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Richard Dreyfuss

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Biography

Richard Dreyfuss was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. He is one of America's most recognizable leading men, having starred in countless role's…more

Born

Brooklyn, New York (USA)

Birth Name

Richard Stephen Dreyfus

Gender

Male

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Star (4)

Role
- Tin Man
  The Mystic Man
  - S 1: Ep 2 Search for the Emerald
    12/3/07
  - S 1: Ep 1 Into the Storm
    12/2/07
- The Education of Max Bickford
  Maxwell "Max" Bickford
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Pursuit of Happiness
    6/2/02
  - S 1: Ep 21 One More Time
    5/12/02
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Egg And I
    4/21/02
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Bad Girl
    4/14/02
  - S 1: Ep 18 Murder of the First
    3/31/02
  - + 17 More Credits
- American Chronicles
  Narrator
- Karen (1964)
  David Rowe III
  - S 1: Ep 27 Mimi's First Love
    4/19/65
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Understudy
    4/12/65
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Beverly Beat
    4/5/65
  - S 1: Ep 24 Big Bad Jim
    3/29/65
  - S 1: Ep 23 Substitute Father
    3/22/65
  - + 22 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Parenthood
  Gilliam T. Blount
  - S 2: Ep 22 Hard Times Come Again No More
    4/19/11
  - S 2: Ep 19 Taking The Leap
    3/29/11
Guest Star (51)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 29 October 15, 2010
    10/15/10
- Family Guy
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 14 Peter-assment
    3/21/10
  - S 7: Ep 15 Three Kings
    5/10/09
- The Andrew Marr Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 19 11th January, 2009
    1/11/09
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  himself
  - S 4: Ep 24 November 17, 2006
    11/17/06
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 162 Episode 337
    5/23/06
- The Frank Skinner Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 1 Richard Dreyfuss, LaToyah Jackson, Har Mar Superstar
    10/14/04
- Tavis Smiley
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 136 Howard Dean, Barbara Boxer, Richard Dreyfuss
    7/27/04
- The View
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 16 September 25, 2002
    9/25/02
  - S 5: Ep 73 May 1, 2002
    5/1/02
  - S 5: Ep 55 December 7, 2001
    12/7/01
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 28 Jaws
    6/9/02
  - S 4: Ep 31 Little Richard
    7/16/00
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 126 Richard Dreyfuss
    4/18/02
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 9: Ep 108 Show #1763
    2/22/02
  - S 9: Ep 50 Show #1705
    11/9/01
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 23 Show #1025
    10/11/01
  - S 5: Ep 5 Show #817
    9/11/00
  - S 1: Ep 24 Show #24
    7/11/96
- Comedy Central Presents
  Himself
  - — The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner
    11/1/00
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 11 Richard Dreyfuss
    9/10/00
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
  Mr. Holland
  - S 2: Ep 16 Mr. Hollands Opus
    2/21/99
- NOVA
  Narrator
  - S 26: Ep 1 Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
    10/6/98
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 70: Ep 1 The 70th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/98
  - S 50: Ep 1 The 50th Annual Academy Awards
    4/3/78
- The Entertainment Biz
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Celebrity
    3/1/98
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 6 Richard Dreyfuss; John Mellencamp
    11/6/96
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 68: Ep 1 The 68th Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/96
  - S 61: Ep 1 The 61st Annual Academy Awards
    3/29/89
  - S 59: Ep 1 The 59th Annual Academy Awards
    3/31/87
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Academy Awards
    3/24/86
  - S 52: Ep 1 The 52nd Annual Academy Awards
    4/14/80
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 97 February 11, 1991
    2/11/91
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 29: Ep 57 Show #4287
    1/29/91
  - S 14: Ep 40 Show #2740
    1/19/76
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills
  David Whiteman
  - — Down and out in Beverly Hills
    1/31/86
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 19 Richard Dreyfuss/Jimmy Buffett, Gary Tigerman
    5/13/78
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 104 February 13, 1976
    2/13/76
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 95 January 23, 1976
    1/23/76
  - S 13: Ep 148 April 9, 1975
    4/9/75
  - S 13: Ep 79 January 2, 1975
    1/2/75
  - S 13: Ep 37 October 22, 1974
    10/22/74
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 186 June 4, 1975
    6/4/75
- The New Dick Van Dyke Show
  Tony Injijikian
  - S 3: Ep 13 Mr. Dazzle
    12/17/73
- A Touch of Grace
  Donald
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Accident
    4/14/73
- Gunsmoke
  Gearshon
  - S 18: Ep 24 This Golden Land
    3/5/73
- The Mod Squad
  Caleb Dunne
  - S 5: Ep 22 The Night Holds Terror
    2/15/73
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
  Dr. Tolliver
  - S 4: Ep 0 Ironside: Five Days In The Death Of Sgt. Brown (pt 1)
    9/14/72
- The Young Lawyers
  Mike Chester
  - S 1: Ep 22 Down at the House of Truth, Visiting
    3/3/71
- Room 222
  Stan Siebert
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Valedictorion
    12/2/70
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
  Ralph Tolliver
  - S 2: Ep 4 First No Harm To The Patient
    11/15/70
- The Mod Squad
  Curtis Bell
  - S 2: Ep 20 Mother of Sorrow
    2/17/70
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 25 Moe The Dog In Paradise
- Hollywood Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Shadow of a Gunman
- The New People
  Owen Rudd
  - S 1: Ep 2 Panic in the Sand
    9/29/69
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
  Mark Finley
  - S 1: Ep 21 Buried on Page One
    2/15/69
- The Felony Squad
  Herbie Aroon
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Last Man in the World
    12/18/68
- Judd for the Defense
  Larry Corning
  - S 2: Ep 8 Weep the Hunter Home
    11/8/68
- Hey Landlord
  Harold
  - S 1: Ep 26 Testing...One, Two
    3/26/67
- Hey Landlord
  Warren
  - S 1: Ep 25 A Little Off The Top
    3/12/67
- That Girl (1966)
  Actor/Waiter
  - S 1: Ep 22 Paper Hats and Everything
    2/9/67
- Occasional Wife
  Rudolph
  - S 1: Ep 17 Fair Play for Gypsies
    1/17/67
- The Big Valley
  Lud Akley
  - S 2: Ep 18 Boy into Man
    1/16/67
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 10 My Son, the Actor
    11/19/66
- Bewitched
  Rodney
  - S 2: Ep 34 Man's Best Friend
    5/12/66
- Gidget
  Durf the Drag
  - S 1: Ep 20 Ego-A- Go-Go
    1/27/66
- Ben Casey
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 7 Francini? Who is Francini?
    10/25/65
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- Weeds
  Warren Schiff
  - S 6: Ep 13 Theoretical Love Is Not Dead
    11/15/10
  - S 6: Ep 12 Fran Tarkenton
    11/8/10
  - S 6: Ep 11 Viking Pride
    11/1/10
- Weeds
  Richard Schiff
  - S 6: Ep 10 Dearborn-Again
    10/25/10

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- Richard is the voice of Moses in The Word of Promise, a dramatized audio book of the New Testament released by Thomas Nelson in October of 2007.
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- Richard is of Jewish Descent.
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- Richard was born in Brooklyn but he grew up in Los Angeles.
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- [On the state panel and public discussions] Richard Dreyfuss: The melodrama of rudeness and interrupting and yelling and screaming is the only way that people now know, experience public discussion of public issues. They don't know that there were alternative ways of discussing these things.
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