Richard Dunn (actor)

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Richard Dunn
Born
Richard Forrest Dunn Jr.

(1935-12-18)December 18, 1935
Hollywood, California
, US
OccupationActor

Richard Dunn (December 18, 1935 – June 4, 2010)

television series.[2]

Dunn portrayed many different characters (often bizarre versions of himself) in many episodes of

Screen Actors' Guild. Dunn was approached by Tim Heidecker in a parking lot and offered a gig playing Tim's father in the first episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. After this, Dunn was a regular feature in the show, as well as other outlets of the Tim and Eric franchise until his death, and was posthumously honored in the first episode of spin-off series Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule and the song "Richard Dunn is Done" by fellow Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! regular David Liebe Hart on his album Mixtape.[5][6]

Personal life

Dunn was born in Urbana, Illinois, one of four children (himself, two brothers and a sister). During junior high school, he played football and regarded it as one of the few times in his life he was really motivated. His family moved to

Chicago, IL and lived there for a few years, before moving to California, where they lived for the duration of World War II
. After the war he moved back to Chicago with his family for a brief period until the
U.S. Navy, where he went through basic training in San Diego
. After a four-year Navy career he resumed a normal life in California working with horses, however he shortly joined the
U.S. Air Force, where he remained employed for another four years. After which, he returned to his life of horses for another nine months before re-joining the Navy. He remained in the Navy until March 1977, at which point he retired at the age of 41. He resided in southern California thereafter, where he attended Santa Monica College
. The Navy made a lasting impression on him. Dunn considered his other significant influences to be his mother in law, his junior high coach, and producer Robert Marcus.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Richard Forrest Dunn jr in Social Security Death Index".
  2. ^ a b c "Character Actor Richard Dunn Dies at 73". msnbc.com. Associated Press. June 4, 2010. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  3. ^ a b Batel, Samantha (June 4, 2010). "Richard Dunn Dead: Tim and Eric Show Actor Dead at 73". Long Island Press. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  4. Brooklyn Vegan
    . Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  5. ^ a b The Richard Dunn Interview. Derek Cox, 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0LGxUDrzb0
  6. ^ "Wilfred's Wonderful People: David Liebe Hart (With bonus DLH Mixtape!)". 23 May 2011.

External links

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