Portrait of Dick Shawn

Acting

Dick Shawn

Career

Active from 1960 to 1988, busiest in 1966 and 1986 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Producers
The Producers
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dick Shawn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    3.4, average 5.5
  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1
  • Melancholy
    3.0, average 4.7
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Physical Humor 3
  • Cult Classic 2
  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Cringe Humor 2
  • Social Satire 2
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Satirical Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title ยท average score 26
Batman & Robin
Batman & Robin (1997)
GoodWatch score 26

as Snow Miser (archive sound) (uncredited)

1980s

18 titles ยท average score 61
Rented Lips
Rented Lips (1988)
GoodWatch score 38

as Charlie Slater

Maid to Order
Maid to Order (1987)
GoodWatch score 48

as Stan Starkey

Captain EO
Captain EO (1986)
GoodWatch score 67

as Commander Bog

The Perils of P.K
The Perils of P.K (1986)

as The Psychiatrist

The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes (1985)

as Emperor

The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1985)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as (segment "Cold Reading")

Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories (1985)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Joe Willoughby

Angel
Angel (1984)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mae

Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside (1984)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Bo Gumbs

Good-bye Cruel World
Good-bye Cruel World (1982)

as Rodney Pointsetter / Ainsley Pointsetter

St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere (1982)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Edgar Eisenberg

Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Buzz Benoit

1970s

8 titles ยท average score 66
Love at First Bite
Love at First Bite (1979)
GoodWatch score 55

as Lieutenant Ferguson NYPD

Fast Friends
Fast Friends (1979)

as Deke Edwards

The Love Boat
The Love Boat (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Harvey Blanchard / David Jackson

Looking Up
Looking Up (1977)

as Manny Lander

Laverne & Shirley
Laverne & Shirley (1976)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

The Year Without a Santa Claus
The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
GoodWatch score 83

as Snow Miser (voice)

Evil Roy Slade
Evil Roy Slade (1972)
GoodWatch score 70

as Marshal Bing Bell

Dames at Sea
Dames at Sea (1971)

as Lucky

1960s

14 titles ยท average score 61
The Happy Ending
The Happy Ending (1969)
GoodWatch score 62

as Harry Bricker

Medical Center
Medical Center (1969)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show

The Producers
The Producers (1968)
GoodWatch score 85

as Lorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.)

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
GoodWatch score 56

as Captain Lionel Cash

Penelope
Penelope (1966)
GoodWatch score 60

as Dr. Gregory Mannix

Way... Way Out
Way... Way Out (1966)
GoodWatch score 61

as Igor Valkleinokov

That Girl
That Girl (1966)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

A Very Special Favor
A Very Special Favor (1965)
GoodWatch score 54

as Arnold Plum

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
GoodWatch score 68

as Sylvester Marcus

The Lucy Show
The Lucy Show (1962)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Ace Winthrop

The Wizard of Baghdad
The Wizard of Baghdad (1961)

as Genii-Ali Mahmud

Wake Me When It's Over
Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
GoodWatch score 62

as Gus Brubaker

1950s

3 titles ยท average score 62
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Charlie Wilson

The Opposite Sex
The Opposite Sex (1956)
GoodWatch score 46

as Singer

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Felix Franklin