Bob Dishy
Bob Dishy | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 12, 1934 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Stage, television actor |
| Years active | 1967-present |
| Spouse(s) | Judy Graubart (2 children) |
Bob Dishy (born January 12, 1934) is an American actor of stage, film, and television.
Dishy was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Amy (Barazani) and Nissim Dishy.[1] He is married to former actress Judy Graubart (The Electric Company).
He is best remembered today for playing Sergeant Wilson, Columbo's polite, respectful assistant in two episodes of Columbo ("Now You See Him" and "The Greenhouse Jungle") and as “Mister Terrific” in one episode of The Golden Girls. He also appeared in several episodes of Law & Order.
His film appearances included Lovers 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) and Along Came Polly (2004).
He was a regular on That 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 musical Damn Yankees: a role he reprised ten years later for the TV adaptation.
He went on to appear on Broadway and in television in:
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1976 | Sly Fox |
| 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 | |
| 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[]
- ^ "Bob Dishy Biography ((?)-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
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