Editing Rodney Dangerfield

{{Short description|American stand-up comedian (1921–2004)}}
{{Infobox comedian
| image             = Rodney Dangerfield 1972-1.jpg
| caption           = Dangerfield in 1972
| name              = Rodney Dangerfield
| birth_name        = Jacob Cohen
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1921|11|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Babylon, New York]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2004|10|5|1921|11|22|mf=y}}
| death_place       = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| resting_place     = [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary]]
| active            = {{hlist|1936–2004<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5eIBwAAQBAJ&q=Rodney+Dangerfield+began+his+career+at+15&pg=PA231 |title=Make 'em Laugh! American Humorists of the 20th and 21st Centuries: American Humorists of the 20th and 21st Centuries |first=Zeke |last=Jarvis |date=April 7, 2015|publisher=ABC-CLIO|via=Google Books|isbn=9781440829956}}</ref>}}
| medium            = {{hlist|[[Stand-up comedy]]|film|television}}
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Blue comedy]]|[[observational comedy]]|[[insult comedy]]|[[Self-deprecation]]|[[satire]]|[[One-line joke|one-liners]]}}
| spouse            ={{ubl|{{marriage|Joyce Indig|1951|1961|end=divorced}}|{{marriage||1963|1970|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Joan Child|1993<!--Year omitted per Template:Marriage instructions-->}}}}
| children          = 2
| signature         = Rodney Dangerfield Signature.svg
| website           = [https://www.rodney.com www.rodney.com]
}}

'''Jack Roy''' (born '''Jacob Cohen'''; November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), better known by the [[stage name]] '''Rodney Dangerfield''', was an American [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]], actor, screenwriter, and producer. He was known for his self-deprecating [[one-line joke|one-liner]] humor, his [[catchphrase]] "I don't get no respect!" and his [[monologue]]s on that theme.<ref name="Dangerfield_Page_ix">{{cite book |last1=Dangerfield |first1=Rodney |title=It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs |date=2004 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |isbn=9780061957642 |page=xii |edition=2005 Perennial Currents |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbaAF5Zwax0C&pg=PR12 |quote=Rodney has written thousands of great jokes, but for me, his funniest line is his classic setup, 'I don't get no respect.' That's almost an inside joke because from me, and from all the thousands of comedians he has helped and inspired, and from anybody who digs great comedy, he gets nothing but love and respect.}} (Foreword by [[Jim Carrey]].)</ref>

Dangerfield began his career working as a stand-up comic at the Fantasy Lounge in New York City. His act grew in popularity as he became a mainstay on [[late-night talk show]]s throughout the 1960s and 1970s, eventually developing into a headlining act on the [[Las Vegas]] casino circuit. His breakout film role came as a boorish [[nouveau riche]] golfer in the [[Ensemble cast|ensemble]] sports comedy ''[[Caddyshack]]'' (1980). He subsequently starred in a string of comedy films such as ''[[Easy Money (1983 film)|Easy Money]]'' (1983), ''[[Back to School]]'' (1986), ''[[Rover Dangerfield]]'' (1991), ''[[Ladybugs (film)|Ladybugs]]'' (1992), and ''[[Meet Wally Sparks]]'' (1997). He took a rare dramatic role as an abusive father in [[Oliver Stone]]'s satirical crime film ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' (1994). 

Over his career he released seven comedy albums including his album ''No Respect'' (1980) which won the [[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album]]. He received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 2002. Health troubles curtailed his output through the early 2000s before his death in 2004, following a month in a coma due to complications from heart valve surgery.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-09-21 |title=Rodney Dangerfield Dies At 82 - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rodney-dangerfield-dies-at-82/ |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life==
Rodney Dangerfield was born Jacob Cohen<ref name="Dangerfield sweat">{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/rodney-dangerfields-widow-keeps-bottle-his-sweat-refrigerator-2D11641666| title=Rodney Dangerfield's widow keeps bottle of his sweat in the refrigerator| last= Abramovitch|first=Seth|date=October 14, 2016|work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref> in the [[Babylon (village), New York|Village of Babylon, New York]], on November 22, 1921.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/06/arts/06dangerfield.html|title=Rodney Dangerfield, Comic Seeking Respect, Dies at 82|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 6, 2004}}</ref> He was the son of [[Jews|Jewish]] parents Dorothy "Dotty" Teitelbaum and the [[Vaudeville|vaudevillian]] performer Phillip Cohen, whose stage name was Phil Roy. His mother was born in [[Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen|Hungary]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbaAF5Zwax0C&q=%22the+whole+family+had+come+to+america+from+hungary%22&pg=PT15 |title=It's not easy bein' me: a lifetime of no respect but plenty of sex and drugs |date=2005 |access-date=July 18, 2016|isbn= 9780061957642 |last=Dangerfield |first=Rodney |publisher=Zondervan }}</ref> Phillip Cohen was rarely home; his son normally saw him only twice a year. Late in life, Cohen begged for, and received, his son's forgiveness.<ref name=DeseretNews>{{cite news| url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P-JYAAAAIBAJ&pg=7165,5199161&dq=rodney+dangerfield+father+was+never+home+he+was+out+looking+to+make+other+kids&hl=en|title=Dangerfield: summer-film comet|date=August 26, 1986|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]| access-date=August 26, 2013}}</ref>

Cohen's mother was reportedly emotionally distant for most of his childhood and did not show signs of affection towards her son.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Strange, unhappy life of Rodney Dangerfield | work= The Spokesman-Review| url= https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/jul/18/strange-unhappy-life-of-rodney-dangerfield/|access-date= 2021-03-09| via=spokesman.com}}</ref> In an interview with [[Howard Stern]] on May 25, 2004, Dangerfield told Stern that he had been molested by a man in his neighborhood. The man would pay Rodney a nickel and kiss him for five minutes.<ref>{{Citation|title=Rodney Dangerfield (05/25/04)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAssKun1KZk| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624212344/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAssKun1KZk| archive-date=2021-06-24 | url-status= dead|language=en|access-date=2021-03-09}}</ref>

