Dick Yarmy
Born: 1933-02-14 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1992-05-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
Yarmy was born in New York in 1933, son of William Yarmy and his wife, Consuelo (née Deiter), who were Jewish and Catholic, respectively. Yarmy was the younger brother of actor and Get Smart star, Don Adams. He also had an elder sister, Gloria Ella Yarmy (later Gloria Burton), a writer who wrote an episode of Get Smart. Dick had served as a corporal, like his brother had in World War II, during the Korean War. Dick Yarmy graduated from the New York University with a degree in engineering and began his acting career in 1968, appearing in the TV series Get Smart, also That Girl, The Partners, The Partridge Family, and Arnie. He also appeared in several films including Bone, The Kentucky Fried Movie, The Swinging Barmaids, and Carpool among others. Yarmy also appeared in commercials, such as George and Marge for Union Oil.
Filmography
1986
- Smart Alec as Chuck
1985
- Movers & Shakers as Other Executive
1983
- Carpool as Lieutenant Ross
1980
- Pray TV as Dr. Ben Gay
1978
- Taxi as Spencer
- Mork & Mindy
- A Guide for the Married Woman as Harry
- Rabbit Test as First Presidential Aide
- The One Man Jury as Hooker's Costumer
1977
- The Kentucky Fried Movie as Taylor (segment "Courtroom")
- Brothers as D.A. Wayne
1976
1975
- The Jeffersons
- The Swinging Barmaids as Comic
1974
- Happy Days
- It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy as Wineberger
1973
1972
- Emergency!
- Me and the Chimp
- Bone as Bank Teller
1971
1970
- The Partridge Family as Patterson
1969
- Love, American Style as Carl
1966
1965
- Get Smart as Brady