Larry Mathews
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This article is about the actor Larry Mathews from the USA. If you are looking for the Irish musician, please visit Larry Mathews (musician).
Larry Mathews was born in Burbank, California, on August 15, 1955 (the same birthday as future co-star Rose Marie). He showed an early aptitude for acting and in 1961 was cast in the role of Richie Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show.[1]
After the series ended in 1966, Larry Mathews left acting to pursue a more conventional childhood and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1976.
Since that time, Mathews has returned to show business in a number of capacities, working with Danny Thomas Productions and Witt-Thomas-Harris on such series as I'm a Big Girl Now, Soap, and Benson.[citation needed] He has also worked as an account executive and has appeared on numerous television programs to discuss his role on The Dick Van Dyke Show.
As an actor, Mathews appeared in The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (2004), reprising the role of Richie.
[edit] References
- ^ Waldron, Vince (2001). The official Dick Van Dyke show book: the definitive history and ultimate viewer's guide to television's most enduring comedy. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 65. ISBN 9781557834539. http://books.google.com/books?id=BCTj8iffkKAC&pg=PA65. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
