Don Rickles, the legendary comic, actor and honorary Rat Pack member, died Thursday morning at his home in Los Angeles from kidney failure, according to his longtime publicist Paul Shefrin. He was 90.
Best known as an insult comic — many called him “Mr. Warmth”; he called them “dummy” and “hockey puck” — he was also an actor, playing both comedic and dramatic roles on film.
Rickles co-starred as Crapgame in the 1968 all-star war pic Kelly’s Heroes with Clint Eastwood, Carroll O’Connor, Telly Savalas, and Donald Sutherland. He also was the voice of Mr. Potato Head in Pixar’s Toy Story franchise and was working on Toy Story 4 at the time of his death.
Appearing on countless talk and variety shows, Rickles was a regular on the small screen as well, toplining a few series including C.P.O. Sharkey, a short-lived but very funny sitcom that deployed his insult shtick perfectly as a grizzled Navy vet who is put in charge of a company of new recruits from varied backgrounds and ethnicities. All were clobbered vocally. It aired on NBC from 1977-78.
Rickles received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2000 and was given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Friars Club in 2012. “Please accept this award from the Friars as a thank you,” his good friend Bob Newhart said at the ceremony. “For telling it like it is and for telling it so damn funny.”
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"Mr Warmth" Don Rickles, R.I.P.
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Don Rickles On 'The Dating Game' (Late '60s)
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In probably the strangest of Don’s many TV appearances, Rickles questions three male prospects on behalf of the young woman, sparring with host Jim Lange and slaying the trio In typical Mr Warmth fashion
A mind should not be so open that the brains fall out; however, it should not be so closed that whatever gray matter which does reside may not be reached. ART BELL
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