OT: RIP Richard Belzer

[Knight Shift]

RIP funny man. Long career in stand up, radio and TV.

RIP Actor and Comedian Richard Belzer, Munch of "SVU" and "Homicide," Famous for Dry Sense of Humor - Showbiz411

Det John Munch, RIP. Actor Richard Belzer, who started out as a comedian but became a highly praised dramatic actor on TV, has died at age 78. He’d been living in the South of France for quite some time. Belzer was beloved as Detective John Munch, first on “Homicide Life on the Streets” and then […]

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Guest appearance on Stern from 1990:

 

[RU4Real]

Damn, the Belz... funny guy.

 

[MADHAT1]

Was a true talent , R.I.P.

 

[RULoyal]

RIP

 

[Branchrentals]

Thought he was pretty funny in the off beat kind of way. Like did not take BS off people. Sorry to hear this.
Didn’t know he called Jerry Lewis dad, seems a little creepy. But whatever RIP whatever that means.
Is there a rest in eternal misery? Hopefully not.

 

[AZBlues]

Wow...I enjoyed his work in the crime shows as Detective Munch. Was a fan of Homicide: Life on the Streets and rarely missed an episode back then.. So many celebrities dying in their 70's, early 80's, or younger. Sad... Obviously money can't always buy good health.

 

[MrsScrew]

Wow...I enjoyed his work in the crime shows as Detective Munch. Was a fan of Homicide: Life on the Streets and rarely missed an episode back then.. So many celebrities dying in their 70's, early 80's, or younger. Sad... Obviously money can't always buy good health.

Oddly, this week's episode of Law & Order SVU, Fin referenced Munch a couple of times.

RIP

 

[RutgersMO]

RIP funny man. Long career in stand up, radio and TV.

RIP Actor and Comedian Richard Belzer, Munch of "SVU" and "Homicide," Famous for Dry Sense of Humor - Showbiz411

Det John Munch, RIP. Actor Richard Belzer, who started out as a comedian but became a highly praised dramatic actor on TV, has died at age 78. He’d been living in the South of France for quite some time. Belzer was beloved as Detective John Munch, first on “Homicide Life on the Streets” and then […]

www.showbiz411.com

Guest appearance on Stern from 1990:

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Also played in the comedy classic "the Groove Tube".

RIP

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[ruinac]

Oddly, this week's episode of Law & Order SVU, Fin referenced Munch a couple of times.

RIP

They knew he was dying and wanted to acknowledge him. I have a couple of friends who work on the show.

 

[LotusAggressor]

Great comedian and actor. His "I am not Montel Williams" rant on Homicide was iconic. RIP.

 

[RUaMoose]

RIP funny man. Long career in stand up, radio and TV.

RIP Actor and Comedian Richard Belzer, Munch of "SVU" and "Homicide," Famous for Dry Sense of Humor - Showbiz411

Det John Munch, RIP. Actor Richard Belzer, who started out as a comedian but became a highly praised dramatic actor on TV, has died at age 78. He’d been living in the South of France for quite some time. Belzer was beloved as Detective John Munch, first on “Homicide Life on the Streets” and then […]

www.showbiz411.com

Guest appearance on Stern from 1990:

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Not all that funny. I saw him at Caroline’s. The opening guy blew him away. Belzer was actually pretty boring

 

[RUPete]

Pretty cool that he had the acting run on Homicide and Law and Order. The Law and Order franchise really had a great casting run of actors who could play it serious with a cutting, dry sense of humor at the same time. He was also a good guest on Stern back in the day. RIP to a unique and great talent.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Not all that funny. I saw him at Caroline’s. The opening guy blew him away. Belzer was actually pretty boring

I never knew he was considered a comedian.

 

[RUPete]

I never knew he was considered a comedian.

That’s how he started out and I believe he always continued to do some stand up after he went into acting.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

That’s how he started out and I believe he always continued to do some stand up after he went into acting.

I liked his character on SVU

 

[colbert17]

Never really thought that much of him as a stand up but thought Munch was a great character.
Loved Homicide: Life on the Street. Had some actors who went on to bigger things like Melissa Leo. Also Giancarlo Esposito was in the final season and of course he went on to play one of the all time great TV villains, Gustavo Fring in Breaking Bad.

R.I.P.

 

[RUPete]

Never really thought that much of him as a stand up but thought Munch was a great character.
Loved Homicide: Life on the Street. Had some actors who went on to bigger things like Melissa Leo. Also Giancarlo Esposito was in the final season and of course he went on to play one of the all time great TV villains, Gustavo Fring in Breaking Bad.

R.I.P.

Melissa Leo was great in the HBO series Treme and a little known movie Frozen River. Not very uplifting, but a great performance nonetheless.

 

[colbert17]

Melissa Leo was great in the HBO series Treme and a little known movie Frozen River. Not very uplifting, but a great performance nonetheless.

I liked her in The Fighter

 

[Zak57]

I liked how the character carried over from Homicide to SVU.