Don Rickles

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Born: 5/8/1926 · New York, NY

Biography: Believe it or don't: comedian Don Rickles--the "Merchant of Venom," "The Caliph of Calumny," "Mister Warmth"--was once a dedicated student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. As a movie-struck kid, Rickles aspired to share the Big Screen with such idols as Clark Gable …

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Toy Story 3: in Disney Digital 3-D [Movie] as Mr. Potato Head

2010

Toy Story 3 [Movie] as Mr. Potato Head

2010

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project [Movie]

2007

The Aristocrats [Movie]

2005

The Wool Cap [Movie] as Ira

2004

100 Years of Hope & Humor [TV Series]

2003

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NEWS & GOSSIP

My Life on the D-List gets more entertaining thanks to Kathy Griffin's contrived encounters with celebs

07/07/09 Usually, I'd rip a reality show?particularly a docudrama that purports to document a person's life?for getting more contrived. | reality blurred
LI International Film Expo goes global, stays local

07/07/09 Shot in eight days on a shoestring budget after writer-director Dominic Perez lost his job at an investment bank, this psychological horror film stars Patchogue's Morgan Hooper as a college student who goes missing. | Newsday - New York NY
Don Rickles on the D-List, The Tonight Show, and more

07/07/09 It's always great to see Don Rickles on TV. | TV Squad
Don Rickles on the D-List, The Tonight Show, and more

07/07/09 ON AOL TELEVISION It's always great to see Don Rickles on TV. | TV Squad
Seven greatest hand cannons in TV history

07/04/09 Jerry Springer, our ability to infuse anything edible with cheese, the fact that we're probably working on infusing something inedible with cheese. | TV Squad
Seven greatest hand cannons in TV history

07/04/09 ON AOL TELEVISION Jerry Springer, our ability to infuse anything edible with cheese, the fact that we're probably working on infusing something inedible with cheese. | TV Squad
Obituaries in the news

06/29/09 BERRYVILLE, Va. Richard Evelyn Byrd, a prominent orchardist and son of former Virginia Gov. and U.S. Sen. Harry F. Byrd Sr., died Sunday. | The Buffalo News - Buffalo NY
Sheldon Gross, co-founder of Westbury Music Fair, dies

06/27/09 The theater's name was changed to the Capital One Bank Theatre at Westbury in 2005. | Newsday - New York NY
Alec Gallup, son of poll founder, dies at 81

06/25/09 Alec Gallup, 81, who served as chairman of his family's business, the Gallup Poll, which was started by his father and is considered among the most-trusted political polls in the United States, died of a heart ailment June 22 at his home in Princeton, N.J. George Gallup Sr. founded the Gallup Poll in 1935, devising random-sampling techniques to allow for much greater statistical accuracy. | St. Paul Pioneer Press - St. Paul MN
Remembering Ed McMahon

06/24/09 Before his health took a turn for the worse over the past year, he had shared some of his favorite "Tonight Show" memories with the morning crew at KKLZ-FM, 96.3 ( Mike O'Brian, Jim Tofte and Charly Kayle ). | Las Vegas Review Journal - Las Vegas NV
Tonight Show Friends and Colleagues Remember Ed McMahon

06/24/09 Celebrities ranging from Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien to Britney Spears offered fond memories of Ed McMahon , a testament to the legend's wide influence and everyman appeal. | Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle WA
'Tonight' Sidekick Ed McMahon Dies In LA At 86

06/23/09 (AP) Ed McMahon, the loyal "Tonight" show sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, died early Tuesday. | TheShowBuzz
Body of work: McMahon on IMDB -

06/23/09 "Entertainment Tonight" .... ... ... ... ... - | mySA - San Antonio TX
Larry King enjoys getting laughs

06/17/09 That said, it has been a bit tough figuring out the right words to promote King's one-day performance Friday at Encore, a benefit for the Larry King Cardiac Foundation. | Las Vegas Review Journal - Las Vegas NV
Bill Maher: Dumb jokes for the TV talk show set

06/17/09 Maher is fresh off an Abbot & Costello tour with his old "clubbing buddy" (and TV show semi-regular) Ann Coulter. | scanners :: blog
Dame Edna: The First Last Tour

06/14/09 A fitfully funny video parody of "E! True Hollywood Story" serves as prologue, and there are contributions from pianist Andrew Ross and Edna's much-discussed, finally seen butchy daughter Valmai (Erin-Kate Whitcomb, performing a deliciously lubricious "Girl From Ipanema" in a Dept. of Corrections orange jumpsuit). | Variety
Teixeira showing he has fire in his soul

06/12/09 Alex Rodriguez, who slammed his bat to the ground after hitting the pop-up he thought would be the final out, shook his head and said, "What stands out is Mark Teixeira's hustle. That's what wins the game." | Journal News - White Plains NY
Liveblogging Conan's Tonight Show Debut (Updated With Video) [LiveBlogs]

06/01/09 And the promos of him running on the beach make all the more sense now. 11:41?-Is there an open bar in the audience or something? | Gawker
Toy Story 3 Trailer Teases Perfectly. Today in Film Bloggery 05/29/09

05/29/09 This is a true teaser trailer, the kind we haven't seen in a long while, where all it really shows is the title. | SpoutBlog
Zach Galifianakis Still Recovering From Tyson Punch

05/21/09 Taking a movie hit from former boxing champ Mike Tyson was like playing Russian roulette for funnyman Zach Galifianakis - because he knew that any stray punch could have killed him. | Starpulse News Blog
Rue McClanahan looking to premiere new one-woman show in Chicago

05/19/09 The new productions at Steppenwolf and Chicago Shakes both aim to be extreme Shakespeare—and extremely human. | The Theater Loop - Chicago Tribune
Time Out Chicago announces new theater writer

05/18/09 The new productions at Steppenwolf and Chicago Shakes both aim to be extreme Shakespeare—and extremely human. | The Theater Loop - Chicago Tribune
What to Watch Weekend April 25-26

05/06/09 ON AOL TELEVISION NPH in the house ... if only the Emmy and Oscar show folk chose their hosts so wisely. | Inside TV
What to Watch Weekend April 25-26

04/24/09 ON AOL TELEVISION NPH in the house ... if only the Emmy and Oscar show folk chose their hosts so wisely. | Inside TV
What's On Tonight: Scrubs, Ghost Hunters, Kathy Griffin, The Cougar

04/15/09 ON AOL TELEVISION TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne at 10. | TV Squad

Year
Result
Award
Movie

2008
Nominated
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

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