Dick Cherney

Known for

Acting

Born

November 6, 1914

Birthplace

Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Died

October 21, 2017 (aged 102)

Biography

Ysaÿe (Isaac) Richard Cherniavsky (6 November 1914–21 October 2017) Cherney was a prolific background actor who, from approximately 1936 to 1976, made over 250 uncredited film and television appearances.

Best known work

The Godfather Part II

1974

The Apartment

1960

Blazing Saddles

1974

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

The Twilight Zone

1959

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

Bewitched

1964

The War of the Worlds

1953

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

Torn Curtain

1966

Filmography

1976
The Last Tycoon
as Man in Office (uncredited)
1976
Family Plot
as Man at Funeral (uncredited)
1975
Ellery QueenTV
as Auction Guest (uncredited) (1 episode)
1975
BronkTV
as Conference Guest (uncredited) (1 episode), as Party Guest (uncredited) (1 episode)
1975
At Long Last Love
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1974
The Godfather Part II
as Senate Hearing Spectator (uncredited)
1974
Police WomanTV
as Casino Patron (uncredited) (1 episode)
1974
Harry OTV
as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited) (1 episode)
1974
Blazing Saddles
as Townsman (uncredited)
1973
KojakTV
as Party Guest (uncredited) (1 episode), as Diamond Cutter (uncredited) (1 episode)
1973
The Way We Were
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1973
HawkinsTV
as Cameraman (uncredited) (1 episode)
1972
The Bob Newhart ShowTV
as Class Member (uncredited) (1 episode)
1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1971
The Death of Me Yet
as Restaurant Patron
1970
The Mary Tyler Moore ShowTV
as Audience Member (uncredited) (1 episode)
1969
Topaz
as Waiter (uncredited)
1969
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
as Porter (uncredited)
1969
The Bold Ones: The New DoctorsTV
as Juror (uncredited) (1 episode)
1969
The Love God?
as Club Patron (uncredited)
1968
The Doris Day ShowTV
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) (1 episode), as Executive (uncredited) (1 episode), as Commuter in Terminal (uncredited) (1 episode), as Exhibit Patron (uncredited) (1 episode)
1968
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1967
Valley of the Dolls
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1967
Fitzwilly
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
1967
Banning
as Match Spectator (uncredited)