Dick Cherney

Biography

Ysaÿe (Isaac) Richard Cherniavsky (6 November 1914–21 October 2017) Cherney was a prolific background actor who, from approximately 1936 to 1976, made over 250 uncredited film and television appearances.

Career Overview

Dick Cherney has 107 screen credits in a career dating back to 1937. Their work spans 7 cinematic universes — most prominently The Godfather with 1 titles. Signature works include Watch the Birdie, Two on a Guillotine, Invisible Invaders. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

107

Birth Date

1914-11-06 00:00:00

Birth Place

Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Known For

• 

  Watch the Birdie
• 

  Two on a Guillotine
• 

  Invisible Invaders
• 

  Clash by Night
• 

  Please Murder Me
• 

  The Death of Me Yet

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 7 universes

• The Godfather (1 titles)
• Dexter Riley Collection (1 titles)
• War of the Worlds (1 titles)
• George Briggs, FBI (1 titles)
• Andy Hardy Collection (1 titles)
• Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection (1 titles)
• Topper Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• William Conrad (3 collaborations)
• Harry Ruskin (2 collaborations)
• Art Loel (2 collaborations)
• Henry Slesar (2 collaborations)
• Russell Thorson (2 collaborations)
• Paul Dunlap (2 collaborations)
• John Roy (2 collaborations)
• Russell Custer (2 collaborations)
• Murray Pollack (2 collaborations)
• Lynn Stalmaster (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (107 credits)

  • The Last Tycoon

    Man in Office (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Family Plot

    Man at Funeral (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • At Long Last Love

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • The Godfather Part II

    Senate Hearing Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Blazing Saddles

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Police Woman

    - Pawns of Power (1975) ... Casino Patron (uncredited) actor actors
    1974
  • The Way We Were

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Kojak

    - Conspiracy of Fear (1973) ... Party Guest (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Corrupter (1973) ... Diamond Cutter (uncredited) actor actors
    1973
  • Now You See Him, Now You Don't

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Death of Me Yet

    Restaurant Patron

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Topaz

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Love God?

    Club Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

    Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Valley of the Dolls

    Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Fitzwilly

    Bar Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Banning

    Match Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Point Blank

    Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Warning Shot

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Invaders

    - The Saucer (1967) ... Police Officer (uncredited) actor actors
    1967
  • Ironside

    - Shell Game (1968) ... Policeman (uncredited) actor actors

    - Eat, Drink and Be Buried (1967) ... Photographer (uncredited) actor actors
    1967
  • Mannix

    - The Falling Star (1968) ... Gardener (uncredited) actor actors
    1967
  • Not With My Wife, You Don't!

    Military Officer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Torn Curtain

    Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Mission: Impossible

    - The Glass Cage (1969) ... Guard (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Play (1968) ... Worker (uncredited) actor actors
    1966
  • Batman

    - Batman's Satisfaction (1967) ... Stamp Exhibition Spectator (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Curse of Tut (1966) ... Museum Patron (uncredited) actor actors
    1966
  • The Monkees

    - Monkees Mind Their Manor (1968) ... Commuter (uncredited) actor actors
    1966
  • Strange Bedfellows

    Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Two on a Guillotine

    Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Get Smart

    - A Man Called Smart (1) (1967) ... Onlooker (uncredited) actor actors

    - Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho (1967) ... Construction Worker (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Last One in is a Rotten Spy (1966) ... Man at Pool (uncredited) actor actors

    - Back to the Old Drawing Board (1966) ... Party Guest (uncredited) actor actors
    1965
  • The Wild Wild West

    - The Night That Terror Stalked the Town (1965) ... Waiter (uncredited) actor actors
    1965
  • 36 Hours

    German Soldier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Roustabout

    Carnival Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Fate Is the Hunter

    Soldier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Best Man

    Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Seven Days in May

    Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Bewitched

    - Samantha Fights City Hall (1968) ... Photographer (uncredited) actor actors
    1964
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    - The Test Tube Killer Affair (1967) ... Commuter at Airport (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Apple A Day Affair (1967) ... Thrush Agent (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Vulcan Affair (1964) ... Agent (uncredited) actor actors
    1964
  • Twilight of Honor

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    Detective (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Critic's Choice

