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Dreyfuss was inducted as a "star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 10, 1996. It is located at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. Dreyfuss was among 99 other stars at the 2012 Academy Awards – Night of 100 Stars. He did an interview for the Bill Zucker Show with actor/singer Bill Zucker.
He is best known for starring in popular films between the 1970s and 1990s, including American Graffiti, Jaws, Stand by Me, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, The Goodbye Girl, Tin Men, Stakeout, Always, What About Bob?, and Mr. Holland's Opus .
2 days ago · For director Steven Spielberg, Dreyfuss starred in two of the most popular films of the decade: first as scruffy young marine biologist Matt Hooper in Jaws (1975), and then as a family man whose behaviour becomes increasingly unstable after encountering a UFO in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
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- Richard Dreyfuss is an American film actor known for his portrayals of ordinary men driven to emotional extremes and was one of the top stars of th...
- Richard Dreyfuss gave an Academy Award-winning performance in the Neil Simon comedy The Goodbye Girl (1977); at age 29, he became the then youngest...
- In George Lucas’s American Graffiti (1973), Richard Dreyfuss had his breakthrough role, as an intelligent, angst-ridden high-school graduate. The c...
- Richard Dreyfuss attended San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, California, for a year to study drama and shortly thereafter won a recurri...
- The American President (1995) - 6.8. Written by The West Wing's creator Aaron Sorkin, The American President is a unique romantic comedy in that the male lead, Andrew Shepard (Michael Douglas), is also the President Of The United States.
- What About Bob? (1991) - 7.0. Directed by Frank Oz, What About Bob? is an uproariously funny film about a psychotherapist, Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss), who can't seem to shake his irritating patient Bob Wylie (Bill Murray), and matters are made worse when he follows him on vacation.
- Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) - 7.3. Based on the play of the same name, Whose Life Is It Anyway? explores the controversial topic of euthanasia and the right to die.
- Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) - 7.3. Mr. Hollands's Opus was something of a comeback for Dreyfuss, and he ultimately received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his work.
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Richard Dreyfuss filmography. 1. Valley of the Dolls (1967) PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Music, Romance. Film version of Jacqueline Susann 's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business. Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate.
By the latter part of the 1970s Dreyfuss was established as a major star, playing leads (and alter-egos) for Steven Spielberg in two of the top-grossing films of the that decade: Jaws (1975) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He won a Best Actor Oscar in his first romantic lead as an out-of-work actor in The Goodbye Girl (1977).
Director George Lucas Stars Richard Dreyfuss Ron Howard Paul Le Mat. 7. The American President. 1995 1h 54m PG-13. 6.8 (61K) Rate. 68 Metascore. A widowed U.S. President running for reelection and an environmental lobbyist fall in love. It's all above-board, but "politics is perception," and sparks fly anyway.
