Editing David Rappaport (section)

==Career==
David Rappaport first came to public notice in children's television, appearing alongside [[Sylvester McCoy]] as an O-Man in the 1979 BBC children's series ''[[Jigsaw (UK TV series)|Jigsaw]]''. Rappaport and McCoy had previously appeared together in ''Illuminatus!'' at the Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool (founded by [[Ken Campbell]] and [[Chris Langham]] in 1976). The two men also appeared in the anarchic ''Ken Campbell Road Show''. Rappaport was with the ''Road Show'' in 1979 when it featured in ''[[The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)|The Secret Policeman's Ball]]''. While McCoy appeared as an escapologist, Campbell introduced Rappaport to the audience as: "Not the smallest man in the world, but fucking close...". He appeared in some season one sketches of ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]''.

In the early 1980s Rappaport played the character Shades on the anarchic Saturday-morning kids' TV shows ''[[Tiswas]]'' and ''The Saturday Show''. One of Rappaport's most popular roles was as Randall, the leader of the gang of dwarves in the [[Terry Gilliam]] film ''[[Time Bandits]]'' in 1981. During the mid-80s, Rappaport played in the [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]] production of ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'' (released as ''Robin Hood'' in the US) with [[Jason Connery]] as Robin. The show was filmed in Bristol, where Rappaport had a home. During this time, he also made himself at home aboard [[Ki Longfellow-Stanshall]] and [[Vivian Stanshall]]'s ship moored in Bristol docks, the [[The Thekla|Old Profanity Showboat]], where he often appeared on stage. Rappaport appeared in 1985's ''[[The Bride (1985 film)|The Bride]]'' as a circus dwarf who befriends [[Frankenstein's monster]] (played by {{convert|6|ft|4|in|abbr=on}} [[Clancy Brown]]). In 1986, Rappaport appeared on the 1985–1987 [[NBC]] TV Series ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' in an episode called "Gather Ye Acorns" (starring [[Mark Hamill]] of ''[[Star Wars]]'' fame). From 1986 to 1987, Rappaport played the lead role of Simon McKay in the [[CBS]] television series ''[[The Wizard (TV series)|The Wizard]]''. Rappaport also made guest appearances on such shows as ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'', ''[[The Young Ones (television series)|The Young Ones]]'', and ''[[L.A. Law]]''.

In ''L.A. Law'', Rappaport played crack trial lawyer Hamilton Schuyler in two episodes. Both episodes were significant roles, opposing Jimmy Smits. The second of these, "The Mouse that Roared", was filmed only six months prior to his death. Though the Schuyler character was frequently described as "from Texas", Rappaport made no attempt to hide his [[British accent]], which was never explained within the show.

Rappaport was the voice of [[Dr. Blight]]'s computer, MAL, on ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]''; he was replaced by [[Tim Curry]] after his first four appearances due to his death four months before the series aired. He also played Mr. Belvedere's cousin on an episode of ''[[Mr. Belvedere]]'' entitled "Duel" (Season 5 Episode 6).