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Richard Kline (born April 29, 1944) is an American actor and television director. He is best known...

Richard Kline (born April 29, 1944) is an American actor and television director. He is best known for playing the sleazy neighbor and used car salesman, Larry Dallas, on the 1970s–'80s sitcom, Three's Company. Kline guest starred on The Nanny as himself in the late 1990s. Kline was born Richard Klein in New York City, New York to Leah Klein. He was raised in Queens by parents who practiced Reform Judaism. He attended Queens College and has a Master of Fine Arts degree in theater from Northwestern University. After graduation from Northwestern, and a stint in the U.S.Army where he served in the Vietnam War, Kline became heavily involved in theater and made his professional debut in 1971 as part of the Lincoln Center Repertory Company. Regional theater productions during this period included Chemin de Fer (in Chicago with actor Dennis Franz), Death of a Salesman, and Love's Labor Lost. A classicly trained singer, Kline made his Broadway career debut in City of Angels, a musical (1990). He is currently playing the role of The Wizard in the US Touring Company of Wicked. He began performances in Seattle on September 8, 2009 replacing Lenny Wolpe, and will tour for nine months. Kline