- Data di nascita
- Data di morte4 marzo 1999 · Chicago, Illinois, Stati Uniti (enfisema)
- Altezza1,80 m
- Del Close è nato il 9 marzo 1934. Luogo di nascita: Usa. È conosciuto come attore e regista. È celebre per aver partecipato a Il fluido che uccide (1988), Una pazza giornata di vacanza (1986) e The Untouchables - Gli intoccabili (1987). Morì il 4 marzo 1999. Luogo di morte: Usa.
- Willed his skull to the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, USA, so he could play Yorick in Hamlet, or for any other theatrical use. The skull was handed over on July 1, 1999. However in July 2006, the Chicago Tribune published a story questioning the authenticity of the skull. In October 2006, it was revealed that Del's skull had been cremated with the rest of his body and the skull at the Goodman Theatre was a fake.
- His second cousin was General of the Army/President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- One of the people, along with Mike Nichols, Elaine May, and Severn Darden, most responsible for giving popularity and legitimacy to improvisational comedy.
- Co-founded, with Charna Halpern, the ImprovOlympic (now known simply as the i.O.) in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Was the Voice of Baron Barracuda in The Diver Dan Shows of the '60s.
- It's a grim business, this being funny. Every time you come up with a strong satiric idea, the world tops it. None of our reactionary military characters in the past decade could top the real-life line that came out of Vietnam: "We had to destroy the village in order to save it."
- Fall, then figure out what to do on the way down. [his advice on improvisation]
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