Don Rickles

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Biography

Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor, known primarily for his insult comedy. His film roles include Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), Enter Laughing (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), and Casino (1995).

From 1976 to 1978, Rickles had a two-season starring role in the NBC television sitcom C.P.O. Sharkey, having previously starred in two eponymous half-hour programs, an ABC variety show titled The Don Rickles Show (1968) and a CBS sitcom identically titled The Don Rickles Show (1972).

Known For

Toy Story

Mr. Potato Head (voice)

Toy Story 3

Mr. Potato Head (voice)

Toy Story 2

Mr. Potato Head (voice)

Toy Story 4

Mr. Potato Head (voice)

Casino

Billy Sherbert

Zookeeper

Frog (voice)

Toy Story That Time Forgot

Mr. Potato Head (voice)

The Twilight Zone

Bettor

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2024	Don Rickles Live Mystic Lake MOVIE	Self
2024	Don Rickles Live in Pala 2013 MOVIE	Himself
2023	Bob and Don: A Love Story MOVIE	Self (archived footage)
2023	Don Rickles Live At Mohegan Sun 2011 MOVIE	Self
2023	Don Rickles LIVE in Arizona 2014 MOVIE	Self
2023	Don Rickles Live in Casino Rama 2010 MOVIE	Self
2023	Don Rickles Live Pine Knob Music Theatre MOVIE	Self
2019	Toy Story 4 MOVIE	Mr. Potato Head (voice)
2016	Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 MOVIE	Self
2015	Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond MOVIE	Self
2014	Toy Story That Time Forgot MOVIE	Mr. Potato Head (voice)
2014	Don Rickles: One Night Only MOVIE	Self - Honoree
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2013	Toy Story of Terror! MOVIE	Mr. Potato Head (Voice)
2012	Partysaurus Rex MOVIE	Mr. Potato Head (voice)
2012	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee TV	Self
2012	Inside Comedy TV	Self
2011	Small Fry MOVIE	Mr. Potato Head (voice)
2011	Zookeeper MOVIE	Frog (voice)
2011	Hawaiian Vacation MOVIE	Mr. Potato Head (voice)
2011	Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored MOVIE	(archive footage)
2010	Toy Story 3 MOVIE	Mr. Potato Head (voice)
2010	Hot in Cleveland TV	Bobby
2010	Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs TV	Mr. Potato Head (voice)
2010	Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work MOVIE	Self
2009	Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers MOVIE	Self - Roaster
2008	Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget MOVIE	Self
2007	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project MOVIE	Self
2007	Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2006	The Best of Carson, Volume 1 MOVIE	Self
2006	Working with a Master: John Landis MOVIE	Self
2006	The Unit TV	Self
2005	The Aristocrats MOVIE	Self
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TV	Self
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TV	Self - Guest
2004	The Wool Cap MOVIE	Ira
2004	Goodnight, We Love You MOVIE	Self
2003	Comedy Central Roasts TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self
2002	The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s MOVIE	Self
2001	The Bernie Mac Show TV	Don Rickles
1999	The Early Show TV	Self - Guest
1999	Toy Story 2 MOVIE	Mr. Potato Head (voice)
1998	Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! MOVIE	George Wilson
1998	Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's MOVIE	Self
1998	Dirty Work MOVIE	Hamilton
1998	Quest for Camelot MOVIE	Cornwall (voice)
1998	The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1997	Redux Riding Hood MOVIE	The Boss (voice)
1996	The Story Behind 'Toy Story' MOVIE	Self
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self - Guest
1996	Muppets Tonight TV	Self
1995	Sinatra: 80 Years My Way MOVIE	Self
1995	Toy Story MOVIE	Mr. Potato Head (voice)
1995	Casino MOVIE	Billy Sherbert
1995	The Single Guy TV	Dr. Dick Sloan
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1993	Daddy Dearest TV	Al Mitchell
1993	Late Show with David Letterman TV	Self - Guest
1992	Innocent Blood MOVIE	Emmanuel 'Manny' Bergman
1992	Vicki! TV	Self
1992	The Larry Sanders Show TV	Don Rickles
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV	Self
1990	Keaton's Cop MOVIE	Jake
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Mr. Ingels, Ventriloquist
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self
