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[[caption-width-right:350:Belzer and friend, from a 2006 ad shoot for the Little Shelter Animal Adoption Center.]]

Richard Jay Belzer (August 4, 1944 – February 19, 2023) was an American actor best known for playing the character JustForFun/JohnMunch for 25 years across multiple shows and continuities. He was otherwise best known as a stand-up comedian (look for his 1997 album[=/=]{{Creator/HBO}} comedy special ''Another Lone Nut'') -- who was a stalwart of the club scene throughout the 80s -- and author (among the titles he's wrote are ''How to Be a Stand-Up Comic'' and the fiction novels ''I am Not a Cop'' and ''I am Not a Psychic'').

He was Creator/HenryWinkler's cousin.

He passed away in 2023 after a period of ill health. Reportedly, his last words were "Fuck you, motherfucker."

We would show you a page of stuff he did, which doesn't just include playing John Munch in fifty different shows over the course of several decades, but we don't have such a page prepared yet so you might as well go to the JustForFun/JohnMunch page instead.
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!!Some of the non-JustForFun/JohnMunch acting roles include:
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. First appeared in a 1975 episode.
* ''Series/SesameStreet''. First appeared in a 1978 episode.
* ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (1980). Plays the emcee at Catch a Rising Star.
* ''Film/{{Night Shift|1982}}'' (1982). As Pig, part of the BigBadDuumvirate.
* ''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}'' (1983). Plays the nightclub emcee.
* ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}''. First appeared in a 1985 episode.
* ''Series/MiamiVice''. First appeared in a 1986 episode.
* The video for Music/MikeAndTheMechanics' 1986 single "Taken In". Belzer plays the father of a family who was double-booked into a house with the band.
* ''Series/{{Tattingers}}''. First appeared in a 1989 episode.
* ''Series/{{The Flash|1990}}''. Regular cast member from 1990 to 1991.
* ''Series/{{Monsters}}''. Appeared in a 1991 episode.
* ''Good Sports''. First appeared in a 1991 episode.
* ''Series/HumanTarget''. First appeared in a 1992 episode.
* ''Series/LoisAndClark''. Semi-regular cast member as Inspector William Henderson in 1994.
* ''Series/Nurses1991''. First appeared in a 1994 episode.
* ''Film/GetOnTheBus''. Plays Rick.
* ''Series/MadAboutYou''. First appeared in a 1999 episode.
* ''The Beat''. First appeared in a 2000 episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. Voice actor. First appeared in a 2000 episode.
* ''Minding the Store''. First appeared in a 2005 episode.
* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''. First appeared in a 2006 episode.
* ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive''. First appeared in a 2009 episode.
* ''Series/ThirtyRock''. First appeared in a 2011 episode.
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