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Dick Smothers

Dick Smothers (Richard Remick Smothers, born November 20, 1938 or 1939) is the American comedian, bass player, and straight man of the Smothers Brothers, co-host of the censored, canceled CBS satire The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-1969).

Dick Strawbridge

Dick Strawbridge (born 1959) is a British engineer, retired Royal Signals lieutenant colonel, MBE, TV presenter and author, known for Scrapheap Challenge, It's Not Easy Being Green, and Escape to the Chateau with wife Angel Adoree.

Dick Tracy (1990 film)

Dick Tracy (1990 film) is an American crime film based on a comic strip. Directed by Warren Beatty, it stars Al Pacino and Madonna and features a distinct seven-color palette.

Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke (born 1925, West Plains, Missouri) is an American actor and comedian of Rob Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show and Bert in Mary Poppins; Tony, Grammy, five Emmy winner, still active at 100.

Dick Van Patten

Dick Van Patten (Richard Vincent Van Patten, 1928-2015), American actor famous as dad Tom Bradford on ABC's Eight Is Enough (1977-1981); child Broadway performer, star of CBS's Mama, Mel Brooks film actor, Natural Balance pet food co-founder.

Dick Wolf

Dick Wolf (Richard Anthony Wolf, born 1946, New York City) is the American producer who created Law & Order and built Wolf Entertainment, behind Law & Order, One Chicago, and FBI, with two Emmys and a Grammy.

Dick York

Dick York (1928-1992), American actor, original Darrin Stephens on ABC's Bewitched 1964-1969 and Bertram Cates in Inherit the Wind; left the sitcom over a back injury and later ran Acting for Life for the homeless.

Dickensian (TV series)

Dickensian (BBC One, 2015–16) was a 20-part drama by Tony Jordan placing about 25 Dickens characters, including Fagin, Scrooge and Miss Havisham, in one Victorian street around a Marley murder mystery, axed after one series despite a £10m budget.

Dickie Moore (actor)

Dickie Moore (John Richard Moore Jr., 1925–2015), American child actor of The Beloved Rogue, Blonde Venus, Oliver Twist, and Our Gang; gave Shirley Temple her first screen kiss, then ran Dick Moore and Associates PR firm.

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star is a 2003 Paramount comedy directed by Sam Weisman, starring David Spade as a washed-up 1970s child star who hires a family to relive his childhood, with real former child stars in cameos.

Dickinson (TV series)

Dickinson (2019–2021) is an Apple TV+ half-hour comedy-drama created by Alena Smith, starring Hailee Steinfeld as young Emily Dickinson; three seasons, 30 episodes, Peabody Award, intentional anachronism.

Dictator (2016 film)

Dictator is a 2016 Telugu action drama, Balakrishna's 99th film, directed by Sriwass with Anjali and Sonal Chauhan, music by S. Thaman, released 14 January 2016 by Eros International.

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Did You Hear About the Morgans? is a 2009 Marc Lawrence romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker as a separated New York couple placed in witness protection in rural Wyoming after witnessing a murder; critics rated it poorly (Metascore 27, RT 12%).

Dìdi

Dìdi (弟弟) is Sean Wang's 2024 semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy-drama about a 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy in Fremont, California, in 2008, starring Izaac Wang and Joan Chen; it won Sundance's U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and was distributed by Focus Features.

Didi Conn

Didi Conn (Edith Bernstein, born 1951, Brooklyn) is the American actress who played Frenchy in Grease (1978) and Grease 2, also known for Benson, Shining Time Station, and Grease: Live!.

Die Alone

Die Alone is a 2024 Canadian-US apocalyptic horror film written and directed by Lowell Dean, starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith, and Frank Grillo; an amnesiac searches for his girlfriend among zombie-like 'Reclaimed' hybrids, with a twist ending.

Die Another Day

Die Another Day (2002) is the 20th official James Bond film and Pierce Brosnan's fourth and final outing as 007, directed by Lee Tamahori, grossing $431,971,781 worldwide, and prompting the grittier Casino Royale reboot.

Die Bad (죽거나 혹은 나쁘거나)

Die Bad (죽거나 혹은 나쁘거나, Jukgeona hokeun nabbeugeona) is Ryoo Seung-wan's 2000 South Korean feature debut, a four-chapter hard-boiled action film built from two award-winning shorts on a 65-million-won budget, following a pool-hall killing through prison, ghosts, and gang war.

Die Feuerzangenbowle

Die Feuerzangenbowle is a 1944 German comedy by Helmut Weiss with Heinz Rühmann as writer Johannes Pfeiffer, who returns to school in disguise; based on Heinrich Spoerl's novel, a Nazi-era production now a student cult Christmas film.

Die Hard

Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan, starring Bruce Willis as a detective fighting terrorists in a Los Angeles skyscraper.

Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2, also released as Die Hard 2: Die Harder, is a 1990 American action film directed by Renny Harlin, starring Bruce Willis as John McClane.

Die Hard with a Vengeance

Die Hard with a Vengeance, also known as Die Hard 3, is a 1995 American action film directed by John McTiernan and starring Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Die Känguru-Chroniken

Die Känguru-Chroniken (Kangaroo Chronicles) is Marc-Uwe Kling's 2009 satirical episodic novel about a communist kangaroo living with a Kreuzberg artist, basis of the Känguru-Werke series, a 2013 audiobook prize winner, and Dani Levy's 2020 film with Volker Zack's motion-capture kangaroo.

Die My Love

Die My Love (2025) is Lynne Ramsay's psychological drama adapted from Ariana Harwicz's 2012 novel, starring Jennifer Lawrence as Grace, a new mother unraveling in rural Montana with Robert Pattinson; Cannes 2025 Competition premiere, Mubi release, Metascore 72.

Die Nibelungen

Die Nibelungen is Fritz Lang's 1924 two-part German silent epic (Siegfried; Kriemhilds Rache), produced by Decla-Bioscop for Ufa from Thea von Harbou's screenplay, premiered at Berlin's Ufa-Palast am Zoo and restored in 2010.

Die Schaubühne

Die Schaubühne was a weekly German-language magazine founded in Berlin in 1905 by the critic Siegfried Jacobsohn. Begun as a theater journal, it was renamed Die Weltbühne in 1918 and became a central Weimar political forum.

Die Wand

Die Wand (The Wall) is a 2012 Austrian-German drama directed by Julian Roman Pölsler, adapted from Marlen Haushofer's 1963 novel, starring Martina Gedeck as a woman trapped behind an invisible wall in the Alps, screened at Berlinale Panorama 2012.

Diedrich Bader

Diedrich Bader (Karl Diedrich Bader, born 1966) is an American actor and voice actor, known as Oswald on The Drew Carey Show, Lawrence in Office Space, Rex in Napoleon Dynamite, and Batman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Harley Quinn.

Diego Andres Rodriguez

Diego Andres Rodriguez, also credited as Diego Rodriguez, is an American actor and writer from McAllen, Texas, a University of Michigan BFA musical theatre graduate (2024) who made his Broadway debut as Artie and understudy Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard (2024-2025) and his West End debut as Che in Evita at the London Palladium (2025), earning an Olivier Award nomination.

Diego Boneta

Diego Boneta, full name Diego Andrés González Boneta, Mexican actor, singer, producer, writer; star of Rock of Ages and Luis Miguel: The Series; founder of Three Amigos with Amazon first-look deal; debut novelist.