    Audience Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Gypsy

    Audience Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Virginian

    - The Power Seekers (1969) ... Trooper (uncredited) actor actors

    - Death Wait (1969) ... Townsman (uncredited) actor actors

    - Long Ride to Wind River (1966) ... Trial Spectator (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones (1964) ... Investor (uncredited) actor actors
    1962
  • Judgment at Nuremberg

    Concert Attendee (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Bachelor in Paradise

    Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

    Police Officer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Cimarron

    Townsman at Celebration (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Sunrise at Campobello

    Crew Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Inherit the Wind

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Apartment

    Bar Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

    Herman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

    Circus Spectator

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Andy Griffith Show

    - Barney Comes to Mayberry (1967) ... Townsman (uncredited) actor actors
    1960
  • The FBI Story

    FBI Agent (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Warlock

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Invisible Invaders

    Zombie

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Al Capone

    Moran Associate (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Bonanza

    - The Last Vote (1968) ... Townsman (uncredited) actor actors
    1959
  • The Untouchables

    - Line of Fire (1963) ... Club Patron (uncredited) actor actors

    - Blues for a Gone Goose (1963) ... Intern (uncredited) actor actors

    - Snowball (1963) ... Police Officer (uncredited) actor actors

    - Search for a Dead Man (1963) ... Police Officer (uncredited) actor actors

    - Element of Danger (1962) ... Police Officer (uncredited) actor actors
    1959
  • Dennis the Menace

    - Dennis and the Pee Wee League (1961) ... Spectator (uncredited) actor actors

    - The School Play (1961) ... Audience Member (uncredited) actor actors
    1959
  • The Twilight Zone

    - The Four of Us are Dying (1960) ... Man in Bar actor actors
    1959
  • The Last Hurrah

    Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Party Girl

    Porter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Sweet Smell of Success

    Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Buster Keaton Story

    Audience Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Wagon Train

    - The Stark Bluff Story (1964) ... Townsman (uncredited) actor actors
    1957
  • Perry Mason

    - The Case of the Two-Faced Turnabout (1963) ... Bailiff (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle (1962) ... Barfly (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Case of the Roving River (1961) ... Court Clerk (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Case of the Renegade Refugee (1961) ... Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Case of the Pathetic Patient (1961) ... Bailiff (uncredited) actor actors
    1957
  • Maverick

    - The Maverick Report (1962) ... Casino Patron (uncredited) actor actors

    - Greenbacks, Unlimited (1960) ... Denver House Patron (uncredited) actor actors
    1957
  • The Rack

    Judge

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Around the World in 80 Days

    Extra (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Written on the Wind

    Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Please Murder Me

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Forever, Darling

    Theatre Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Square Jungle

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • It's Always Fair Weather

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Cult of the Cobra

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Gunsmoke

    - The Fires of Ignorance (1975) ... Juror (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Raid (1) (1966) ... Townsman (uncredited) actor actors

    - Father's Love (1964) ... Dealer (uncredited) actor actors

    - Old York (1963) ... Bank Clerk (uncredited) actor actors
    1955
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    - The Test (1962) ... Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) actor actors
    1955
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    - The Shooting Starts (1961) ... Bartender (uncredited) actor actors
    1955
  • Cheyenne

    - Cross Purpose (1961) ... Wedding Guest (uncredited) actor actors
    1955
  • Désirée

    Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • It Should Happen to You

    Audience Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Kiss Me Kate

    Actor in Play (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Band Wagon

    Audience Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The War of the Worlds

    Looter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Angel Face

    Police Officer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Horizons West

    Barfly (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Clash by Night

    Fisherman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Deadline - U.S.A.

    Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Racket

    Police Officer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Bannerline

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • An American in Paris

    Spectator at Show (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • A Place in the Sun

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Watch the Birdie

    Pedestrian (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Dial 1119

    Onlooker in Crowd (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Killer That Stalked New York

    Radio Station Worker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Pretty Baby

    Elevator Starter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Young Man with a Horn

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Street with No Name

    Man at Gym (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Black Arrow

    Villager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • My Favorite Spy

    Recruit Smelling Gas

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Million Dollar Baby

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Mexican Spitfire Out West

    Beauty Contest Spectator

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Charlie Chan in Reno

    Casino Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Topper

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937