The Fall Guy
1981
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Dick Shawn (born Richard Schulefand, December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor and comedian. He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific character actor.
Dick Shawn. Actor: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. One-of-a-kind comedian Dick Shawn was as intriguingly clever and off-the-wall as they came. As such, he proved to be rather an acquired taste on film and TV.
Comedian Dick Shawn died at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla Friday night after apparently suffering a heart attack on stage during a performance at UC San Diego.
But when comedian Dick Shawn collapsed on stage Friday night at the University of California, San Diego, it was from a heart attack that took his life at age 63.
Shawn, famous for his role as Adolf Hitler in Brooks' spoof 'The Producers,' combined comedic elements with drama and personal perspectives that brought an extra dimension...
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Comedian-actor Dick Shawn suffered a heart attack on stage in what his audience initially believed was part of his routine and died later at a hospital. Witnesses said...
April 23, 1987 12 AM PT. Times Arts Editor. It was the last uniqueness of a unique career that Dick Shawn could fall dying on stage in full view of an audience that imagined, for some long,...
