- Born
- Birth nameRichard Remick Smothers
- Nickname
- Dickie
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Dick Smothers was born on November 20, 1938 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Casino (1995), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967) and The Informant! (2009). He was previously married to Denby Franklin, Lorraine Wallace and Linda Miller.
- SpousesDenby Franklin(January 4, 1997 - 2006) (divorced)Lorraine Wallace(September 19, 1986 - May 30, 1994) (divorced, 2 children)Linda Miller(October 31, 1972 - April 15, 1982) (divorced)Linda Miller(October 31, 1959 - April 9, 1969) (divorced, 3 children)
- ParentsThomas Bolyn Smothers Jr.Ruth Genevieve Remick
- His father, Major Thomas Bolyn Smothers Jr., was a West Point graduate who was a POW in World War II and was thought to have died during the infamous Bataan Death march. In fact, he survived that experience but died later on a Japanese POW ship. He was buried at sea.
- He and his brother Tom Smothers were born on Governor's Island in New York Harbor. Their father, who was stationed on the military base on that island, moved his pregnant wife there to be close to him.
- He and his brother Tom Smothers were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6555 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- Though he and brother Tom Smothers both appear in The Informant! (2009), their characters are not related and never share the screen.
- Younger brother of Tom Smothers. Distant cousin of Alexandria Smothers.
- "There's a dumbing down of the schools. It's all around." (Chicago Tribune interview, November 28, 2002)
- [on The Smothers Brothers] Our trouble is we're 1960s WASPs with a reputation as political satirists with nothing left to satirize.
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