Rodney Dangerfield Net Worth is
$1.5 Million

Mini Biography

Rodney Dangerfield was created Jacob Cohen on November 22, 1921 in Deer Recreation area, Suffolk State, Long Island, NY. He was the boy of Dorothy “Dotty” (Teitelbaum) and Phillip Cohen, who performed in vaudeville beneath the name Phil Roy. His dad was created in NY, to Russian Jewish parents, and his mom was a Hungarian Jewish immigrant. Rodney started composing jokes at age fifteen, and began executing before he was 20. He got his work to the street for a decade, his stage name was “Jack port Roy”. While operating as a battling comedian, Rodney Dangerfield worked well as a performing waiter. His 1st run at humor was to no avail. Rodney Dangerfield wedded Joyce Indig, in 1949 and experienced two kids: Brian and Melanie. Through the 1950s, Rodney was an aluminium siding salesman, surviving in NJ. The comedian produced another attempt at stand-up humor, this time around as Rodney Dangerfield. In 1961, Rodney divorced from his wife. When he made an appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Display” (The Ed Sullivan Display (1948)), Rodney Dangerfield produced Ed Sullivan giggle. Few people ever provoked almost any reaction from the famous Ed Sullivan. Dangerfield experienced the image of the lovable disgruntled everyman type that became popular all over nightclubs in the 1960s. Dangerfield also produced many looks around the Tonight Display Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as well as the Dean Martin Display (1965) in the 1970s. Rodney Dangerfield snatched a supporting component in the film, The Projectionist (1971), in 1971. From the middle 1970s, he previously cemented his picture being a comedian continuously tugging at his reddish colored tie, often proclaiming he gets no respect. His big break was included with many performances on Saturday Evening Live (1975), getting himself to a very much wider viewers and demonstrating hysterical on many events. In 1980, Dangerfield became a cornerstone of American humor with the traditional Caddyshack (1980). Right here, he performed “Al Czervik”, a wealthy golfer who was simply a basically wonderful guy who was simply extremely outspoken and incredibly obnoxious. His personality was often disappointed with the wealthy snobbery he was around, and he assumes the wealthy people who are therefore snobby to him. The common man that his personality portrayed was an instantaneous strike, and a formulation that Dangerfield frequently trapped with. Also, in 1980, Rodney arrived with a favorite comedy recording, “Rappin Rodney”. The recording gained Dangerfield a Grammy for greatest comedy album. Another film on Rodney’s plan was Easy Cash (1983), a humor that demonstrated him as an insulting operating class one who all of a sudden turns into a millionaire. The film was also a big strike. Dangerfield became extremely sparse in his functions on Television and film concerning this time. The entire year 1986 noticed the comedy, Back again to College (1986), his biggest film to day. The humor was among the 1st to gross over 100 million. In 1994, Dangerfield starred in his 1st dramatic part in the effective Oliver Rock film, Natural Delivered Killers (1994). He performed an abusive dad who drove among the killers crazy. His component was critically-acclaimed. In 1995, Dangerfield inserted the globe of cyberspace, getting the initial entertainer to truly have a internet site in the world-wide internet. In 1997, he starred in Match Wally Sparks (1997), a politics and talk present satire that was badly received. In 2000, Dangerfield starred as “the Devil” in Small Nicky (2000). The film was potentially a big success, but was failing by most accounts. Dangerfield got a very little component, but was top-billed in the direct-to-video The Godson (1998), and starred in the direct-to-video My 5 Wives (2000). Nonetheless it is not all hanging around because of this comedian. In 1997, he accepted to a lifelong bout with depressive disorder and, on his 80th birthday, experienced a mild coronary attack. He offers major followers from all sorts of people from various different backgrounds. Dangerfield experienced made an archive 70 looks around the Tonight Display Starring Johnny Carson (1962), and experienced discovered many battling comedians, including Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, Roseanne Barr, Robert Townsend, Sam Kinison and Tim Allen. The comedian possessed a famous nightclub in Manhattan known as “Dangerfield’s”. In the 1990s, he produced highly-publicized looks around the Simpsons (1989), In Living Color (1990), Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995), DO-IT-YOURSELF (1991), Instantly Susan (1996), amongst others. In 1993, he wedded Joan Dangerfield (aka Joan Kid), a female thirty years youthful than him, and a Mormon. He passed away on Oct 5, 2004, after dropping right into a coma following center surgery.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Rodney Dangerfield
Date Of Birth	November 22, 1921
Died	October 5, 2004, Westwood, California, United States
Height	1.78 m
Profession	Screenwriter, Comedian, Film producer, Voice Actor
Education	Richmond Hill High School
Nationality	American
Spouse	Joan Child (m. 1993–2004), Joyce Indig (m. 1963–1970), Joyce Indig (m. 1949–1962)
Children	Brian Dangerfield, Melanie Dangerfield
Parents	Dotty Teitelbaum, Phil Roy
Awards	Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Flagpole Sitta, Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Private Helicopter
Nominations	MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film
Movies	Back to School, Caddyshack, Easy Money, Natural Born Killers, Rover Dangerfield, My 5 Wives, Ladybugs, Little Nicky, Meet Wally Sparks, The Projectionist, The 4th Tenor, Back by Midnight, The Godson, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, Angels with Angles, Rusty: A Dog's Tale, Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?, Brother Sam: A Tribute to Sam Kinison
TV Shows	The Dean Martin Show