He was born Jacob Cohen on Nov. 22, 1921, in Babylon, N.Y. He began writing jokes as a teenager. Under the stage name Jack Roy, he went on the road with his stand-up act, even doing a stint as a ...

Rodney Dangerfield made a career out of getting "no respect." His widow contends he's not getting much in death, either. NY1 television reports that Joan Dangerfield doesn't think a mural in his old ...

LOS ANGELES Rodney Dangerfield, the bug-eyed comic whose self-deprecating one-liners brought him stardom in clubs, television and movies and made his lament "I don't get no respect" a catchphrase, ...