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Richard Dunn is a Actor American born on 18 december 1935 at Urbana (USA)
Richard Dunn (September 29, 1936 – June 4, 2010) was an American character actor popularized by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. Dunn was best known to audiences for his appearances on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, a sketch comedy television series.
Dunn, who was known for his glasses, listed his physical features as 5-foot-10 tall and 125 pounds on his resume.
Dunn portrayed many different characters (often bizarre versions of himself) in many episodes of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! from 2007 until 2010. In addition, Dunn had small roles in House, Parks and Recreation, Weeds and Nip/Tuck. He also appeared in the 1998 film, The Wedding Singer, and the music video for Diddy's 2000 single, "Bad Boy for Life.". He first got into show business through his friend, producer Robert Marcus. He volunteered to be a 'gofer' (production assistant) for Marcus' productions. Marcus wrote a book about how to be a production assistant and dedicated it to Dunn. He first got his start as an actor by taking roles as a background actor, and subsequently took classes for acting. He performed a number of roles in commercials and music videos. His first few professional roles earned him enough money to become a member of the Screen Actors' Guild. Richard was approached by Tim Heidecker in a parking lot and offered a gig playing Tim's father in the first episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. After this, Richard was a regular feature in the show, as well as other outlets of the Tim and Eric franchise until his death, and was posthumously honored in the first episode of spin-off series Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule and the song "Richard Dunn is Done" by fellow Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! regular David Liebe Hart on his album Mixtape.
football and regards it as one of the few times in his life he was really motivated. His family
moved to Chicago, IL and lived there for a few years, before moving to California, where they
lived for the duration of World War II. After the war he moved back to Chicago with his
family for a brief period until the Korean War, at which time they moved back to California. When
he was 16 his mother died, and at 17 he joined the U.S. Navy, where he went through basic training in
San Diego. After a four year Navy career he resumed a normal life in California working with
horses, however he shortly joined the U.S. Air Force, where he remained employed for another 4 years.
After which, he returned to his life of horses for another 9 months before re-joining the Navy.
He remained in the U.S. Navy until March 1977, at which point he retired at the age of 41. He resided in southern California ever since, where he attended Santa Monica College.
Although the Navy made a lasting impression on him, Richard considered his mother, his junior
high coach, producer Robert Marcus and comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim to be his role
models.
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Birth name Richard Dunn
Nationality USA
Birth 18 december 1935 at Urbana (USA)
Death 4 june 2010 (at 74 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 18 december 1935 at Urbana (USA)
Death 4 june 2010 (at 74 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Dunn, who was known for his glasses, listed his physical features as 5-foot-10 tall and 125 pounds on his resume.
Dunn portrayed many different characters (often bizarre versions of himself) in many episodes of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! from 2007 until 2010. In addition, Dunn had small roles in House, Parks and Recreation, Weeds and Nip/Tuck. He also appeared in the 1998 film, The Wedding Singer, and the music video for Diddy's 2000 single, "Bad Boy for Life.". He first got into show business through his friend, producer Robert Marcus. He volunteered to be a 'gofer' (production assistant) for Marcus' productions. Marcus wrote a book about how to be a production assistant and dedicated it to Dunn. He first got his start as an actor by taking roles as a background actor, and subsequently took classes for acting. He performed a number of roles in commercials and music videos. His first few professional roles earned him enough money to become a member of the Screen Actors' Guild. Richard was approached by Tim Heidecker in a parking lot and offered a gig playing Tim's father in the first episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. After this, Richard was a regular feature in the show, as well as other outlets of the Tim and Eric franchise until his death, and was posthumously honored in the first episode of spin-off series Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule and the song "Richard Dunn is Done" by fellow Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! regular David Liebe Hart on his album Mixtape.
Biography
Richard was born in Urbana, IL, one of 3 children. During junior high school, Richard playedfootball and regards it as one of the few times in his life he was really motivated. His family
moved to Chicago, IL and lived there for a few years, before moving to California, where they
lived for the duration of World War II. After the war he moved back to Chicago with his
family for a brief period until the Korean War, at which time they moved back to California. When
he was 16 his mother died, and at 17 he joined the U.S. Navy, where he went through basic training in
San Diego. After a four year Navy career he resumed a normal life in California working with
horses, however he shortly joined the U.S. Air Force, where he remained employed for another 4 years.
After which, he returned to his life of horses for another 9 months before re-joining the Navy.
He remained in the U.S. Navy until March 1977, at which point he retired at the age of 41. He resided in southern California ever since, where he attended Santa Monica College.
Although the Navy made a lasting impression on him, Richard considered his mother, his junior
high coach, producer Robert Marcus and comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim to be his role
models.
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Bottoms Up (2006)
, 1h25Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Paris Hilton, Jason Mewes, Briana Evigan, David Keith, Brian Hallisay, Jon Abrahams
Roles Homeless Man (uncredited)
Rating22%
Owen Peadman (Mewes) is a Minnesota bartender who arrives in Los Angeles to try to help his father raise money to save his small restaurant. Owen moves in with his gay uncle Earl (David Keith) and tries to integrate himself into the high society of Hollywood, where he has a chance run-in with a wealthy socialite named Lisa Mancini (Hilton) and her uptight actor boyfriend Hayden Field (Brian Hallisay). Owen, using a little influence and blackmail, gets a taste of the scandalous lifestyles of the Hollywood upper crust while dealing with his growing romantic feelings for Lisa.
Road to Perdition (2002)
, 1h57Directed by Sam Mendes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Superhero films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Road movies, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films, Gangster films
Actors Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Stanley Tucci
Rating76%
Michael Sullivan Sr. (Hanks) is an enforcer for Irish mob boss John Rooney (Newman) in Rock Island, Illinois during the Great Depression. Rooney raised the orphan Sullivan and loves him more than his own biological son, the unstable Connor (Craig). Connor snaps and kills disgruntled associate Finn McGovern when meeting him with Sullivan, resulting in Sullivan gunning down McGovern's men. Sullivan's twelve-year-old son Michael Sullivan, Jr had hidden in his father's car and witnesses the event. Despite Sullivan swearing his son to secrecy and Rooney pressuring Connor to apologize for the reckless action, Connor murders Sullivan's wife Annie and younger son Peter, mistaking him for Sullivan, Jr. He then sends Sullivan to an ambush at a speakeasy but Sullivan realizes and escapes to Chicago with his son to seek Al Capone, for work and to discover the location of Connor, who has gone into hiding.
Apt Pupil (1998)
, 1h51Directed by Bryan Singer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, David Schwimmer, Joshua Jackson, Bruce Davison, Elias Koteas
Rating66%
In southern California in 1984, 16-year-old high school student Todd Bowden (Renfro) discovers that his elderly neighbor, Arthur Denker (McKellen), is in reality Kurt Dussander — a former Sturmbannführer in the SS who is now a fugitive war criminal hiding from justice. Todd blackmails Dussander by threatening to turn him in to the police. However, the teenager is fascinated with Nazi atrocities perpetrated during World War II, and forces Dussander to share disturbing stories of what it was like working at Nazi extermination camps, and how it felt to participate in genocide.
The Wedding Singer (1998)
, 1h35Directed by Frank Coraci
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Allen Covert, Steve Buscemi, Angela Featherstone
Rating68%
In 1985, Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) is an engaging and entertaining wedding singer from Ridgefield, Washington. He is engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Linda (Angela Featherstone), who was attracted to him at a time when he dreamed of becoming a rock star. Robbie meets and befriends a waitress, Julia Sullivan (Drew Barrymore), at the reception hall where he regularly performs. Julia is also engaged, to businessman Glenn Gulia (Matthew Glave) and he promises to sing at their wedding.
Cardboard Cavalier (1949)
Directed by Walter Forde
Genres Comedy
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Jerry Desmonde, Brian Worth, Mary Clare, Anthony Hulme, born Harry Idris Miller, Miles Malleson
Roles Usher
Rating62%
The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Cecil Parker, A. E. Matthews, David Tomlinson, Lana Morris, Joyce Carey, Michael Brennan
Roles Labour agent
Rating60%
Viscount Pym (David Tomlinson) - whilst on National Service - gets leave from the British Army on the pretext of standing for Parliament as a Conservative Party candidate in his home constituency, held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancée June Farrell (Helen Backlin) while she's still in England and before she has to return home to America. His master plan backfires when he finds himself swept into the election campaign and beaten by the more politically experienced Mr Cleghorn (Tom Macaulay), the Labour Party candidate.