- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFred Sheldon Greenfield
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- On March 24th, 2020, Shecky Greene was inducted into the National Comedy Hall of Fame . He was voted in by 100 Hollywood luminaries in various areas of entertainment along with many members of the esteemed Friar's Club for his induction. His induction ceremony took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Greene received an engraved plaque and his profile may now be seen at the National Comedy Hall of Fame Museum located in Holiday, Florida.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tony Belmont
- SpousesMary Jane "Marie" Musso(1986 - December 31, 2023) (his death)Nalani Kele(December 6, 1972 - April 23, 1982) (divorced)
- ChildrenDorian HoffmanAlison Greene
- There is a famous story about an incident that happened to Greene in Las Vegas. He had gone out drinking after a show one night, got completely blitzed, hopped into his car and drove down the main street of Vegas. As he got to Caesars Palace, he lost control of the car, hit a post and bounced off it into the large gushing fountain in front of the Palace. When onlookers pulled him out of the car, he yelled "No spray wax!". Greene often told that story about himself, but in an interview he gave when he was 85 years old, he revealed that although the incident itself actually did happen, he never said "No spray wax"; his friend Buddy Hackett added that line when he told friends about it.
- Was a regular guest and guest host for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) appearing 63 times between 1968 and 1979, until he had a falling out of unknown origin with Carson in 1979, after which he never appeared on the Tonight Show again during the Carson era.
- Greene was one of the people who lost, as he put it, "a fortune" in the Bernie Madoff scandal.
- Beginning in 2003, and lasting for six years, Greene suffered from panic attacks and stage fright that rendered him unable to perform. In 2009, in Las Vegas, Greene returned to performing.
- Former stand-up comedy partner of Dick Sterling in Chicago.
- [interviewing Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1974] I can't believe it! You can talk!
- Frank Sinatra saved my life once. Four hoods were beating me up. Frank said, "That's enough, fellas."
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