Bob Dishy
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Bob Dishy | |
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| Born | Brooklyn, New York,U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Stage,televisionactor |
| Years active | 1960-2014 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Bob Dishyis an American actor of stage, film, and television.
Biography
[edit]Dishy served in theU.S. Armyin the late 1950s,[1]touring military basesin a show calledRolling Along in '57after winning an All-Army Entertainment Contest.[2]
He played Sergeant John J. Wilson, Columbo's polite, respectful assistant in two episodes ofColumbo( "Now You See Him" and "The Greenhouse Jungle" ); Rose’s titular love interest “Mister Terrific” in an episode ofThe Golden Girls;and Dr. Schenkman, the marriage counselor for Niles and Maris, in an episode ofFrasier.He also appeared in several episodes ofLaw & Order.
His film appearances includeLovers and Other Strangers(1970),I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?(1975),The Big Bus(1976),The Last Married Couple in America(1980),First Family(1980),Author! Author!(1982),Brighton Beach Memoirs(1986),Critical Condition(1987),Stay Tuned(1992),Used People(1992),Don Juan DeMarco(1994),Jungle 2 Jungle(1997) andAlong Came Polly(2004).
He was a regular onThat Was The Week That Was,a weekly satirical series that aired on NBC-TV in 1964–65.
He made his stage debut as a replacement for the ballplayer Rocky in the original run of the hit musicalDamn Yankees:a role he reprised ten years later for theTV adaptation.In 1965 Dishy co-starred withLiza Minnelliin the Broadway musical, "Flora, The Red Menace" directed byGeorge Abbott.
He went on to appear onBroadwayand in television in:
| Year | Title |
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| 1960 | From A to Z |
| 1965 | Flora the Red Menace |
| 1967 | The Unknown Soldier and His Wife |
| Something Different | |
| 1968 | The Goodbye People |
| 1969 | A Way of Life |
| 1971 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| That Girl | |
| 1972 | The Creation of the World and Other Business |
| All in the Family | |
| Columbo,episode "The Greenhouse Jungle" | |
| 1974 | An American Millionaire |
| 1976 | Sly Fox |
| Columbo,episode "Now You See Him" | |
| 1978 | Alice |
| 1979 | Murder at the Howard Johnson's |
| 1980 | Barney Miller |
| 1981 | Grownups |
| 1986 | Brighton Beach Memoirs |
| 1988 | The Golden Girls |
| 1989 | Cafe Crown |
| The Tenth Man | |
| 1993 | My Boyfriend's Back |
| 1994 | Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story |
| Don Juan DeMarco | |
| 1998 | Frasier |
| 1999 | The Price |
| 2002 | Morning's at Seven |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly |
| Sly Fox | |
| 2014 | The Angriest Man in Brooklyn |
References
[edit]- ^Dishy, Bob 1934(?)–Encyclopedia.com.Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^BOB DISHY, STAGE COMIC WITH A FLAIR FOR DRAMAThe New York Times.Retrieved March 4, 2023.
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- American male film actors
- American male stage actors
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- Drama Desk Award winners
- Living people
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- 20th-century American male actors
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