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Bob Dishy
Born (1934-01-12) January 12, 1934 (age 90)
Occupation(s)Stage, television actor
Years active1967-present
SpouseJudy Graubart (2 children)

Bob Dishy (born January 12, 1934) is an American actor of stage, film, and television.

Dishy was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Amy (Barazani) and Nissim Dishy.[1] He is married to former actress Judy Graubart (The Electric Company).

He is best remembered today for playing Sergeant Wilson, Columbo's polite, respectful assistant in two episodes of Columbo ("Now You See Him" and "The Greenhouse Jungle") and as “Mister Terrific” in one episode of The Golden Girls. He also appeared in several episodes of Law and Order.

His film appearances included Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975), The Big Bus (1976), The Last Married Couple in America (1980), First Family (1980), Author! Author! (1982), Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), Critical Condition (1987), Stay Tuned (1992), Used People (1992), Don Juan DeMarco (1994), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) and Along Came Polly (2004).

He was a regular on That Was The Week That Was, a weekly satirical series that aired on NBC-TV in 1964–65.

He made his stage debut as a replacement for the ballplayer Rocky in the original run of the hit musical Damn Yankees: a role he reprised ten years later for the TV adaptation.

He went on to appear on Broadway and in television in:

Year Titel
1960 From A to Z
1965 Flora the Red Menace
1967 The Unknown Soldier and His Wife
Something Different
1968 The Goodbye People
1969 A Way of Life
1971 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
That Girl
1972 The Creation of the World and Other Business
All in the Family
1974 An American Millionaire
1976 Sly Fox
1978 Alice
1979 Murder at the Howard Johnson's
1981 Grownups
1986 Brighton Beach Memoires
1988 The Golden Girls
1989 Cafe Crown
The Tenth Man
1994 Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Don Juan DeMarco
1998 Frasier
1999 The Price
2002 Morning's at Seven
2004 Along Came Polly
Sly Fox
2014 The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

References

  1. ^ "Bob Dishy Biography ((?)-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.