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Arnold Stang
Actor

Arnold Stang

28 Sep 1918Born
20 Dec 2009Died
91Age at death
72Credits

Biography

Arnold Stang (September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009) was an American comic actor who played a small and bespectacled, yet brash and knowing big-city type. One of the most arresting facts about Arnold Stang is that he is perfectly happy with the role of Gerard on NBC's Henry Morgan Show.

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Unlike many actors and comedians who have climbed to fame with one particular role, Stang isn't afraid of becoming "typed." The small, economy-size, Arnold twenty-eight-year-old comic, who has been likened to a near-sighted chipmunk dragged out of the rain, has dispensed laughs on shows with many top comedians; yet every time he appears on a new television show, he points out with dismay, both the critics and the public "suddenly recognize me as 'fresh new talent.' Stang's career in show business began at a radio audition when he was eleven. Wearing heavy horn-rimmed eyeglasses and speaking in a voice somewhere between a quaver and a croak, Arnold began a serious recitation for the directors. They could not take him seriously. When they had recovered from spasms of laughter, they signed him up on the spot for a comic role, a "type" of role which Stang has been handling ever since.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2001The Broad SideSeries (6 episodes)
  2. 1999Courage the Cowardly DogSeries (1 episode)
  3. 1995Mr. Men and Little MissSeries (104 episodes)
  4. 1995George Romero's Golden Tales 3Film
  5. 1993The Pink PantherSeries (60 episodes)
  6. 1993Dennis the MenaceFilm: Photographer
  7. 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerFilm: actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
  8. 1990Wake, Rattle, and RollSeries (50 episodes)
  9. 1990Fender Bender 500Series: Top Cat (voice) (50 episodes)
  10. 1990Ghost DadFilm: Mr. Cohen
  11. 1988Norman's CornerFilm: Harv
  12. 1988Top Cat and the Beverly Hills CatsFilm: Top Cat (voice)
  13. 1987Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th StreetFilm: Bird (voice)
  14. 1985Yogi's Treasure HuntSeries: Top Cat (voice) (27 episodes)
  15. 1984Tales from the DarksideSeries (1 episode)
  16. 1984The Cosby ShowSeries: Man in Waiting Room (1 episode)
  17. 1983Wrong Way KidFilm: (voice)
  18. 1981No Man's ValleyFilm: Fred Firmwing (voice)
  19. 1980I Go PogoFilm: Churchy LaFemme (voice)
  20. 1977The Fourth KingFilm: The turtle (voice)
  21. 1977Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical AdventureFilm: Queasy (voice)
  22. 1976MisterjawSeries: Catfish (voice) (34 episodes)
  23. 1974Chico and the ManSeries: Gus-delivery man (1 episode)
  24. 1973The Mini-MunstersFilm
  25. 1972Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red DragonFilm: The Delicate Dinosaur (voice)
  26. 1972Emergency!Series: Arthur Merkl, Dick (uncredited) (1 episode)
  27. 1970Hercules in New YorkFilm: Pretzie
  28. 1969Hello Down ThereFilm: Jonah
  29. 1968SkidooFilm: Harry
  30. 1966Second Fiddle to a Steel GuitarFilm: Jubal A. Bristol
  31. 1966BatmanSeries: Gun Shop Owner (uncredited) (1 episode)
  32. 1965Pinocchio in Outer SpaceFilm: Nurtle the Turtle (voice)
  33. 1964BroadsideSeries: Stanley Stubbs (10 episodes)
  34. 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldFilm: Ray
  35. 1962Slippery SlippersFilm: Prince Charming (voice)
  36. 1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmFilm: Rumpelstiltskin
  37. 1961Kooky LoopyFilm: Wolf (voice)
  38. 1961Top CatSeries: Top Cat (voice) (30 episodes)
  39. 1961DondiFilm: Peewee
  40. 1959Katnip's Big DayFilm: Herman (archive footage) (voice)
  41. 1959BonanzaSeries: Jake 'the Weasel' (1 episode)
  42. 1959Owly to BedFilm: Herman (voice) (uncredited)
  43. 1957Wagon TrainSeries: Ah Chong (1 episode)
  44. 1957From Mad to WorseFilm: Herman
  45. 1957Three Men on a HorseFilm: Frankie
  46. 1957Cat In The ActFilm: Herman
  47. 1955The Man with the Golden ArmFilm: Sparrow
  48. 1955Mousieur HermanFilm: Herman
  49. 1955A Bicep Built for TwoFilm: Herman
  50. 1954December BrideSeries: Marvin (2 episodes)
  51. 1953Herman the CatoonistFilm: Herman (voice) (uncredited)
  52. 1953Of Mice and MagicFilm: Herman (voice)
  53. 1952Doc CorkleSeries: Winfield Dill (3 episodes)
  54. 1951Two Gals and a GuyFilm: Bernard
  55. 1951Land of Lost WatchesFilm: Turtle (voice)
  56. 1950The Voice of the TurkeyFilm
  57. 1950Saved by the BellFilm: Herman (voice) (uncredited)
  58. 1950It's Only MuscleFilm
  59. 1950Quack-a Doodle-DooFilm: Katie Bunny The Sailor
  60. 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries (1 episode)
  61. 1948Texaco Star TheaterSeries (5 episodes)
  62. 1948So This Is New YorkFilm: Western Union Clerk
  63. 1947Naughty But MiceFilm: Herman (voice)
  64. 1946Cheese BurglarFilm: Herman (voice)
  65. 1945A Lamb in a JamFilm: Blackie, Wolfie
  66. 1945Beau TiesFilm: Fatso (voice)
  67. 1945Let's Go SteadyFilm: Chet Carson
  68. 1944Moving AweighFilm: Shorty (voice) (uncredited)
  69. 1943The Marry-Go-RoundFilm: Shorty (voice)
  70. 1943No Mutton fer Nuttin'Film: Blackie
  71. 1942Seven Days' LeaveFilm: Bitsy Slater
  72. 1942My Sister EileenFilm: Jimmy (uncredited)

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