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Don Rickles
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Actor Born: May 8, 1926 in New York City, 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" and "James Cagney". He got his wish in his first film, 1958's "Run Silent Run Deep", wherein Gable topped the cast. Rickles went on to receive critical plaudits for his villainous performance in 1960's "The Rat Race", and also popped up with regularity on such TV series as "The Thin Man" and The Twilight Zone. But truly good roles for a short, baldpated young character actor were relatively few and far between. During a long period between acting assignments, Rickles decided to work up a nightclub act. He began as a traditional stand-up comic, but when annoyed by hecklers, he instinctively insulted the insulters back as a... Full Biography
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