Richard Joseph Libertini (May 21, 1933 – January 7, 2016) was an American character actor and voice artist from Cambridge, Massachusetts, best known for such films as The In-Laws (1979), Popeye (1980), Fletch (1985), and Awakenings (1990) and for his extensive television work.
He was married to actress Melinda Dillon from 1963 to 1978 and they had one child.
Libertini sadly died in 2016 at the age of 82 from cancer.
Roles on this wiki
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Film Roles
- Don't Drink the Water (1969) as Father Drobney
- The Out-of-Towners (1970) as Baggage Man
- Catch-22 (1970) as Brother
- Days of Heaven (1978) as Vaudeville Leader
- The In-Laws (1979) as Gen. Garcia
- Popeye (1980) as Geezil
- Sharky's Machine (1981) as Nosh
- Deal of the Century (1983) as Masaggi
- All of Me (1984) as Prahka Lasa
- Fletch (1985) as Frank Walker
- Fletch Lives (1989) as Frank Walker
- Betrayed (1988) as Sam Kraus
- DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) as Dijon (voice)
- Awakenings (1990) as Sidney
- The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) as Ed Rifkin
- Nell (1994) as Alexander Paley
- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) as Rabbi Gelb (uncredited)
- Dolphin Tale (2011) as Fisherman
Television Roles
- That Girl (1970) as John (1 episode)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1971) as Big Chicken (1 episode)
- The Jeffersons (1975) as Neighbor (1 episode)
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Felsenfield (1 episode)
- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976) as Joe Sutonni (6 episodes)
- Baretta (1977) as Man (1 episode)
- Charlie's Angels (1977) as Ed (1 episode)
- Good Times (1977) as Painter #1 (1 episode)
- The Bionic Woman (1977) as Rick (1 episode)
- Soap (1977) as The Godfather (4 episodes)
- The Bob Newhart Show (1977) as Mr. Twillmer/Dr. Franklin Pitt (2 episodes)
- Alice (1978) as Ben (1 episode)
- Barney Miller (1978–80) as various (3 episodes)
- Laverne & Shirley (1979) as Dr. Rex Romano (1 episode)
- Captain Kangaroo (1980) (1 episode)
- Mork & Mindy (1981) as Mr. Strand (1 episode)
- Trapper John, M.D. (1984) as Fred Berlow (1 episode)
- The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible(1985) as Apple Merchant (voice, 2 episodes)
- The Twilight Zone (1986) as Beach Man (1 episode)
- Moonlighting (1986) as Albert (1 episode)
- Head of the Class (1989) as The Devil (1 episode)
- Equal Justice (1990) as Defense Atty. Hilgard (1 episode)
- DuckTales (1990) as Dijon (voice, 3 episodes)
- Empty Nest (1992) as Lou Zinni (1 episode)
- Murphy Brown (1992) as Nathan Silverberg (1 episode)
- Animaniacs (1993) as Wally Llama (voice, 1 episode)
- L.A. Law (1993) as Arthur Emmerich (1 episode)
- Lois & Clark (1993) as Sore Throat (1 episode)
- Murder, She Wrote (1993–96) as Lt. Phil Corelli/Carson Robbins/Lt. Gabriel Rodino (3 episodes)
- Law & Order (1994–99) as Bernie Sklar/David Solomon/Vince (3 episodes)
- Chicago Hope (1995) as Rev. 'Eva Peron' (1 episode)
- Pinky and the Brain (1995) as Talleyrand (voice, 1 episode)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996) as Akorem Laan (1 episode)
- Life with Louie (1996) as Mr. Marini (voice, 1 episode)
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996) as Commissioner (voice, 1 episode)
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1997) as King Yudhishthira/Merchant (voice, 1 episode)
- Duckman (1997) (1 episode)
- Columbo (1998) as Sheik Yarami (1 episode)
- The Norm Show (1999) as Avery (1 episode)
- Once and Again (2000) as Manny (1 episode)
- NYPD Blue (2000) as Luciano Baca (1 episode)
- Nash Bridges (2000) as Tiberius 'Tibby' Bishop (1 episode)
- The District (2000–01) as Eddie (2 episodes)
- Static Shock (2002) as Ragtag (voice, 1 episode)
- The Zeta Project (2002) as Dr. Myrell (voice, 1 episode)
- The Drew Carey Show (2002) as Grazi Hofna (1 episode)
- Monk (2005) as Dr. David Sobin (1 episode)
- NUMB3RS (2008) as Gage Jones (1 episode)
- Supernatural (2009) as Vernon Haskell (1 episode)
- Sonny with a Chance (2010) as Izzy (1 episode)
- Aquarius (2015) as Saul Hodiak (2 episodes)
