![Dick Shawn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hqVdhAEQDcX42pa38pCw5S4SDMG.jpg)
Dick Shawn
One-of-a-kind nightclub comedian and singer Dick Shawn (ne Richard Schulefand) was as off-the-wall as they came and, as such, proved to be rather an acquired taste. Way ahead of his time most say, it was extremely difficult indeed to know how to properly tap into this man's eclectic talents. Shawn began inching toward the forefront during the be-bop 50s and early 60s with his odd penchant for playing cool cats. During his mild bid for film stardom, he was top-billed as a hip, laid back genie in the thoroughly dismal satire The Wizard of Baghdad (1960), but seemed to have better luck when taken in smaller doses. He fared quite well opposite another "way-out-there" comedian, Ernie Kovacs, in Wake Me When It's Over (1960) as a hustling soldier out to make a buck in the Far East. Also on the plus side, he replaced Zero Mostel in the bawdy musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" on Broadway and stole a small scene in the all-star epic comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). By far, the one role that completely overshadows all of his other hard work is his mock portrayal of a singing Adolf Hitler in the show-within-a-movie The Producers (1968). In the film, which starred Mostel and Gene Wilder as two con artists deliberately producing a stage "bomb" called "Springtime for Hitler," Shawn sang the hammy, absurdly narcissistic song "Love Power." The movie finally captured Shawn in his element, but this stroke of genius of matching actor to role would never happen again for him. For the most part his roles came off slick and smarmy, and were stuck in mediocre material. Shawn won a huge fan base, however, touring in one-man stage shows which contained a weird mix of songs, sketches, satire, philosophy and even pantomime. A bright, innovative wit, one of his best touring shows was called "The Second Greatest Entertainer in the World." During the show's intermission, Shawn would lie visibly on the stage floor absolutely still during the entire time. By freakish coincidence, Shawn was performing at the University of California at San Diego in 1987 when he suddenly fell forward on the stage during one of his spiels about the Holocaust. The audience, of course, laughed, thinking it was just a part of his odd shtick. In actuality, the 63-year-old married actor with four children had suffered a fatal heart attack. A not-surprising end for this thoroughly offbeat and intriguing personality.
Known For | Acting |
---|---|
Most Rating | 21.324 |
Birthday | 1923-12-01 |
Place of Birth | Buffalo, New York, USA |
Also Known As | Richard Schulefand, |
![Angel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yc00EFOHTzvH5ww1ywqVszQI0Cd.jpg)
1984
![Angel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yc00EFOHTzvH5ww1ywqVszQI0Cd.jpg)
Angel
5.916/95
Molly Stewart, a teen at the top of her class who survives by working nights as a prostitute on Hollywood Blvd, finds her world beginning to fall apar...
Watch Now
Angel
![Maid to Order](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/l5XNXwjRieKMixWL7rGgtLANf75.jpg)
1987
![Maid to Order](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/l5XNXwjRieKMixWL7rGgtLANf75.jpg)
Maid to Order
5.632/53
Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he neve...
Watch Now
Maid to Order
![The Producers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2ugfvv7UyHV2wkFy4X3WtIbEd3D.jpg)
1968
![The Producers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2ugfvv7UyHV2wkFy4X3WtIbEd3D.jpg)
The Producers
7.1/757
Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times...
Watch Now
The Producers
![Best Chest in the West](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2YaFR34UL632qDkjNtcw21tVVDI.jpg)
1984
![Best Chest in the West](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2YaFR34UL632qDkjNtcw21tVVDI.jpg)
Best Chest in the West
5.5/2
What happens when dozens of beautiful California girls compete for the title of “BEST CHEST IN THE WEST”? In this show, anything goes! Dick Shawn host...
Watch Now
Best Chest in the West
![Young Warriors](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xs5Az75SN3MbcruU1sDcmAqQFen.jpg)
1983
![Young Warriors](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xs5Az75SN3MbcruU1sDcmAqQFen.jpg)
Young Warriors
3.9/12
After a young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, her brother takes up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes...
Watch Now
Young Warriors
![It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/z6Yy7VgLbM8t10ZlBRzBLKGZEqo.jpg)
1963
![It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/z6Yy7VgLbM8t10ZlBRzBLKGZEqo.jpg)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7/571
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t...
Watch Now
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
![The Year Without a Santa Claus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gc5vz1sZXk1DilIzkQLZ2ujuiWQ.jpg)
1974
![The Year Without a Santa Claus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gc5vz1sZXk1DilIzkQLZ2ujuiWQ.jpg)
The Year Without a Santa Claus
7.222/176
Feeling forgotten by the children of the world, old St. Nick decides to skip his gift-giving journey and take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two spunky li...
Watch Now
The Year Without a Santa Claus
![What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dgJL21bZBUF22jJHt66be84mcpc.jpg)
1966
![What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dgJL21bZBUF22jJHt66be84mcpc.jpg)
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
6/40
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival f...
Watch Now
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
![Love at First Bite](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4uCIqSr0SiUbjEaq25tWhgHq4w.jpg)
1979
![Love at First Bite](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4uCIqSr0SiUbjEaq25tWhgHq4w.jpg)
Love at First Bite
5.995/91
Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble a...
