Larry Rickles

Don said on an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson that Barbara conceived Larry while he was on set in the Istrian village of Vižinada in the former Yugoslavia (now Istria, Croatia), while filming Kelly's Heroes in July 1969.

He was the brother of actress Mindy Rickles.

Rickles began his career by working on set at several sitcoms.

Lawrence Rickles (May 12, 1970 – December 3, 2011) was an American screenwriter and film and television producer.

Rickles was born on May 12, 1970, in Los Angeles.

He won admission into a Warner Bros. writing workshop in 1996, and the following year he was hired as a television writer for the CBS comedy series Murphy Brown.

He was an actor in the 1999 movie David and Lola.

He was a member of the Writers Guild of America, West.

Larry Rickles co-produced the 2007 HBO documentary about his father, Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project.

He won an Emmy Award in 2008 for his work on Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project, a documentary about his father, actor and comedian Don Rickles.

The documentary won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special in 2008 and Rickles received an Emmy for his work.

Rickles' father also won a Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for his appearance in the film.

Larry Rickles died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia in Los Angeles on December 3, 2011, at the age of 41.