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Richard Riehle

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Milwaukee, WI
Biography:A Windy City native, distinguished character actor Richard Riehle earned his undergraduate degree from Notre Dame and his master's from the University of Minnesota, then took his first cinematic bow with a bit part in 1975's Western Rooster Cogburn -- opposite John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn. After Rooster, Riehle abandoned screen work for over a decade to hit the East Coast and focus almost exclusively on Broadway and regional theater. Ed Zwick's acclaimed Civil War opus Glory (1989) marked Riehle's Hollywood comeback; he subsequently increased his screen time dramatically, and chalked up a resumé playing everymen -- usually heavyset and unpolished working stiffs such as policemen, detectives, judges, and bartenders -- in literally dozens of films. Riehle's credits include Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Mercury Rising (1998), Office Space (1999), Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999), and National... Full Biography
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A mysterious bounty hunter named Rico (voice of Charles Dennis) saddles up his new stallion, Buck...
Constance Marie, George Lopez, Richard Riehle, and Belita Moreno in "George Lopez"
Richard Riehle at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival - "The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell"...
Richard Riehle at the 13th Annual Producers Guild Awards
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