After Cohen's father abandoned the family, his mother moved him and his sister to [[Kew Gardens, Queens]], where Dangerfield attended [[Richmond Hill High School (Queens)|Richmond Hill High School]], graduating in 1939. To support himself and his family, he delivered groceries and sold newspapers and ice cream at the beach.<ref name=DeseretNews/>

==Career==
===Early career===
At the age of 15, he began to write for stand-up comedians while performing at the [[Nevele Grand Hotel|Nevele]], a former resort in [[Ellenville, New York]].<ref name= silent>{{cite news |title= That Laughter You Hear Is the Silent Majority |first= Albert |last= Goldman |work= The New York Times |date= June 14, 1970 |page= 111 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/118849740/}}</ref> Then, at the age of 19 he legally changed his name to Jack Roy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movieactors.com/actors/rodneydangerfield.htm |title=Rodney Dangerfield|publisher=Movieactors.com |access-date=July 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= A "Born Loser" Who Gets Laughs |work= The Baltimore Sun |date= July 13, 1969 |page= TW6 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/539155980/ }}</ref> 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 the mid-1950s to support his wife and family.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-rodney-dangerfield.html|title=Letter of Recommendation: Rodney Dangerfield|last=Halberstadt |first=Alex|date=January 26, 2018|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/dave-holmes-no-respect-rappin-rodney-1984-chart.html|title=Respect to 'Rappin' Rodney' and 99 Other Hits From 1984|last=Holmes |first=Dave|date=May 29, 2014|publisher=Vulture|access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref> He later quipped he was so little known that when he gave up show business, "I was the only one who knew I quit."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbaAF5Zwax0C&q=at+the+time+I+quit%2C+I+was+the+only+one+who&pg=PT55 |title=It's not easy bein' me: a lifetime of no respect but plenty of sex and drugs |date=2005 |access-date=April 20, 2019|isbn=9780061957642|last=Dangerfield |first=Rodney |publisher=Zondervan }}</ref>

In the early 1960s, he started reviving his career as an entertainer. Still working as a salesman by day, he returned to the stage, performing at hotels in the [[Borscht Belt|Catskill Mountains]], but still finding minimal success. He fell into debt, about $20,000 by his own estimate and couldn't get booked. He later joked, "I played one club; it was so far out, my act was reviewed in ''[[Field & Stream]]''."<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WolfFiles/story?id=96052&page=1 "Rodney Dangerfield Remarries ... And This Time He's Sober"]. ABC News. August 24, 2000.</ref>

Dangerfield came to realize that what he lacked was an "image", a well-defined on-stage persona that audiences could relate to, one that would distinguish him from other comics. After being shunned by some premier comedy venues, he returned home where he began developing a character for whom nothing goes right.

Roy took the name Rodney Dangerfield from an episode by [[Jack Benny]] on his radio program in a 1941 broadcast.<ref>{{Citation |title=Jack Benny - JB 1941-12-21 The Christmas tree | date=2 January 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV0VhpPo0y8 |access-date=2023-03-24 |language=en}}</ref> The name was referenced as an actor whom Jack had invited to his upcoming Christmas Party, but [[Mary Livingstone]] had never heard of him. The name surfaces again in the December 15, 1946, episode as a "movie star" on Jack's Christmas Card list.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTysLG6zCDQ | title=Jack Benny - JB 1946-12-15 Exchanging Shoelaces | website=[[YouTube]] | date=7 January 2018 }}</ref> The name was also used by [[Ricky Nelson]] in a 1962 television episode of ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'', as a phony name for a blind date.<ref>{{Citation |title=Ricky Nelson is Rodney Dangerfield | date=24 May 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJkLBO2AbjQ |access-date=2024-02-14 |language=en}}</ref>

===Career surge===
{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|title=Dangerfield's one-liner style of comedy|
* "My fan club broke up. The guy died."
* "Last week my house was on fire. My wife told the kids, 'Be quiet, you'll wake up Daddy.{{'"}}
* "I was ugly, very ugly. When I was born, the doctor smacked my mother."<ref name=NYT/>
* "I went to the fights last night, and a hockey game broke out."}}

Dangerfield reached national prominence appearing on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' in March 1967.<ref name="Edsullivan.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.edsullivan.com/artists/rodney-dangerfield/ |title=Rodney Dangerfield |work=[[The Ed Sullivan Show]] |date=March 5, 1967 |access-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref> He soon began headlining shows in [[Las Vegas]] and continued making frequent appearances on ''The Ed Sullivan Show''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040053/fullcredits|title=The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series 1948–1971) |website=IMDb|access-date=October 23, 2020}}</ref> He also became a regular on ''[[The Dean Martin Show]]'' and appeared on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' more than 70 times.<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/06/arts/rodney-dangerfield-comic-seeking-respect-dies-at-82.html | work=The New York Times | title=Rodney Dangerfield, Comic Seeking Respect, Dies at 82 | date=October 6, 2004}}</ref>

In 1969, Dangerfield teamed up with Anthony Bevacqua to build the [[Dangerfield's]] comedy club in New York City, a venue where he could perform on a regular basis without having to constantly travel. The club remained in continuous operation until October 14, 2020. Dangerfield's was the venue for several [[HBO]] comedy specials starring such stand-up comics as [[Jerry Seinfeld]], [[Jim Carrey]], [[Tim Allen]], [[Roseanne Barr]], [[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]], [[Jeff Foxworthy]], [[Sam Kinison]], [[Bill Hicks]], [[Rita Rudner]], [[Andrew Dice Clay]], [[Louie Anderson]], [[Dom Irrera]], and [[Bob Saget]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}

