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Filmography
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Known For
The Goodbye Girl Elliot Garfield (1977) -
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Roy Neary (1977) -
Jaws Hooper (1975) -
Known For
American Graffiti Curt (1973) -
Actor
Every Last One of Them Murphy (2021) -
Crime Story Ben (2021) -
Daughter of the Wolf Father (2019) -
Astronaut Angus Stewart (2019) -
Polar Porter (2019) -
The Last Laugh Buddy Green (2019) -
Bayou Caviar Yuri (2018) -
Asher Avi (2018) -
Book Club George (2018) -
Shots Fired Arlen Cox (2017) -
![Madoff]( "Madoff")
Madoff Bernie Madoff (2016) -
The Killers: Dirt Sledding Singer (2015)
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![Your Family or Mine]( "Your Family or Mine")
Your Family or Mine Louis (2015) -
![Zipper]( "Zipper")
Zipper George Hiller (2015) -
![Squatters]( "Squatters")
Squatters David (2014) -
![Caserta Palace Dream]( "Caserta Palace Dream")
Caserta Palace Dream Vanvitelli (2014) -
![Cas & Dylan]( "Cas & Dylan")
Cas & Dylan Dr. Cas Pepper (2013) -
![Paranoia]( "Paranoia")
Paranoia Frank Cassidy (2013) -
![Very Good Girls]( "Very Good Girls")
Very Good Girls Danny (2013) -
![Coma]( "Coma")
Coma Professor Hillside (2012) -
![Lone Star Trixie]( "Lone Star Trixie")
Lone Star Trixie Virgil (2011) -
![Parenthood]( "Parenthood")
Parenthood Gilliam T. Blount (2011) -
![Weeds]( "Weeds")
Weeds Warren Schiff (2010) -
![RED]( "RED")
RED Alexander Dunning (2010) -
![Piranha 3D]( "Piranha 3D")
Piranha 3D Matt Boyd (2010) -
![Family Guy]( "Family Guy")
Family Guy Richard Dreyfuss (2009-2010) -
Happiness Isn't Everything Jerry Hamburger (2009)
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![The Lightkeepers]( "The Lightkeepers")
The Lightkeepers Seth Atkins / Bascom (2009) -
![Leaves of Grass]( "Leaves of Grass")
Leaves of Grass Pug Rothbaum (2009) -
![My Life in Ruins]( "My Life in Ruins")
My Life in Ruins Irv (2009) -
![W.]( "W.")
W. Dick Cheney (2008) -
![Signs of the Time]( "Signs of the Time")
Signs of the Time Narrator (2008) -
![Tin Man]( "Tin Man")
Tin Man Mystic Man (2007) -
![Ocean of Fear]( "Ocean of Fear")
Ocean of Fear Narrator (2007) -
![Poseidon]( "Poseidon")
Poseidon Richard Nelson (2006) -
![Copshop]( "Copshop")
Copshop Leonard Manzo (2004) -
![Silver City]( "Silver City")
Silver City Chuck Raven (2004) -
![Coast to Coast]( "Coast to Coast")
Coast to Coast Barnaby Pierce (2003) -
![The Education of Max Bickford]( "The Education of Max Bickford")
The Education of Max Bickford Max Bickford (2001-2002) -
![The Day Reagan Was Shot]( "The Day Reagan Was Shot")
The Day Reagan Was Shot Alexander Haig (2001) -
![Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys]( "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys")
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys Scoop the Snowman (2001) -
![Who Is Cletis Tout?]( "Who Is Cletis Tout?")
