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Rodney Dangerfield
(real name was Jacob Cohen, first stage name was Jack
Roy), born Nov. 22, 1921 in New York (died in 2004), was
one of those guys who never got any respect, at least
that is what he used to say. As a stand up comic
and movie funny man, Dangerfield got plenty of respect.
He had tons and tons of appearances on the Johnny Carson
show in the 70's (made a total of 70 overall
appearances) and was on SNL a few times. His big
break came way back on the Ed Sullivan Show (he appeared
there 16 times). Although his 80's movie list is
not long, it contains some great movies:
Caddyshack (1980), Easy Money (1983), and Back to School
(1986). Quick Fact: Dangerfield was the
first entertainer to have a website, which was launched
in 1995. |