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Richard Portnow

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Portnow (born January 26, 1947) is a prolific American character actor who played Howard Stern's father, Ben in the movie Private Parts. He has appeared on The Sopranos and many other films, video games, and television shows such as Hannah Montana and Boston Legal.

Known For: Acting

Born: Brooklyn - New York - USA, 1947-01-26

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer	Bartender	0
2	1985	Desperately Seeking Susan	Party Guest	61
3	1986	Courage	Frankie Ce De Baca	57
4	1987	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Agent	59
5	1987	Radio Days	Sy	71
6	1987	Tin Men	Carly	63
7	1987	The House of Blue Leaves	Billy Einhorn	0
8	1987	The Squeeze	Ruben	48
9	1987	Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam	Harry Long	68
10	1987	Good Morning, Vietnam	Dan 'The Man' Levitan	73
11	1988	In Dangerous Company	Kellog	38
12	1988	Twins	Chop Shop Owner	60
13	1989	Original Sin	Vincent	33
14	1989	Say Anything...	Agent Stewart	70
15	1989	A Deadly Silence	D.A. Ed Jablonski	62
16	1989	Peter Gunn	Spiros	47
17	1989	Meet the Hollowheads	Mr. Crabneck	58
18	1990	Chattahoochee	Dr. Debner	57
19	1990	Tune in Tomorrow...	Uncle Luke	53
20	1990	Havana	Mike MacClaney	58
21	1990	Kindergarten Cop	Captain Salazar	61
22	1991	Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster	Dave Barrett	65
23	1991	Barton Fink	Detective Mastrionotti	75
24	1991	For the Boys	Milt, Recording Studio	62
25	1991	Father of the Bride	Al - the Tux Salesman	65
26	1992	Beethoven	Man with Gun in Briefcase (uncredited)	58
27	1992	Sister Act	Willy	68
28	1992	There Goes the Neighborhood	Marty Rollins	54
29	1993	Heart and Souls	Max Marco	69
30	1993	Night Eyes 3	Kaplan	42
31	1993	Based on an Untrue Story	Disturbing Caller	42
32	1994	Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice		0
33	1994	Dragstrip Girl	Det. Dryden	40
34	1994	Trial by Jury	Leo Greco	54
35	1994	S.F.W.	Gerald Parsley	60
36	1994	Lipstick Camera	Detective Vorkopich	32
37	1994	Across the Moon	Roy	37
38	1995	Man of the House	Joey Renda	53
39	1995	Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning	Monaghan	45
40	1995	Se7en	Dr. Beardsley	84
41	1995	Donor Unknown	Hal Cooney	80
42	1996	Bogus	M. Clay Thrasher	58
43	1997	Private Parts	Ben Stern	65
44	1997	Mad City	Brackett's Agent	62
45	1997	Bella Mafia	Anthony Moreno	66
46	1997	Guy	Al	27
47	1997	Lured Innocence	Jack Shelby	41
48	1998	Shadow of Doubt	Marvin Helm	47
49	1998	My Giant	Producer	52
50	1998	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Wine Colored Tuxedo	72
51	1998	Desert Thunder	Adm. Le Clair	41
52	1998	Milo	Lieutenant Parker	43
53	1998	Postal Worker	Dr. Nicolas Brink	37
54	1999	Road Kill	Charboneau	55
55	1999	Ballad of the Nightingale	Arnie D'Angelo	10
56	1999	The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All	Vincent Lo Russo	49
57	1999	Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	Handsome Frank	73
58	1999	Witness Protection	Niko	64
59	2000	Fallen Arches	Nicky Kaplan	0
60	2000	Happy Accidents	Trip	68
61	2000	The Ghost of Spoon River	Agent Cicarelli	33
62	2000	The Unscarred	Tommy Matolla	50
63	2001	Laughter on the 23rd Floor	Harry Prince	38
64	2001	Zigs	Arnold Zigman	35
65	2001	Double Bang	Lieutenant Shatkin	46
66	2002	Poolhall Junkies	Toupee Jay	64
67	2004	Tony n' Tina's Wedding	Vinnie Black	51
