Robert Schimmel

Person · Open Library

Works

4

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Film & TV

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Robert Schimmel was an acclaimed American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer best known for his raw, explicit "blue" comedy and frequent appearances on The Howard Stern Show and HBO. He was widely respected as a "comic's comic" for his unfiltered transparency, often turning his severe real-life hardships—including battle with cancer—into comedy routines. Tragically, Schimmel passed away at the…

Known for

• Inside Comedy — Self2012
• I Am Comic — Self2010
• Robert Schimmel: Life Since Then — Himself2009
• Joy Behar: Say Anything!2009
• A Bad Situationist — Bob2008
• Last Stop Kew Gardens — Self2006
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self2003
• The Pitts — Clerk2003
• Scary Movie 2 — Cab Driver2001
• Robert Schimmel: Unprotected — Himself1999

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1950-01-16

Active to

2010-09-03

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

29,665

Total plays

209,601

Robert George "Bob" Schimmel (January 16, 1950 – September 3, 2010) was an American stand-up comedian whose material was often X-rated and controversial. He was perhaps best known for his comedy albums and his appearances on HBO and The Howard Stern Show. Schimmel is number 76 on the 2004 program Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups Of All Time. Early Life and Career Schimmel was born in the Bronx, New York City, the son of Betty and Otto Schimmel, Jewish survivors of the Holocaust

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Robert

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

The Bronx

Place of death

Scottsdale

Occupation

film actor

Official website

www.robertschimmel.com

Image

Robert Schimmel.jpg

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