Don Rickles
Donald Jay " Don " Rickles ( born May 8, 1926 in Queens ) is an American comedian and entertainer.
Occurrence
Rickles humor was described in the New York Times as a " mixture of personal vilification and exaggerated stereotyping " because of belonging to his stand-up performances insulting remarks to the audience, it was called Kamikaze comedian.
Rickles is accompanied by the music of a catchment Matadors at show performances. By his own admission, this reflects his attitude towards his audience.
Life and career
Rickles was born in 1926 in New York. He grew up as an only child in a Jewish family, served in World War II in the Navy and began in the late 40s to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Later he worked as a stand-up comedian, so he made the acquaintance of Frank Sinatra, who promoted him. He appeared in the episode in various shows in Las Vegas at, and participated in activities of the so-called Rat Pack. He made his film debut in the film U 23 - Silent, Run Deep 1958 on the side of Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster.
Rickles increased its popularity in the 1960s, including by numerous appearances on the late-night show from Johnny Carson. In 1968 he got his own, The Don Rickles Show titled show on ABC. In addition, he was also a regular participant, headed by Dean Martin Roast shows, where in each issue a present celebrities such as Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope and Rickles was even ridiculed by several consecutive appearances comedians. From 1976 to 1978 he had the lead role in the NBC series broadcast by CPO Sharkey. In the 90s he was seen among others in the movie Casino by Martin Scorsese, and he also spoke in the Toy Story movies, the Mr. Potato Head ( in German Charlie Weis nose ).
Published in 2007, Rickles his memoirs, the following year he was awarded an Emmy Award for the documentary Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project excellent, had directed the film with John Landis and which, in addition material from Rickles career assessments by a variety of prominent actors contains comedians such as Robert De Niro, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Rock, Clint Eastwood and Jay Leno.