68	2005	Under the City	Minks	0
69	2005	Trump Unauthorized	Mayor Ed Koch	32
70	2005	Meet the Mobsters	Jerry Kaminski	69
71	2006	Find Me Guilty	Max Novardis	66
72	2006	National Lampoon's TV: The Movie	Sergeant	42
73	2007	The Indian	Elliot	62
74	2007	Perfect Stranger	Narron	58
75	2007	Chasing Robert	Ed Thorton	20
76	2008	Tinker Bell	Minister of Autumn (voice)	69
77	2008	Good Time Max	Head Administrator	53
78	2008	The Spirit	Donenfeld	48
79	2009	Under New Management	Carmello Conforte	47
80	2009	The Minis	Jack	22
81	2009	Life Is Hot in Cracktown	Guy from 4 K	60
82	2009	Law Abiding Citizen	Bill Reynolds	74
83	2010	Killer by Nature	Walter	33
84	2010	The Wish List	Lenny	65
85	2011	The Christmas Pageant	Leo Brenner	59
86	2012	Imaginary Friend	Dan	49
87	2012	2 Jacks	Lorenzo	54
88	2012	A Night of Nightmares	Cliff Tanner	0
89	2012	Hitchcock	Barney Balaban	66
90	2013	In the Dark	Detective Archer	50
91	2013	Underdogs	John Handon II	57
92	2013	Oldboy	Bernie Sharkey	59
93	2014	This Last Lonely Place	Jason Pure	65
94	2014	Nanny Cam	Detective Jones	57
95	2015	Parallel	Stewart	60
96	2015	Trumbo	Louis B. Mayer	72
97	2016	Café Society	Walt	65
98	2018	Andover	Shamus Trout	52
99	2018	Higher Power	Charles Margrey	50
100	2018	Holly Day	Benny	65
101	2019	Stakeout	Pat Reed	56
102	2020	Frank and Ava	Walter Winchell	51
103	2021	Roe v. Wade	Justice William Douglas	55
104	2025	Dog Patrol	Oscar Golden	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Walter Pell	75
2	1984	Tales from the Darkside	Curtis	72
3	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Lt. Walt Murphy	75
4	1985	The Equalizer	Police Lieutenant	72
5	1985	The Equalizer	Detective	72
6	1987	Wiseguy		65
7	1987	The Oldest Rookie		55
8	1987	Beauty and the Beast		75
9	1988	Dear John	Harry	57
10	1988	Something Is Out There		76
11	1989	Seinfeld	Ray	83
12	1990	Dream On	Roy	69
13	1991	Dinosaurs	Mel Luster (voice)	78
14	1991	The New WKRP in Cincinnati		70
15	1991	The Commish		71
16	1992	Mad About You	Arthur	67
17	1993	Home Free	Vic	60
18	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Irving Rothbart - LaRue's Attorney	70
19	1993	Fallen Angels	Jack Malkov	59
20	1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman		70
21	1993	Dave's World	Leon	64
22	1993	Boy Meets World	Stan	82
23	1993	The Nanny	Phillipe	81
24	1994	Rebel Highway	Det. Dryden	100
25	1995	JAG	Sibby Lonegro	73
26	1996	Spin City	Mr. Paterno	71
27	1996	EZ Streets	Det. Frank Collero	64
28	1999	The Sopranos	Attorney Melvoin	87
29	1999	The Sopranos	Harold 'Mel' Melvoin	87
30	1999	Judging Amy	AAG Charles Novotny	75
31	1999	Ryan Caulfield: Year One		40
32	2002	The Shield	Jim Wright	81
33	2003	Nip/Tuck		72
34	2003	Las Vegas		70
35	2003	Cold Case	Oscar Anderson (2008)	78
36	2004	Boston Legal	Judge Peter Harding	79
37	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Saul Schmitt	82
38	2006	Hannah Montana	Marty Kline	71
39	2007	Dirt		68
40	2008	The Mentalist	Phil	84
41	2009	Castle	Milt Boyle	80
42	2009	Parks and Recreation	Mitch Savner	80
43	2009	The Good Wife	Judge Ben Margovski	76
44	2010	How to Make It in America		73
45	2010	Outlaw	Sen. Sidney Vidalin	38
46	2010	Hawaii Five-0	Creed's Attorney	78
47	2011	Shameless	Johnny Boxcars	82
48	2011	Franklin & Bash	Richard Kohl	72
49	2011	Suits	Pete Kreeling	82
50	2011	Grimm	Daniel Troyer	83
51	2012	Elementary	Eddie Eichorn	76
52	2016	Timeless	Mayor William Hale Thompson	72
53	2020	Talking Sopranos	Self	0