Who Is Cletis Tout? Micah Tobias (2001) -
![The Old Man Who Read Love Stories]( "The Old Man Who Read Love Stories")
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Antonio Bolivar (2001) -
![The Crew]( "The Crew")
The Crew Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator (2000) -
![Fail Safe]( "Fail Safe")
Fail Safe President (2000) -
![Lansky]( "Lansky")
Lansky Meyer Lansky (1999) -
![Krippendorf's Tribe]( "Krippendorf's Tribe")
Krippendorf's Tribe Krippendorf (1998) -
![The Wonderful World of Disney]( "The Wonderful World of Disney")
The Wonderful World of Disney Fagin (1997) -
![The Call of the Wild]( "The Call of the Wild")
The Call of the Wild Narrated by (1997) -
![Mad Dog Time]( "Mad Dog Time")
Mad Dog Time Vic (1996) -
![Night Falls on Manhattan]( "Night Falls on Manhattan")
Night Falls on Manhattan Sam Vigoda (1996) -
![James and the Giant Peach]( "James and the Giant Peach")
James and the Giant Peach Centipede (1996) -
![Mr. Holland's Opus]( "Mr. Holland's Opus")
Mr. Holland's Opus Glenn Holland (1995) -
![The American President]( "The American President")
The American President Senator Rumson (1995) -
![The Last Word]( "The Last Word")
The Last Word Larry (1995) -
![The Great Battles of the Civil War]( "The Great Battles of the Civil War")
The Great Battles of the Civil War Narrator (1994) -
![Silent Fall]( "Silent Fall")
Silent Fall Dr. Jake Rainer (1994) -
![Another Stakeout]( "Another Stakeout")
Another Stakeout Chris Lecce (1993) -
![Lost in Yonkers]( "Lost in Yonkers")
Lost in Yonkers Louie (1993) -
![Lincoln]( "Lincoln")
Lincoln William Tecumsah Sherman (1992) -
![American Experience]( "American Experience")
American Experience Narrator (1992) -
![Prisoner of Honor]( "Prisoner of Honor")
Prisoner of Honor Col. Picquart (1991) -
![What About Bob?]( "What About Bob?")
What About Bob? Dr. Leo Marvin (1991) -
![Rich in Died]( "Rich in Died")
Rich in Died Sam Sharpe (1991) -
![Postcards from the Edge]( "Postcards from the Edge")
Postcards from the Edge Doctor Frankenthal (1990) -
![Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead]( "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead")
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead The Player (1990) -
![Always]( "Always")
Always Pete Sandich (1989) -
![Let It Ride]( "Let It Ride")
Let It Ride Jay Trotter (1989) -
![Moon Over Parador]( "Moon Over Parador")
Moon Over Parador Jack Noah (1988) -
![Nuts]( "Nuts")
Nuts Aaron Levinsky (1987) -
![Stakeout]( "Stakeout")
Stakeout Chris Lecce (1987) -
![Tin Men]( "Tin Men")
Tin Men BB (1987) -
![Stand by Me]( "Stand by Me")
Stand by Me The Writer (1986) -
![Down and Out in Beverly Hills]( "Down and Out in Beverly Hills")
Down and Out in Beverly Hills Dave Whiteman (1986) -
![The Buddy System]( "The Buddy System")
The Buddy System Joe (1984) -
![Whose Life Is It Anyway?]( "Whose Life Is It Anyway?")
