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Richard Libertini(1933-2016)

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Richard Libertini in Fletch 2 - Der Troublemaker kehrt zurück (1989)
Trailer
Play trailer1:21
Telling You (1998)
4 Videos
12 Photos
Richard Libertini was born in E. Cambridge, Massachusetts, to parents who had come to America from southern Italy. Having grown up in a household where both Italian and English were spoken, he developed an ear for foreign accents. A facility he would later use to advantage on stage and in films.

He graduated from Emerson College in Boston, and for a while earned a living as a trumpet player in the Boston area. Later, he moved to New York, where he teamed up with two former college classmates, MacIntyre Dixon and Lynda Segal, to create an off-Broadway revue called "Stewed Prunes." (This was during the coffee house revolution in the 1960s. Bob Dylan was playing around the corner.) The show was quite successful and after running a year in New York they took it on the road. While playing Chicago, he was asked to join the renowned Second City Improvisational Theatre Group, an association which continues to the present.

After a number of years doing stage work in New York (Woody Allen's Don't Drink the Water (1969) and Paul Sills' Story Theatre (1971) among many others) he eventually moved to L.A. where he began doing films. Three of his most memorable characters are the Spanish-American dictator in Zwei in Teufels Küche (1979) with Alan Arkin and Peter Falk, the Tibetan Mystic in Solo für 2 (1984) with Steve Martin, and Lily Tomlin and the justice of the peace in Zwei dicke Freunde (1982) with Goldie Hawn and Burt Reynolds. Other films include Fletch - Der Troublemaker (1985) with Chevy Chase and Popeye - Der Seemann mit dem harten Schlag (1980) with Robin Williams.
BornMay 21, 1933
DiedJanuary 7, 2016(82)
BornMay 21, 1933
DiedJanuary 7, 2016(82)
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Photos12

Liam Dunn, Richard Libertini, and Elizabeth Wilson in Catch 22: Der böse Trick (1970)
Richard Libertini in Mord ist ihr Hobby (1984)
Richard Libertini in Mord ist ihr Hobby (1984)
Richard Libertini in Mord ist ihr Hobby (1984)
Richard Libertini in Mord ist ihr Hobby (1984)
Valerie Harper, Hamilton Camp, Melinda Dillon, Richard Libertini, Paul Sand, and Richard Schaal in Story Theatre (1971)
Valerie Harper, Hamilton Camp, Melinda Dillon, Richard Libertini, Paul Sand, and Richard Schaal in Story Theatre (1971)
Avery Brooks and Richard Libertini in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Alan Arkin, Peter Falk, and Richard Libertini in Zwei in Teufels Küche (1979)
John Enos III, John Kapelos, and Richard Libertini in Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2007)
John Enos III, John Kapelos, and Richard Libertini in Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2007)

Known for

Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, and Wesley Ivan Hurt in Popeye - Der Seemann mit dem harten Schlag (1980)
Popeye - Der Seemann mit dem harten Schlag
5.4
  • Geezil
  • 1980
Christopher Lloyd, Terence McGovern, Russi Taylor, and Alan Young in Ducktales Der Film: Jäger der verlorenen Lampe (1990)
Ducktales Der Film: Jäger der verlorenen Lampe
6.8
  • Dijon(voice)
  • 1990
Chevy Chase in Fletch - Der Troublemaker (1985)
Fletch - Der Troublemaker
6.9
  • Walker
  • 1985
Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin in Solo für 2 (1984)
Solo für 2
6.7
  • Prahka Lasa
  • 1984

Credits

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Actor

  • David Duchovny in Aquarius (2015)
    Aquarius
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Saul Hodiak
    • 2015
  • Mein Freund, der Delfin (2011)
    Mein Freund, der Delfin
    6.8
    • Fisherman
    • 2011
  • Demi Lovato in Sonny Munroe (2009)
    Sonny Munroe
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Izzy
    • 2010
  • Supernatural: Zur Hölle mit dem Bösen (2005)
    Supernatural: Zur Hölle mit dem Bösen
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Vernon Haskell
    • 2009
  • Numb3rs - Die Logik des Verbrechens (2005)
    Numb3rs - Die Logik des Verbrechens
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Gage Jones
    • 2008
  • Ernest Borgnine in A Grandpa for Christmas (2007)
    A Grandpa for Christmas
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Karl Sugarman
    • 2007
  • Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2007)
    Everybody Wants to Be Italian
    5.7
    • Papa Aldo Tempesti
    • 2007
  • Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss (2007)
    Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
    6.2
    Video
    • Dr. Franklin Bennett
    • 2007
  • Ray Romano and Kevin James in Verbraten & verkauft (2006)
    Verbraten & verkauft
    5.2
    • Rabbi Silver
    • 2006
  • Drive/II (2006)
    Drive/II
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • 2006
  • Tony Shalhoub in Monk (2002)
    Monk
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Dr. David Sobin
    • 2005
  • The 4th Tenor (2002)
    The 4th Tenor
    4.9
    • Vincenzo
    • 2002
  • The Zeta Project (2001)
    The Zeta Project
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Dr. Myrell (voice)
    • 2002
  • Drew Carey in Die Drew Carey Show (1995)
    Die Drew Carey Show
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Grazi Hofna
    • 2002
  • Static Shock (2000)
    Static Shock
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Ragtag (voice)
    • 2002

Soundtrack

  • Candice Bergen in Murphy Brown (1988)
    Murphy Brown
    6.9
    TV Series
    • performer: "Blowin' In The Wind (Instrumental)" (uncredited)
    • 1992

Videos4

The In-Laws
Trailer 2:46
The In-Laws
Telling You
Trailer 1:21
Telling You
Nell
Trailer 2:16
Nell
Fletch
Trailer 1:25
Fletch

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Dick Libertini
  • Height
    • 1.87 m
  • Born
    • May 21, 1933
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • January 7, 2016
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)
  • Spouse
    • Melinda DillonSeptember 30, 1963 - January 18, 1978 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Children
    • Richard Libertini, Jr.
  • Other works
    Was an original cast member in the hit 1960s Broadway revue "The Mad Show" (based on Mad Magazine). Co-starred with Linda Lavin, MacIntyre Dixon, Paul Sand and Jo Anne Worley.
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    • 1 Article

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    Richard and his ex-wife, Melinda Dillon, have a son.

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