Birth Name: Donald Jay Rickles
Place of Birth: Queens, New York, United States
Date of Birth: May 8, 1926
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Don Rickles is an American comedian, actor, and voice actor.
Don is the son of Etta (Feldman) and Max Sidney Rickles. His father was a Russian Jewish immigrant. His mother was born in New York, to Austrian Jewish parents.
Don’s paternal grandparents were Joseph Rickles and Frances Richters.
Don’s maternal grandparents were Harry Feldman and Clara Landsberg (the daughter of David Landsberg).
Source: Genealogy of Don Rickles
Marriage record of Don’s parents
Don’s mother on the 1920 U.S. Census
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