In 1978, Dangerfield was invited to be the keynote speaker at [[Harvard University]]'s Class Day, an annual ceremony for seniors the day before commencement.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1978/5/2/dangerfield-will-speak-at-class-day | work=The Harvard Crimson | title=Dangerfield Will Speak at Class Day | date=May 2, 1978}}</ref>

[[Image:Album no respect.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.8|Dangerfield's 1980 comedy album ''No Respect'']] His 1980 comedy album ''No Respect'' won a [[Grammy Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards|title=Awards Nominations & Winners|date=April 30, 2017|website=Grammy.com|access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref> One of his TV specials featured a musical number, "Rappin' Rodney", which appeared on his 1983 follow-up album, ''[[Rappin' Rodney]]''. In December 1983, the "Rappin' Rodney" single became one of the first Hot 100 rap records, and the associated video was an early [[MTV]] hit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fourthgradenothing.com/2011/08/rappin-rodney-dangerfield-no-respect-in_10.html |title=Rappin' Rodney Dangerfield - No Respect in 1983 |publisher=Fourth Grade Nothing |date=August 10, 2011 |access-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref> The video featured cameo appearances by [[Don Novello]] as a [[last rites]] priest munching on Rodney's [[last meal]] of fast food in a styrofoam container and [[Pat Benatar]] as a masked executioner pulling a [[hangman's knot]]. The two appear in a dream sequence wherein Dangerfield is condemned to die and does not get any respect, even in Heaven, as the gates close without him being permitted to enter.

===Career peak===
Though his acting career had begun much earlier in obscure movies like ''[[The Projectionist]]'' (1971),<ref name= silent/> Dangerfield's career took off during the early 1980s, when he began acting in hit comedy movies.

One of Dangerfield's more memorable performances was in the 1980 golf comedy ''[[Caddyshack]]'', in which he plays an obnoxious [[nouveau riche]] property developer who is a guest at a [[country club]], where he clashes with the uptight Judge Elihu Smails (played by [[Ted Knight]]). His role was initially smaller, but because he and fellow cast members [[Chevy Chase]] and [[Bill Murray]] proved adept at improvisation, their roles were greatly expanded during filming, much to the chagrin of some of their castmates.<ref>[http://www.biography.com/listings/episode_details.do?episodeid=510360&airingid=511286 ''Caddyshack: The Inside Story''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610130346/http://www.biography.com/listings/episode_details.do?episodeid=510360&airingid=511286 |date=2011-06-10 }}, Bio.HD December 13, 2009.</ref> Initial reviews of ''Caddyshack'' praised Dangerfield's standout performance among the wild cast.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20200730/282376926911752 | work= Chicago Sun-Times | title=In a Wild Cast, It's Dangerfield Who Wins Our Respect | date=July 20, 1980}}</ref> 

Dangerfield's appearance in ''Caddyshack'' led to starring roles in ''[[Easy Money (1983 film)|Easy Money]]'' and ''[[Back to School]]'', for which he also served as co-writer. Unlike his stand-up persona, his comedy film characters were portrayed as successful, confident and generally popular despite being characteristically loud, brash, and detested by the wealthy elite.

Throughout the 1980s, Dangerfield also appeared in a series of commercials for [[Miller Lite]] beer, including one in which various celebrities who had appeared in the ads were holding a bowling match. With the score tied, after a bearded [[Ben Davidson]] told Rodney, "All we need is one pin, Rodney", Dangerfield's ball went down the lane and bounced perpendicularly off the head pin, landing in the gutter without knocking down any of the pins. He also appeared in the endings of [[Billy Joel]]'s music video of "[[Tell Her About It]]" and [[Lionel Richie]]'s video of "[[Dancing on the Ceiling (Lionel Richie song)|Dancing on the Ceiling]]".<ref>{{IMDb title|7126632|Lionel Richie: Dancing on the Ceiling}}</ref>
[[File:RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg|thumb|upright|Dangerfield in 1978]]
In 1990, Dangerfield was involved in ''Where's Rodney?'', an unsold TV pilot for [[NBC]]. The show starred [[Jared Rushton]] as a teenager, also named Rodney, who could summon Dangerfield whenever he needed guidance about his life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=...Where's Rodney?|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0224983/|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.vulture.com/2013/07/wheres-rodney-was-one-of-many-questions-raised-by-wheres-rodney.html |title='Where's Rodney?' Was One of the Many Questions Raised By 'Where's Rodney?'|last= Cormier| first=Roger|date=2013-07-22| website= Vulture.com| language=en| access-date=2019-05-12}}</ref>

In a change of pace from the comedy persona that made him famous, he played an [[child abuse|abusive]] father in ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' in a scene for which he wrote or rewrote all of his own lines.<ref>De Vries, Hilary. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-21-ca-29578-story.html "Natural Born Actor : Comic titan Rodney Dangerfield is getting respect for his performance as a hateful dad in 'Natural Born Killers.'"] ''L.A. Times''. August 21, 1994.</ref>

Dangerfield was rejected for membership in the [[Motion Picture Academy]] in 1995 by the head of the academy's Actors Section, [[Roddy McDowall]]. After fan protests, the academy reconsidered, but Dangerfield then refused to accept membership.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/dangerfield-dies-20041006-gdjv9i.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Dangerfield dies | date= October 6, 2004 | access-date= October 24, 2020}}</ref>

