Today I'd like to pay tribute to a fine group of unsung actors and actresses whose ranks appear to be diminishing in today's sitcom world but in the golden days of TV they served as the backbone to many a sitcom. In every sitcom you would see the stars like Lucy or Gleason or Jack Benny as well as the supporting actors like Art Carney or Vivian Vance but there was also another group who seemed to be everywhere whose faces were instantly recognizable but who were anything but household names. These were the great character actors who could play any part that was called for in the script from a doctor one week to a janitor the next with a great deal of skill and style. As you will see in their resumes these people were in great demand because of their talent but they were never recognized for their work with any awards and such, just the eternal gratitude of TV lovers everywhere. Of that group, it was the following who seemed to have the greatest demand for their services and it is their fine work that I would like to acknowledge for you so you can appreciate them all over again. Here they are in alphabetical order:


MABEL ALBERTSON

Born: July 24, 1901 Lynn, Mass.

Died: Sept. 28, 1982 Santa Monica, Cal.

---Sister of Jack Albertson ("Chico and the Man")

Memorable roles: TV's most distraught mother figure, as Darrin Stephens' mother on "Bewitched", Donald Hollinger's mother on "That Girl", and Howard Sprague's mother on the "Andy Griifith Show".

Also appeared on: "The Munsters", "Gomer Pyle", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".


ELVIA ALLMAN

Born: Sept. 19, 1904 Enochville, North Carolina

Died: March 6, 1993 Santa Monica, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Lucy's boss at the candy factory who gave the order to "Speed it up!"

---Selma Plout "Petticoat Junction"

---Elverna Bradshaw "Beverly Hillbillies"

Also appeared on: "The Andy Griffith Show"; "Mr. Ed"; "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "The Addams Family"; "Green Acres"; "Bewitched"; "The Munsters"; "My Three Sons"; "The Odd Couple".

PARLEY BAER

Born: Aug. 5, 1914 Salt Lake City, Utah


Memorable roles:

---Mayor Stoner "The Andy Griffith Show"

---A personal favorite: as a bigoted client of Darrin's in the "Bewitched" Christmas episode "Sisters at Heart"


Also appeared on: "I Love Lucy"; "Petticoat Junction"; "The Addams Family"; "Green Acres"; "Hogan's Heroes"; "Gomer Pyle"; "I Dream Of Jeannie"; "Here's Lucy".


MADGE BLAKE

Born: May 31, 1899 Kinsley, Kansas

Died: Feb. 19, 1969 Pasadena, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Mrs. Margaret Mondello, Larry's mom "Leave It To Beaver"

---Aunt Harriet Cooper "Batman"

Also appeared on: "I Love Lucy"; "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "The Addams Family"; "Bewitched"; "Gomer Pyle".


FRED CLARK


Born: May 9, 1914 Lincoln, Cal.

Died: Dec. 5, 1968 Santa Monica, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Harry Morton "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"

---Dr. Roy Clyburn, Granny's nemesis "The Beverly Hillbillies"


Also appeared on: "Petticoat Junction"; "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "I Dream Of Jeannie".


ELLEN CORBY

Born: June 3, 1911 Racine, Wisc.

Died: April 14, 1999 Woodland Hills, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Grandma Esther Walton "The Waltons"

---An elderly con artist who tries to sell Barney Fife a real lemon in the "Andy Griffith" episode "Barney's First Car".


Also appeared on: "I Love Lucy"; "The Beverly Hillbillies"; "Gomer Pyle"; "The Addams Family" ( as Lurch's mother! ) ; "Get Smart"; "The Odd Couple".


RICHARD DEACON

Born: May 14, 1921 Philadelphia, Pa.

Died: Aug. 8, 1984 Los Angeles, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Fred Rutherford, Lumpy's father "Leave It To Beaver"

---Mel Cooley, Alan Brady's brother-in-law "The Dick Van Dyke Show"

Also appeared on: "The Donna Reed Show"; "My Three Sons"; "Mr. Ed"; "The Addams Family"; "Green Acres"; "The Munsters"; "The Beverly Hillbillies"; "I Dream Of Jeannie"; "Get Smart"; "Here's Lucy".


ROSEMARY DE CAMP

Born: Nov. 14, 1910 Prescott, Arizona

Died: Feb. 20, 2001 Torrance, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Margaret MacDonald, Bob's sister "Love That Bob/Bob Cummings Show"

---Helen Marie, Ann's mother "That Girl"

---Aunt Helen "Petticoat Junction" (filling in after Bea Benaderet's death)

---Grandma, Shirley's mom "The Partridge Family"

Also appeared on: "The Beverly Hillbillies".


KATHLEEN FREEMAN


Born: Feb. 17, 1919 Chicago, Ill.

Died: Aug. 23, 2001 New York, NY

Most memorable roles:

---Jerry Lewis' mom "The Nutty Professor" one of many of his movies that she appeared in

---Flo Shafer "The Beverly Hillbillies"

Also appeared in: "Mr. Ed" (in the episode "Clint Eastwood Meets Mr. Ed", a real TV landmark if there ever was one); "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "Hogan's Heroes"; "I Dream Of Jeannie".


