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