In March 1995, Dangerfield was the first celebrity to personally own a website and create content for it.<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Kim |first= Albert |date= August 11, 1995 |title= Rodney Dangerfield on the World Wide Web |url= https://ew.com/article/1995/08/11/rodney-dangerfield-world-wide-web |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date= July 28, 2020}}</ref> He interacted with fans who visited his site via an "E-mail me" link, often surprising people with a reply.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.culturesonar.com/rodney-dangerfield-website | work=Culture Sonar | title=Rodney Dangerfield Finally Gets Some Respect | date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> By 1996, Dangerfield's website proved to be such a hit that he made ''Websight'' magazine's list of the "100 Most Influential People on the Web".<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/jokers-in-cyberspace-1345719.html | work=The Independent | title=Jokers in cyberspace | date=May 5, 1996}}</ref>

Dangerfield appeared in "[[Burns, Baby Burns]]", an episode of the animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' in which he played [[Mr. Burns]]'s son Larry Burns, a character who is essentially a parody of Dangerfield's onstage persona. He also appeared as himself in an episode of ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''.

Dangerfield appears in the 2000 [[Adam Sandler]] film ''[[Little Nicky]]'', playing [[Lucifer]], the father of [[Satan]] ([[Harvey Keitel]]) and grandfather of Nicky (Sandler).

Dangerfield was recognized by the [[Smithsonian Institution]], which has displayed one of his trademark white shirts and red ties. When he handed the shirt to the museum's curator, Rodney joked, "I have a feeling you're going to use this to clean [[Charles Lindbergh|Lindbergh]]'s plane."<ref>{{cite web| url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19820429&id=kLRPAAAAIBAJ&pg=6577,8156255 |title=news report | work= Ocala Star-Banner| date= April 29, 1982 | agency= Associated Press |access-date=July 24, 2013}}</ref>

Dangerfield played an important role in comedian [[Jim Carrey]]'s rise to stardom. In the 1980s, after watching Carrey perform at the [[Comedy Store]] in Los Angeles, Rodney signed Carrey to open for Dangerfield's Las Vegas show. The two toured together for about two more years.<ref>{{Cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W2hHyD0oOWYC&q=rodney+dangerfield+smithsonian&pg=PR11|title=It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs| first=Rodney|last=Dangerfield|date=March 1, 2005|publisher=Harper Collins |via=Google Books| isbn= 9780060779245}}</ref> When Dangerfield celebrated his 80th birthday on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' in November 2001, Carrey made a surprise appearance to thank Dangerfield for his years of support.

==Personal life==
Dangerfield was married twice to Joyce Indig, a singer. They married on October 3, 1951, divorced in 1961, remarried in 1963, and divorced again in 1970, although Rodney lived largely separated from his family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/performer/rodney-dangerfield|title=Rodney Dangerfield|website=Biography.com|access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref> Together, the couple had two children: son Brian Roy (born 1960) and daughter Melanie Roy-Friedman, born after her parents remarried. From 1993 until his death, Dangerfield was married to Joan Child, whom he met in 1983 at a flower shop she owned in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Pearlman|first=Jeff|title=The Tears of a Clown|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10466-2004Jul23.html|access-date=May 14, 2016|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=July 24, 2004}}</ref><ref name="Indeterminate">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20030112-2003-01-12-0301100282-story.html|title=RODNEY STILL GETS THE JOKE - Daily Press|date=12 January 2003 }}</ref>

At the time of a ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine article on Dangerfield in 1980, he was sharing an apartment on [[Manhattan]]'s [[Upper East Side]] with a housekeeper, his poodle Keno, and his closest friend of 30 years, Joe Ancis, whom Dangerfield called "the funniest man in the world";<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Durkee|first=Culter|title=Rodney Dangerfield Has Known Worse—It's Usually An Albatross|date=October 6, 1980|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|url=http://people.com/archive/rodney-dangerfield-has-known-worse-its-usually-an-albatross-vol-14-no-14|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref> Ancis was also a friend of and major influence on [[Lenny Bruce]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Fong-Torres|first=Ben|title=Rodney Dangerfield: He Whines That We May Laugh|date=September 18, 1980|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/rodney-dangerfield-he-whines-that-we-may-laugh-19800918|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref> Ancis, who [[Roseanne Barr]] described as "too psychologically damaged to be able to live in a germ-infested world on his own", lived with Dangerfield until Ancis's death in 2001.<ref name="Indeterminate"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-10-oe-barr10-story.html|title=In a City Full of Beautiful People, Dangerfield Could Stop Traffic|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 10, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/11/classified/paid-notice-deaths-ancis-joe.html|title = Paid Notice: Deaths ANCIS, JOE|newspaper = The New York Times|date = December 11, 2001}}</ref>

Dangerfield resented being confused with his on-stage persona. Although his wife Joan described him as "classy, gentlemanly, sensitive, and intelligent,"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6054693/rodneydangerfield?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple3&rnd=1096316510181&has-player=true|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041014084640/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6054693/rodneydangerfield?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple3&rnd=1096316510181&has-player=true|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2004|title=Gone to Pot|last=Hedegaard |first=Erik|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 19, 2004|access-date=May 21, 2007}}</ref> he was often treated like the loser he played, and documented this in his 2004 autobiography, ''It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs''. In this work, he also discussed being a [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] smoker; the book's original title was ''My Love Affair with Marijuana''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pearlman|first=Jeff|date=July 18, 2004|title=Dangerfield is no laughing matter|newspaper=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040718/news_1a18rodney.html|access-date=September 14, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909071121/http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040718/news_1a18rodney.html|archive-date=September 9, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Although [[Jewish]], Dangerfield referred to himself as [[atheist]] during an interview with [[Howard Stern]] on May 25, 2004, about four months before his death. Dangerfield added during the interview that he was a "logical" atheist, adding: "We're gorillas - does a gorilla come back?" In the same interview, he lamented that he "suffered greatly for being a perfectionist"; he also said: "My mother never hugged me, kissed me, nothing, okay? Other kids would go to sleep listening to a [[fairy tale]]. I went to sleep with a fight downstairs, listening to a guy yelling, 'Enough! Enough!'"<ref>{{Citation |title=Rodney Dangerfield Stops By The Show | date=23 September 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUlpgCJYTFM?t=1360 |access-date=2023-07-12 |language=en}}</ref>