Whose Life Is It Anyway? Ken Harrison (1981) -
![The Competition]( "The Competition")
The Competition Paul Dietrich (1980) -
Othello Iago (1979)
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![The Big Fix]( "The Big Fix")
The Big Fix Moses Wine (1978) -
![The Goodbye Girl]( "The Goodbye Girl")
The Goodbye Girl Elliot Garfield (1977) -
![Close Encounters of the Third Kind]( "Close Encounters of the Third Kind")
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Roy Neary (1977) -
![The Sentinel]( "The Sentinel")
The Sentinel Man on Sidewalk (1977) -
![Victory at Entebbe]( "Victory at Entebbe")
Victory at Entebbe Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu (1976) -
![Jaws]( "Jaws")
Jaws Hooper (1975) -
![Inserts]( "Inserts")
Inserts Boy Wonder (1975) -
![The Second Coming of Suzanne]( "The Second Coming of Suzanne")
The Second Coming of Suzanne Clavius (1974) -
![The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz]( "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz")
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Duddy (1974) -
![The New Dick Van Dyke Show]( "The New Dick Van Dyke Show")
The New Dick Van Dyke Show Tony Injijikian (1973) -
Me Greg (1973)
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![American Graffiti]( "American Graffiti")
American Graffiti Curt (1973) -
![Dillinger]( "Dillinger")
Dillinger Baby Face Nelson (1973) -
![Catch-22]( "Catch-22")
Catch-22 Capt. John Yossarian (1973) -
![A Touch of Grace]( "A Touch of Grace")
A Touch of Grace Donald (1973) -
![Gunsmoke]( "Gunsmoke")
Gunsmoke Gearshon Gorofsky (1973) -
![Mod Squad]( "Mod Squad")
Mod Squad Caleb Dunne (1970-1973) -
![The Shadow of a Gunman]( "The Shadow of a Gunman")
The Shadow of a Gunman Tommy Owen (1972) -
![Two for the Money]( "Two for the Money")
Two for the Money Morris Gap (1972) -
![You Are There]( "You Are There")
You Are There Riggs (1971) -
![The Young Lawyers]( "The Young Lawyers")
The Young Lawyers Mike Chester (1971) -
![Room 222]( "Room 222")
Room 222 Stan Siebert (1970) -
![The Bold Ones: The New Doctors]( "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors")
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Dr. Ralph Tolliver (1970) -
![The New People]( "The New People")
The New People Dr. Owen Rudd (1969) -
![Hello Down There]( "Hello Down There")
Hello Down There Harold Webster (1969) -
![The Ghost & Mrs. Muir]( "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir")
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir Mark Finley (1969) -
![The Felony Squad]( "The Felony Squad")
The Felony Squad Herbie Aroon (1969) -
![Judd for the Defense]( "Judd for the Defense")
Judd for the Defense Larry Corning (1968) -
![The Young Runaways]( "The Young Runaways")
The Young Runaways Terry (1968) -
![The Graduate]( "The Graduate")
The Graduate Boarding House Resident (1967) -
![Valley of the Dolls]( "Valley of the Dolls")
Valley of the Dolls Assistant Stage Manager (1967) -
![The Second Hundred Years]( "The Second Hundred Years")
The Second Hundred Years Ben Jr. (1967) -
![Hey, Landlord]( "Hey, Landlord")
Hey, Landlord Harold (1967) -
![That Girl]( "That Girl")
That Girl Johnny Arthur (1967) -
![Occasional Wife]( "Occasional Wife")
Occasional Wife Rudolph (1967) -
![The Big Valley]( "The Big Valley")
The Big Valley Lud (1967) -
![Please Don't Eat the Daisies]( "Please Don't Eat the Daisies")
Please Don't Eat the Daisies Glen (1966) -
![Bewitched]( "Bewitched")
Bewitched Rodney (1966) -
![Gidget]( "Gidget")
Gidget Norman (1966) -
![Ben Casey]( "Ben Casey")
Ben Casey (1965) -
![Peyton Place]( "Peyton Place")
Peyton Place Cap & Gown Student (1965) -
Actor
![Karen]( "Karen")
Karen David Rowe III (1964) -
Producer
![Every Last One of Them]( "Every Last One of Them")
Every Last One of Them (2021) -
![Crime Story]( "Crime Story")
Crime Story (2021) -
![Astronaut]( "Astronaut")
Astronaut (2019) -
![The Lightkeepers]( "The Lightkeepers")
The Lightkeepers (2009) -
![Copshop]( "Copshop")
Copshop (2004) -
Duel: Hamilton vs. Burr (2004)
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![The Education of Max Bickford]( "The Education of Max Bickford")
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![The Wonderful World of Disney]( "The Wonderful World of Disney")
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![Quiz Show]( "Quiz Show")
Quiz Show (1994) -
![Prisoner of Honor]( "Prisoner of Honor")
Prisoner of Honor (1991) -
![Rich in Died]( "Rich in Died")
Rich in Died (1991) -
![Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville]( "Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville")
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Producer
