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Dick Cherney
Acting Born Nov 6, 1914 Died Oct 21, 2017 Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine] 156 credits
Biography
Ysaÿe Isaac Richard Cherniavsky, also known as Dick Cherney, was a male actor born on November 6, 1914, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, which is now Ukraine. He passed away on October 21, 2017, at the age of 102. According to available records on The Movie Database, he accumulated 127 known credits in the acting field. His personal information and career overview identify him through his work in movies and television shows. Further details regarding specific titles, roles, or the full extent of his filmography are not included in the provided source material beyond his birth date, place of birth, date of death, and known credit count.
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Career overview
Ysaÿe Isaac Richard Cherniavsky, who was known professionally as Dick Cherney, was a background actor born on November 6, 1914, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, which is now Ukraine. During his active years, he made numerous appearances in films and television shows. His career spanned from approximately 1936 to 1976, during which he accumulated over 250 uncredited film and television appearances.
Throughout his professional life, Cherney established himself as a prolific background performer. His work in the entertainment industry encompassed a total of 127 known credits according to records on The Movie Database. Cherney lived to be 102 years old, passing away on October 21, 2017.
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Career timeline
Family PlotThe Last Tycoon
Ellery QueenBronkBronkAt Long Last Love
The Godfather Part IIPolice WomanHarry OBlazing Saddles
KojakKojakHawkinsThe Way We Were
The Bob Newhart ShowNow You See Him, Now You Don't
The Death of Me Yet
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Bold Ones: The New DoctorsTopazThe Love God?
The Doris Day ShowThe Doris Day ShowThe Doris Day ShowThe Doris Day ShowHow to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
IronsideIronsideMannixThe InvadersDragnet
Mission: ImpossibleMission: ImpossibleBatmanBatmanThe Monkees
Get SmartGet SmartGet SmartGet SmartThe Wild Wild West
BewitchedGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.The Man from U.N.C.L.E.The Man from U.N.C.L.E.The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldTwilight of HonorCritic's Choice
The VirginianThe VirginianThe VirginianThe VirginianSam Benedict
Hazel87th PrecinctJudgment at NurembergBachelor in ParadiseKing of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
The Andy Griffith ShowThrillerThe ApartmentInherit the WindCimarron
BonanzaThe Twilight ZoneThe UntouchablesThe UntouchablesThe Untouchables
Bat MastersonMickey Spillane's Mike HammerParty GirlThe Last Hurrah
Perry MasonPerry MasonPerry MasonPerry MasonWagon Train
Around the World in 80 DaysWritten on the WindThe RackForever, DarlingPlease Murder Me
CheyenneThe Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpGunsmokeGunsmokeGunsmoke
DésiréeIt Should Happen to You
The War of the WorldsThe Band WagonKiss Me KateAngel Face
Clash by NightDeadline - U.S.A.Horizons West
An American in ParisA Place in the SunThe RacketBannerline
Young Man with a HornWatch the BirdieDial 1119The Killer That Stalked New YorkPretty Baby
The Street with No NameThe Black Arrow
My Favorite Spy
Million Dollar Baby
Full Filmography
156 titles- Family Plot (1976) as Man at Funeral (uncredited)
- The Last Tycoon (1976) as Man in Office (uncredited)
- Ellery Queen (1975) as Auction Guest (uncredited)
- Bronk (1975) as Conference Guest (uncredited)
- Bronk (1975) as Party Guest (uncredited)
- At Long Last Love (1975) as Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Godfather Part II (1974) as Senate Hearing Spectator (uncredited)
- Police Woman (1974) as Casino Patron (uncredited)
- Harry O (1974) as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
- Blazing Saddles (1974) as Townsman (uncredited)
- Kojak (1973) as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Kojak (1973) as Diamond Cutter (uncredited)
- Hawkins (1973) as Cameraman (uncredited)
- The Way We Were (1973) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- The Bob Newhart Show (1972) as Class Member (uncredited)
- Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972) as Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Death of Me Yet (1971) as Restaurant Patron
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) as Audience Member (uncredited)
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969) as Juror (uncredited)
