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Richard Gilbert Gautier (Go-tee-AY; October 30, 1931 – January 13, 2017) was an American actor. He was known for his television roles as Hymie the Robot in the television series , and in the TV comedy series When Things Were Rotten, as well as for originating the role of Conrad Birdie in the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie.


Career
Gautier started his career as a singer and a nightclub comic at the in San Francisco. He joined in 1959 after serving in the United States Navy. In 1960, he portrayed fictional rock 'n roll star Conrad Birdie in the original Broadway theatre production of Bye Bye Birdie, receiving a nomination for his performance. He would later appear with two of his Birdie stars in two films: with in in 1964, and with Dick Van Dyke in Divorce American Style in 1967.


Game show panelist
During the 1970s and 1980s, Gautier was a frequent game show panelist. He appeared on ; ; ; ; You Don't Say!; Liar's Club; Password Plus; Body Language; Super Password; Win, Lose or Draw; Whew!; and the TV version of Can You Top This?


Batman
In 1973, when and reprised their Batman roles (as Robin and , respectively) for a TV public service announcement about equal pay for women, , who was trying to distance himself from the Batman role at the time, declined to participate. Gautier filled in for West as Batman on this occasion.


Voice-over roles
Gautier performed several roles in , including in the third season of The Transformers animated series from 1986 to 1987, as well as in the series, Louis from the 1986 cartoon , Spike the Dog in Tom & Jerry Kids, some additional voices in Hanna-Barbera's The New Yogi Bear Show, Wooly Smurf in The Smurfs, and several voices for , including Crygen and Pyre and their combined form, Magnakor.


Celebrity caricatures
Gautier was known for his of celebrities and wrote several instructional books on caricature, drawing, and .


Personal life and death
Richard Gilbert Gautier was born in Culver City, California, on October 30, 1931. His father was a grip and his mother was a costume seamstress.

Gautier was first married to Beverly J. Gerber; the marriage ended in divorce after they had three children together. His second wife was actress , and his final marriage was to Tess Hightower, a psychologist.

His son Randy, nicknamed Rand, had both a brief stint in pornography under the name Austin Moore, and would in 1995 steal a videotape from the home of and , containing footage they had filmed of themselves having sex while on vacation. Rand, along with a distributor, released it on the Internet, and it became one of the first widespread celebrity sex tapes.

Gautier died from pneumonia on January 13, 2017, at an assisted living facility in Arcadia, California, following a long illness.


Filmography
6 episodes
Episode: “Samantha the Dressmaker”; Season 2, Episode 24
Uncredited/Writer
2 episodes (two-part story arc) – "The Great Casino Robbery" Season 2, Episodes 16 & 17
Writer and producer
Episode: "Hi There, Sports Fans"; Season 4, Episode 5
Episode: "The Three Million Dollar Piracy"; Season 2, Episode 3
Episode: "Murder in the Slave Trade"; Season 1, Episode 5
Episode: "The Werewolf"; Season 1, Episode 5
Episode: "The Countess"; Season 1, Episode 3
13 episodes
Episode: "Homes, $weet Homes"; Season 4, Episode 18
Episode: "The Mystery of the Flying Courier; Season 1, Episode 9
Episode: "Diana's Disappearing Act"; Season 2, Episode 15
Episode: "The Intimate Friends of Janet Wilde"; Season 1, Episode 7
Season 1, Episode 7
TV movie
Episode: "Welcome to My Nightmare"; Season 8, Episode 11
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2 episodes; Voice
Episode: "The Gambler"; Season 2, Episode 7
(Returning from 1960s series)
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Guest star/Voice Episodes: "Feet of Clay": Parts 1 and 2
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Episode: "The Chicken and the Egg"
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