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 with Chevy Chase, Brian Doyle-Murray and another dude in 'Caddyshack' Writers often agonize in search of the perfect words — and the last line of a comedy is a moment where they ...

Rodney Dangerfield used to do this bit about death: "I get no respect. I bought a cemetery plot. The guy said: 'There goes the neighborhood.'" That was Rodney. He could make himself the punch line ...