# Joseph V. Perry

Joseph Victor Perry (February 13, 1931 – February 23, 2000), also known as Joseph Perry, was an American actor who appeared in multiple films and television programs during the 1970s and 1980s. Frequently cast as a criminal or police officer in popular, dramatic, television series and comedies that were broadcast across the United States, he was possibly best known for his role as Nemo in Everybody Loves Raymond.

## Early years

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Perry began acting in his youth, winning the Glenn Ford Award at Santa Monica High School in California in 1949. His successes continued in 1952 with a best actor award from UCLA.

## Career

Perry officially started his film career in 1955 at the age of 24 and spent the next 45 years appearing in hundreds of films and television shows, including dramatic anthologies, westerns, medical dramas, police dramas, and classic sitcoms. He appeared in The Twilight Zone S1 E29 "Nightmare as a Child" 1960, Night Gallery in the episode "Midnight Never Ends" and on other shows including Rawhide, Dr. Kildare, Gunsmoke, Official Detective, The Doris Day Show (in 3 episodes), Bewitched (in 4 episodes), M*A*S*H, I Dream of Jeannie, and The Partridge Family (in 4 episodes). In the 1970s his visibility peaked with guest appearances on shows, including Mannix (in 5 episodes), The F.B.I. (in 8 episodes), Emergency! (in 3 episodes), The Streets of San Francisco (in 2 episodes), Sara, Barney Miller (in 4 episodes), The Rockford Files and Kojak (in 3 episodes). He failed to land any mainstream acting roles until 1978, however, when he got several roles in shows such as The Incredible Hulk, MacGyver, Cheers, Murder, She Wrote (in 2 episodes) and Seinfeld. On the series Everybody Loves Raymond he got the biggest break of his later career when he portrayed Nemo, a pizza restaurant owner from 1996 to 1999, in a total of seven episodes, until his death in 2000.

## Death

On February 23, 2000, Perry died in Burbank, California. His character's last appearance in Everybody Loves Raymond was shown posthumously when his restaurant got bought out. Nemo's last two appearances were played by Robert Ruth.

## Partial filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1958 | The Left Handed Gun | Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Archelaus | Uncredited |
| 1965 | Lust and the Flesh | Bob | |
| 1968 | Don't Just Stand There! | Jean-Jacques | |
| 1968 | A Lovely Way to Die | Reporter | Uncredited 1968 - The Shakiest Gun In The West - Indian Enamored with Jesse dressed as squaw - Uncredited |
| 1968 | Fade In | George | |
| 1969 | The Love God? | Big Joe | |
| 1972 | Stand Up and Be Counted | Foreman | Uncredited |
| 1974 | Herbie Rides Again | First Cab Driver | Uncredited |
| 1977 | The Domino Principle | Bowkemp | |
| 1981 | Longshot | Marty | |
| 1988 | Vibes | Dave | |
| 1989 | The Freeway Maniac | Salesman | |
| 1989 | Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II | Merchant | |
| 1989 | The Karate Kid Part III | Uncle Louie LaRusso | |
| 1990 | Repossessed | Special Effects Man | |
| 1993 | Hot Shots! Part Deux | Singing Waiter | |

## Selected television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1959 | Have Gun - Will Travel | Sheriff | Season 3, Episode 9 "The Black Handkerchief" |
| 1960 | Wanted Dead or Alive | Flint Bickford | season 2 episode 23 (Tolliver Bender) |
| 1962 & 1963 | Gunsmoke | Outlaw Lee & Outlaw Moran | S7:E27 "Wagon Girls" & S8:E21 “The Cousin” |
| 1967 | The Monkees | Vernon | S1:E20, "Monkees in the Ring" 1968 - I Dream Of Jeannie - Jeannie, Jeannie Who's Got The Jeannie ? - Bartender 1968 - I Dream Of Jeannie - Jeannie and the Top Secret Secret - SGT Marion |
| 1971 | The Virginian | Harvey | season 9 episode 24 "Jump-up" |