This article is about the stand-up comedian. For the radio and television announcer, see Donald Rickles.
Don Rickles
Rickles in 2010
Birth name
Donald Jay Rickles
Born
(1926-05-08)May 8, 1926 Queens, New York, U.S.
Died
April 6, 2017(2017-04-06) (aged 90) Century City, California, U.S.
Resting place
Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
Medium
Stand-up
film
television
books
Years active
1955–2017
Genres
Observational comedy
insult comedy
black comedy
cringe comedy
shock humor
satire
Subject(s)
American culture
racism
self-deprecation
everyday life
religion
current events
Spouse
Barbara Sklar
(m. 1965)
Children
2, including Larry
Website
donrickles.com
Military career
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Navy
Years of service
1944–1946
Rank
Seaman first class
Battles/wars
Second World War
Pacific War
Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became known primarily for his insult comedy. His film roles include Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), Enter Laughing (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), and Casino (1995). From 1976 to 1978, Rickles had a two-season starring role in the NBC television sitcom C.P.O. Sharkey, having previously starred in two eponymous half-hour programs, an ABC variety show titled The Don Rickles Show (1968) and a CBS sitcom identically titled The Don Rickles Show (1972).
A veteran headline performer at Las Vegas hotel-casinos and peripheral member of the Rat Pack via friendship with Frank Sinatra,[1] 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 The 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. In 2014, he was honored by fellow comedians at the Apollo Theater, which was taped and released on Spike TV, entitled Don Rickles: One Night Only.
^Rickles, Don and David Ritz (2007). Rickles' Book: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-9305-1. p. 91.
entitled Don Rickles: One Night Only. Rickles was born in Queens, New York City, United States, on May 8, 1926. He was Jewish. His father, Max Rickles (1896–1952)...
DonRickles (1926–2017) was an American actor, author, and stand-up comedian. The following are his roles in film, television and video games. Toy Story:...
Warmth: The DonRickles Project, a documentary about his father, actor and comedian DonRickles. Rickles was born on May 12, 1970, in Los Angeles. Don said on...
The DonRickles Show is an American comedy television series. The series stars DonRickles, Louise Sorel, Erin Moran, Robert Hogan, and Joyce Van Patten...
movies. His voice actor, DonRickles, had signed on for the fourth film, but died in 2017, before recording any lines. Rickles's family contacted the filmmakers...
Edwin Catmull. The film features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, DonRickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey...
" Among his eulogists were his decades-long friends Barbara Feldon, DonRickles, James Caan, Bill Dana, and his son-in-law, actor Jim Beaver (widower...
roasted twice; Landon's second time, in 1984, being the final roast. DonRickles hosted the roast of Dean Martin and assumed the role of Roastmaster....
insult: Comedian DonRickles dies at 90". USA Today. Rickles, Don (October 13, 1967). "From the Archives: A 1967 interview with DonRickles, the ever-busy...
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Avalon, Annette Funicello, Linda Evans, Deborah Walley, Paul Lynde, and DonRickles. Earl Wilson and Buster Keaton appear. Evans's singing voice was dubbed...
LaPointe, and Martin Hynes. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Joan Cusack, DonRickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, Blake Clark, Jeff...
Sabrina the Teenage Witch, among others. She had a principal role on The DonRickles Show. Her first daytime dramatic role was as eccentric, meddlesome Augusta...
tempted by the idea of immortality in a museum. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, DonRickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey...
was also a regular on C.P.O. Sharkey, starring DonRickles. In 1977, Page was taping a scene with Rickles when Johnny Carson (who was recording The Tonight...
the sequel to the 1993 theatrical feature Dennis the Menace and stars DonRickles, Betty White, and Justin Cooper. It was produced by Outlaw Productions...
family was close friends with the Rickles family. The couples and their families often vacationed together. DonRickles and Newhart appeared together on...
Lonely Guy (1984) and The Yards (2000). In 1984, Lawrence and comedian DonRickles hosted ABC's Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders. In 1985, Lawrence and Gormé...
features the voices of Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, DonRickles, Jaleel White, Jane Seymour, Bronson Pinchot, Pierce Brosnan, Gabriel...
2014, Seinfeld hosted the special DonRickles: One Night Only at the Apollo Theatre. The event celebrated DonRickles and his career, but also served as...
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