Don Rickles

Don Rickles

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
Birthdaymai 8, 1926
Death2017-04-06
BiographyDonald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American actor and stand-up comedian 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, he 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 series 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, he received widespread exposure as a frequent guest on talk and variety shows, including The Dean Martin Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Show with David Letterman, and voiced Mr. Potato Head in the first three films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–2010), with unused archival audio reused in Toy Story 4 (2019). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for the 2006 documentary film titled Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project. In 2014, he was honored by fellow comedians in a show at the Apollo Theater, which was taped and released on Spike TV titled Don Rickles: One Night Only.

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Known For

C.P.O. Sharkey
Ended

C.P.O. Sharkey

as CPO Otto Sharkey
Toy Story Toons
Ended

Toy Story Toons

as Mr. Potato Head

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