popular American songs of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. He specializes in songs of the Tin Pan Alley era. He is billed as Mister Tin Pan Alley, specializing in the songs of Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, and the other popular entertainers of the Jazz Age. He has performed his music all over the United States as a headliner at the annual festivals of the International Al Jolson Society. He is also the Emcee at the annual Dark Shadows Festivals, and a member of their Collinsport Players, a skit group devoted to creating comedic satires about the story-lines and characters of that popular 1960s TV soap opera. In addition to perpetuating the music of Tin Pan Alley, Richard is also an actor and voice-over artist, having appeared on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and in many radio and TV commercials. He also has a successful job as the TOP Austin Powers impersonator in the United States, and probably the World, being billed as the Fake Austin Powers! New Line Cinema, the Austin Powers film company has hired him to appear at the official studio party for the video/DVD release of "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" in 1999, and hired him again in 2002 to officially open "Austin Powers In Goldmember", at the Arclight Theatres/Cinerama Dome, in Hollywood.
BornOctober 15, 1962
BornOctober 15, 1962
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A Dark Shadows Christmas Carol (2021)
A Dark Shadows Christmas Carol
TV Special
  • Writer
  • 2021
Elyse Ashton, Christopher Pennock, Annie Waterman, Eric Gorlow, Kelly Erin Decker, and Kelsey Hewlett in Theatre Fantastique (2014)
Theatre Fantastique
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  • Monsieur le Phantasm, the Ghost Host
Luke Arnold in Mary Pickford: Love Wild
Mary Pickford: Love Wild
  • Samuel Goldwyn
    Malin Akerman in Trophy Wife (2013)
    Trophy Wife
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    • Planetarium Guide

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    Actor

    • Mary Pickford: Love Wild
      • Samuel Goldwyn
      • Post-production
    • Mondo Hollywoodland (2019)
      Mondo Hollywoodland
      • Emmanuel
      • 2019
    • Elyse Ashton, Christopher Pennock, Annie Waterman, Eric Gorlow, Kelly Erin Decker, and Kelsey Hewlett in Theatre Fantastique (2014)
      Theatre Fantastique
      • Monsieur le Phantasm, the Ghost Host
      • TV Series
      • 2017
    • The Tiger Hunter (2016)
      The Tiger Hunter
      • Interviewer 2
      • 2016
    • Malin Akerman in Trophy Wife (2013)
      Trophy Wife
      • Planetarium Guide
      • TV Series
      • 2013
    • Aaron Webster's Secret Agents Survey
      • Short
      • 2012
    • Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
      Hannah Montana: The Movie
      • (voice)
      • Video Game
      • 2009
    • EndWar (2008)
      EndWar
      • (voice)
      • Video Game
      • 2008
    • Sean Flynn, Paul Butcher, Alexa Nikolas, Jamie Lynn Spears, Erin Sanders, Matthew Underwood, Christopher Massey, and Victoria Justice in Zoey 101 (2005)
      Zoey 101
      • Dave Carlton
      • TV Series
      • 2007
    • Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun (2007)
      Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
      • (voice)
      • Video Game
      • 2007
    • Devon Werkheiser, Daniel Curtis Lee, and Lindsey Shaw in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004)
      Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
      • Reporter #1
      • TV Series
      • 2006
    • Monster Night (2006)
      Monster Night
      • Winston Churchill
      • Video
      • 2006
    • Keith Carradine, Erik von Detten, Evan Ellingson, Shaun Sipos, Andrew Eiden, and Jason Dolley in Complete Savages (2004)
      Complete Savages
      • George Bush (voice)
      • TV Series
      • 2005
    • Miss Castaway and the Island Girls (2004)
      Miss Castaway and the Island Girls
      • Groovy Guy
      • TV Movie
      • 2004
    • Dale Godboldo, Robert Bailey Jr., Tammy Lauren, Phil Morris, Jurnee Smollett, and Wanda Sykes in Wanda at Large (2003)
      Wanda at Large
      • Voiceover (voice)
      • TV Series
      • 2003
    • Repossessed (1990)
      Repossessed
      • Student
      • 1990

    Writer

    • A Dark Shadows Christmas Carol (2021)
      A Dark Shadows Christmas Carol
      • adaptation
      • TV Special
      • 2021
    • Aaron Webster's Secret Agents Survey
      • Writer
      • Short
      • 2012

    Director

    • A Dark Shadows Christmas Carol (2021)
      A Dark Shadows Christmas Carol
      • Director
      • TV Special
      • 2021

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      • D. Richard Halpern
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      • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
    • Born
      • October 15, 1962
      • New York City, New York, USA

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