‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’: Here’s What Richard Lewis Is Worth

Highlights

• Larry David’s net worth far surpasses Richard Lewis’, despite both being talented comedic geniuses.
• Richard Lewis had a $7 million net worth, down from $8 million, due to ending his stand-up career.
• Despite their differences, the history between Larry David and Richard Lewis is rich and filled with success.

Curb Your Enthusiasm fans know that Larry David and Richard Lewis were always in competition. At least, their characters of the same name were. And usually, it was a competition about who could naturally be the most neurotic and particular.

Can both of them be winners?

But in the net worth department, very few can beat Larry David. This guy is pure genius. Someone who can see the creative in every moment, including the time he faked an illness that set him on his way to becoming successful.

There’s just no one like Larry David.

Perhaps Richard Lewis was equally as creative. But it just hasn’t paid off nearly as much as we would have hoped.

Here is information on Richard Lewis’ net worth at the time of his death.

Updated February 2024:Sadly,Richard Lewis passed away on February 28th, 2024, at the age of 76. The comedian’s publicist confirmed that he passed away peacefully in his home after suffering a heart attack. Lewis had agreed to appear on the final season of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ at the request of one of his oldest friends, Larry David. As a result of the Parkinson’s, Lewis had already ended his stand-up career. This resulted in his losing a bit of his net worth over the last several years. As such, Lewis was worth $7 million versus $8 million, as reported in 2020, at the time of his death.

Richard Lewis Had A $7 Million Net Worth

Richard Lewis’ net worth dipped slightly when he ended his stand-up career

Richard Lewis’ net worth was valued at around $7 million. This number seems pretty low given how long Richard’s career in stand-up, film, and television had been. Still, $7 million is nothing to scoff at. Although, it’s nothing like his buddy Larry David’s $450 million net worth. Some sites, including The National Review, claim that David’s net worth could actually be as high as $950 million. A figure that David has denied over the years.

Richard had a slightly higher net worth of $8 million several years ago. However, when he had to end his stand-up career as a result of his Parkinson’s disease progressing, his fortune dwindled down a bit to the $7 million Richard he had to his name at the time of his passing.

Richard Lewis’ Career Before Curb Your Enthusiasm

Richard Lewis had a very successful TV and film career

The Brooklyn-born star spent most of his young life pursuing a stand-up career. Audiences latched onto Richard so much that he eventually made his way to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Late Show with David Letterman, and The Howard Stern Show.

His writing in Playboy and other magazines also helped skyrocket Richard to fame. Soon, his name was on all the comedy clubs in the U.S. Additionally, Richard Lewis had a pretty impressive film and television career; one that included a hilarious role in Mel Brooks’ Robin Hood: Men In Tights.

Some of the other projects that Lewis worked on over the years, according to IMDb, included:

Sadly, all of the fame and money led Richard into a well-documented struggle with addiction. This was something he constantly made fun of on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Curb is a show that Richard seemed destined to be on. Not just because of his very specific sense of humor, but also because of his incredible history with Larry David.

Richard Lewis And Larry David’s History Is Nothing Short Of Incredible

Richard Lewis and Larry David go way back

Richard Lewis had gone into detail about his personal relationship with Larry David on a number of occasions, including on The Rich Eisen Show.

The two of them knew each other for years. They were even born in the same hospital in 1947, a couple of days apart.

“It gets odder than that,” Richard Lewis explained. “We knew each other when we were teenagers and hated each other. We never saw each other until we became comedians and we didn’t know that we were the same people 12 years before. We almost had a — well, he doesn’t think we had a fistfight — but I was ready to knock him down.”

Of course, the fact that Richard and Larry disagreed on the origin of their relationship is fantastically ‘Curb-esque’.

Although both have stated that they went to the same summer camp as teenagers and this is where they became arch-enemies. Then they went their separate ways for years and ran into each other at a comedy club. Their feud quickly resurfaced until they found common ground.

But even as best friends, the two constantly fought. After all, you’re dealing with two very neurotic comedians. However, while Richard was very much in touch with his feelings, Larry can be awkward and uncomfortable with touching moments. This difference tends to brew hilarious conflict that is no doubt channeled onto Curb Your Enthusiasm.

During his Rich Eisen interview, Richard said that both he and Larry are playing versions of themselves on the show. Except Larry and Richard are both far more conflict-averse in real life.

Richard Lewis And Larry David’s Working Together Had Its Challenges

Richard Lewis and Larry David had differing views when it came to rehearsing lines on Curb Your Enthusiasm

Richard got the job on Curb Your Enthusiasm basically because he was Larry’s friend in real life. Due to over 50 years of friendship, there was no real discussion about the character Richard would be playing or anything about the show.

It all worked out… mostly…

During an interview with the cast of Curb at the Paley Center, Larry said that he and Richard sometimes had conflicts on set because Richard liked to get the episode outlines ahead of time so that he could prepare for the mostly improvised scenes.

In fact, as soon as Larry mentioned this, he and Richard got into an argument in front of the studio audience.

But these arguments always ended in Richard complimenting Larry, who he thought was the “Norman Lear” of his generation.

Larry giving Richard Lewis a consistent job on Curb proves that respect was always mutual.

May Richard Lewis rest in peace.

Source: NewsFinale