- Topaz (1969) as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Love God? (1969) as Club Patron (uncredited)
- The Doris Day Show (1968) as Executive (uncredited)
- The Doris Day Show (1968) as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- The Doris Day Show (1968) as Commuter in Terminal (uncredited)
- The Doris Day Show (1968) as Exhibit Patron (uncredited)
- How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968) as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Ironside (1967) as Photographer (uncredited)
- Ironside (1967) as Policeman (uncredited)
- Mannix (1967) as Gardener (uncredited)
- The Invaders (1967) as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Dragnet (1967) as Detective (uncredited)
- Valley of the Dolls (1967) as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Point Blank (1967) as Spectator (uncredited)
- Banning (1967) as Match Spectator (uncredited)
- Fitzwilly (1967) as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
- Warning Shot (1967)
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Guard (uncredited)
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Worker (uncredited)
- Batman (1966) as Museum Patron (uncredited)
- Batman (1966) as Stamp Exhibition Spectator (uncredited)
- The Monkees (1966) as Commuter (uncredited)
- Torn Curtain (1966) as Clerk (uncredited)
- Not With My Wife, You Don't! (1966) as Military Officer (uncredited)
- Get Smart (1965) as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Get Smart (1965) as Man at Pool (uncredited)
- Get Smart (1965) as Onlooker (uncredited)
- Get Smart (1965) as Construction Worker (uncredited)
- The Wild Wild West (1965) as Waiter (uncredited)
- F Troop (1965) as Orderly (uncredited)
- Two on a Guillotine (1965) as Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)
- Strange Bedfellows (1965) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Bewitched (1964) as Photographer (uncredited)
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964) as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Thrush Agent (uncredited)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Commuter at Airport (uncredited)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Agent (uncredited)
- Seven Days in May (1964) as Reporter (uncredited)
- Roustabout (1964) as Carnival Patron (uncredited)
- Fate Is the Hunter (1964) as Soldier (uncredited)
- 36 Hours (1964) as German Soldier (uncredited)
- The Best Man (1964) as Reporter (uncredited)
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) as Detective (uncredited)
- Twilight of Honor (1963) as Townsman (uncredited)
- Critic's Choice (1963) as Audience Member (uncredited)
- The Virginian (1962) as Trooper (uncredited)
- The Virginian (1962) as Townsman (uncredited)
- The Virginian (1962) as Investor (uncredited)
- The Virginian (1962) as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
- Sam Benedict (1962) as Club Patron (uncredited)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) as Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
- Gypsy (1962) as Audience Member (uncredited)
- Hazel (1961) as Townsman at Celebration (uncredited)
- 87th Precinct (1961) as Detective (uncredited)
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
- Bachelor in Paradise (1961) as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961) as Police Officer (uncredited)
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) as Townsman (uncredited)
- Thriller (1960) as Film Crew Member (uncredited)
- The Apartment (1960) as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Inherit the Wind (1960) as Townsman (uncredited)
- Cimarron (1960) as Townsman at Celebration (uncredited)
- Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960) as Circus Spectator
- Sunrise at Campobello (1960) as Crew Member (uncredited)
- The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) as Herman (uncredited)
- Bonanza (1959) as Townsman (uncredited)
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Man in Bar
- The Untouchables (1959) as Diner Patron (uncredited)
- The Untouchables (1959) as Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Untouchables (1959) as Club Patron (uncredited)
- The Untouchables (1959) as Police Officer (uncredited)
- The Untouchables (1959) as Bailiff (uncredited)
- The Untouchables (1959) as Race Spectator (uncredited)
- The Untouchables (1959) as Intern (uncredited)
- The Untouchables (1959) as Agent at Briefing (uncredited)
- The Deputy (1959) as Barfly (uncredited)
- Dennis the Menace (1959) as Spectator (uncredited)
- Dennis the Menace (1959) as Audience Member (uncredited)
- Warlock (1959) as Townsman (uncredited)
- Al Capone (1959) as Moran Associate (uncredited)
- The FBI Story (1959) as FBI Agent (uncredited)
- Invisible Invaders (1959) as Zombie
