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Richard Libertini
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Richard Libertini

1933 – 2016 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA · Active 1951–2011

Richard Libertini, born in 1933, was a versatile American actor known for his distinctive comedic style. He appears in I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975), where his performance adds a layer of absurdity to the film's dark humor. Libertini also features in Sharky's Machine (1981), where his character brings a unique twist to the gritty crime narrative. His contributions to these cult classics help define the offbeat charm and eccentricity that cult cinema enthusiasts cherish.

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I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?

I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?

1975 ★ 3.5
as Jack Kirsten

Oliver is in trouble. He's been caught embezzling money from his father's company, and unless he can pay back the $250,000 he took (which he can't), he will be fired from his job, arrested and probably sent to jail. Meanwhile, his rich wife has not only refused to bail him out of this mess, she's planning to divorce him. Desperate, Oliver thinks up a way out. He takes out an insurance policy on his wife with him as the beneficiary, then hires a hit man to kill her. The only problem is that because the doctor who performed the examination is an incompetent fraud, the insurance policy is invalid. Desperate to call off the hit, Oliver tracks down the hit man, only to find that he's subcontracted the killing to another hit man. Tracking down that killer reveals that he, too, has hired it out to a third person, and so on, and so on. Just how many people are trying to kill Oliver's wife?

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Filmography

103 credits
2010s 1 credit
2011
Dolphin Tale as Fisherman
Movie ★ 6.9
2000s 13 credits
2009
TV ★ 7.7
2007
A Grandpa for Christmas as Karl Sugerman
Movie ★ 6.5
2007
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss as Dr. Franklin Bennett
Movie ★ 6.0
2007
Everybody Wants to Be Italian as Papa Aldo Tempesti
Movie ★ 6.5
2006
Grilled as Rabbi Silver
Movie ★ 5.0
2005
Numb3rs as Gage Jones
TV ★ 7.0
2005
Supernatural as Vernon Haskell
TV ★ 8.3
2002
The 4th Tenor as Vincenzo
Movie ★ 4.5
2002
Monk as Dr. David Sobin
TV ★ 8.0
2001
TV ★ 7.6
2000
TV ★ 6.8
2000
Static Shock as Ragtag (voice)
TV ★ 8.0
2000
The Weber Show as Dr. Saul Weitzman
TV ★ 8.2
1990s 24 credits
1999
Vendetta as Giovanni Provenzano
Movie ★ 6.2
1999
TV ★ 6.7
1998
Telling You as Mr. P
Movie ★ 3.6
1998
Lethal Weapon 4 as Rabbi Gelb (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1997
Jenny as Mr. Patel
TV ★ 6.3
1997
TV ★ 6.1
1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Commissioner (voice)
TV ★ 7.1
1996
Nash Bridges as Tiberius 'Tibby' Bishop
TV ★ 6.6
1995
The Drew Carey Show as Grazie hofna
TV ★ 6.5
1994
Nell as Dr. Paley
Movie ★ 6.5
1994
TV ★ 7.2
1994
Chicago Hope as Reverend 'Eva Peron'
TV ★ 7.3
1993
TV ★ 6.9
1993
Animaniacs as Wally Llama (voice)
TV ★ 8.0
1993
TV ★ 7.9
1991
Pacific Station as Richard Capparelli
TV ★ 5.7
1990
Movie ★ 6.7
1990
Awakenings as Sidney
Movie ★ 7.8
1990
Extreme Close-Up as Mr. Bower
Movie ★ 10.0
1990
Movie ★ 5.6
1990
The Fanelli Boys as Father Angelo Lombardi
TV ★ 7.3
1990
Law & Order as Defense Attorney David Solomon
TV ★ 7.3
1990
Law & Order as Vince
TV ★ 7.3
1990
Law & Order as Bernie Sklar
TV ★ 7.3
1980s 27 credits
1989
Fletch Lives as Frank Walker
Movie ★ 6.0
1989
The Lemon Sisters as Nicholas Panas
Movie ★ 5.1
1989
Animal Behavior as Doctor Parrish
Movie ★ 3.6
1988
Betrayed as Sam Kraus
Movie ★ 6.1
1988
TV ★ 6.0
1986
Big Trouble as Dr. Lopez
Movie ★ 5.4
1986
L.A. Law as Arthur Emmerich
TV ★ 7.1
1985
Fletch as Frank Walker
Movie ★ 6.8
1985
Movie ★ 7.0
1985
The Twilight Zone as (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness")
TV ★ 7.7
1985
Moonlighting as Albert
TV ★ 7.5
1985
TV ★ 8.0
1984
All of Me as Prahka Lasa
Movie ★ 6.5
1984
Movie ★ 5.5
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Gabriel Rodino
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Carson Robbins
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Phil Corelli
TV ★ 7.5
1983
Movie ★ 4.7
1983
Going Berserk as Rev. Sun Yi Day
Movie ★ 5.1
1983
Sleeping Beauty as King Murray
Movie ★ 7.0
1982
Best Friends as Jorge Medina
Movie ★ 5.2
1982
Soup for One as Angelo
Movie ★ 5.2
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as King Murray
TV ★ 8.1
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as Jacob Grimm
TV ★ 8.1
1981
Movie ★ 6.2
1981
Bret Maverick as Fingers Wachefsky
TV ★ 6.2
1980
Popeye as Geezil
Movie ★ 5.6
1970s 33 credits
1979
The In-Laws as General Garcia
Movie ★ 6.7
1978
Movie ★ 3.3
1978
Fame as Airport Policeman
Movie ★ 9.0
1978
Peeping Times as Salesman
Movie ★ 4.0
1978
Days of Heaven as Vaudeville Leader
Movie ★ 7.5
1977
Fire Sale as Painter
Movie ★ 5.3
1977
Calling Doctor Storm, M.D. as Dr. Nate Nateman
Movie
1977
TV ★ 6.0
1977
Soap as The Godfather
TV ★ 7.3
1977
TV ★ 5.8
1977
TV ★ 7.0
1976
TV ★ 7.1
1976
TV ★ 7.0
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Felsenfield
TV ★ 7.5
1976
TV ★ 6.7
1976
TV ★ 7.2
1976
TV ★ 6.4
1976
TV ★ 7.3
1975
Movie ★ 3.6
1975
TV ★ 7.3
1975
TV ★ 5.0
1975
Barney Miller as Mr. 1223 / Ira Grubb
TV ★ 7.4
1975
Barney Miller as Adam Boyer
TV ★ 7.4
1975
Barney Miller as Richard Perito
TV ★ 7.4
1974
TV ★ 8.0
1972
TV ★ 7.5
1972
The Bob Newhart Show as Mr. Twillmer
TV ★ 7.5
1971
Lady Liberty as Tim (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1971
Columbo as Sheik Yarami
TV ★ 8.1
1970
The Out-of-Towners as Baggage Man - Boston
Movie ★ 6.8
1970
Catch-22 as Brother
Movie ★ 6.7
1970
TV ★ 7.6
1960s 3 credits
1969
Don't Drink the Water as Father Drobney
Movie ★ 5.3
1968
Movie ★ 5.7
1966
TV ★ 6.2
1950s 2 credits
1956
Tony Awards as Self - In Memoriam (archive footage)
TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Airport Policeman
TV ★ 8.8