Richard Libertini

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Richard Libertini (Born 21 May 1933 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American stage, film and television actor known for playing numerous character roles.

He was an original cast member of the "The Mad Show," a 1966 Off-Broadway musical-comedy produced by MAD Magazine. Two of his more memorable film roles came in the comedies Fletch, in which he played Chevy Chase's doubting editor, and The In-Laws, in which he played General Garcia, an insane Latin-American dictator whose closest advisor was a cartoon face drawn on his own hand. He guest starred in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Accession" as a Bajoran called Akorem Laan, who believes himself to be the Emissary. He also played the cobbler George W. Geezil in the Robert Evans' production of Popeye and spiritual advisor Prahka Lasa ("Back in bowl!") in All of Me.

[edit] External links

• Richard Libertini at the Internet Movie Database
• Richard Libertini article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki