He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific
character actor. During the 1960s he played small roles in madcap
comedies, usually portraying caricatures of counter culture
personalities, such as deadbeat son Sylvester Marcus in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, the hippie actor Lorenzo Saint DuBois ("L.S.D.") in The Producers (1968), and as the voice of Snow Miser in The Year Without a Santa Claus.
In addition to roles in more than 30 movies and seven Broadway
productions, Shawn made numerous television appearances, toured often,
and periodically performed a one-man show that mixed songs, sketches,
and pantomime.
In this video clip of one of his appearances on The Johnny Carson Show, Shawn does a wacky wide-ranging monologue that includes the classic joke about a rabbi, priest, and minister giving their definitions of when life begins.
Enjoy!
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