Stand-up comedian and flamboyant star of film and TV Rip Taylor died Sunday in Beverly Hills, Deadline has learned.
He was 84.Known for his confetti-clad campy comedy, Taylor was born Charles Elmer Taylor in Washington D.C.
on January 13, 1935.
His comedy career started when he joined the U.S.
Army and started to perform stand-up in clubs around the world where he developed a signature bit where he would cry and beg for the audience to laugh.Taylor would go on to become known as “The Prince or Pandemonium”, “”The Master of Mayhem”, “The Crying Comedian” and “The King of Camp and Confetti”.
He appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show nearly 20 times as well as The Jackie Gleason Show.
On TV, he appeared on The Monkees and lent his voice to animated series including The Addams Family as Uncle Fester and Here Comes the Grump in the ’70s.
He continued to
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