DeVito debuted for the WWF in 1992 and worked as an enhancement talent for the company, losing to the likes of Mr. Perfect, Bam Bam Bigelow, Doink the Clown and Phantasio.

He is currently a member of the steering committee of the Friends of the Apollo Theater in Oberlin, Ohio, along with Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman.

Douglas again teamed with Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito for the 1989 film The War of the Roses.

In 1988, for her performance in Throw Momma from the Train ( 1987 ) with Billy Crystal and Danny DeVito, Ramsey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture.

After Taxi ended, DeVito began a successful film career, starting with roles in 1983's Terms of Endearment, and as the comic rogue in the romantic adventure Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, and its 1985 sequel, The Jewel of the Nile.

In 1986, DeVito starred in Ruthless People with Bette Midler and Judge Reinhold, and in 1987, he made his feature-directing debut with the dark comedy Throw Momma from the Train, in which he starred with Billy Crystal and Anne Ramsey.

Two years later, DeVito reunited with Douglas and Turner in The War of the Roses, which he directed and in which he co-starred.

Although generally a comic actor, DeVito expanded into dramatic roles with The Rainmaker, Hoffa ( 1992 ), which he directed and in which he co-starred with Jack Nicholson, Jack the Bear ( 1993 ), L. A.

DeVito has an interest in documentaries: In 2006, he began a partnership with Morgan Freeman's company ClickStar, on which he hosts a documentary channel called Jersey Docs.

Zeta-Jones met actor Michael Douglas, with whom she shares a birthday, and who is exactly 25 years her senior, at the Deauville Film Festival in France in August 1998, after being introduced by Danny DeVito.

He made light of his similarities with film actor Danny DeVito, who he joked would play him in a film about his life.

It consists of music written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist David Zippel, with vocals performed by Lillias White, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Roger Bart, Danny DeVito, and Susan Egan among others, along with the successful single version of " Go the Distance " by Michael Bolton.

In 1960, the group known as The Four Lovers evolved into The Four Seasons, with Frankie Valli as the lead singer, Bob Gaudio ( formerly of The Royal Teens ) on keyboards and tenor vocals, Tommy DeVito on lead guitar and baritone vocals, and Nick Massi on bass guitar and bass vocals.

The following year, he, along with Tommy DeVito, formed the Variatones ( with Hank Majewski, rhythm guitar, Frank Cattone, accordion, and Billy Thompson, drums ), which between 1954 and 1956, performed and recorded under a variety of names before settling on the name The Four Lovers.

The next year, Gaudio replaced Nick DeVito in the lineup, with Gaudio doubling as both keyboardist and guitarist, and Charles Calello replaced Majewski on bass ( Calello would soon return as the group's arranger ).

Turner co-starred in Romancing the Stone with Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito.

Turner teamed up again with Douglas and DeVito the following year for its sequel, The Jewel of the Nile.

In 1989, Turner teamed up with Douglas and DeVito for a third time, in The War of the Roses, but this time as Douglas's disillusioned wife, with DeVito in the role of a divorce attorney who told their shared story.

He catches the eye of talent agent George Shapiro ( Danny DeVito ), who signs Kaufman as a client and immediately lands him a network TV series, Taxi, much to the dismay of sitcom-hating Kaufman.

In 1999, DeVito produced and co-starred in Man on the Moon, a film about the unusual life of his former Taxi co-star, Andy Kaufman, who was played in the film by Jim Carrey.

* " Larry the Liquidator ", Other People's Money ( 1990 ) – A self-absorbed corporate raider " Larry the Liquidator " ( Danny DeVito ), sets his sights on New England Wire and Cable, a small-town business run by family patriarch Gregory Peck who is principally interested in protecting his employees and the town.

DeVito and Perlman also starred together in his 1996 film Matilda, based on Roald Dahl's children's novel.

In addition to his Taxi work, DeVito voiced Herb Powell, Homer Simpson's half-brother, on two episodes of The Simpsons.

In 2011, DeVito received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in television.

DeVito married actress Rhea Perlman on January 28, 1982.

A West End production of the play, starring Danny DeVito ( in his West End debut )) and Richard Griffiths, will preview at the Savoy Theatre from 27 April 2012, opening on 17 May and playing a limited 12-week season until 28 July.

The album Who Loves You became a surprise million-seller for the group, as it was the first Four Seasons album to prominently feature lead vocals by anyone other than Valli (' Sorry ' on ' Half & Half ' had featured Gaudio, DeVito and Long minus Valli, while ' Wall Street Village Day ' on ' Genuine Imitation Life Gazette ' featured Valli on just a couple of ' bridge ' section lead vocal lines ).

Three of the songs are sung by Rory Dodd, who did not receive a clear indication for his work in the album's credits, and Karla DeVito sings a duet part on one song.

Bill Rago ( Danny DeVito ) is a divorced advertising executive down on his luck.

Hoffa is a 1992 biographical film directed by Danny DeVito and written by David Mamet, based on the life of Teamsters Union leader Jimmy Hoffa.

Benson married singer and actress, Karla DeVito on July 11, 1982.

Although Ellen Foley is recorded on the album, another woman, Karla DeVito, was used for the music video and for live performances.

In 1992, he was nominated with yet another Tim Burton film, this time for Burton's superhero sequel, Batman Returns, where his effects on Danny DeVito as The Penguin, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, and in delivering Burton's general vision for what was an increasingly Gothic Gotham City earned him more recognition for his work ethic and loyalty to what was an intrinsic ability to bring different directors ' ideas to life.

DeVito went on to become a drum technician for Mikkey Dee of Motörhead.

* In title of the 1987 black comedy film, Throw Momma from the Train, focuses on the goal of the character, Owen Lift ( Danny DeVito ), to have his mother killed.

* Danny DeVito – Taxi as Louie De Palma

1979: Danny DeVito – Taxi as Louie De Palma and

Werner also oversaw the development of Bosom Buddies which started the career of Tom Hanks, as well as Soap which started the career of Billy Crystal and Taxi which started the career of Danny DeVito.

DeVito has become a major film and television producer.

In 2006, DeVito joined the cast of the FX Networks television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Frank Reynolds.

( Actors Danny DeVito and Brooke Adams also appeared in the movie as Joe and Terry, the owners of a food stand next to the car wash-though they had speaking roles, nearly all of their scenes were deleted from the theatrical version and they are only seen in the background, although their scenes were restored for the edited television version.