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Budd Friedman
Deceased

When Did Budd Friedman Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 90
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn06/06/1932Died12/11/2022 (aged 90)Died inLos AngelesWikidataQ4984101 ↗TMDb#552242 ↗

Gerson Merton Lenord Friedman, known professionally as Budd Friedman, was an American actor and comedian, as well as the founder and original proprietor and MC of the Improvisation Comedy Club, which opened in 1963, on West 44th Street near the SE corner of 9th Avenue, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.

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Filmography13 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2013Richard Pryor: Omit the LogicMovieSelf81
2013The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick WallMovieSelf81
2010I Am ComicMovieSelf78
2009Funny PeopleMovieBudd Friedman77
2008The Boneyard CollectionMovieImprov Host (segment "Cry of the Mummy")76
2003National Lampoon's Funny MoneySeries—71
2002Mr. Bill Does VegasMovie—70
2001Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest ComediansMovieSelf (archive footage)69
1999Man on the MoonMovieHimself67
1989Can We Be SeriousMovie—57
1984The Rosebud Beach HotelMovieCustomer52
1983Star 80MovieEmcee51
1979Diary of a Young ComicMovieHimself47