Watch Now
Love at First Bite
![Captain EO](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/p5txVytUOKpEQ869oKfT6wimTYg.jpg)
1986
![Captain EO](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/p5txVytUOKpEQ869oKfT6wimTYg.jpg)
Captain EO
6.745/149
In this 3-D science fiction film that was shown at Disney theme parks, the infamous Captain EO and his ragtag crew are sent on a diplomatic mission th...
Watch Now
Captain EO
![The Happy Ending](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2xFRXsgk7o0LD6X3LxmTQPBQJ0F.jpg)
1969
![The Happy Ending](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2xFRXsgk7o0LD6X3LxmTQPBQJ0F.jpg)
The Happy Ending
6.043/23
The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson, a woman who believes that ultimate reality...
Watch Now
The Happy Ending
![Way... Way Out](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xgIZCzp1ymB7hbsb1gtN1I3Gr01.jpg)
1966
![Way... Way Out](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xgIZCzp1ymB7hbsb1gtN1I3Gr01.jpg)
Way... Way Out
5.8/17
A platonically wed American couple run a lunar weather station near an unwed Soviet couple.
Watch Now
Way... Way Out
![Wake Me When It's Over](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zlnnKRxG8F7WxLK0jXzQqGv3JSz.jpg)
1960
![Wake Me When It's Over](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zlnnKRxG8F7WxLK0jXzQqGv3JSz.jpg)
Wake Me When It's Over
6/5
The war may be over, but that doesn't keep the hapless Gus Brubaker from being drafted and posted on a forgotten little Japanese Island...and that's j...
Watch Now
Wake Me When It's Over
![Penelope](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tbpuSKSuydGCF45uG9uNmd8rLeV.jpg)
1966
![Penelope](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tbpuSKSuydGCF45uG9uNmd8rLeV.jpg)
Penelope
5.6/19
When Penelope gets married to banker James Elcott, she finds him too preoccupied with work to pay much attention to her, so she robs his bank in disgu...
Watch Now
Penelope
![A Very Special Favor](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cPzRjN6R9AFeQIhEGMijXqKgaAL.jpg)
1965
![A Very Special Favor](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cPzRjN6R9AFeQIhEGMijXqKgaAL.jpg)
A Very Special Favor
5.7/8
The long-lost father of a frigid, uptight Freudian psychologist contracts a wealthy American playboy who owes him a favor to woo his daughter.
Watch Now
A Very Special Favor
![Good-bye Cruel World](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/80KbDXAcPQZCuvf1odKBmQSrQgp.jpg)
1983
![Good-bye Cruel World](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/80KbDXAcPQZCuvf1odKBmQSrQgp.jpg)
Good-bye Cruel World
3.3/3
The story involves newscaster Rodney Pointsetter (Shawn) who is so depressed between his job and his family that he tries to make a film about his lif...
Watch Now
Good-bye Cruel World
![Evil Roy Slade](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/krhonyWItfMWCEqu5lqvkar29GA.jpg)
1972
![Evil Roy Slade](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/krhonyWItfMWCEqu5lqvkar29GA.jpg)
Evil Roy Slade
6.167/15
Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious...
Watch Now
Evil Roy Slade
![The Tommy Chong Roast](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2qz8fPM1M97Z4UTA4IiWLAKDF1e.jpg)
1986
![The Tommy Chong Roast](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2qz8fPM1M97Z4UTA4IiWLAKDF1e.jpg)
The Tommy Chong Roast
5.5/4
A "tribute" to comedian Tommy Chong, given to him by many of his fellow comedians.
Watch Now
The Tommy Chong Roast
![The Opposite Sex](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/piXpVWU67Y9XXJKSHAlP95vd3EG.jpg)
1956
![The Opposite Sex](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/piXpVWU67Y9XXJKSHAlP95vd3EG.jpg)
The Opposite Sex
5.2/20
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to...
Watch Now
The Opposite Sex
![The Wizard of Baghdad](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/99ThRjWmJBCOf8OH90ka3KfydPp.jpg)
1961
![The Wizard of Baghdad](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/99ThRjWmJBCOf8OH90ka3KfydPp.jpg)
The Wizard of Baghdad
6/2
A genie turned mortal after his many failures is sent to Baghdad. As his last chance to prove himself he must help a prince and princess fulfill a pro...
Watch Now
The Wizard of Baghdad
![Water](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/iBwZRLoNjvzplQ5bForJ2dEC0QH.jpg)
1985
![Water](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/iBwZRLoNjvzplQ5bForJ2dEC0QH.jpg)
Water
5.8/30
A British diplomat to a West Indian island nation finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when a large American drilling company finds a huge so...
Watch Now
Water
![The Emperor's New Clothes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5YwqimXncVHGLZLvW0UpUrlWHy4.jpg)
1985
![The Emperor's New Clothes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5YwqimXncVHGLZLvW0UpUrlWHy4.jpg)
The Emperor's New Clothes
4/2
Two con men take advantage of an emperor's vanity.
