Bob Dishy

• Born: 193 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '70s-2000s
• Major Genres: Comedy, Crime
• Career Highlights: Judy Berlin, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Author! Author!
• First Major Screen Credit: The Tiger Makes Out (1967)

Biography

American actor Bob Dishy was trained in the demanding art of improvisational comedy. So certain of Dishy's skills were the producers of the 1968 TV adaptation of Arsenic and Old Lace that they allowed the actor--essaying the role of a cop with playwrighting aspirations--to "wing" most of his dialogue. Among Dishy's film credits are The Tiger Makes Out (1967), Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), First Family (1980), Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) and Critical Condition (1987). Bob Dishy also appeared as part of a comic repertory company (which included such notables as Peter Bonerz, Paul Sand, Hamilton Camp and Melinda Dillon) on the largely ad-libbed 1971 syndicated TV series Story Theatre. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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