Basic Information About Rip Taylor
Category | Celebrities βΊ Comedians |
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Professions | Comedian, Actor, Stand-up comedian, Voice Actor |
Net worth | $3,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1935-01-13 |
Place of birth | Washington, D.C. |
Date of death | 2019-10-06 (aged 84) |
Nationality | United States of America |
Curiosities and Trademarks | Confetti Handlebar mustache Toupee His index cards of jokes |
Gender | Male |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Social Media | βοΈ Wikipedia βοΈ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Rip Taylor win?
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Rip Taylor roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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Indecent Proposal | Mr. Langford |
Wayne's World 2 | Rip Taylor |
The Dukes of Hazzard | Rip Taylor |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Celeb #1 |
Jackass: The Movie | Self |
Jackass 3D | Self |
Jackass Number Two | Self |
Amazon Women on the Moon | Self (segment "Roast Your Loved One") |
Il silenzio dei prosciutti | Mr. Laurel |
Tom and Jerry: The Movie | Captain Kiddie (voice) |
The Addams Family | Uncle Fester 21 episodes, 1992-1993 |
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | King 1 episode, 2005 |
Will & Grace | Self 1 episode, 2004 |
Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) unknown episodes |
Santa Barbara | Sydney Larkin 2 episodes, 1989 |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self 1 episode, 2015 |
WWE Monday Night RAW | Self 1 episode, 1994 |
The Jetsons | 1 episode, 1985 |
The Ben Stiller Show | Rip Taylor 1 episode, 1992 |
Match Game 73 | Self - Panelist 5 episodes, 1974 |
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Leo 1 episode, 2006 |
The Kids in the Hall | Self 1 episode, 1993 |
Kids Incorporated | Samuel P. Nicolis 1 episode, 1986 |
Grim & Evil | Larry 1 episode, 2007 |
George Lopez | Self 1 episode, 2005 |
Down to Earth | Stanley McCloud unknown episodes |
The Daily Show | Self 1 episode, 2000 |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self 1 episode, 1996 |
Bobby's World | 1 episode, 1994 |
Laugh-In | Guest Performer 2 episodes, 1973 |
Garfield and Friends | 2 episodes, 1993 |
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour | Jack Merrill 8 episodes, 1977 |
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters | Sheldon the Sea Genie 13 episodes, 1973-1974 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest 1 episode, 1993 |
Rip Taylor's Quotes
- I always wanted to be a Vegas comic, and that's what I am. Las Vegas is the entertainment capital of the world -- if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Although I'm not a devout actor, it's nice to be able to do movies and TV, too. I want to be the second banana who works all the time. The ultimate for me would be to stay home and do a TV series for 13 weeks and then go do my nightclub act.
Interesting Facts about Rip Taylor
- Taylor's last work product was writing and producing a one-man-show, "Let'er Rip".
- Taylor donated a large part of his time not only to AIDS causes, but to numerous other charitable causes including The Thalians, The Screen Actors Guild, The Actors' Home, and The Friars Charitable Trust. He was a welcome mainstay on "The Jerry Lewis Telethon".
- Was named Las Vegas "Entertainer of the Year" three years in a row in the 1970s.
- His first Las Vegas appearance was in "The Eleanor Powell Show" at the Dunes. This, in turn, led to sharing the nightly stage with such stars as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Debbie Reynolds, Ann-Margret and Judy Garland, among many, many others.
- Rip started by throwing things like string beans, marshmallows and peanuts at the audience, who ended up throwing them back at him. That gave him his first taste of his unique rapport with audiences. Of course, once New Year's Eve came around, it was confetti-time (and safer for everyone concerned) and the bit caught on after the holiday season.
- Was a surprise guest in the "Martin Short Fame Becomes Me" Thursday, August 24 performance, being interviewed by "Jimminy Glick" on stage
- Was a Congressional Page in his teens before serving in the Korean War.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 6625 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- Made an appearance in January 1988 on Super Password (1984), which has since been referred to as "The Testimony Incident," where he and actress Patty Duke were the celebrity contestants for the week. In one of the shows, Duke inadvertently revealed a password ("testimony") to a contestant, where after Taylor stands up, picks up a stool that host Bert Convy had previously tossed aside and then drops it down on the floor. As Convy walked to get the stool, Taylor returned to his seat, tore off his toupee, repeatedly exclaiming "It's not fair!" as Convy, the contestants and the studio audience to react with roaring laughter. This paused game play for a few minutes and Taylor quipped that it was the first time he'd been seen without his toupee on network television. He played the rest of the game without it.
- His ashes were sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean.
- Shared the same birthday (in the same year) as fellow comedian Charles Nelson Reilly. Taylor died 12 years after him.
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