Dick Shawn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dick Shawn

American actor and comedian

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1923

Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, United States

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1987

Profession: screenwriter, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Dick Shawn (born Richard Schulefand, December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor and comedian.
He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific character actor.
During the 1960s he played small roles in madcap comedies, usually portraying caricatures of counter culture personalities, such as deadbeat son Sylvester Marcus in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and the hippie actor Lorenzo Saint DuBois ("L.S.D.") in The Producers (1968).