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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: CBS News - Extended interview: Richard Dreyfuss on "American Graffiti," "Jaws," and civics classes. Oct 16, 2026
Anniversary information added. Oct 25, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS - Firing Line with Margaret Hoover - Richard Dreyfuss. Aug 19, 2025
Media added. Jun 17, 2025
Added headlevels and cross-reference to American Graffiti. May 22, 2025
Add new Web site: CBS News - Extended interview: Richard Dreyfuss on "American Graffiti," "Jaws," and civics classes. May 16, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 21, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Richard Dreyfuss: Like It Or Not, There's A Bit Of Bernie Madoff In All Of Us. Feb 12, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Kermode and Mayo's Film Review - Richard Dreyfuss, Dreamland, Why Don’t You Just Die, and Cuck. Dec 21, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 25, 2024
Add new Web site: All American Speakers - Richard Dreyfuss. Jan 03, 2024
Added cross-reference. May 23, 2023
Added the movies The Last Laugh and Astronaut. Jun 05, 2020
Added the movie Bayou Caviar (2018). Oct 12, 2018
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Richard Dreyfuss. Aug 23, 2018
Added the movie Book Club (2018). May 17, 2018
Noted recent television work. Feb 08, 2016
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Richard Dreyfuss. Sep 12, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Richard Dreyfuss. Sep 12, 2013
Added photograph. May 04, 2012
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Biography of Richard Dreyfuss. Jul 04, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Richard Dreyfuss. Jul 01, 2011
Added the movie Red (2010). Oct 15, 2010
Added the movie Leaves of Grass (2009). Sep 17, 2010
Added the movie Piranha 3D (2010). Aug 20, 2010
Added later movies, including W. and My Life in Ruins. Jun 05, 2009
New article added. Nov 09, 2001
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