Dick Shawn

Dick Shawn
Shawn in 1964
Born	Richard Schulefand (1923-12-01)December 1, 1923 Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Died	April 17, 1987(1987-04-17) (aged 63) San Diego, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
Other names	Richy Shawn
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	1956–1987
Spouse	Rita Bachner ​ (m. 1946)​
Children	4
Relatives	Joey Travolta (son-in-law)

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 counterculture personalities, such as the hedonistic but mother-obsessed Sylvester Marcus in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and the hippie actor Lorenzo Saint DuBois ("L.S.D.") in The Producers (1967). Besides his film work, he appeared in numerous television shows from the 1960s through the 1980s.