Richard Dreyfuss
Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.
Wikidata Q181799: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.
No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (20 films) instead.
Draws on
What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.
Drawn on by
What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.
No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.
What the speakers said they did
Acting (28) everyone in acting
- actor, the therapist, What About Bob? (Blank Check with Griffin & David, An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens)
- actor, Night Falls on Manhattan (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
- actor, Jaws (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
- actor (won Best Actor), The Goodbye Girl (The Rewatchables, ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel)
- actor (Dr. Leo Marvin), What About Bob? (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, Mr. Holland's Opus (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, Jaws (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, Down and Out in Beverly Hills (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, Tin Men (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, Stakeout (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, Let It Ride (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, Postcards from the Edge (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, Always (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, The American President (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, The Goodbye Girl (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, American Graffiti (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, Dillinger (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, The Big Fix (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, Whose Life Is It Anyway? (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor, The Buddy System (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- actor (Dick Cheney), W. (The Big Picture, 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished)
- actor, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (The Big Picture, Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57))
- actor, Jaws (The Big Picture, Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57))
- star, The Goodbye Girl (Blank Check — Patreon, Eraserhead (Ad-Free))
- star, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Blank Check — Patreon, Eraserhead (Ad-Free))
- actor, The Goodbye Girl (Blank Check — Patreon, The Social Network (Ad-Free))
- Golden Globe nominee, Nuts (Blank Check — Patreon, Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free))
Other (2) everyone in other
- approached for Paul Sheldon, expressed regret, Misery (The Rewatchables, ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman)
- producer's original first choice for Fletch, Fletch (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
What was said about them, by kind
people (2)
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people (feud):
Bill Murray → Richard Dreyfuss.
Murray's reported insult to Dreyfuss during What About Bob?.
“you are not liked, you are tolerate it.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:35:15 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
people (actor persona):
Richard Dreyfuss → Jaws.
In the 70s Dreyfuss was the audience POV for nerdy filmmakers (Close Encounters, Jaws), a nice-guy hero, before becoming a true asshole in What About Bob?
“He was this like POV character for all of these nerdy filmmakers, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:22:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
unmapped (1)
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unmapped (prior episode):
Mr. Holland's Opus → Richard Dreyfuss.
The trio did Mr. Holland's Opus a few months earlier and discussed Dreyfuss's addiction history there.
“We talked about him a lot when the 3 of us did Mr. Holland's Opus a few months ago”
The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:19:26 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
what-if (1)
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what-if (what-if):
Misery → Richard Dreyfuss.
Dreyfuss would be believable as a writer, and expressed real regret at passing.
“Dreyfus, I think, was the one who expressed real regret.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:05:02 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
Fun items about them
None.