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Don Rickles (born May 8, 1926) is an American comedian and actor.

He was born in New York City, and spent most of
his early career doing stand up comedy, becoming
known primarily as an "insult comedian". It is
said that this characteristic developed when he
replied to the audience's heckles by insulting the
heckler back. The audience liked these insults
more than his prepared material, so he developed
that part of his act. There is a story that while
working in a Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles
nightclub early in his career he spotted Frank
Sinatra, and called out "Make yourself at home,
Frank: hit somebody!" 

He had been a drama student, and played occasional
bit-parts on television alongside his work in
nightclubs. In 1958, he made his film debut in Run
Silent, Run Deep, and he went on to appear in a
number of others.

As his career progressed, he made more and more
appearances on television talk shows, making his
first appearance on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show
in 1965. From the 1970s, he made several
appearances on Dean Martin's show.

Recently, he has made a return to film, appearing
in Martin Scorsese's film, Casino (film)|Casino,
and voicing Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story and Toy
Story 2.

Rickles has for many years also been known as "Mr.
Warmth" (a satirical self-reference to his insult
comedy schtick).  Often when he is introduced to
an audience or on a television talkshow, Spanish
matador music will be played (subtlely
foreshadowing that somebody is going to be
metaphorically gored).

==Filmography==
*Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
*The Rabbit Trap (1959)
*The Rat Race (1960)
*X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
*Muscle Beach Party (1964)
*Bikini Beach (1964)
*Pajama Party (1964)
*Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
*Enter Laughing (1967)
*The Money Jungle (1968)
*Where It's At (1969)
*Kelly's Heroes (1970)
*The Love Machine (1971) (Cameo)
*Keaton's Cop (1988)
*Innocent Blood (1992)
*Toy Story (1995) (voice)
*Casino (1995)
*Redux Riding Hood (1997) (short subject) (voice)
*Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997)
(documentary)
*Quest for Camelot (1998) (voice)
*Dirty Work (1998)
*Toy Story 2 (1999) (voice)
*Goodnight, We Love You (2004) (documentary)
*The J-K Conspiracy (2004)
*The Aristocrats (2005) (documentary)

==TV Work==
*Kibbee Hates Fitch (1965)
*The Don Rickles Show (1968-1969)
*The Don Rickles Show (1972) (canceled after a few
weeks)
*C.P.O. Sharkey (1976-1978)
*Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders (1984-1985)
*Don Rickles: Rickles on the Loose (1986)
*Daddy Dearest (1993) (canceled after 4 episodes)
*The Wool Cap (2004)
*The Catch (set to air in September 2005)


==External link==
* http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725543/ IMDb entry
on Rickles
* http://www.thehockeypuck.com/ "The Ultimate Don
Rickles Experience"