![The Big Fix]( "The Big Fix")
The Big Fix (1978) -
Soundtrack
![Atop the Fourth Wall]( "Atop the Fourth Wall")
Atop the Fourth Wall (2011) -
![My Life in Ruins]( "My Life in Ruins")
My Life in Ruins (2009) -
![Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Topsy Turvy]( "Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Topsy Turvy")
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![James and the Giant Peach]( "James and the Giant Peach")
James and the Giant Peach (1996) -
![Mr. Holland's Opus]( "Mr. Holland's Opus")
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) -
![The American President]( "The American President")
The American President (1995) -
![Rich in Died]( "Rich in Died")
Rich in Died (1991) -
![Always]( "Always")
Always (1989) -
![Stakeout]( "Stakeout")
Stakeout (1987) -
![The Big Fix]( "The Big Fix")
The Big Fix (1978) -
![Saturday Night Live]( "Saturday Night Live")
Saturday Night Live (1978) -
![The Goodbye Girl]( "The Goodbye Girl")
The Goodbye Girl (1977) -
Soundtrack
![Jaws]( "Jaws")
Jaws (1975) -
WriterPresent Tense, Past Perfect (1995)
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![Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville]( "Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville")
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Where the Girls Are (1968)
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WriterRomp!!! (1968)
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DirectorPresent Tense, Past Perfect (1995)
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Archive footage
![Josiah Rises]( "Josiah Rises")
Josiah Rises (2022) -
![The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart]( "The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart")
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![Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies]( "Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies")
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![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2015-2020) -
![Sunset Over Mulholland Drive]( "Sunset Over Mulholland Drive")
Sunset Over Mulholland Drive (2019) -
![The Best of Hollywood]( "The Best of Hollywood")
The Best of Hollywood (2017) -
![Extra with Billy Bush]( "Extra with Billy Bush")
Extra with Billy Bush (2016) -
![Welcome to the Basement]( "Welcome to the Basement")
Welcome to the Basement (2014-2016) -
![And the Oscar Goes to...]( "And the Oscar Goes to...")
And the Oscar Goes to... (2014) -
![Movie Guide]( "Movie Guide")
Movie Guide (2013) -
![No]( "No")
No (2012) -
![Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel]( "Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel")
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![Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking]( "Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking")
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![20 to 1]( "20 to 1")
20 to 1 (2010) -
![Rove Live]( "Rove Live")
Rove Live (2009) -
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![The Factor]( "The Factor")
The Factor (2008) -
![Cinemassacre's Monster Madness]( "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness")
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The Dish on Dolls (2006)
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![Biography]( "Biography")
Biography (2005) -
![MythBusters]( "MythBusters")
MythBusters (2005) -
![When Stand-Up Comics Ruled the World]( "When Stand-Up Comics Ruled the World")
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![Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact]( "Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact")
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Archive footage
![100 Years at the Movies]( "100 Years at the Movies")
100 Years at the Movies (1994) -
![Prime Times]( "Prime Times")
Prime Times (1983) -
Additional Crew
![Inserts]( "Inserts")
Inserts (1975)
All Filmography
Videos
Did You Know
Trivia
His paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland and Austria-Hungary, while his maternal grandparents were born in New York, both of them to Russian Jewish families.
Quotes
[2009, on The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)] I thought I was miscast. He's a character I could empathize with. He's totally human. A physically bigger person should have played him, but it was fun, and it was especially fun because it was true, and it ...
Trademark
Short stature
Star Sign
Scorpio
Personal Details
Born
Richard Stephen Dreyfus
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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