Ron Carey

Ron Carey

He was a notably short, Italian, nasal-toned and mischievous-looking fellow, a perfect type for the stand-up comedy circuit and for playing Brooklynesque characters in T.V. sitcoms and films...which is just what Ron Carey did. He was born Ronald Joseph Cicenia in Newark, New Jersey, on December eleventh, 1935, into a huge Italian family; his father was a singing waiter at one time. Ron earned his Bachelor's degree in communications from Seton Hall University in South Orange in 1956, but it didn't take him long to change directions. Together his pint-sized frame (actually, he was 5'7", but "acted" much shorter), pushy attitude and elastic face seemed like an ideal blend for inducing laughs, so he decided to begin a career in entertainment instead. Ron moved to near-by New York and took to the comedy stage, finding work in such prime clubs as "The Improvisation". He soon earned notice for his "little man" humor, which was built around Italian family and Roman Catholic "guilt" jokes (in reality, he once considered being a priest). Ron finally gained some momentum on T.V. making various funnyman appearances on the talk/variety show formats hosted by the best of the best -- Jack Paar, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson. He also found lucrative work in commercials playing various feisty or hapless characters. Ron finally broke into films with the Jack Lemmon/Sandy Dennis comedy The Out of Towners (1970) as a Boston taxi driver, then continued on with other minor bits in Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971) and the cult film Made for Each Other (1971) starring Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor. Earlier Ron appeared on Broadway in the couple's 1968 hit comedy "Lovers and Other Strangers." It wasn't until his work as a secondary staple in Mel Brooks' madcap company that he earned even a modicum of success in films. His participation in the zany parodies Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977) and History of the World: Part I (1981) occurred during the height of his T.V. fame. Likewise, he went on to deliver a substantial role as plus-sized Dom DeLuise's unsympathetic brother Frankie in Fatso (1980), directed by Brooks' wife Anne Bancroft. As for the smaller screen, a regular player on the summer variety series The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show (1972) led to his being cast in the New York-area sitcom The Corner Bar (1972) and the ethnic family comedy The Montefuscos (1975). A steady pay-check was not to be had, however, until he was added to the second season ensemble of Barney Miller (1975) headed by Hal Linden and Abe Vigoda. Ron earned sympathy strokes as Carl Levitt, a brown-nosing, eager-beaver patrolman who yearned to be a plainclothes detective in Barney's police agency, but just didn't measure up because of his vertically challenged stature. Ron, whose character finally received a promotion after the long haul, stayed with the popular show until its cancellation in 1982. Ron died of complications from a stroke at seventy-one years old in Los Angeles and is survived by long-time wife Sharon.

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  • День народження: 1935-12-11
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Ron Carey Фільми

  • 1981
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    Історія світу. Частина перша

    Історія світу. Частина перша

    6.8 1981 HD

    Навіжена комедія в стилі Монті Пайтона, яка стрімко переносить з кам'яного...

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  • 1976
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    Silent Movie

    Silent Movie

    6.516 1976 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Out-of-Towners

    The Out-of-Towners

    6.7 1970 HD

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  • 1977
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    Страх висоти

    Страх висоти

    6.4 1977 HD

    Доктор Роберт Торндайк призначений директором психоневрологічної клініки для...

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  • 1994
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    Botte di Natale

    Botte di Natale

    6.1 1994 HD

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  • 2009
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    Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

    Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

    1 2009 HD

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  • 1992
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    Щасливчик Люк 2

    Щасливчик Люк 2

    5.2 1992 HD

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  • 1997
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    Killer per caso

    Killer per caso

    5.2 1997 HD

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  • 1971
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    Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

    Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

    4.6 1971 HD

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  • 1984
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    Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously

    6.2 1984 HD

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  • 1971
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    Dynamite Chicken

    Dynamite Chicken

    5.4 1971 HD

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  • 1980
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    Fatso

    Fatso

    5.6 1980 HD

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  • 1973
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    Acts of Love and Other Comedies

    Acts of Love and Other Comedies

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1991
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    Щасливчик Люк

    Щасливчик Люк

    5.4 1991 HD

    Не відразу Америка будувалася. Перші поселенці Західного узбережжя і не...

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  • 1978
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    Peeping Times

    Peeping Times

    4 1978 HD

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  • 1971
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    Made For Each Other

    Made For Each Other

    5 1971 HD

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  • 1976
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    Alice

    Alice

    7 1976 HD

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  • 1975
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    Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

    7.3 1975 HD

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  • 1962
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    Шоу Мерва Ґріффіна

    Шоу Мерва Ґріффіна

    5.3 1962 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Johnny Cash Show

    The Johnny Cash Show

    6.5 1969 HD

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  • 1989
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    Have Faith

    Have Faith

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Corner Bar

    The Corner Bar

    5 1972 HD

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  • 1979
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    Sweepstakes

    Sweepstakes

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1992
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    Щасливчик Люк

    Щасливчик Люк

    5.575 1992 HD

    Не відразу Америка будувалася. Перші поселенці Західного узбережжя і не...

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  • 1975
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    The Montefuscos

    The Montefuscos

    5 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

    7.3 1975 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

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  • 1962
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    «Сьогодні ввечері» з Джонні Карсоном

    «Сьогодні ввечері» з Джонні Карсоном

    7.4 1962 HD

    Американське вечірнє розважальне ток-шоу із знаменитим ведучим Джонні Карсоном.

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  • 1975
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    Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

    7.3 1975 HD

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  • 1992
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    Щасливчик Люк

    Щасливчик Люк

    5.575 1992 HD

    Не відразу Америка будувалася. Перші поселенці Західного узбережжя і не...

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