Ricki Dunn
(Newark, New Jersey: 2nd April 1929 – 25th January 1999)
Stage name of Fred Revello. Of Italian ancestry. Learned card tricks at age 5 from his father, a pro gambler. Pro as sideshow fire-eater (at age 14) to clown to magician (briefly) to pickpocket act (since 1950). Played the NY Palace in 1955. Had bit part in movie The Bellboy (1960). Now billed as "America's Funniest Pickpocket". Plays mainly night clubs, hotels, and cruise ships. Wrote Ricki Dunn's Pickpocket Act. Tricks in New Phoenix.
