Dick Yarmy

Acting

Dick Yarmy

Born — Died

1933-02-14 — 1992-05-05

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

27 titles

Yarmy was born in New York in 1933, son of William Yarmy and his wife, Consuelo (née Deiter), who were Jewish and Catholic, respectively. Yarmy was the younger brother of actor and Get Smart star, Don Adams. He also had an elder sister, Gloria Ella Yarmy (later Gloria Burton), a writer who wrote an episode of Get Smart. Dick had served as a corporal, like his brother had in World War II, during the Korean War. Dick Yarmy graduated from the New York University with a degree in engineering and began his acting career in 1968, appearing in the TV series Get Smart, also That Girl, The Partners, The Partridge Family, and Arnie. He also appeared in several films including Bone, The Kentucky Fried…

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 4 titles

1970s · 8 titles

The Kentucky Fried Movie poster
6.2

A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

The Kentucky Fried Movie

1977

The Swinging Barmaids poster
4.7

A cop goes after a psycho who is killing cocktail waitresses.

The Swinging Barmaids

1975

A Guide for the Married Woman poster
4.2

A seriocomic look at the life of Julie Walker. Bored with her marriage, and encouraged by her friends, she contemplates an affair. Fantasy and reality mix often, leading to complications and headaches.

A Guide for the Married Woman

1978

The One Man Jury poster
5.4

Officer Jim Wade is a loose cannon on the force with a reputation for roughing up suspects, informants, witnesses, and just about everybody else who rubs him the wrong way. When women start being killed by a mysterious serial murderer called The Slasher, Wade vows to put a stop to the killing spree, regardless of whether through legal means or not.

The One Man Jury

1978

Rabbit Test poster
4.5

Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!

Rabbit Test

1978

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy poster
4.0

When Harry Walters runs out of gas, he gets picked up by a beautiful young woman. But when she pulls a gun on him and orders him to take his clothes off, Harry puts up no resistance and is sexually assaulted. He reports the incident to the authorities, but they either don't believe him, or, if they do, can't understand why he would consider it a crime - a reaction he also gets from his friends and family.

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

1974

Bone poster
6.2

When a criminal breaks into the Beverly Hills home of a wealthy couple experiencing marital problems, he unwillingly provides the spouses with an unlikely resolution to their conflicts as well as a solution to his own secret.

Bone

1972

Brothers poster
4.0

Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was one of those killed in a failed 1971 prison breakout.

Brothers

1977

Series credits

Get Smart poster
8.0

Maxwell Smart, a hilariously inept and maladroit secret agent for CONTROL, battles the nefarious—though equally incompetent—KAOS.

Get Smart

1965

Get Smart poster
8.0

Maxwell Smart, a hilariously inept and maladroit secret agent for CONTROL, battles the nefarious—though equally incompetent—KAOS.

Get Smart

1965

Get Smart poster
8.0

Maxwell Smart, a hilariously inept and maladroit secret agent for CONTROL, battles the nefarious—though equally incompetent—KAOS.

Get Smart

1965

Love, American Style poster
6.2

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.

Love, American Style

1969

Happy Days poster
7.6

In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.

Happy Days

1974

Taxi poster
7.3

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

Taxi

1978

Emergency! poster
8.0

The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.

Emergency!

1972

The Jeffersons poster
7.3

Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.

The Jeffersons

1975

The Partridge Family poster
6.8

The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom series about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career.

The Partridge Family

1970

Laverne & Shirley poster
7.1

Best friends, roommates, and polar opposites, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee and keep each other's spirits up at home.

Laverne & Shirley

1976

That Girl poster
6.2

That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York to try to make it big in New York City. Ann has to take a number of offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts. Ted Bessell played her boyfriend Donald Hollinger, a writer for Newsview Magazine; Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp played Lew Marie and Helen Marie, her concerned parents. Bernie Kopell, Ruth Buzzi and Reva Rose played Ann and Donald's friends. That Girl was developed by writers Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, who had served as head writers on The Dick Van Dyke Show earlier in the 1960s.

That Girl

1966

Police Story poster
7.0

Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.

Police Story

1973

Mork & Mindy poster
7.1

A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.

Mork & Mindy

1978

No artwork available
6.5

The Partners is an American sitcom that aired on September 18, 1971 through September 8, 1972 on NBC.

The Partners

1971

Me and the Chimp poster
6.7

Me and the Chimp is an American television situation comedy which aired for one season during 1972 on CBS. The series was created by Garry Marshall and Thomas L. Miller and was produced by Alan Rafkin for Paramount Television. The series is considered by many to be one of the worst shows in the history of American television.

Me and the Chimp

1972