Dick Yarmy

Acting

Dick Yarmy

Born February 14, 1933 · New York City, New York, USA

Died May 5, 1992 · aged 59

Yarmy was born in New York in 1933, son of William Yarmy and his wife, Consuelo (née Deiter), who were Jewish and Catholic, respectively. Yarmy was the younger brother of actor and Get Smart star, Don Adams. He also had an elder sister, Gloria Ella Yarmy (later Gloria Burton), a writer who wrote an episode of Get Smart. Dick had served as a corporal, like his brother had in World War II, during th…

Known For

The Kentucky Fried MovieThe Kentucky Fried Movie · 1977
The Kentucky Fried Movie
6.21977
MovieComedy
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
Movers & ShakersMovers & Shakers · 1985
Movers & Shakers
3.91985
MovieComedy
Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better judgment. Unable to figure out how to turn the nonfiction book into a narrative movie, Mulholland enlists the services of Herb Dorman, a screenwriter of popular romantic films with a bad marriage, and volatile director Sid Spokane to help him create a movie.
The Swinging BarmaidsThe Swinging Barmaids · 1975
The Swinging Barmaids
4.71975
MovieDramaCrime
A cop goes after a psycho who is killing cocktail waitresses.
Rabbit TestRabbit Test · 1978
Rabbit Test
4.51978
MovieComedy
Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!
Pray TVPray TV · 1980
Pray TV
5.51980
MovieComedy
A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, which is actually just an excuse to sell merchandise.
BrothersBrothers · 1977
Brothers
4.01977
MovieDrama
Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was one of those killed in a failed 1971 prison breakout.
CarpoolCarpool · 1983
Carpool
4.01983
MovieActionComedy
Four strangers are thrown together in a carpool when a bag of money, almost a million dollars, falls from a Brinks truck into their path. Because of circumstances, they are unable to turn in the money, and they struggle over what to do. They are pursued by thieves, the mob, and the police.
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer GuyIt Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy · 1974
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
4.01974
MovieComedyTV Movie
When Harry Walters runs out of gas, he gets picked up by a beautiful young woman. But when she pulls a gun on him and orders him to take his clothes off, Harry puts up no resistance and is sexually assaulted. He reports the incident to the authorities, but they either don't believe him, or, if they do, can't understand why he would consider it a crime - a reaction he also gets from his friends and family.

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Get SmartGet Smart · 1965
Get Smart
8.01965
SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.

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