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Richard Lewis

Acting · 1947–2024 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Richard Philip Lewis (June 29, 1947 – February 27, 2024) was an American actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. He came to prominence in the 1980s and became known for his dark, neurotic and self-deprecating humor. As an actor he was known for co-starring with Jamie Lee Curtis in the sitcom Anything but Love, for playing the role of Prince John in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights and for his recurring role as a semi-fictionalized version of himself in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Known for

Filmography

2024Group TherapySelf (archive footage)
2021Emily @ the Edge of ChaosAristotle (voice)
2019OriginThanks
2018The Great Buster: A CelebrationSelf
2018Bucky and the SquirrelsRichard Lewis
2017Sandy WexlerTestimonial
2015She's Funny That WayAl Finkelstein
2015Misery Loves ComedySelf
2014BoJack HorsemanZiggy Abler (voice)
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf
2012VampsDanny
2012Excavating the 2000 Year Old ManSelf
2012Inside ComedySelf
2011Method to the Madness of Jerry LewisSelf
2011Looking for LennySelf
2010Pound PuppiesBuddy (voice)
2010The Green Room with Paul ProvenzaSelf
2010Just 3 BoyzShades (voice)
2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectSelf
2006'Til DeathMiles Tunnicliff
2005Everybody Hates ChrisKris
2005The AristocratsSelf
2005Confessions of an Action StarSelf
2003Las VegasStan
2003Two and a Half MenStan
2003The Very Best of America's Funniest ComediansSelf (archive footage)
2002Presidio MedFrancis Weinod
2002The Dead ZoneJack Jericho
2002George LopezPhillip Nickleson
2001Revealed with Jules Asner
2001AliasMitchell Yaeger
2001Dinner for Five
2001Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest ComediansSelf (archive footage)
2000Curb Your EnthusiasmRichard Lewis
1999Larry David: Curb Your EnthusiasmSelf
1999Game DaySteve Adler
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSportsman Larry
1998V.I.P.Ronald Zane
1998Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist
1998HerculesNeurosis
1998Rude AwakeningHarve Schwartz
1998The ElevatorPhil Milowski
1997Hugo PoolChick Chicalini
1997Hiller and DillerNeil Diller
1997The ViewSelf
1997DrunksJim
1997The MazeMarkov
1996Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery TourHimself
19967th HeavenRichard Glass
1996The Daily ShowSelf
1996A Weekend in the CountryBobby Stein
1996Nichols and May: Take TwoSelf
1995Comic Relief VIISelf
1995Leaving Las VegasPeter
1995MADtvSelf
1995A.J.'s Time TravelersEdgar Allan Poe
1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistRichard (voice)
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildOld Beggar (voice)
1994Wagons East!Phil Taylor
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993Daddy DearestSteven Mitchell
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest
1993The Last PartySelf
1993Robin Hood: Men in TightsPrince John
1993'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It ComingSelf
1993TriBeCa
1992The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus StoryEdward Sanders
1992The Larry Sanders ShowRichard Lewis
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992Once Upon a CrimeJulian Peters
1991The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show
1991The One, the Only... GrouchoSelf
1990Richard Lewis: I'm DoomedSelf
1989The SimpsonsGolem (voice)
1989Tales from the CryptVern (segment "Whirlpool")
1989Comic Relief IIISelf
1989Anything But LoveMarty Gold
1989That's AdequatePimples Lapedes
1988Richard Lewis: I'm ExhaustedSelf
1988The Wrong GuysRichard
1988An All-Star Toast to the ImprovSelf
1987HarryRichard Breskin
1986American MastersSelf
1985Richard Lewis: I'm In PainSelf
1982The FactsHost
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest
1981The 6th Annual Young ComediansSelf
1979Diary of a Young ComicBilly Goldstein / Gondola
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

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