Talk:Richard Dreyfuss/Archive 1

Pronunciation
That pronunciatio thing is just not true. I am going to delete it. his name is pronounced DRY-fuss, not DRAY-fuss. Its a european pronunciation, the DRAY-fuss. I swear to you it's DREY-fuss, and since theres no ciation for it, im gonna cut it. Janemansfield74 19:00, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

personal life
in the section personal life, it says his name is German for "tripod" but he claims to be a descendent of the famous wrongly convicted french officer Alfred Dreyfuss. and also, dreyfuss is not "tripod" as claimed, the closest thing in German is drei fuss which means three feet not tripod. BTW, why is that information pertinent?


 * I looked it up, and dreyfuss is Yiddish, not German, for "tripod." Of course, "tripod" itself is simply Graeco-Latin for "three foot." marbeh raglaim 15:21, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Still, I don't think this is important information. Why is it important to know thta his name derives from the yiddish word for tripod/three feet? 84.184.203.202 16:33, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * "Stative" I believe is German for tripod.--LAgurl 09:01, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Status Update
I've edited some of the material, added more information about some aspects of his career including his work in the past two years, and have doubled the references. As a result, I'm removing the "Needs more References" tag and hope that despite some slight grammatical editing, this might be upgraded to the next class of article on Wikipedia.

- Taospark (talk) 06:47, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Lost antecedent, bad contraction
Here is a quote from the article:

Nathan Lane was brought in to replace Dreyfuss in the London production. It later emerged that he'd been fired.[13]

I want to be nice. Somebody who is not me took the time to write this, and I thank you. Here are a couple of suggestions for improvement:

First, he'd is not a standard English contraction, although it is understandable to most native English speakers, at least Americans. But it should be written out, he had

Second, and more significantly, I can not decided whether it was Dreyfuss or Nathan Lane who had been fired. So the problem with the contraction is moot, instead of he, the word should be either Dreyfuss or Lane.

Anewcharliega (talk) 08:00, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Dreyfuss affair
Is he in any way related to the infamous Dreyfuss affair jewish official? And to Julia Louis-Dreyfuss (of Seinfeld fame)?

NO!


 * I have heard that he is distantly related to both of those Dreyfusses, but I don't have any proof at hand. marbeh raglaim 17:10, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Given the absence of proof, I've added a "citation needed" tag to the claim that he's a direct descendant of Alfred Dreyfus. JackofOz 20:42, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

He is the father of Julia Louis-Dreyfuss;  also,  he could have not been born in 1947 if Julia was born in 1961  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.175.21.56 (talk) 18:54, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure, Dreyfuss had an affair once in a while. PS: If you'd take care of spelling - compare French and American Dreyfus(s)ies — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.108.3.250 (talk) 14:26, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Richard Dreyfuss in Failsafe(2000)
Hi guys just letting you know that Richard Dreyfuss played the President in the made for TV live version of Failsafe in 2000. Cheers D.C Smith124.188.57.120 (talk) 14:48, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

The Age He Won Oscar
He was 30 years old when he won, not 29. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.34.211 (talk) 12:42, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Richard Dreyfuss character role in "The Mod Squad"
The article needs some information about the guest character role that he played during an episode of "The Mod Squad".Bee Cliff River Slob (talk) 22:37, 14 April 2013 (UTC)