Watch Now
The Emperor's New Clothes
![Dames at Sea](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aPyWTE5jzIzM0grj2rcsjAynTj7.jpg)
1971
![Dames at Sea](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aPyWTE5jzIzM0grj2rcsjAynTj7.jpg)
Dames at Sea
6/1
Dames at Sea is a musical with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise. The musical is a parody of large, flashy 19...
Watch Now
Dames at Sea
![Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xYXeVyLe2bkhhBm0mjqLG6HCoW0.jpg)
1991
![Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xYXeVyLe2bkhhBm0mjqLG6HCoW0.jpg)
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
0/0
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Watch Now
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
![Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8oXPDUd8lBumx7FpkeoLKTWf9Vs.jpg)
1970
![Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8oXPDUd8lBumx7FpkeoLKTWf9Vs.jpg)
Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man
0/0
A CBS television special, renowned for its legendary "Yma, Ava....Yma, Uta... Yma, Oona" sequence. Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man (1970), won...
Watch Now
Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man
![The Perils of P.K](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/f5VoCuL2D6nKzP574deVIIp7HEv.jpg)
1986
![The Perils of P.K](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/f5VoCuL2D6nKzP574deVIIp7HEv.jpg)
The Perils of P.K
10/1
P.K., a former movie star now reduced to working as a stripper in a Las Vegas nightclub, is desperate for a comeback, and thinks she could make one if...
Watch Now
The Perils of P.K
![Rented Lips](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6pkZG0sRIA8cOWXNAIgEh3hpTzw.jpg)
1987
![Rented Lips](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6pkZG0sRIA8cOWXNAIgEh3hpTzw.jpg)
Rented Lips
4.2/6
A documentary filmmaker, who has spent the last 15 years making films like "Aluminum: Our Shiny Friend," is finally given the chance to make the docum...
Watch Now
Rented Lips
![Batman & Robin](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cGRDufDDSrFrv7VI4YnmWnslne0.jpg)
1997
![Batman & Robin](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cGRDufDDSrFrv7VI4YnmWnslne0.jpg)
Batman & Robin
4.358/4885
Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from attacking Gotham City.
Watch Now
Batman & Robin
![Fast Friends](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2PV9JtkC44EOgIDpPrCVmoTXzGn.jpg)
1979
![Fast Friends](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2PV9JtkC44EOgIDpPrCVmoTXzGn.jpg)
Fast Friends
0/0
A young divorcee struggles to provide for her young son and make a new life for herself in the backstage jungle of a TV talk show, becoming fast frien...
Watch Now
Fast Friends
![Leave 'em Laughing](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aaIYxcebpzmJiHBHKcWAbIbNrVH.jpg)
2020
![Leave 'em Laughing](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aaIYxcebpzmJiHBHKcWAbIbNrVH.jpg)
Leave 'em Laughing
0/0
An evening of stand-up comedy takes a not so funny turn, leaving the audience wondering what they just witnessed.
Watch Now
Leave 'em Laughing
![The Check is in the Mail...](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aQXvY2wNIqqQE0j0LUUpbiEBgmQ.jpg)
1986
![The Check is in the Mail...](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aQXvY2wNIqqQE0j0LUUpbiEBgmQ.jpg)
The Check is in the Mail...
6.5/2
Meet Richard Jackson - a man fed up with the insanity of "plastic" suburban living. Rallying his befuddled family around him, Richard mounts an outrag...
Watch Now
The Check is in the Mail...
![Looking Up](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1977
![Looking Up](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Looking Up
0/0
Family secrets are revealed as three generations of a middle-class New York Jewish family come together in this story of good relations and bad relati...
Watch Now
Looking Up
![The Making of Captain EO](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/axjERq5hdOrxylta16q4WwFQSZk.jpg)
1986
![The Making of Captain EO](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/axjERq5hdOrxylta16q4WwFQSZk.jpg)
The Making of Captain EO
6.7/5
Documentary of the making of Michael Jackson's Captain EO film for the Disney theme parks.
Watch Now
The Making of Captain EO
![Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tGh04hYd53J24YyCGmGJGNLfmBE.jpg)
1979
![Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tGh04hYd53J24YyCGmGJGNLfmBE.jpg)
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
1/1
A salute to Playboy Magazine on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary, hosted by founding publisher Hugh Hefner and an all-male guest list.
Watch Now
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
![If the Shoes Fit...](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/icOK5P59y2dyM4nugaWelwP79Oc.jpg)
1985
![If the Shoes Fit...](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/icOK5P59y2dyM4nugaWelwP79Oc.jpg)
If the Shoes Fit...
0/0
Gubernatorial candidate's belief that politics is nothing more than entertainment, is helped at a hotel where the bellboy and maid help him get ready...
Watch Now
If the Shoes Fit...
![Mel Brooks: Unwrapped](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bKNwQwK3KzSVacfpuUXT6oIkE0U.jpg)
2018
![Mel Brooks: Unwrapped](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bKNwQwK3KzSVacfpuUXT6oIkE0U.jpg)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
6.7/6
At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to great critical acclaim in London in late 2017. Alan Yent...
Watch Now