
Richard Lewis
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Richard Philip Lewis (June 29, 1947 – February 27, 2024) was an American actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. He came to prominence in the 1980s and became known for his dark, neurotic and self-deprecating humor. As an actor he was known for co-starring with Jamie Lee Curtis in the sitcom Anything but Love, for playing the role of Prince John in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights and for his recurring role as a semi-fictionalized version of himself in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Known for
Credits

Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
as Prince John

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
as Peter

Sandy Wexler (2017)
as Testimonial

Vamps (2012)
as Danny

Once Upon a Crime (1992)
as Julian Peters

She's Funny That Way (2015)
as Al Finkelstein

The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
as Self

Wagons East! (1994)
as Phil Taylor

The Aristocrats (2005)
as Self

Hugo Pool (1997)
as Chick Chicalini

Confessions of an Action Star (2005)
as Self

Misery Loves Comedy (2015)
as Self

That's Adequate (1989)
as Pimples Lapedes

The Maze (1997)
as Markov

The Wrong Guys (1988)
as Richard
The Facts (1982)
as Host

Group Therapy (2024)
as Self (archive footage)

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
as Self

Just 3 Boyz (2010)
as Shades (voice)

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011)
as Self

Drunks (1997)
as Jim

The One, the Only... Groucho (1991)
as Self

Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians (2001)
as Self (archive footage)

The Elevator (1998)
as Phil Milowski

Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed (1990)
as Self

The Last Party (1993)
as Self

The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians (2003)
as Self (archive footage)

Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999)
as Self

Game Day (1999)
as Steve Adler

The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992)
as Edward Sanders

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
as Self

Comic Relief III (1989)
as Self
The 6th Annual Young Comedians (1981)
as Self

'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming (1993)
as Self

A Weekend in the Country (1996)
as Bobby Stein

Diary of a Young Comic (1979)
as Billy Goldstein / Gondola

Looking for Lenny (2011)
as Self

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos (2021)
as Aristotle (voice)

Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted (1988)
as Self

An All-Star Toast to the Improv (1988)
as Self

Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain (1985)
as Self

Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012)
as Self

Bucky and the Squirrels (2018)
as Richard Lewis

Comic Relief VII (1995)
as Self

Nichols and May: Take Two (1996)
as Self

Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour (1996)
as Himself

The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show (1991)
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