One of his final tweets was to share a photo of himself with Chris Rock when he asked the question, “Which is the worst crime? Chris Rock being physically assaulted or Chris Rock telling a joke?” proving that he was always on the ball right up to the end.
Gottfried was also signed up to appear in the movie Hassle at the Castle, but it has not been confirmed if his role in that movie was completed prior to his passing.ĭespite his illness, Gottfried has been constantly active on his social media and on Cameo, where he provided personal videos to fans around the world in his usual inimitable style. In the following decades, Gottfried has appeared in over 50 movies and over 100 TV shows, having most recently been seen in the films A Wrestling Christmas Miracle and The Truth about Santa Claus, as well as providing the voice of God for the animated Adult Swim program, Smiling Friends which aired at the beginning of the year. Peabody in the Problem Child movies, and as the voice of put-out parrot Iago in Disney’s animated classic Aladdin, its two sequels and the subsequent TV series. After reuniting with his SNL co-star Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop II in 1987, his biggest and best-known roles would come a few years later, playing Mr.