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American actor and comedian (1944–2023)

After his first divorce, Belzer relocated to New York City, moved in with singer Shelley Ackerman, and began working as a stand up comic at Pips, The Improv, and Catch a Rising Star. He participated in the Channel One comedy group that satirized television and became the basis for the cult movie The Groove Tube, in which Belzer played the co star of the ersatz TV show The Dealers. Belzer was the audience warm up comedian for Saturday Night Live and made three guest appearances on the show between 1975 and 1980. He also opened for musician Warren Zevon during his tour supporting the release of his album Excitable Boy.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Belzer became an occasional film actor. A short skit of a younger Belzer can be found on Sesame Street in a season 9 episode in 1978 when two young men attempt a picnic and boat ride, only to be thwarted by a dog who eats their food. He is noted for minor roles in Fame, Café Flesh, Night Shift, Scarface, “Girl 6”, and Fletch Lives. He appeared in the music videos for the Mike + The Mechanics song "Taken In", the Pat Benatar song "Le Bel Age", and the Kansas song "Can't Cry Anymore" all of which were made by Flattery Yukich Inc (Producer Paul Flattery and Director Jim Yukich). He appeared in A Very Brady Sequel as an LAPD detective.

In addition to his film career, Belzer was a featured player on the National Lampoon Radio Hour with co stars John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, and Harold Ramis, a half hour comedy program aired on 600 plus U. S. stations from 1973 to 1975. Several of his sketches were released on National Lampoon albums, drawn from the Radio Hour, including several bits in which he portrayed a pithy call in talk show host named "Dick Ballantine". In the late 1970s, he co hosted Brink & Belzer on WNBC radio (660 AM) in New York City. He was a frequent guest on The Howard Stern Show. Following the departure of Randi Rhodes from Air America Radio, Belzer guest hosted the afternoon program on the network. Belzer was a regular guest on the right wing radio show of Alex Jones and appeared on the episode covering the Boston Marathon bombing, in which he referred to the bombing as a false flag event.

Belzer's first two marriages were to Gail Susan Ross (1966–1972) Bree Benton and Jessica. McBride, who had been seen in Playboy magazine four years earlier in that year's sex in cinema feature, in conjunction with Young Lady Chatterley, was appearing in TV commercials for Ford and acting in free theater when she met Belzer at the suggestion of a friend. and had a home in Bozouls, France. After waking up, Belzer was dazed, lacerated and briefly hospitalized. He later sued Hogan for $5 million and settled out of court for $400,000 in 1990. Belzer's father and brother both died of suicide, in 1968 and 2014, respectively.