Allan Rich is one of the busiest and most recognizable character actors in Hollywood today, working in all arenas - stage, film, and on the small screen producing films for kids. His screen credits include "The Burial Society (2002)" with David Paymer, "The Dog Walker (2003)" and "The Intoxicating (2003)" with John Savage . Other feature film credits include Steven Spielberg 's "Amistad (1997)", " ...  show all 

Allan Rich is one of the busiest and most recognizable character actors in Hollywood today, working in all arenas - stage, film, and on the small screen producing films for kids. His screen credits include "The Burial Society (2002)" with David Paymer, "The Dog Walker (2003)" and "The Intoxicating (2003)" with John Savage . Other feature film credits include Steven Spielberg 's "Amistad (1997)", "Disclosure (1994)" and Robert Redford 's "Quiz Show (1994)", in which critic Gary Franklin hailed his performance as Robert Kintner, President of NBC, as one of the Top Five of the Year. Additional notable performances include working opposite Robin Williams in "Jack (1996)" and as Halle Berry's lawyer in "Rich Man's Wife (1996)". Recent television credits include episodes of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000)", "NYPD Blue" (1993)", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)", "Judging Amy" (1999)" and "Division, The" (2001)". Rich began his acting career as a teenager in New York, working with such stars such as Edward G. Robinson, Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Jack Palance, Kim Hunter , Milton Berle and Henry Fonda. He was enjoying the fruits of his labors until his dreams were shattered when the McCarthy "Red scare" hysteria fell over the nation in the early 1950s and Allan was blacklisted. With no income, a family to support and little training outside of the acting profession, Rich cajoled his way onto Wall Street, and after five years opened his own brokerage firm. During this time his love of modern art surfaced and led to his opening the Allan Rich Art Gallery on Madison Avenue, selling major paintings to important collectors, as well as publishing Dali, Miro and Alexander Calder lithographs and George Hurrell Sr. portfolios. Despite his enormous success outside of the entertainment field, he returned to the stage in Ronald Ribman's "Journey of the Fifth Horse" with Dustin Hoffman and re-launched his film career in "Serpico (1973)" with Al Pacino, going on to appear in a myriad of television shows and 62 films and mini-series. Using his vast knowledge of the film industry and with his love for children, Rich has dedicated his time to running We Care About Kids, pro-bono, while producing and directing most of the film library. After writing seven screenplays his script "Goodbye Dali," written with young writer Yaniv Raz (the grand-nephew of Clifford Odets), has been acquired by producer David Permut ("Face/Off (1997)") of Permut Presentations. The film, currently in development, focuses on Rich's hilarious real-life experiences with the famed surrealist in Europe during the early 1970s.
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