Joseph V. Perry
Joseph V. Perry (February 13, 1931 – February 23, 2000) was an American actor possibly best known for his role as Nemo in "Everybody Loves Raymond". Early years. 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 when he was presented the best actor award at UCLA by Marlon Brando. 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", "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). However, he failed to land any mainstream acting roles until 1978, 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.