Richard Belzer – IMDb: Richard Belzer, Actor: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. A social misfit, was kicked out of every school he ever attended, due to his uncontrollable wit. His mother (Frances) died of breast cancer when Richard was 18. His father (Charles) committed suicide when he was 22. A dedication is written to him in Richard Belzer’s “UFO’s, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have To Be Crazy To Believe” (…
Richard Belzer: IN 1982, RICHARD BELZER, STILL STRUGGLING as a comic after 10 years of stand-up, was broke and in need of a vacation. Unlike his contemporaries…
Conspiracy Act: Richard Belzer is known to millions of Americans as television’s John Munch, an acerbic detective in almost a dozen different shows over 20 years. But the popular actor is also an increasingly florid conspiracy theorist and author who recently has come to describe the United States as a “fascist” country ruled by “sociopaths.”
The Groove Tube (1974) – IMDb: Directed by Ken Shapiro. With Ken Shapiro, Richard Belzer, Chevy Chase, Buzzy Linhart. A collection of skits that make fun of 1970s television, featuring early appearances by Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer.
Richard Belzer’s brother jumps to his death: The older brother of actor Richard Belzer jumped to his death from the roof of his 16-floor Upper West Side apartment building Wednesday, law enforcement sources said. Leonard Belzer, 73, had been …
Two Funny Guys With the Same Name, but Not the Same Jokes: Richard Lewis and Richard Belzer, two old friends with much in common but little overlap within their material, are scheduled for a double bill at Town Hall on Saturday.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Richard Jay Belzer is an american actor, stand-up comedian, and author . he is best known for his role as BPD Detective, NYPD Detective/Sergeant and DA Investigator John Munch . the Belzer attended Dean College, which was then Dean Junior College, but was expelled . he worked at a variety of jobs, including sales and as a census taker . Belzer was the audience warm-up comedian he is noted for small roles in Fame, Café Flesh, Night Shift, and Scarface . he appeared in the music videos for the Mike + the Mechanics song “Taken In” and in the late 1970s, he co-hosted Brink & Belzer on 660AM WNBC radio in new york city . he has been a frequent guest on the Howard Stern Show . he has played police detective John Munch in episodes on seven other series and in a sketch on one talk show . Munch is the only fictional character to appear on eleven different television shows played by a single actor . Belzer’s appearance on Trial by Jury made him the third actor ever to play the same character in six different prime time TV series . the other two actors are John Ratzenberger and George Wendt, who played Cliff Cla belzer appeared in several of Comedy Central’s televised broadcasts of Friars Club roasts . he was honored as the honoree of the first-ever roast open to the public in 2001 . he and Brian Doyle-Murray were featured in the tenth-season premiere of Sesame Street . in 1981 in los angeles he met 31-year-old Harlee McBride belzer survived testicular cancer in 1983. his HBO special and comedy CD Another Lone Nut pokes fun at this medical incident . Belzer requested on his cable TV talk show Hot Properties that Hulk Hogan demonstrate Belzer sued Hogan for $5 million and settled out of court . he used the incident in his HBO special another Lone nut as part of his stand-up routine . Belzer moved to live in the south of France, in a town called Bozouls . he was written out of SVU.
