Don Rickles Wife: Meet Barbara Rickles

Barbara Rickles was the wife of popular comedian Don Rickles. She hailed from Philadelphia.

Barbara and Don met through an agent, and later got married on March 14, 1965.

Barbara passed away in 2021, after battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma. They were married for 56 years.

Barbara and Don had two children during their lifetime – actress Mindy Rickles and late screenwriter Larry Rickles.

Who Was Don Rickles?

Don Rickles was an American stand-up comedian and actor known to deliver much of insult comedy and appearing in several films.

Born on May 8, 1926, in New York, Rickles began acting in the 1950s and later gained prominence.

Some of the films in which he starred include Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), the Clint Eastwood–led Kelly’s Heroes (1970), Casino (1995), and the NBC sitcom C.P.O. Sharkey.

Rickles also appeared on the TV show and CBS sitcom The Don Rickles Show from 1968 to 1972, The Dean Martin Show, The Tonight Show, and The Late Show.

He was also a regular face at Las Vegas hotel-casinos where he performed stand-up comedy.

The Primetime Emmy Award winner was to reprise his role in Toy Story 4 as Mr. Potato Head before his death.

Rickles passed away on April 6, 2017, after suffering from kidney failure. He was aged 90.

He was laid to rest at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.