1988	Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC MOVIE	Self
1986	All Star Party for Clint Eastwood MOVIE	Self
1986	Rickles... On the Loose MOVIE	Self
1986	Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special MOVIE	Self
1985	Larry King Live TV	Self
1985	Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1984	Hunter TV	Harold Schwan
1983	George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business MOVIE	Self
1982	Newhart TV	Self
1982	Two Top Bananas MOVIE	Self
1982	Late Night with David Letterman TV	Self - Guest
1981	Gimme a Break! TV	Max
1980	For the Love of It MOVIE	Jim Joy
1979	Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years MOVIE	Self
1977	Happy Birthday, Las Vegas MOVIE	Self
1977	US Against the World MOVIE	Self - Host
1977	The People's Command Performance: '77 MOVIE	Self
1977	The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? MOVIE	Self
1976	C.P.O. Sharkey TV	C.P.O. Otto Sharkey
1976	Bob Hope's World of Comedy MOVIE	Self
1976	Joys MOVIE	Self
1975	Rickles MOVIE	Self
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1974	Dinah! TV	Self
1974	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot MOVIE	Comedian on TV
1973	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts TV	Self
1972	Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking MOVIE	Self
1972	The Julie Andrews Hour TV	Self
1972	Sanford and Son TV	Self
1972	The Don Rickles Show TV	Don Robinson
1971	The Love Machine MOVIE	Announcer (uncredited)
1970	Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles MOVIE	Self
1970	The Flip Wilson Show TV	Self
1970	Kelly's Heroes MOVIE	Staff Sergeant "Crapgame"
1969	The Jim Nabors Hour TV	Self
1969	Medical Center TV	Spencer Rusin
1969	Where It's At MOVIE	Willie
1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour TV	Self
1968	The Dean Martin Christmas Show MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
1968	The Dick Cavett Show TV	Self - Guest
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV	Self
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV	Self (uncredited)
1967	The Money Jungle MOVIE	Harry Darkwater
1967	The Carol Burnett Show TV	Self
1967	The Carol Burnett Show TV	Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967	The Mothers-in-Law TV	Don Rickles
1967	Enter Laughing MOVIE	Harry Hamburger
1966	Murder at N.B.C. MOVIE	Self
1965	Get Smart TV	Sid Krimm
1965	I Dream of Jeannie TV	Kiski
1965	Get Smart TV	Guard (uncredited)
1965	The Wild Wild West TV	Asmodeus
1965	The Dean Martin Show TV	Self
1965	The Dean Martin Show TV	Self
1965	F Troop TV	Self
1965	Run for Your Life TV	Leo Mazinov
1965	Run for Your Life TV	Willy Hatch
1965	Beach Blanket Bingo MOVIE	Big Drop
1964	Pajama Party MOVIE	“Big Bang” The Martian
1964	Gilligan's Island TV	Self
1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV	Sgt. Mason
1964	The Munsters TV	Self
1964	The Addams Family TV	Claude
1964	Bikini Beach MOVIE	Big Drag
1964	Muscle Beach Party MOVIE	Jack Fanny
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV	Self
1963	Burke's Law TV	Lou Kronkeit
1963	Burke's Law TV	Swifty Piedmont
1963	Burke's Law TV	Frank Cross
1963	X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes MOVIE	Crane
1962	The Lucy Show TV	Eddie Rickles
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self - Guest Host
1962	The Merv Griffin Show TV	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self (archive footage)
1962	The Beverly Hillbillies TV	Fred
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self - Co-Host
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self
1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show TV	Lyle Delp
1961	Cain's Hundred TV	Dave Malloy
1960	The Andy Griffith Show TV	Newton Monroe
1960	The Rat Race MOVIE	Nellie
1959	The Twilight Zone TV	Bettor
1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson TV	Announcer
1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson TV	Newscaster
1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson TV	Reporter
1959	The Rabbit Trap MOVIE	Mike O'Halloran
1958	Kraft Music Hall TV	Self
1958	Kraft Music Hall TV	Self - Host
1958	Run Silent, Run Deep MOVIE	Quartermaster 1st Class Ruby
1957	The Thin Man TV	Self
1957	M Squad TV	Self
1954	Summer Playhouse TV	Self
1953	The Oscars TV	Self / Mr. Potato Head (voice)
1952	Today TV	Self
1948	The Ed Sullivan Show TV	Self

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