Biography
Ron Leibman (October 11, 1937 – December 6, 2019) was an American actor. He won both the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play in 1993 for his performance as Roy Cohn in Angels in America. Leibman also won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1979 for his role as Martin 'Kaz' Kazinsky in his short-lived crime drama series Kaz. Leibman also acted in films such as Where's Poppa? (1970), The Hot Rock (1972), Norma Rae (1979), and Zorro, The Gay Blade (19...
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Complete Filmography

A Little Help
2010
as Warren Dunning
It's a movie for everyone whose life has been thrown off-course, out of whack, or simply not turned out the way they planned it. In other words, it's ...

Garden State
2004
as Dr. Cohen
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to...

Auto Focus
2002
as Lenny
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona...

Dummy
2002
as Lou Schoichet
An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may t...

Personal Velocity
2002
as Avram Herskowitz
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.

Just the Ticket
1998
as Barry the Book
Gary Starke is one of the best ticket scalpers in New York City. His girlfriend, Linda, doesn't approve of his criminal lifestyle, though, and dumps h...

Don King: Only in America
1997
as Harry Shondor
A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.

Night Falls on Manhattan
1997
as Morgenstern
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

A Rugrats Chanukah
1996
as Rabbi / Old Man (voice)
The story of the Jewish holiday Chanukah through the eyes of the Rugrats, who imagine themselves as the main characters. Meanwhile, Grandpa Boris and ...

In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993
Backstage documentary chronicling the Original Broadway Production of “Angels in America.”

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988
as Simon Resnick
There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero r...

Seven Hours to Judgment
1988
as David Reardon
A distraught husband kidnaps the judge who freed his wife's killers on insufficient evidence. He gives him seven hours to find evidence that will put ...
Class Act: A Teacher's Story
1987
as Sam Greene
Rich businessman decides to return to teaching after working in the stock market. He inherits a class of under-achievers and sets out to make them win...

Christmas Eve
1986
as Morris Huffner
Story of a well-to-do elderly woman, who befriends the homeless and volunteers her time with children, who learns she has an incurable illness and wan...

Many Happy Returns
1986
as Jerry Brenner
In this satire of the I.R.S., George Segal plays an Average Joe targeted for the Audit from Hell. His bank accounts are frozen, his home and business ...

Door to Door
1985
as Larry Price
A smooth-talking vacuum cleaner salesman takes a young man under his wing and teaches him how to swindle his way to riches. The two team up, conning e...

Rhinestone
1984
as Freddie Ugo
After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she ...

Romantic Comedy
1983
as Leo Jessup
Jason is in need of a collaborator to give him inspiration. Phoebe is a small-town English teacher with an urge to write. On the day Jason is being ma...

Phar Lap
1983
as Dave Davis
Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the ...

Zorro, The Gay Blade
1981
as Captain Esteban
In 19th century Mexico, legendary swordsman Zorro has passed on his weapon and his sense of duty to his noble son, Diego, a dashing swashbuckler like ...

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
1981
as Stan Rivkin
A New York-based bounty hunter who makes a living chasing and capturing bail jumpers matches wits with a heavily-armed drug dealer in this pilot to a ...

Linda in Wonderland
1980
as Himself
“Linda In Wonderland” is Linda Lavin’s variety television special that aired on Thanksgiving Day, 1980. Special guests include; Lynn Redgrave, Antho...

Up the Academy
1980
as Major Vaughn Liceman (uncredited)
Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a Military Academy. The life of discipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Of course these boys know how t...

Norma Rae
1979
as Reuben
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumpt...

A Question of Guilt
1978
as Detective Louis Kazinsky
A swinging divorcée is prejudged by a police detective and accused of killing her child.

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Rudy Montague
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

The Art of Crime
1975
as Roman Grey
A Romani antique dealer, who is also a private detective, gets involved in a murder case when one of his colleagues is accused of committing the murde...

The Super Cops
1974
as David Greenberg
The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Ro...

Your Three Minutes Are Up
1973
as Mike
Charlie is a sad sack of a man, working at a depressingly dull office job and stuck in a passionless engagement to a neurotic woman. One of the few br...

Slaughterhouse-Five
1972
as Paul Lazzaro
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to h...

The Hot Rock
1972
as Stanley Murch
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...

Where’s Poppa?
1970
as Sidney Hocheiser
When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he ...