==Later years and death==
[[File:RodneyDangerfieldGravestoneJuly2007.jpg|thumb|right|Dangerfield's headstone at [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary]]]]
On November 22, 2001 (his 80th birthday), Dangerfield suffered a [[Transient ischemic attack|mild stroke]] while doing stand-up on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno|The Tonight Show]]''. While Dangerfield was performing, host [[Jay Leno]] noticed something was wrong with Dangerfield's movements and asked his producer to call the paramedics.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://people.com/health/jay-leno-on-high-cholesterol-risks/ | work=People (magazine) | title=Jay Leno Speaks Out About His Battle With High Cholesterol | date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> During Dangerfield's hospital stay, the staff was reportedly upset that he smoked [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] in his room.<ref name=Brownfield>{{cite news|title=Comic genius Dangerfield still cutting jokes to thwart boredom|first=Paul |last=Brownfield |agency=Los Angeles Times|work=Journal - Gazette|location=Ft. Wayne, Indiana|date=December 21, 2002|page=3.D}}</ref> Dangerfield returned to the ''Tonight Show'' a year later, performing on his 81st birthday.<ref name=Brownfield/>

On April 8, 2003, Dangerfield underwent [[brain surgery]] to improve blood flow in preparation for [[heart valve]]-replacement surgery on a later date.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/44934/dangerfield-undergoes-brain-surgery|title=Dangerfield Undergoes Brain Surgery|date=April 8, 2003|website=E! Online|access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref> The heart surgery took place on August 24, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/rodney-dangerfield-to-have-heart-surgery|title=Rodney Dangerfield to Have Heart Surgery|date=March 25, 2015|website=Associated Press|access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref> Upon entering the [[Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center|University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center]], he uttered another characteristic one-liner when asked how long he would be hospitalized: "If all goes well, about a week. If not, about an hour and a half."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=07SShhi-hHcC&pg=PT501|title= Funniest Thing You Never Said 2|editor=Rosemarie Jarski|publisher=Ebury Press|year=2010|page=501|isbn= 978-0091924515}}</ref>

<!--In September 2004, it was revealed that Dangerfield had been in a [[coma]] for several weeks. Afterward, he began breathing on his own and showing signs of awareness when visited by friends. However, he died on October 5, 2004 at the [[UCLA Medical Center]], a month and a half short of his 83rd birthday, from complications of the surgery he had undergone in August.-->Dangerfield died on October 5, 2004. He is interred in the [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary|Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Los Angeles]]. On the day of Dangerfield's death, the randomly selected Joke of the Day on his website happened to be "I tell ya I get no respect from anyone. I bought a cemetery plot. The guy said, 'There goes the neighborhood!'" This led his wife, Joan Dangerfield, to choose "There goes the neighborhood" as the epitaph on his headstone, which has become so well known that it has been used as a ''New York Times'' crossword puzzle clue.<ref>Joan Dangerfield in{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/king-comedy-15-rodney-dangerfields-658907/9-random-access-jokes|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|title=The King of Comedy: 15 of Rodney Dangerfield's Never-Before-Seen Photos|first=Seth|last=Abramovitch|date=November 21, 2013|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201118001841/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/king-comedy-15-rodney-dangerfields-658907/10-rodneys-epitaph|url-status=live|quote=Because of the joke of the day incident, I decided to put the punch line on his tombstone.|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.rd.com/list/funniest-tombstones-that-really-exist | work= [[Reader's Digest]] | title=19 Funniest Tombstones That Really Exist | date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>

Dangerfield's widow held an event in which the word "respect" had been emblazoned in the sky, while each guest was given a live [[monarch butterfly]] for a butterfly-release ceremony led by [[Farrah Fawcett]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rodney.com/rodney/about/about.asp|archive-date=September 28, 2007|title=Rodney's Bio|website=Rodney.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928051453/http://www.rodney.com/rodney/about/about.asp|access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref>

