Dan Resin, a character actor whose aristocratic pronunciation was used to great comic effect in his role as the Ty-D-Bol Man as well as his appearances in films such as Caddyshack, has died from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. He was 79.
Resin was a Broadway-bred actor who broke into films with a small part in the Terrence Malick-scripted comedy Deadhead Miles, followed soon thereafter by a role playing the young Richard Nixon in the 1972 parody Richard. Resin appeared in films like The Happy Hooker, The Sunshine Boys, Larry Cohen’s God Told Me To, The Private Files Of J. Edgar Hoover, and Soggy Bottom U.S.A. and had a recurring role on the 1977 sitcom On Our Own before playing Ted Knight’s cohort “Dr. Beeper” (a.k.a. Dr. Frankenputz) in Caddyshack. It was a small part, but he did get this memorable exchange: