

Richard Dreyfuss
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
29 Oct 1947
Age
79 Years
Born In
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Total Projects
187
Years Active
72 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.6 ★
Overview
Richard Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He has starred in film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, including the films American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, Stakeout, Always, What About Bob? and Mr. Holland's Opus. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for The...
Known For
Filmography

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Waltzing with Brando
Waltzing with Brando
as Seymour Kraft

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Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self

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Into the Deep
Into the Deep
as Seamus

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Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
as Self

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Sweetwater
Sweetwater
as Maurice Podoloff

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Commitment to Life
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)

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Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony
as Narrator (voice)

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Save Christmas
Save Christmas
as Santa

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Murder at Yellowstone City
Murder at Yellowstone City
as Edgar

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Every Last One of Them
Every Last One of Them
as Murphy

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Crime Story
Crime Story
as Ben Myers

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Audrey
Audrey
as Self - Actor

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Stars in the House
Stars in the House
as Self

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Astronaut
Astronaut
as Angus

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Daughter of the Wolf
Daughter of the Wolf
as Father

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Polar
Polar
as Porter

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The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh
as Buddy Green

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Asher
Asher
as Avi

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Bayou Caviar
Bayou Caviar
as Yuri

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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
as Self

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Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
as Self

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Book Club
Book Club
as George

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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest

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Spielberg
Spielberg
as Self

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Shots Fired
Shots Fired
as Arlen Cox

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Madoff
Madoff
as Bernie Madoff

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Zipper
Zipper
as George Hiller

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Your Family or Mine
Your Family or Mine
as Louis

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Squatters
Squatters
as David Silverman

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The Real History of Science Fiction
The Real History of Science Fiction
as Self

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Caserta Palace Dream
Caserta Palace Dream
as Luigi Vanvitelli

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Cas & Dylan
Cas & Dylan
as Dr. Cas Pepper

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Paranoia
Paranoia
as Frank Cassidy

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Milius
Milius
as Self

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Very Good Girls
Very Good Girls
as Danny

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Casting By
Casting By
as Self

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Coma
Coma
as Professor Hillside

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The Two Million Year Old Boy
The Two Million Year Old Boy
as Narrator

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Bubble Guppies
Bubble Guppies
as Captain Acrab

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RED
RED
as Alexander Dunning

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Piranha 3D
Piranha 3D
as Matthew Boyd

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Jaws: The Inside Story
Jaws: The Inside Story
as Self

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Parenthood
Parenthood
as Gilliam T. Blount

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The Lightkeepers
The Lightkeepers
as Seth

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Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
as Pug Rothbaum

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Waking Sleeping Beauty
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)

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My Life in Ruins
My Life in Ruins
as Irv Gideon

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The Shark Is Still Working
The Shark Is Still Working
as Self

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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self

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American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
as Self

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W.
W.
as Dick Cheney

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America Betrayed
America Betrayed
as Narrator

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Tin Man
Tin Man
as Mystic Man

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Ocean of Fear
Ocean of Fear
as Narrator

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AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self

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The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
as Self

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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self

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The Dish on Dolls
The Dish on Dolls
as Assistant Stage Manager (archive footage)

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Poseidon
Poseidon
as Richard Nelson

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The Reichen Show
The Reichen Show
as Self

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Weeds
Weeds
as Warren Schiff

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The Adventures of Errol Flynn
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self - Actor

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Silver City
Silver City
as Chuck Raven

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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
as Narrator

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Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast
as Barnaby Pierce

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Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
as Theodore Roosevelt

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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self

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The John Garfield Story
The John Garfield Story
as Self

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The Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood
as narrator

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Manassas: End of Innocence
Manassas: End of Innocence
as Narrator

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The Day Reagan Was Shot
The Day Reagan Was Shot
as Alexander Haig

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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
as Scoop the Snowman (voice)

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The Education of Max Bickford
The Education of Max Bickford
as Max Bickford

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In Search of Peace
In Search of Peace
as Yitzhak Rabin (voice)

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Who Is Cletis Tout?
Who Is Cletis Tout?
as Micah Donnelly

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The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
as Self

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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
as Antonio Bolivar

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Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
as Self

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The Crew
The Crew
as Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator

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Fail Safe
Fail Safe
as President

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Where Are They Now?
Where Are They Now?
as Self

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Lansky
Lansky
as Meyer Lansky

tv
Family Guy
Family Guy
as Richard Dreyfuss / Narrator (voice)

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Family Guy
Family Guy
as Richard Dreyfuss (voice)

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Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
as Narrator

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The Making of 'American Graffiti'
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
as Self