==Impact and legacy==
[[UCLA]]'s Division of [[Neurosurgery]] named a suite of operating rooms after him and gave him the "Rodney Respect Award", which his widow presented to [[Jay Leno]] on October 20, 2005. It was presented on behalf of the [[David Geffen School of Medicine]]/Division of Neurosurgery at UCLA at their 2005 Visionary Ball.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/7483:University | title=Neurosurgery Division to Present Jay Leno With Rodney Dangerfield Legacy Aw | publisher=[[Regents of the University of California]] | date=September 14, 2005 | access-date=November 1, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305184848/http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/7483:University | archive-date=March 5, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Other recipients of the "Rodney Respect Award" include [[Tim Allen]] (2007),<ref>{{cite news| url= https://variety.com/2007/voices/columns/rodneys-respect-726/ | title=Rodney's Respected by Tim | date=September 4, 2007}}</ref> [[Jim Carrey]] (2009), [[Louie Anderson]] (2010),<ref>{{cite news | url=http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-504660 | work=CNN | title=Louie Anderson Illuminates The Night | date=October 19, 2010 | access-date=November 5, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219210425/http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-504660 | archive-date=February 19, 2015 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Bob Saget]] (2011), [[Chelsea Handler]] (2012),<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bennettawards.com/project-highlights/2014/5/16/comedian-chelsea-handler-receives-bennett-custom-recognition-award | work=Bennett Awards | title=Comedian Chelsea Handler Receives Bennett Custom Recognition Award | date=February 26, 2013 | access-date=June 25, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006031822/http://www.bennettawards.com/project-highlights/2014/5/16/comedian-chelsea-handler-receives-bennett-custom-recognition-award | archive-date=October 6, 2015 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Chuck Lorre]] (2013),<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Stedman |first= Alex |date= October 25, 2013 |title= Chuck Lorre, Steve Tisch, William Friedkin Honored at UCLA Visionary Ball |url=https://variety.com/2013/scene/news/chuck-lorre-steve-tisch-william-friedkin-honored-at-ucla-visionary-ball-1200761037 |magazine= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date= September 13, 2019}}</ref> [[Kelsey Grammer]] (2014),<ref>{{cite web |title=Kelsey Grammer To Be Honored At UCLA Visionary Ball |url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/12623-kelsey-grammer-to-be-honored-at-ucla-visionary-ball |website=Look to the Stars |access-date=September 13, 2019 |date=September 24, 2014 }}</ref> [[Brad Garrett]] (2015),<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Honorees |url=http://neurosurgery.ucla.edu/visionary-ball/past-honorees |website=[[UCLA Health]] |access-date=September 13, 2019}}</ref> [[Jon Lovitz]] (2016),<ref>{{cite web |title=Jon Lovitz To Be Honored At UCLA Department Of Neurosurgery 2016 Visionary Ball |url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/15915-jon-lovitz-to-be-honored-at-ucla-department-of-neurosurgery-2016-visionary-ball |website=Look to the Stars |access-date=September 13, 2019 |date=October 24, 2016 }}</ref> [[Jamie Masada]] (2019),<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiffany Haddish to Present Jamie Masada with Rodney Respect Award at LACC Gala |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Tiffany-Haddish-to-Present-Jamie-Masada-with-Rodney-Respect-Award-at-LACC-Gala-20190307 |website=[[BroadwayWorld]] |access-date=September 13, 2019 |date=March 7, 2019 }}</ref> [[Jimmy Fallon]] (2021),<ref>{{cite web |title=Jimmy Fallon Honored With a Custom Award from Bennett Awards |url=https://www.bennettawards.com/projects/2021/5/jimmy-fallon-honored-with-bennett-awards |website=Bennett Awards |access-date=June 4, 2024 |date=May 17, 2021 }}</ref> [[Whitney Cummings]] (2022),<ref>{{cite web |title=Whitney Cummings to Receive Award Named After Rodney Dangerfield at LACC Foundation Gala |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/whitney-cummings-rodney-dangerfield-institute-lacc-award-1235241948/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=June 4, 2024 |date=October 14, 2022 }}</ref> and [[Ken Jeong]] (2024).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ken Jeong receives the Rodney Respect Award |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/ken-jeong-receives-the-rodney-respect-award/ar-AA1sRqol |website=[[MSN]] |access-date=October 30, 2024 |date=October 24, 2024 }}</ref>

In memoriam, ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' ran a short sketch of Dangerfield (played by [[Darrell Hammond]]) at the gates of heaven. [[Saint Peter]] mentions that he heard Dangerfield got no respect in life, which prompts Dangerfield to spew an entire string of his famous one-liners. After he's done, he asks why Saint Peter was so interested. Saint Peter replies, "I just wanted to hear those jokes one more time" and waves him into heaven, prompting Dangerfield to joyfully declare: "Finally! A little respect!"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://snltranscripts.jt.org/04/04bdangerfield.phtml|title=SNL Transcripts: Queen Latifah: 10/09/04: Dangerfield Tribute|date=October 8, 2018|website=SNL Transcripts Tonight}}</ref>

On October 26, 2004, an episode of [[George Lopez (TV series)|George Lopez]] was dedicated to the memory of Dangerfield, who had died two weeks prior.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0587224|title="George Lopez" Leave It to Lopez (TV Episode 2004) - IMDb|website=IMDb|access-date=October 30, 2024}}</ref>

On September 10, 2006, [[Comedy Central]]'s ''Legends: Rodney Dangerfield'' commemorated his life and legacy. Featured comedians included [[Adam Sandler]], [[Chris Rock]], [[Jay Leno]], [[Ray Romano]], [[Roseanne Barr]], [[Jerry Seinfeld]], [[Bob Saget]], [[Jerry Stiller]], [[Kevin Kline]], and [[Jeff Foxworthy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865327 |title=Legends: Rodney Dangerfield|website=IMDb|access-date=October 23, 2020}}</ref> In 2007, a Rodney Dangerfield tattoo was among the most popular celebrity tattoos in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/23/opinion/23chen.html |title=Op-Art: All the Body's a Stage |last1=Chen |first1=Perry |last2=Yael |first2=Aviva |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 23, 2007 |access-date=May 21, 2007}}</ref> On ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'', May 29, 2009, Leno credited Dangerfield with popularizing the style of joke he had long been using. The format of the joke is that the comedian tells a sidekick how bad something is, and the sidekick—in this case, guitar player [[Kevin Eubanks]]—sets up the joke by asking just how bad that something is.<ref>"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", New York: National Broadcasting Company, May 29, 2009.</ref>

The official Rodney Dangerfield website was nominated for a [[Webby Award]] after it was relaunched by his widow, Joan Dangerfield, on what would have been his 92nd birthday, November 22, 2013.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rodney-dangerfield-honored-with-new-website-232952791.html | work= PR Newswire | title=Rodney Dangerfield Honored with New Website | date=November 22, 2013}}</ref> Since then, Dangerfield has been honored with two additional Webby Award nominations and one win.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.pr.com/press-release/750693 | work= PR.com | title=Rodney Dangerfield Nominated for Best Celebrity/Fan Social Webby Award | date=April 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/23/18511329/2019-webby-awards-all-the-winners | work= The Verge | title=Here are all the winners of the 2019 Webby Awards | date=April 23, 2019}}</ref>

