Dick Smothers Biography (1939-)

Born November 20, 1939, in New York, NY; son of Thomas B. (an army officer) and Ruth (a homemaker) Smothers; brother of Tom Smothers (an actor, comedian,and singer); married Lorraine, 1986 (marriage ended); married Denby Franklin(an Amway salesperson), January 4, 1997; two previous marriages; children: Susan, Dick, Steven, Andrew, Sarah, Remick. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2775.; Office: KnaveProductions, 6442 Coldwater Canyon Ave., Suite 107B, North Hollywood, CA 91606-1137. E-mail: SMOBRO1@aol.com.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, comedian, singer
Birth Details: November 20, 1939; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Regular, The Steve Allen Show, ABC, 1961
(With Tom Smothers) The Smothers Brothers Show, CBS, 1965-1966
(With Tom Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, CBS, 1967-1969
(With Tom Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Summer Show, ABC, 1970
Panelist, Match Game PM, 1975
(With Tom Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, NBC, 1975
Ryan Fitzpatrick, Fitz and Bones, NBC, 1981
(With Tom Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, CBS, 1988-1989
(With Tom Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, E! Entertainment Television, 1993
Himself, Hollywood Squares, syndicated, 1998
Movies
Tweedledee, Alice through the Looking Glass, 1966
Ryan Fitzpatrick, Terror at Alcatraz, 1982
Specials
(With Tom Smothers) Performer, The Return of the Smothers Brothers, NBC, 1970
Voice, The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians, 1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land, 1970
(With Tom Smothers) Performer, The Farewell Appearance of the SmothersBrothers, HBO, 1976
(With Tom Smothers) Performer, The Smothers Brothers Show (two specials), NBC, 1980
And If I'm Elected..., 1984
(In archive footage) Himself, The Great Standups (also known as The Great Standups: Sixty Years of Laughter), 1984
(With Tom Smothers) Performer, Evening at the Pops, PBS, 1988
(With Tom Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Thanksgiving Special, CBS, 1988
Kenny Rogers Classic Weekend, ABC, 1988
(With Tom Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Special, CBS, 1988
(With Tom Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Comedy Hour 20thReunion Show, CBS, 1988
(With Tom Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ... Dangerous Comedy Liaisons, CBS, 1989
(With Tom Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ... Ghosts, Governments and Other Scary Things, CBS, 1989
Himself, What's Alan Watching? (also known as Outrageous),CBS, 1989
(With Tom Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ... Lonesome Doves and Lonely Guys, CBS, 1989
(With Tom Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ... The Fun 'n' Games, CBS, 1989
Fifty Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (also known as 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration), CBS, 1989
Spy Magazine Presents How to be Famous (also known as Spy TV: How to Be Famous), NBC, 1990

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys, The Disney Channel, 1992
Hats Off to Minnie Pearl: America Honors Minnie Pearl, TNN, 1992
This Was America ... 1968, The Disney Channel, 1993
More of the Best of the Hollywood Palace, ABC, 1993
Voice of dog, Timmy's Special Delivery (animated), The Family Channel, 1994
50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Golden Anniversary, HBO, 1997
CBS: The First 50 Years, CBS, 1998
Segment presenter, The '70s: The Decade That Changed Television, ABC, 2000
With Tom Smothers, cohosted Ed Sullivan's Fiftieth Anniversary, and appeared in The Julie Andrews Special, The Kingston Trio and Friends, Saturday Night Special, and A Tribute to Harry Chapin.
Episodic
The Judy Garland Show, CBS, 1963
"Who Killed the Richest Man in the World?," Burke's Law, 1964
The Andy Williams Show, 1966, 1969
Playboy After Dark, 1968
"The Steal-Driving Man," It Takes a Thief, ABC, 1970
Tales of the Unexpected, NBC, 1977
Ron Price, "A Very Strange Affair/The Sailor," Fantasy Island, 1982
Elevator musician, "Solid Gold," Benson, ABC, 1985
Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind, Comedy Central, 1991
Interviewee, "Abbott and Costello Meet Biography," Biography, Artsand Entertainment, 1996
Himself, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, Comedy Central, 1997
With Tom Smothers, also appeared in Barbara Mandrell and the MandrellSisters, NBC; The Bill Cosby Show, NBC; The Carol Burnett Show, CBS; The Charles Grodin Show, CNBC; Crook and Chase, syndicated and TNN; The Dean Martin Show (also known as The Dean MartinComedy Hour), NBC; The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS; Dolly, syndicated and ABC; The Ed Sullivan Show (also known as Toast of the Town), CBS; Fox after Breakfast, Fox; The Garry Moore Show, CBS; The Jack Paar Tonight Show, NBC; The Jack Benny Program, CBS and NBC; The Joan Rivers Show, syndicated; Larry King Live, CNN; Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC; Late Night with David Letterman, NBC; Later, NBC; Laugh-In (also known as Rowan andMartin's Laugh-In), NBC; Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, syndicated; Newton's Apple, PBS; Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC; TheSonny and Cher Show, CBS; Super Dave, Fox; The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC; The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC; and What's It All About, World?; The Uncle Floyd Show; Sin City Spectacular.
Awards Presentations
The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards, 1988
7th Annual American Comedy Awards, 1993
The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (also known as The 2nd Annual Comedy Hall of Fame), NBC, 1994
Film Appearances
The Silver Bears, Columbia, 1978
Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card, 1988
Nelson Van Sloan, Speed Zone! (also known as Cannonball Fever!), Orion, 1989
Senator, Casino, Universal, 1995
The Debtors, 1999
Stage Appearances
Prisoner of Second Avenue, 1977
Not Now, Darling, 1978
I Love My Wife, Broadway production, 1978-1979
RECORDINGS
Comedy Albums; with Tom Smothers
The Songs and Comedy of the Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion,1961
The Two Sides of the Smothers Brothers, 1962
The Smothers Brothers Think Ethnic, 1963
Curb Your Tongue, Knave, 1963
It Must Have Been Something I Said, 1964
Tour de Farce: American History and Other Related Subjects, 1964
Aesop's Fables the Smothers Brothers Way, 1965
Mom Always Liked You Best, 1965
The Smothers Play It Straight, 1966
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, 1968
Golden Hits of the Smothers Brothers, Volume 2, 1969
The Best of the Smothers Brothers/Sibling Revelry, 1988
Videos
(With Tom Smothers) Smothers Brothers Show You How to Gamble and Win (also known as Odds Are!-The Smothers Brothers Show You How to Gamble and Win), 1985
(With Tom Smothers) The Smothers Brothers Yo-Yo Man Instructional Video, 1989

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, March 31, 1995, p. 74
McCall's, May, 1989, p. 103
People Weekly, February 8, 1988, pp. 46-48; August 5, 1996, pp. 63-65
Rolling Stone, February 11, 1988, p. 40
TV Guide, November 19, 1988, pp. 32-34

Electronic

Dick and Tom Smothers Web Site, http://www.smothersbrothers.com, March 13, 2002

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