Arnold Stang
Born
September 28, 1918
Died
December 20, 2009 (91 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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. 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

Dennis the Menace
Photographer
1993

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self
1991

Ghost Dad
Mr. Cohen
1990

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Top Cat (voice)
1988

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
Bird (voice)
1987
Wrong Way Kid
(voice)
1983

No Man's Valley
Fred Firmwing (voice)
1981

The Fourth King
The turtle (voice)
1977

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Queasy (voice)
1976

The Mini-Munsters
1973

Hercules in New York
Pretzie
1970

Hello Down There
Jonah
1969

Skidoo
Harry
1968

Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
Jubal A. Bristol
1966

Pinocchio in Outer Space
Nurtle the Turtle (voice)
1965

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Ray
1963

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Rumpelstiltskin
1962

Dondi
Peewee
1961
From Mad to Worse
Herman
1957
Cat In The Act
Herman
1957

The Man with the Golden Arm
Sparrow
1955
Mousieur Herman
Herman
1955

A Bicep Built for Two
Herman
1955

Two Gals and a Guy
Bernard
1951
Land of Lost Watches
Turtle (voice)
1951
The Voice of the Turkey
1950

Saved by the Bell
Herman (voice) (uncredited)
1950
It's Only Muscle
1950

Quack-a Doodle-Doo
Katie Bunny The Sailor
1950

So This Is New York
Western Union Clerk
1948

Naughty But Mice
Herman (voice)
1947

Cheese Burglar
Herman (voice)
1946

Moving Aweigh
Shorty (voice) (uncredited)
1944

The Marry-Go-Round
Shorty (voice)
1943

Seven Days' Leave
Bitsy Slater
1942

My Sister Eileen
Jimmy (uncredited)
1942

George Romero's Golden Tales 3
The Broad Side
(6 episodes)
2001

Courage the Cowardly Dog
(1 episode)
1999

The Pink Panther
(69 episodes)
1993

Wake, Rattle, and Roll
(20 episodes)
1990

Fender Bender 500
Top Cat (voice) · (10 episodes)
1990

Norman's Corner
Harv
1988

Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Top Cat (voice) · (27 episodes)
1985

Tales from the Darkside
(1 episode)
1984

The Cosby Show
Man in Waiting Room · (1 episode)
1984

Reading Rainbow
Himself - Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
1983

I Go Pogo
Churchy LaFemme (voice)
1980

Misterjaw
Catfish (voice) · (34 episodes)
1976

Mr. Men and Little Miss
(132 episodes)
1974

Chico and the Man
Gus-delivery man · (1 episode)
1974

Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon
The Delicate Dinosaur (voice)
1972

Emergency!
(1 episode)
1972

Emergency!
Dick (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1972

Batman
Gun Shop Owner (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1966

Slippery Slippers
Prince Charming (voice)
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961

Kooky Loopy
Wolf (voice)
1961

Top Cat
Top Cat (voice) · (30 episodes)
1961

Bonanza
Jake 'the Weasel' · (1 episode)
1959
Owly to Bed
Herman (voice) (uncredited)
1959

The Steve Allen Show
Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk' · (1 episode)
1956
Hollywood Preview
Self · (1 episode)
1955

December Bride
(2 episodes)
1954

December Bride
Marvin · (1 episode)
1954
Herman the Catoonist
Herman (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Doc Corkle
Winfield Dill · (3 episodes)
1952
The Name's the Same
(21 episodes)
1951

The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (1 episode)
1950

The Bob Hope Show
Self · (1 episode)
1950

What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
1950

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1948
Texaco Star Theater
(5 episodes)
1948

Beau Ties
Fatso
1945

Let's Go Steady
Chet Carson
1945