In 2014, Dangerfield was awarded an honorary doctorate posthumously from [[Manhattanville College]], officially deeming him Dr. Dangerfield.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/doctor-rodney-dangerfield-goes-back-to-school-259333021.html | work= PR Newswire | title=Doctor Rodney Dangerfield Goes Back to School | date=May 15, 2014}}</ref> Beginning on June 12, 2017, Los Angeles City College Theatre Academy hosted the first class of The Rodney Dangerfield Institute of Comedy. The class is a stand-up comedy class which is taught by comedienne Joanie Willgues, aka Joanie Coyote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lacitycollege.edu/Academic-Info/Rodney-Dangerfield-Institute/Department-Home|title=Rodney Dangerfield Institute - Department Home|website=Lacitycollege.edu|access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20170531/la-city-college-giving-comic-respect-with-rodney-dangerfield-institute|title=LA City College giving comic respect with Rodney Dangerfield Institute|website=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|date=May 31, 2017}}</ref>

In August 2017, a plaque honoring Dangerfield was installed in Kew Gardens, his old Queens neighborhood.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kilgannon|first=Corey|title=The King of No Respect Finally Gets Some, in His Queens Hometown|date=August 1, 2017|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/nyregion/rodney-dangerfield-no-respect-queens.html|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, an inscription was made to the "Wall of Life" at [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|Hebrew University]]'s [[Mt. Scopus]] Campus that reads "Joan and Rodney Dangerfield."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://campaign.huji.ac.il/bog-2019-wall-life-ceremony-highlights | title = BOG 2019: Wall of Life Ceremony Highlights | website = The Hebrew University of Jerusalem}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
| 1956
| ''[[The Killing (film)|The Killing]]''
| Onlooker
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last=Stephens |first=Chuck |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1959-the-killers-inside-me |title=The Killers Inside Me - From the Current - The Criterion Collection |publisher=[[The Criterion Collection]] |date=August 18, 2011 |access-date=May 25, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322215018/https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1959-the-killers-inside-me |archive-date=March 22, 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| 1971
| ''[[The Projectionist]]''
| Renaldi / The Bat
| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/87279/the-projectionist#credits |title=The Projectionist (1971) |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=October 23, 2020 }}</ref>
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Caddyshack]]''
| Al Czervik
| Additional dialogue (uncredited)
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2013/07/08/rodney-dangerfield-caddyshack-usga/2500667/ 
 |last=Mihoces 
 |first=Gary 
 |title=The story behind Dangerfield's famous 'Caddyshack' line 
 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] 
 |date=July 8, 2013 
 |access-date=May 25, 2017 
}}</ref>
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Easy Money (1983 film)|Easy Money]]''
| Monty Capuletti
| Co-writer 
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Back to School]]''
| Thornton Melon
| Co-writer 
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Moving (1988 film)|Moving]]''
| Loan Broker
|
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Rover Dangerfield]]''
| Rover Dangerfield 
| Voice; also executive producer and screenwriter 
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Ladybugs (film)|Ladybugs]]''
|Chester Lee
|
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Natural Born Killers]]''
| Ed Wilson, Mallory's Dad
| Additional dialogue (uncredited)
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>''It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect But Plenty of Sex and Drugs'' by Rodney Dangerfield. (c) 2004, HarperCollins Publishers.[https://books.google.com/books?id=NbaAF5Zwax0C&q=%22He+told+me+no+and+he+asked+if+I%27d+like+to+write+it.%22&pg=PT148]</ref>
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Casper (film)|Casper]]''
|Himself
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1997
| ''[[Meet Wally Sparks]]''
| Wally Sparks
| Also Producer and co-writer 
|
|-
| ''[[Casper: A Spirited Beginning]]''
| Mayor Johnny Hunt
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1998
| ''[[The Godson (film)|The Godson]]''
| The Rodfather
|
|
|-
| ''[[Rusty: A Dog's Tale]]''
| Bandit the Rabbit
| Voice
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Pirates 4-D|Pirates: 3D Show]]''
| Crewman Below Deck
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2000
| ''[[My 5 Wives]]''
| Monte Peterson
| Also producer and co-writer 
|
|-
| ''[[Little Nicky]]''
| Lucifer
|
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The 4th Tenor]]''
| Lupo
| co-writer 
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2005
| ''Back by Midnight''
| Jake Puloski
| Posthumous release; filmed in 2002
|
|-
| ''[[Angels with Angles]]''
| God
| Posthumous release; filmed in 2002
| 
|-
| 2008
| ''[[The Onion Movie]]''
| Rodney Dangerfield
| Posthumous release; filmed in 2003
|
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
| 1967–1971
| ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''
| Himself
| 17 appearances 
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Edsullivan.com"/>
|-
| 1969–1992
| ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''
| Himself
| More than 70 appearances 
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="The New York Times"/>
|-
| 1972–1973
| ''[[The Dean Martin Show]]''
| Himself
| Regular performer
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>''It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect But Plenty of Sex and Drugs'' by Rodney Dangerfield. (c) 2004, HarperCollins Publishers.[https://books.google.com/books?id=NbaAF5Zwax0C&q=%22I+would+write+all+the+material%22&pg=PT148]</ref>
|-
| 1977
| ''Benny and Barney: Las Vegas Undercover''
| Manager
| Television movie 
|
|-
| 1978
| ''The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour''
| Himself
| 5-minute stand-up act
|
|-
| 1979, 1980, 1996
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Himself
| Cameo in '79 & '96, Host in '80
|
|-
| 1990
| ''Where's Rodney''
| Himself
| Unsold pilot 
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[The Earth Day Special]]''
| Dr. Vinny Boombatz
| Television special 
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[In Living Color]]''
| Himself
| Season 4, Episode 18 
|
|-
| 1995–2004
| ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]''
| Himself
| Frequent guest
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1996 
| ''[[The Simpsons]]''
| [[Larry Burns (The Simpsons)|Larry Burns]]
| Voice; Episode: "[[Burns, Baby Burns]]" 
|
|-
| ''[[Suddenly Susan]]''
| Artie
| Episode: "Cold Turkey" 
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1997
| ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Thanksgiving" 
|
|-
| ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist]]''
| Himself
| Episode "Day Planner" 
|
|-
| ''[[Mad TV]]''
| Himself
| Season 2, Episode 12
|
|-
| 2003
| ''The Electric Piper''
| Rat-A-Tat-Tat
| Voice; Television movie 
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2004 
| ''[[Phil of the Future]]''
| Max the Dog
| Episode: "[[Doggie Daycare]]" 
|
|-
| ''[[Still Standing (American TV series)|Still Standing]]''
| Ed Bailey
| Episode: "Still Neighbors" 
|
|-
|}

