Rodney Dangerfield was an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and author. He took the name Rodney Dangerfield, which had been used as the name of a comical star by Jack Benny on his radio program The Ozzie and Harriet. His breakout film role came in 1980 as a boorish nouveau riche golfer in the ensemble comedy Caddyshack. He died of a heart attack in 2004 at the age of 80.
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Rodney Dangerfield was an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and author. He was known for his self-deprecating one-liner humor, his catchphrase \”I don’t get no respect!\” and his monologues on that theme. He appeared in a few bit parts in films such as The Projectionist throughout the 1970s, but his breakout film role came in 1980 as a boorish nouveau riche golfer in the ensemble comedy Caddyshack. Dangerfield died in 2004, following a month in a coma due to complications from heart valve surgery. He took the name Rodney Dangerfield, which had been used as the name of a comical star by Jack Benny on his radio program The Ozzie and Harriet, later broadcast by Ricky Nelson on 21 December 1941. The character of Jack Roy, who received little or no respect outside the comedy world, served as a great inspiration to Dangerfield while he was developing his own comedy character. During a question-and-answer session, Jack Roy mentioned Dangerfield’s legal name as he mentioned in several interviews that he had been signed to Camp Records, which led to rumors that Jack Roy had been a pseudonymous singer at Camp Records. He also mentioned that he was a great admirer of Jack Benny’s wonderful comedy and style, as well as his own character, who also received no respect from the outside world. He died of a heart attack in 2004 at the age of 80.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son, Michael Dangerfield; his daughter was born on November 22, 1921, in Babylon, Long Island, New York, and his son was born in Kew Gardens, Queens, on November 23, 1921. He had a son named David Dangerfield who died in 2005 at age 83. He has a daughter, Jennifer Dangerfield. He lived in Queens with his wife and two daughters. He retired from show business in the mid-1980s after falling into debt and failing to get booked on the Las Vegas casino circuit. In the early 1960s, he returned to the stage, performing at many hotels in the Catskill Mountains, but still finding minimal success. He struggled financially for nine years, at one point performing as a singing waiter until he was fired, before taking a job selling aluminum siding in theMid 1950s. He later quipped: “I was so far out, my act was reviewed in Field & Stream. I was the only one who knew I quit.\” He later said: “I played hide and seek; they wouldn’t even look for me. I was so… beginning. He tried \”I get norespect,\” and got a much better response with the audience; it became a permanent feature of his act and comedic persona. He later joked that what he lacked was an image that audiences could relate to, one that would distinguish him from other comics.
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