He was a frequent guest on The Howard Stern Show. In the late 1970s, he co-hosted Brink & Belzer on WNBC radio (660 AM) in New York City. Several of his sketches were released on National Lampoon albums, drawn from the Radio Hour, including several bits in which he portrayed a pithy call-in talk show host named " Dick Ballantine". In addition to his film career, Belzer was a featured player on the National Lampoon Radio Hour with co-stars John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, and Harold Ramis, a half-hour comedy program aired on 600 plus U.S. He appeared in A Very Brady Sequel as an LAPD detective. He appeared in the music videos for the Mike + The Mechanics song " Taken In", the Pat Benatar song "Le Bel Age", and the Kansas song "Can't Cry Anymore". He is noted for minor roles in Fame, Café Flesh, Night Shift, and Scarface.
A short skit of a younger Belzer can be found on Sesame Street in a season 9 episode in 1978 when two young men attempt a picnic and boat ride, only to be thwarted by a dog who eats their food. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Belzer became an occasional film actor.
He also opened for musician Warren Zevon during his tour supporting the release of his album Excitable Boy. He participated in the Channel One comedy group that satirized television and became the basis for the cult movie The Groove Tube, in which Belzer played the costar of the ersatz TV show The Dealers.īelzer was the audience warm-up comedian for Saturday Night Live and made three guest appearances on the show between 19. Career Stand-up Īfter his first divorce, Belzer relocated to New York City, moved in with singer Shelley Ackerman, and began working as a stand-up comic at Pips, The Improv, and Catch a Rising Star. īelzer attended Dean College, which was then known as Dean Junior College, in Franklin, Massachusetts, but was expelled. After graduating from Fairfield Warde High School, Belzer worked as a reporter for the Bridgeport Post. He described his mother as frequently physically abusive, and he declared that his comedy career began when trying to make her laugh to distract her from abusing him and his brother. He is best known for his role as detective and sergeant John Munch, whom he portrayed for 23 years in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and several guest appearances on other series.īelzer was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on August 4, 1944, to a Jewish family. Richard Jay Belzer (Aug– February 19, 2023) was an American actor, comedian and author. John Munch on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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