=== Music Videos ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Artist 
! class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
| 1983 
| "[[Tell Her About It]]"
| [[Billy Joel]] 
| 
|-
| 1984
| "Rappin' Rodney"
| Rodney Dangerfield 
|
|- 
| 1986
| "[[Dancing on the Ceiling]]"
| [[Lionel Richie]]
|
|-
| 1986
| "Twist and Shout"
| Rodney Dangerfield 
| 
|-
| 1988
| "Wild Thing"
| [[Sam Kinison]]
|
|-
| 2002
| "[[Michael Bolton|Dance with Me]]"
| [[Michael Bolton]] 
|
|-
|}

=== Comedy specials === 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
| 1982
| ''Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me''
| Himself / Various
| [[HBO]] special 
|
|-
| 1983
| ''Rodney Dangerfield: I Can't Take It No More''
| Himself / Various
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] special
|
|-
| 1985
| ''Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed''
| Himself / Various 
| HBO special 
|
|-
| 1986
| ''Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me''
| Himself
| HBO special 
|
|-
| 1988
| ''Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right''
| Himself
| HBO special 
|
|-
| 1991
| ''Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show''
| Himself
| [[HBO]] special  
|
|-
| 1992
| ''Rodney Dangerfield: It's Lonely at the Top''
| Himself
| Paramount special  
|
|-
| 1997 
| ''Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast''
| Himself
| [[HBO]] special 
|
|-
|}

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
|-
|''The Loser'' / ''What's In A Name'' (reissue)
| 1966 / 1977
|-
|''I Don't Get No Respect''
| 1970
|-
|''No Respect''
| 1980
|-
|''[[Rappin' Rodney (album)|Rappin' Rodney]]''
| 1983
|-
|''La Contessa''
| 1995
|-
|''Romeo Rodney''
| 2005
|}

===Soundtrack albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
|''Easy Money''
| 1983
|
|-
|''Rover Dangerfield''
| 1991
|
|}

===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
|''20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rodney Dangerfield''
| 2005
|
|-
|''Greatest Bits''
| 2008
|
|}

===Video albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
|''No Respect: The Ultimate Collection''
| 2004
| 3xDVD box set
|}

==Bibliography==
* ''I Couldn't Stand My Wife's Cooking, So I Opened a Restaurant'' (Jonathan David Publishers, 1972) {{ISBN|0-8246-0144-0}}
* ''I Don't Get No Respect'' (PSS Adult, 1973) {{ISBN|0-8431-0193-8}}
* ''No Respect'' (Perennial, 1995) {{ISBN|0-06-095117-6}}
* ''It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs'' (HarperEntertainment, 2004) {{ISBN|0-06-621107-7}}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
!class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
| 1981
| [[23rd Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording]]
| ''No Respect''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1981
| UCLA Jack Benny Award
| Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Entertainment
| 
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1985
| [[27th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording]]
| ''Rappin' Rodney''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 1987
| [[29th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording]]
| "[[Twist and Shout]]"
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 1987
| [[American Comedy Awards#1987 awards|American Comedy Award]]
| Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
| ''[[Back to School]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 1987
| [[MTV Video Music Award]]
| Best Video from a Film
| "Twist and Shout" (from ''[[Back to School]]'')
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 1991
| AGVA Award
| Male Comedy Star of the Year
| 
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1995
| [[American Comedy Awards#1995 awards|American Comedy Award]]
| Creative Achievement Award
| 
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2002
| [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
| 
| 
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Commie Awards|Commie Award]]
| Lifetime Achievement Award
| 
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2014
| [[Webby Award]]
| Celebrity Website
| Rodney.com
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2018
| [[Webby Award]]
| Celebrity Social
|
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2019
| [[Webby Award]]
| People's Voice: Event Website
| Rodney Respect Award
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2024
| [[Webby Award]]
| Comedy
| The Caddyshack Shuffle
| {{nom}}
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://rodney.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|1098}}
* [http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-interview-with-stanley-dean-part-one.html Interview about how Jack Roy became Rodney Dangerfield]
* [http://www.oldkewgardens.com/ss-lefferts-1005.html Article about Dangerfield] from a Kew Gardens website
* [https://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=3158193 Audio interview (7/6/04)] with ''[[Fresh Air]]''{{'}}s [[Terry Gross]]
* [http://www.simpsonsarchive.com/episodes/4F05.html Episode capsule for ''Simpsons'' episode #4F05 "Burns, Baby Burns"]

{{Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album}}
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