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Rip Taylor
Known for: ActingFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Elmer "Rip" Taylor Jr. (January 13, 1931 – October 6, 2019) was an American actor and comedian, known for his exuberance and flamboyant personality, including his wild moustache, toupee, and his habit of showering himself (and others) with confetti. Throughout the 1970s, Taylor was a frequent celebrity guest panelist on TV game shows such as Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth, and The Gong Show, and substituted for Charles Nelson Reilly on The Match Game. He became a regular on Sid and Marty Krofft's Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, playing Sheldon, a sea-genie who lived in a conch shell. In addition, Taylor was also a regular on The Brady Bunch Hour, playing a role of neighbor/performer Jack Merrill. He also hosted a short-lived send-up of beauty pageants titled The $1.98 Beauty Show, created by Gong Show producer/host Chuck Barris, in 1978.
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The Emperor's New School
as The Royal Record Keeper (voice) 
Indecent Proposal
as Mr. Langford 
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
as Genie (voice) 
Tom and Jerry: The Movie
as Captain Kiddie (voice) 
Wayne's World 2
as Himself 
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
as Sheldon the Sea Genie 
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
as Mr. Smiley / Ghost of Señor Otero (voice) 
The Silence of the Hams
as Mr. Laurel 
The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington
as Photographer 
Virtual Combat
as Pitchman 
Alex & Emma
as Polina's Farther 
Scooby Goes Hollywood
as C.J. (voice) 
Things Are Tough All Over
as Rip Taylor 
The Gong Show Movie
as Raoul the Maitre D' 
Chatterbox!
as Mr. Jo 
Silent but Deadly
as Norman