Dick Shawn Biography

Dick Shawn (December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor and comedian. He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific character actor. He was well known during the 1960s for small but iconic roles in madcap comedies, usually portraying caricatures of counter culture personalities, such as the deadbeat son Sylvester in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and the hippie actor "L.S.D." in The Producers (1968).