Allan Rich

Allan Rich was a character actor who performed in film, television and theatre. In 2006 he appeared in *My Sexiest Year* opposite Frances Fisher and Frankie Muniz and was interviewed for the documentary *Troupers*. The following year he had three forthcoming feature releases: *Rise*, *Lies & Alibis* and *The Man in the Chair*. Recent independent films include *The Burial Society* with David Paymer, *The Dog Walker* and *Intoxicating* with John Savage. His other film credits comprise *Disclosure* (1994) as Demi Moore’s character’s attorney, Robert Redford’s *Quiz Show* (1994), Steven Spielberg’s *Amistad* (1997), the role of Dr. Benfante in *Jack* (1996) and Bill Adolphe, Halle Berry’s character’s lawyer, in *The Rich Man’s Wife* (1996). Television appearances include *Curb Your Enthusiasm* as a Holocaust survivor, *Living With Fran*, *NYPD Blue*, *Judging Amy*, *CSI* and *The Division*. He began acting as a teenager in New York, working with Edward G. Robinson, Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Jack Palance, Kim Hunter, Milton Berle and Henry Fonda. During the McCarthy era he was blacklisted, lost his income and, after five years on Wall Street, opened his own brokerage firm. He later founded Allan Rich Galleries on Madison Avenue, selling modern art and publishing lithographs by Joan Miró, Alexander Calder and Salvador Dalí; his work with Dalí in 1970 led to co‑writing the screenplay *Memories of Surrealism*. He returned to stage in Ronald Ribman’s *Journey of the Fifth Horse* with Dustin Hoffman and revived his film career in 1973 as the district attorney in *Serpico*, a scene later shown at the Academy Awards. Representation by John Crosby at ICM helped him secure roles in more than 75 television programs, made‑for‑television movies and 68 feature films, including *Frances*, *Eating Raoul* and *Guilty By Suspicion*. After teaching for years he authored a book on his acting technique titled *A Leap From the Method*. In 1994 he co‑founded We Care About Kids, a nonprofit that produces live‑action educational short films for middle‑ and high‑school students on socially relevant topics.