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Ricky Jay

Magician/actor

Born - 1 January 1946, New York City, USA
Died - 24 November 2018

Chubby, balding, bearded American sleight-of-hand expert and (from the early 1980s) character player on TV and in movies. Born Richard Jay Potash, his big-screen work included A Midsummer Night's Dream (1985), House of Games (1987), Things Change (1988), Homicide (1991), The Water Engine (1992), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), Boogie Nights (1997), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Magnolia (1999), Heist (2001), Last Days (2004), The Prestige (2006), Redbelt (2008), Intense (2009), The End of 'Sluggers' (2011) and The Automatic Hate (2015), his last. Married producer Chrisann Verges, who survives him.