Don Rickles was born on May 8, 1926 and passed away on April 5, 2017. He was an American stand-up comedian and actor, and is famously the voice behind Mr. Potato Head.

Don was an insult comic, and rose to fame after insulting Frank Sinatra at Murray Franklin's nightclub in Miami. Frank took such a liking to him that he invited other celebrities to see his act, which led to Don becoming a popular headline performer in Las Vegas.

In 1958, he made his film debut with Run Silent, Run Deep, with Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. He also popped up in a number of sitcoms and dramatic series for an episode or two, like Run for Your Life.

Don then moved into talk shows, beginning with The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He went on to appear on The Tonight Show over 100 times, and that's just when Carson was the host. He even had his own talk show briefly, but it only lasted 17 episodes.

He went to both star and appear in a number of movies, tv shows, and talk shows throughout his career. He got into voice acting in 1995, famously voicing Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story. He reprised his role in the rest of the films in the franchise, including Toy Story 4, which was created after his death, but archival audio from the previous films was used (with permission from his wife, Barbara Rickles).

Until the very end of his career he was still appearing on late night talk shows, like Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Spike TV hosted a tribute to him in 2014: One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles.

Don performed at both Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush's inaugurations. He is widely respected in the comedy world, and of course remembered fondly by all fans of the Toy Story franchise.

Don married Barbara Sklar in 1965. Don revealed in his memoir that he fell in love with her when she failed to get his sense of humor. Together they had two children and two grandchildren. Don passed away in 2017 due to kidney failure.