Ron Rich

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Ron Rich (born October 29, 1938 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is an American actor .

Life

Rich began his career in the mid-1960s with minor guest roles on television series such as Gomer Pyle: USMC . In 1966 he received his first major film role when he became the American Football poker players Luther "Boom Boom" Jackson in the Billy Wilder - Comedy The Fortune Cookie next Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in front of the camera. However, he did not succeed in gaining a foothold as a film actor in Hollywood , he only played in two smaller film productions with Richard Egan in the lead role. He has also had some guest roles on television series such as Tennis Rackets and Cannons and Cobra Take Over .

From 1968 to 1969 he played the role of Jive in an off-Broadway production of Big Time Buck White in a total of 124 performances at the Village South Theater. The musical made the leap to Broadway in 1969 ; Rich was one of the few actors who were taken over from the off-Broadway ensemble. The role of Buck White was performed by Muhammad Ali at the George Abbott Theater . The musical was discontinued after only seven performances.

Rich was last seen as an actor in a guest role on the sitcom Taxi . In 1986 he made a one-off appearance as a film producer. The horror comedy Ghostfever, produced in Mexico with Sherman Hemsley in the lead role, was not a commercial success; In addition, director Lee Madden did not want his name to be associated with the film, which is why the pseudonym Alan Smithee was used instead .

Filmography

  • 1964: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series, episode The Magic Shop )
  • 1964: Seven Days in May (Seven Days in May)
  • 1965: Gomer Pyle, USMC (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1965: Solo for ONCEL ( The Man from UNCLE ; TV series, three episodes)
  • 1965/1967: Tennis rackets and cannons ( I Spy ; TV series, two episodes)
  • 1966: The Fortune Cookie (The Fortune Cookie)
  • 1968: Chubasco
  • 1968: Crazy Wild West ( The Wild Wild West ; TV series, episode The Night of the Big Blackmail )
  • 1968: Cobra, Take Over ( Mission: Impossible ; TV series, double episode The Contender )
  • 1968: Julia (TV series, episode The Champ Is No Chump )
  • 1974: Throw Out the Anchor!
  • 1978: Taxi (TV series, episode One-Punch Banta )
  • 1986: Ghostfever ( Ghost Fever , as producer)

Broadway

  • 1969: Buck White

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Muhammad Ali, Broadway Musical Star, Dies at 74 Playbill (English)
personal data
SURNAME Rich, Ron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania