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Richard Libertini Biography

Birth Name:Richard Libertini

Birth Place:Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Profession Actor, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Supported himself as a trumpet player after graduating from college
  • Was one of the original members of the cast of the Off-Broadway musical-comedy "The Mad Show," which was produced by MAD Magazine
  • Primarily worked as a character actor and had the ability to speak in several different accents
  • Appeared in two films with Burt Reynolds, 1982's "Best Friends" and 1983's "Sharky's Machine․"
  • Performed in the Broadway play "Relatively Speaking," which was co-written by Woody Allen
  • Best known for playing Frank Walker in "Fletch" and General Garcia in "The In-Laws․"
  • Performed in "Stewed Prunes," a nightclub comedy act he did with MacIntyre Dixon