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Krippendorf's Tribe
Krippendorf's Tribe
as Prof. Krippendorf

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The Entertainment Biz
The Entertainment Biz
as Self

tv
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney

tv
The View
The View
as Self

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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
as Narrator (voice)

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Frank Capra's American Dream
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self

movie
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
as Fagin

tv
HARDtalk
HARDtalk

movie
Night Falls on Manhattan
Night Falls on Manhattan
as Sam Vigoda

movie
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
as Self

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Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
as Self

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In the Teeth of Jaws
In the Teeth of Jaws
as Self

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Mad Dog Time
Mad Dog Time
as Vic

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The Daily Show
The Daily Show
as Self

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The Rosie O'Donnell Show
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest

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The Universal Story
The Universal Story
as Self

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James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
as Centipede (voice)

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Mr. Holland's Opus
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Glenn Holland

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The Making of 'Jaws'
The Making of 'Jaws'
as Self

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The American President
The American President
as Senator Rumson

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The Frank Skinner Show
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self

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The Last Word
The Last Word
as Larry

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Silent Fall
Silent Fall
as Dr. Jake Rainer

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It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
as Self

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Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self

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Another Stakeout
Another Stakeout
as Det. Chris Lecce

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Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers
as Louie Kurnitz

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Lincoln
Lincoln
as William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)

tv
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

tv
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice)

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Prisoner of Honor
Prisoner of Honor
as Col. Picquart

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What About Bob?
What About Bob?
as Dr. Leo Marvin

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
as The Player

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Once Around
Once Around
as Sam Sharpe

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Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge
as Dr. Frankenthal

tv
American Chronicles
American Chronicles
as narrator

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Always
Always
as Pete Sandich

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Let It Ride
Let It Ride
as Jay Trotter

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Moon Over Parador
Moon Over Parador
as Jack Noah

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Nuts
Nuts
as Aaron Levinsky

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Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
as Self

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Stakeout
Stakeout
as Det. Chris Lecce

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self

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Tin Men
Tin Men
as Bill 'BB' Babowsky

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Citizen Steve
Citizen Steve
as Jedediah

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Stand by Me
Stand by Me
as The Writer

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Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
as Dave Whiteman

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Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self

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The Buddy System
The Buddy System
as Joe

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Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
as Ken Harrison

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The Competition
The Competition
as Paul Dietrich

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The Big Fix
The Big Fix
as Moses Wine

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Roy Neary

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The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl
as Elliot Garfield

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The Sentinel
The Sentinel
as Man on Sidewalk Talking to Girl in Red Sweater (uncredited)

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The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
as Self

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The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

movie
Victory at Entebbe
Victory at Entebbe
as Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu

tv
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host

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Jaws
Jaws
as Hooper

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Inserts
Inserts
as Boy Wonder

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New England Our Way
New England Our Way
as Self

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The Second Coming of Suzanne
The Second Coming of Suzanne
as Clavius

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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
as Duddy

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Me
Me
as Greg

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American Graffiti
American Graffiti
as Curt Henderson

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Dillinger
Dillinger
as Baby Face Nelson

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Catch-22
Catch-22
as Yossarian

tv
A Touch of Grace
A Touch of Grace

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The Shadow of a Gunman
The Shadow of a Gunman
as Tommy Owen

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Two for the Money
Two for the Money
as Morris Gap

tv
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
as Tony Injijikian

tv
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Self

tv
Treffpunkte
Treffpunkte
as Self

tv
The New People
The New People

tv
Room 222
Room 222

movie
Hello Down There
Hello Down There
as Harold Webster

tv
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad

movie
The Young Runaways
The Young Runaways
as Terry

movie
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

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The Graduate
The Graduate
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

tv
Judd, for the Defense
Judd, for the Defense

tv
The Second Hundred Years
The Second Hundred Years
as Ben Jr.

tv
Occasional Wife
Occasional Wife

tv
Felony Squad
Felony Squad

tv
Hey Landlord!
Hey Landlord!

tv
That Girl
That Girl

tv
Gidget
Gidget

tv
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
as Lud

tv
Karen
Karen
as David Rowe III

tv
Bewitched
Bewitched

tv
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self

tv
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self

tv
Ben Casey
Ben Casey

tv
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Gearshon Gorofsky

tv
The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self

movie
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
as Self

movie
Killing Winston Jones
Killing Winston Jones
as Winston Jones

tv
Ocean of Fear
Ocean of Fear
as Narrator (voice)

tv
Happiness Isn't Everything
Happiness Isn't Everything
as Jerry Hamburger