Rick Ducommun

Born: 1956-07-03

Rick Ducommun was a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer. He was known for his supporting turns in various films, most prominently 1989's The 'Burbs and Little Monsters. Ducommun was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, on July 3, 1952. He grew up on a farm and began doing stand-up comedy in his teens. He moved to Vancouver in the early 1980s and hosted the children's television show Zig Zag. Ducommun's film career began in the mid-1980s with small roles in films such as No Small Affair (1984) and A Fine Mess (1986). He had his breakthrough role in 1989 as Art Weingartner, the nosy neighbor in Joe Dante's The 'Burbs. He followed that up with a starring role in Little Monsters (1989), as the monster-fighting kid's show host. Ducommun continued to work steadily in film and television throughout the 1990s, appearing in films such as Spaceballs (1987), Die Hard (1988), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), and The Hunt for Red October (1990). He also had recurring roles on the television shows Amazing Stories (1985-1987) and Max Headroom (1987-1988). Ducommun's career slowed down in the 2000s, but he continued to work in film and television. He appeared in films such as Scary Movie (2000) and MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000), and he had a recurring role on the television series Just Shoot Me! (1997-2003). Ducommun died in Vancouver on June 12, 2015, at the age of 62. He had been suffering from complications from diabetes.


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as Cindy's Dad
Released: 2000-07-07

A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely...

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as Navigator C-2A
Released: 1990-03-02

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S....

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as Pool Owner
Released: 1991-12-13

When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the...

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as Walt
Released: 1988-07-15

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop...

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as Gus
Released: 1993-02-11

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish...

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as Clamp Center Security Guard
Released: 1990-06-15

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and...

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as Prison Guard
Released: 1987-06-24

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's...

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as Ripper's Agent
Released: 1993-06-18

Following the death of his father, young Danny Madigan takes comfort in watching action movies...

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The 'Burbs

as Art Weingartner
Released: 1989-02-17

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let...

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as Henry
Released: 1994-02-11

Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston is fed up with his family...

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Like Mike

as Dad Outside Arena
Released: 2002-07-03

Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ...

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Little Monsters

as Snik
Released: 1989-08-25

A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms...

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Encino Man

as Mr. Brush
Released: 1992-05-22

High school misfits Stoney and Dave discover a long-frozen primeval man buried in their...

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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

as D.A.
Released: 1993-02-04

An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies....

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Pauly Shore Is Dead

as Mitch Rosenberg
Released: 2003-03-11

Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to...

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MVP: Most Valuable Primate

as Coach Marlowe
Released: 2000-08-11

Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr....

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Class Act

as Parole Officer Reichert
Released: 1992-06-05

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is juvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up...

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Jury Duty

as The Real Frank (uncredited)
Released: 1995-04-12

When jobless Tommy Collins discovers that sequestered jurors earn free room and board as well as...

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Ghost in the Machine

as Phil Stewart
Released: 1993-12-20

After a freak, fatal accident, the soul Karl—aka The Address Book Killer—ends up trapped in the...

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The Earth Day Special

as Guard
Released: 1990-04-22

The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on...

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No Small Affair

as Groom
Released: 1984-11-09

The 16 years old amateur photographer Charles accidentally takes a photo of Laura - and falls in...

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The Experts

as Sparks
Released: 1989-01-13

Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a...

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Funky Monkey

as Father Rick
Released: 2004-09-17

Boy genius Michael Dean (Adkins) teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker...

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A Fine Mess

as Wardell
Released: 1986-08-08

Two friends an actor and a chef discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it....

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Final Voyage

as Jasper
Released: 2000-06-20

This is the story of a modern day pirate mad man and his crew of eight, searching for fortune on...

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Ready to Run

as Cyclone (voice)
Released: 2000-07-14

A 14-year-old girl who works at a racetrack trains a talking racehorse with issues, transforming...

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Back By Midnight

as Wilson
Released: 2005-01-25

The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's...

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George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head

as The Bad Guys
Released: 1986-06-14

George Carlin is in top form with these stand-up recorded at the Beverly Theater in Los Angeles...

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The Shaggy Dog

as Officer Kelly
Released: 1994-11-12

Preteen Moochie Daniels just wants a dog, but his dad, Daniel, is allergic to canines, like...

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The Last Precinct

as Raid
Released: 1986-01-26

In this spoof of TV cop shows, which served as the pilot to the subsequent short-lived series, a...

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Dogmatic

as George
Released: 1999-05-30

This spirited comedy poses the age old question: if dogs are man's best friends, what happens...

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Moonlighting

as Friend #2
First aired: 1985-03-03

After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in...

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Amazing Stories

as Larry
First aired: 1985-09-29

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and...

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Brothers

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-07-13

Two conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him...

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The Wayans Bros.

as Bernie
First aired: 1995-01-11

The Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from January 1995 to May 1999 on The WB. The...

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227

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-14

A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington,...

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The Last Precinct

as Officer 'Raid' Raider
First aired: 1986-04-11

The Last Precinct is an American comedy series that aired on NBC from January to May 1986 on...

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