Richard Halpern

Richard Halpern

actor, writer, director

Richard Halpern was born on Oct 15, 1962 in USA. Richard Halpern's big-screen debut came with To Be or Not to Be directed by Alan Johnson in 1983, strarring Theater Patron (uncredited). Richard Halpern is known for Theatre Fantastique directed by Ansel Faraj, Christopher Pennock stars as Jacob Mahone and Kelsey Hewlett as Alice Maurier. The most recent award Richard Halpern achieved is Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. The upcoming new movie Richard Halpern plays is Mondo Hollywoodland which will be released on Jul 30, 2021.

Richard was born in New York in and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 11. He began acting in school plays, from elementary school all the way through junior college, after which he began writing and performing comedy celebrity voice bits for the Rick Dees In The Morning Show on Los Angeles radio station, 102.7 KIIS-FM. In 1985, he embarked on his other career as a cabaret singer. He has developed, over the years, a repertoire of the popular American songs of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. He specializes in songs of the Tin Pan Alley era. He is billed as Mister Tin Pan Alley, specializing in the songs of Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, and the other popular entertainers of the Jazz Age. He has performed his music all over the United States as a headliner at the annual festivals of the International Al Jolson Society. He is also the Emcee at the annual Dark Shadows Festivals, and a member of their Collinsport Players, a skit group devoted to creating comedic satires about the story-lines and characters of that popular 1960s TV soap opera. In addition to perpetuating the music of Tin Pan Alley, Richard is also an actor and voice-over artist, having appeared on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and in many radio and TV commercials. He also has a successful job as the TOP Austin Powers impersonator in the United States, and probably the World, being billed as the Fake Austin Powers! New Line Cinema, the Austin Powers film company has hired him to appear at the official studio party for the video/DVD release of "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" in 1999, and hired him again in 2002 to officially open "Austin Powers In Goldmember", at the Arclight Theatres/Cinerama Dome, in Hollywood.

  • Birthday

    Oct 15, 1962
  • Place of Birth

    New York City, New York, USA

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
2021
Top Live Event
Winner - Rondo Statuette
A Dark Shadows Christmas Carol (2021)

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