Name
Dennis Dugan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1946-09-05 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Wheaton, Illinois, USA
Biography
Dennis Dugan (born September 5, 1946) is an American director, comedian, and actor. He started his acting career after appearing in the 1973 made-for-TV movie” The Girl Most Likely to...” He is well known for his frequent collaborations with comedic actor Adam Sandler, directing several films including “Happy Gilmore” and “Grown Ups.”
Dennis has also made a career as a television and film director, and appears in cameo parts in many of his films. Dugan has directed episodes of such television series as Moonlighting (was also a guest star in some episodes), Ally McBeal, and NYPD Blue.
Dugan married actress Joyce Van Patten in 1973 and divorced her fourteen years later. Now he is married to Sharon O'Connor and has a son named Kelly Dugan.
Known For
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Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. Th...
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Happy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his ...
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While romancing Palmer, a much younger schoolteacher, plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee enlis...
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While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until...
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The sweet and perky Barbara, the sunny Janis, and the responsible Sandra are a trio of you...
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Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife a...
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An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhatta...
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Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and ...
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Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is w...
- 1989 Parenthood as David Brodsky
- 1975 Smile as Logan
- 1981 The Howling as Chris
- 1984 The Toughest Man in the World as Dick
- 1975 Night Moves as boy
- 1996 Happy Gilmore as Doug Thompson
- 1976 Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours as Richard 'Richie' Brockelman
- 1971 The Hospital as E.R. Doctor (uncredited)
- 1979 Unidentified Flying Oddball as Tom Trimble
- 2012 That's My Boy as School Janitor
- 2011 Jack and Jill as Al Pacino's Standby
- 2010 Grown Ups as Referee
- 2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry as Cab Driver
- 1988 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking as Mr. Settigren
- 1976 Norman... Is That You? as Garson Hobart
- 1972 Night Call Nurses as Kit
- 1976 Harry and Walter Go to New York as Lewis
- 1973 The Girl Most Likely To... as Charlie Elliott
- 2024 Knox Goes Away as Philo Jones
- 1985 Water as Rob
- 1982 Country Gold as Darryl Appleby
- 2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan as Homeless Guy
- 1988 She's Having a Baby as Bill
- 1990 Problem Child as All American Dad
- 2006 The Benchwarmers as Coach Bellows
- 1980 Deer in the Works as David Potter
- 2013 Grown Ups 2 as Dr. Larry
- 1978 Last of the Good Guys as Officer Johnny Lucas (uncredited)
- 1975 The Day of the Locust as Apprentice #3
- 1999 Big Daddy as Reluctant Trick-or-Treat Giver (uncredited)
- 2001 Saving Silverman as Referee
- 1987 Can't Buy Me Love as David Miller
- 1973 Death Race as Pvt. Becker
- 2020 Love, Weddings & Other Disasters as Eddie Stone
- 2024 Father There is Only One 4 as Director Película
- 1988 Channel 99
- 2025 Happy Gilmore 2 as Doug Thompson
- 2004 Karroll's Christmas as Door Knocker
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 1 episode ) as Corky
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 1 episode ) as Roy Tomba
- 1976 Alice ( 1 episode ) as Joel Snedeger
- 1971 Columbo ( 1 episode ) as Theodore 'Mac' Albinsky
- 1972 M*A*S*H ( 2 episodes ) as Bob Wilson
- 1985 Moonlighting ( 1 episode ) as Cy
- 1981 Hill Street Blues ( 4 episodes )
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode )
- 1972 The Waltons ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Police Story ( 1 episode )
- 1972 The Sixth Sense ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Good Heavens ( 1 episode )
- 1985 Shadow Chasers ( 14 episodes ) as Edgar "Benny" Benedek
- 1978 Richie Brockelman, Private Eye ( 6 episodes ) as Richie Brockleman
- 1984 Empire ( 6 episodes ) as Ben Christian
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 Moonlighting ( 3 episodes ) as Walter Bishop
- 1974 The Rockford Files ( 2 episodes ) as Richie Brockelman
- 1976 Rich Man, Poor Man ( 12 episodes ) as Claude Tinker
- 1985 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Supertrain ( 1 episode ) as Jack Hogarth
