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Joseph V. Perry
Joseph V. Perry in I Dream Of Jeannie 1968
Born	Joseph Victor Perry February 13, 1931 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 23, 2000(2000-02-23) (aged 69) Burbank, California, U.S.
Alma mater	UCLA

Joseph Victor Perry^[1] (February 13, 1931 – February 23, 2000), also known as Joseph Perry, was an American actor who appeared in multiple films and television programs during the 1970s and 1980s.^[2][3] Frequently cast as a criminal or police officer in popular, dramatic, television series and comedies that were broadcast across the United States,^[4][5][6] he was possibly best known for his role as Nemo in Everybody Loves Raymond.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,^[1] Perry began acting in his youth, winning the Glenn Ford Award at Santa Monica High School in California in 1949. His successes continued in 1952 with a best actor award from UCLA.^[7]

Perry officially started his film career in 1955 at the age of 24^{[citation needed]} and spent the next 45 years appearing in hundreds of films^[8] and television shows, including dramatic anthologies, westerns, medical dramas, police dramas,^[9] and classic sitcoms.^[10] He appeared in The Twilight Zone S1 E29 "Nightmare as a Child" 1960, Night Gallery in the episode "Midnight Never Ends" and on other shows including Rawhide, Dr. Kildare, Gunsmoke, Official Detective, The Doris Day Show (in 3 episodes),^[11] Bewitched (in 4 episodes), M*A*S*H, I Dream of Jeannie, and The Partridge Family (in 4 episodes). In the 1970s his visibility peaked with guest appearances on shows, including Mannix (in 5 episodes), The F.B.I. (in 8 episodes), Emergency! (in 3 episodes), The Streets of San Francisco (in 2 episodes),^[12] Sara, Barney Miller (in 4 episodes), The Rockford Files and Kojak (in 3 episodes). He failed to land any mainstream acting roles until 1978,^{[citation needed]} however, when he got several roles in shows such as The Incredible Hulk, MacGyver, Cheers,^[13] Murder, She Wrote (in 2 episodes) and Seinfeld. On the series Everybody Loves Raymond he got the biggest break of his later career^{[citation needed]} when he portrayed Nemo, a pizza restaurant owner from 1996 to 1999, in a total of seven episodes, until his death in 2000.

On February 23, 2000, Perry died in Burbank, California.^[7] His character's last appearance in Everybody Loves Raymond was shown posthumously when his restaurant got bought out. Nemo's last two appearances were played by Robert Ruth.

• Joseph V. Perry at IMDb
• Variety, March 29, 2000