Joseph V. Perry

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

Early years Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

Career Perry officially started his film career in 1955 at the age of 24 and spent the next 45 years appearing in hundreds of films and television shows, including dramatic anthologies, westerns, medical dramas, police dramas, and classic sitcoms. 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), 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), Sara, Barney Miller (in 4 episodes), The Rockford Files and Kojak (in 3 episodes). He failed to land any mainstream acting roles until 1978, however, when he got several roles in shows such as The Incredible Hulk, MacGyver, Cheers, Murder, She Wrote (in 2 episodes) and Seinfeld. On the series Everybody Loves Raymond he got the biggest break of his later career when he portrayed Nemo, a pizza restaurant owner from 1996 to 1999, in a total of seven episodes, until his death in 2000.

Death On February 23, 2000, Perry died in Burbank, California. 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.

Partial filmography

Selected television YearTitleRole Notes 1959 Have Gun - Will Travel Sheriff Season 3, Episode 9 "The Black Handkerchief" 1960 Wanted Dead or Alive Flint Bickford season 2 episode 23 (Tolliver Bender) 1962 & 1963 Gunsmoke Outlaw Lee & Outlaw Moran S7:E27 "Wagon Girls" & S8:E21 “The Cousin”1967 The Monkees Vernon S1:E20, "Monkees in the Ring" 1968 I Dream Of Jeannie Bartender "Jeannie, Jeannie Who's Got The Jeannie?" 1968 I Dream Of Jeannie SGT Marion "Jeannie and the Top Secret Secret"1971 The Virginian Harvey season 9 episode 24 "Jump-up"