- Bat Masterson (1958) as Townsman (uncredited)
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958) as Passerby On Sidewalk (uncredited)
- Party Girl (1958) as Porter (uncredited)
- The Last Hurrah (1958) as Reporter (uncredited)
- Perry Mason (1957) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Perry Mason (1957) as Bailiff (uncredited)
- Perry Mason (1957) as Barfly (uncredited)
- Perry Mason (1957) as Court Clerk (uncredited)
- Wagon Train (1957) as Townsman (uncredited)
- Maverick (1957) as Denver House Patron (uncredited)
- Maverick (1957) as Casino Patron (uncredited)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1957) as Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
- The Buster Keaton Story (1957) as Audience Member (uncredited)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as Extra (uncredited)
- Written on the Wind (1956) as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- The Rack (1956) as Judge
- Forever, Darling (1956) as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
- Please Murder Me (1956) as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Cheyenne (1955) as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) as Bartender (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Dealer (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Townsman (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Juror (uncredited)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- It's Always Fair Weather (1955) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Cult of the Cobra (1955)
- The Square Jungle (1955)
- Désirée (1954) as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
- It Should Happen to You (1954) as Audience Member (uncredited)
- The War of the Worlds (1953) as Looter (uncredited)
- The Band Wagon (1953) as Audience Member (uncredited)
- Kiss Me Kate (1953) as Actor in Play (uncredited)
- Angel Face (1953) as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Clash by Night (1952) as Fisherman (uncredited)
- Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Horizons West (1952) as Barfly (uncredited)
- An American in Paris (1951) as Spectator at Show (uncredited)
- A Place in the Sun (1951) as Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Racket (1951) as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Bannerline (1951)
- Young Man with a Horn (1950) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Watch the Birdie (1950) as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Dial 1119 (1950) as Onlooker in Crowd (uncredited)
- The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) as Radio Station Worker (uncredited)
- Pretty Baby (1950) as Elevator Starter (uncredited)
- The Street with No Name (1948) as Man at Gym (Uncredited)
- The Black Arrow (1948) as Villager (uncredited)
- My Favorite Spy (1942) as Recruit Smelling Gas
- Million Dollar Baby (1941)
- Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940) as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940) as Beauty Contest Spectator
- Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) as Casino Patron (uncredited)
- Topper (1937) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Dick Cherney best known for?
Dick Cherney is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Family Plot (1976), The Last Tycoon (1976), Luxo Jr. (1986), Bronk (1975).
When and where was Dick Cherney born?
Dick Cherney was born on November 6, 1914 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. They passed away on October 21, 2017.
How many credits does Dick Cherney have?
Dick Cherney has accumulated over 156 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1937 to 1976.
What is Dick Cherney's background in cinema and television?
Ysaÿe Isaac Richard Cherniavsky, also known as Dick Cherney, was a male actor born on November 6, 1914, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, which is now Ukraine. He passed away on October 21, 2017, at the age of 102. According to available records on The Movie Database, he accumulated 127 known credits in the acting fi...
Dick Cherney by the numbers
156credits
82films
74TV series
1937–1976active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- The Godfather Part II (1974) as Senate Hearing Spectator (uncredited) — aged about 59
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Man in Bar — aged about 44
- The Apartment (1960) as Bar Patron (uncredited) — aged about 45
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) as Concert Attendee (uncredited) — aged about 46
- The Untouchables (1959) as Diner Patron (uncredited) — aged about 44
- The Untouchables (1959) as Party Guest (uncredited) — aged about 44
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