Richard Scott Balkey was born on the 27th November 1956, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA, and is a television personality, stand up comedian and corporate speaker, who rose to fame as the portrayed multi-millionaire real estate developer who married the winner of the reality television contest “Who Wants to Marry a Multi – Millionaire?” (2000) aired on Fox. He has been active in the entertainment industry since 1983.
How much is the net worth of Rick Rockwell? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the outright size of his wealth is as much as $300,000, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017.
Rick Rockwell Net Worth $300,000
To begin with, the boy was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was educated at Penn State School.
Concerning his professional career, he chose his stage name at random from the telephone book. In 1983, he participated in the reality television show “Star Search”, in which contestants show their talents in comedy and music categories. He managed to reach the finals, and although not winning, from 1985 to 1995 Rockwell was a regular cast member in the comedy club of Southern California, a good basis to his net worth.
Afterwards, he participated in the stand up comedy series “Hollywood’s Hottest New Comic” (1990), but Rockwell is also known for staring and being a co-screenwriter of the comedy film “Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!” (1988), and he worked in the sequels “Return of the Killer Tomatoes!” (1991) and “Killer Tomatoes Eat France!” (1992). In 2000, he was the main star of the reality television series “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?” – 50 women competed in the series for the main prize, which was marriage with so-called multi-millionaire Rick Rockwell. None of the participants were able to see their future husband, only his silhouette; the winner of the contest was Darva Conger, who married Rockwell in the same show. In addition to becoming his wife, she also got a diamond ring of 3 carats as well as other prizes which were valued at more than $100,000. The show garnered high viewer ratings – it has been reported that over 22 million people watched the show. However, after the show it became clear that Rick is not a real estate developer, as proof was given that he has been working as a stand up comedian until 1998. On the other hand Fox network claimed that the star of the show had an estimated net worth which is way bigger than $2 million. His marriage with Darva Conger was annulled several months later. Still, Rick Rockwell and his ex-wife were able to enjoy his stardom, as afterwards he and his ex-wife were invited onto a number of television shows including “Larry King Live” (2001) and others to give explanations. Conger even posed nude for the magazine Playboy. Rick Rockwell made a comedy tour round the country which was entitled “The Annulment Tour”, and in 2003, he also appeared in flight training videos as he is licensed pilot.
To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements have added sums to the overall size of Rick Rockwell net worth. Finally, in the personal life of Rockwell, he is still notionally single.
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
TV Shows
“Who Wants to Marry a Multi – Millionaire?” (2000), “Larry King Live” (2000), “The Annulment Tour”, “The Norm Show”, “Star Search” (1983), “Hollywood's Hottest New Comic” (1990)
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Fact
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The multi-millionaire on _"Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" (2000)_. [2000]
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Working at King Schools in San Diego, California as a flight instructor on their series of flight training videos. [June 2003]
Licensed Pilot. Appears on disk 3 of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional in an AVI of flight training for Cessna Aircraft
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Attended Penn State and graduated top of his class.
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Was a finalist on Star Search (1983) and voted "Hollywood's Hottest New Comic" in 1990.
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Was a regular on the Southern California comedy club circuit from mid 1980s to mid 1990s
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He chose the name Rockwell by looking through the phone book
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Was incorrectly portrayed as a real estate developer by the media. His avocation is real estate investing, but his main focus/source of income has always been comedy writing, performing stand-up, and corporate speaking.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Killer Tomatoes Eat France!
1992
Ze Capitan
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!
1991
Lance Boyle
Return of the Killer Tomatoes!
1988
Jim Richardson / Tomato Dealer
Miracle on Ice
1981
TV Movie
Steve Christoff (uncredited)
Pickup on 101
1972
Motel Family (as Rickey Rockwell)
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!
1991
written by
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Selfishness
2013
Short associate producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Independent Lens
2006
TV Series documentary advisor - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
TV's Most Memorable Weddings
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Weakest Link
2002
TV Series
Himself
Saving Face
2000
Documentary short
Himself
Norm
2000
TV Series
Himself
E! True Hollywood Story
2000
TV Series documentary
Larry King Live
2000
TV Series
Himself
Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?
2000
TV Special
Himself
Look Who's Laughing
1994
TV Movie
Himself
Stand-up Comics Take a Stand
1988
TV Special documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back! (1991) as Lance Boyle
Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988) as Jim Richardson / Tomato Dealer