Richard Dimitri, 1942 – 2025

Boyishly cute character actor Richard Dimitri, 83, died on Dec. 18. Dimitri is best known as twins Bertram and Renaldo on TV’s When Things Were Rotten, and for Johnny Dangerously. Dimitri (also billed as Dmitri) appeared on Broadway in Zorba, The Guide, and Lysistrata, and also worked as a stand-up comic. In films and on TV, Dimitri played in The World’s Greatest Lover, Starsky & Hutch, Welcome Back Kotter, Hawaii Five-O, Tracey Takes On …, and Hearts Afire. He pretty much left the show business around the turn of the century and became an art and dealer (according to The Hollywood Reporter, Dimitri sold John Deare’s Venus Reclining on a Sea Monster with Cupid and a Putto to the Getty museum).