The Corner Bar aired from June 1972 until September 1973 on ABC.
Shown during 2 summers, this sitcom about contemporary life focused on the patrons who freqented Grant's Toomb, a neighborhood tavern in New York City. During the summer of 1972 Gabriel Dell ( One of the original Bowery Boys) portayed bartender Harry Grant, but in 1973 the place was taken over by Mae and Frank( Anne Meara, Eugene Roche). The regular patrons in one or both seasons were Fred ( J.J. Barry who you might remember as Janet's Boss Mr. Compton on Three's Company a few years later), a griping, hard-hat bigoted cabdriver; Phil ( Bill Fiore), a scheming Wall Street Lawyer; Peter Panama ( Vincent Schiavelli), a gay set designer ( Corner Bar was the first series to have a recurring gay character ); and Donald ( Ron Carey), a flamboyant actor. The hired help included Joe ( Joe Keyes), the liberated black cook; Meyer ( Shimen Ruskin), the long suffering waiter; and Mary Ann ( Langhorn Scruggs), the sexy and slightly daft waitress.
Comedian Alan King was the executive producer and comedian Howard Morris( one of the second bananas on Your Show Of Shows and famous in the sitcom world as Earnest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show) was the producer.
Here is Gabriel Dell's Obituary from The New York Times
Gabriel Dell, 68, a Dead End Kid On Broadway and in Many Films
By LESLIE BENNETTS
Published: July 07, 1988
Gabriel Dell, who began acting on Broadway as one of the Dead End Kids and went on to a wide-ranging stage and film career, died of leukemia Sunday at his home in North Hollywood, Calif. He was 68 years old.
Mr. Dell - who was born in Brooklyn and whose original name was Gabriel del Vecchio - was catapulted to fame on Broadway in 1935 in Sidney Kingsley's ''Dead End,'' an examination of slum life and its contribution to crime.
The play was a success, and the six young actors who came to be known as the Dead End Kids were brought to Hollywood to star opposite Humphrey Bogart in the movie version, which was directed by William Wyler and received four Academy Award nominations. Same Group, Other Names
The Dead End group, sometimes appearing under such names as the Bowery Boys and the Eastside Kids, went on to make many other movies, including ''Angels With Dirty Faces'' with James Cagney, ''Crime School'' with Bogart, ''They Made Me a Criminal'' with John Garfield, ''Angels Wash Their Faces,'' ''Little Tough Guy,'' ''Hell's Kitchen,'' ''You're Not So Tough,'' ''Give Us Wings,'' ''Dress Parade'' and ''Hit the Road.''
Mr. Dell's Broadway credits included ''Luv,'' ''The Goodbye People,'' ''The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window,'' ''Fun City,'' ''Anyone Can Whistle,'' ''Something Different,'' ''Ankles Aweigh,'' ''Tickets Please'' and ''Prisoner of Second Avenue,'' as well as such Off Broadway productions as Elaine May's ''Adaptation'' and John Ford Noonan's ''Where Do We Go From Here,'' among other plays. Work in Musicals
Mr. Dell also appeared in musicals, including ''Can-Can,'' ''Wonderful Town'' and ''Oklahoma!'' at City Center. Among Mr. Dell's films were ''Earthquake'' and ''Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?''
At the news of Mr. Dell's death, another of the original Dead End Kids, Dr. Bernard Punsley, said, ''That leaves two of us.'' The other surviving member is Huntz Hall, an actor.
Mr. Dell is survived by two sons, Gabriel Jr. and Michael, both actors, and a sister, Ethel Dell.
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