CHARLES LANE

Born: Jan. 26, 1905 San Francisco, Cal.

---The undisputed king of all the character actors. He's been everywhere!

Memorable roles:


---Homer Bedloe "Petticoat Junction"

(The inspiration for Homer Simpson, perhaps?)

---Mr. Barnsdahl, Lucy's banker, first season of "The Lucy Show"

---Harvey Purvis, Grandpa's egg business partner, "The Real McCoys"

Also appeared on: just about everywhere, including "I Love Lucy"; "Mr. Ed"; "The Beverly Hillbillies"; "The Andy Griffith Show"; "Gomer Pyle"; "Get Smart"; "Bewitched"; "The Munsters"; "Green Acres".


SID MELTON


Born: May 23, 1920 Brooklyn, NY

Memorable roles:

---Uncle Charley Halper "Make Room For Daddy/Danny Thomas"

---Alf Monroe "Green Acres"

---Salvatore Petrillo, Sophia's husband, "The Golden Girls"

Also appeared on: "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "The Munsters"; "The Andy Griffith Show"; "Gomer Pyle"; "Petticoat Junction"; "I Dream Of Jeannie".


ALLAN MELVIN


Born: Feb. 18, 1922 Kansas City, Missouri


Memorable roles:

---Cpl. Henshaw "Sgt. Bilko"

---Sam Franklin, the butcher "The Brady Bunch"

---Barney Hefner "All In The Family"; "Archie Bunker's Place"

---Believe it or not, he is also the cartoon voice of "Magilla Gorilla"

Also appeared on: "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "The Andy Griffith Show"; "McHale's Navy"; "Green Acres".

BURT MUSTIN

Born: Feb. 8, 1884 Pittsburgh, PA

Died: Jan. 28, 1977 Glendale, Cal.


---Another charter member of the Character Actor Hall Of Fame, you can't turn on your set without finding him somewhere.


Memorable roles:

---Gus the fireman "Leave It To Beaver"

---Jud "The Andy Griffith Show"


Also appeared on: nearly everything in sight, including "The Andy Griffith Show"; "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "The Beverly Hillbillies"; "Get Smart"; "My Three Sons"; "Bewitched"; "The Lucy Show"; "Batman"; "The Monkees"; "Gomer Pyle"; "Petticoat Junction"; "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"; "All In The Family"; "The Brady Bunch"; "Here's Lucy".



WILLIAM SCHALLERT

Born: July 6, 1922 Los Angeles, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Mr. Leander Pomfritt "Dobie Gillis"

---Martin Lane, Patty and Cathy's father "The Patty Duke Show"

---CONTROL AGENT The Admiral "Get Smart"

---Russ Lawrence, Gidget's father "The New Gidget"


Also appeared on: "Leave It To Beaver"; "The Donna Reed Show"; "The Andy Griffith Show"; "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "Bewitched"; "That Girl"; "The Partridge Family"; "Maude"; "One Day At A Time"; "Archie Bunker's Place".


MARY WICKES


Born: June 13, 1916 St. Louis, Missouri

Died: Oct. 22, 1995 Los Angeles, Cal.


Memorable roles:

----Lucy's ballet teacher "I Love Lucy"


Also appeared on: "My Three Sons"; "The Lucy Show"; "The Beverly Hillbillies"; "Here's Lucy"; "Sanford and Son"; "MASH".

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Kathleen Freeman was on Donna Reed Show this morning!!!!

ELVIA ALLMAN
She also appeared on "The Lucy Show"

PARLEY BAER
He also appeared on "The Lucy Show"

KATHLEEN FREEMAN
She also appeared on "The Lucy Show"

WILLIAM SCHALLERT
He also appeared on "The Lucy Show"

Here is another one worth mentioning:
SID GOULD

~ Appeared on "The Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy" COUNTLESS times.

One of the most prolific character actors in television history was Burt Mustin (Born Feb. 2nd, 1884, Died Jan. 28th, 1977). (As noted by Sal above). Mustin was a tall, thin, bald fellow who already was well into his 60s when he first started making a name for himself as a TV character actor.

Mustin appeared in just about every popular sitcom in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, including Leave it To Beaver ("Gus the Fireman"), The Andy Griffith Show ("Jud Fletcher"), Bewitched, Petticoat Junction, All In The Family, Sanford and Son, and The Mary Tyler Moore show just to name a few.

He also made numerous apearances in Jack Webb's police and fire dramas such as Dragnet, Adam 12, and Emergency.

WoW I remember some of these actors and actresses. You're right I never knew their names but, I sure knew their faces. They are Unsung heroes.

While watching an episode of the "Dick Van Dyke Show" on TV Land this afternoon, I came across another of the all-time great sitcom character actors: Vito Scotti.

Mr. Scotti (born Jan. 26, 1918, died June 5, 1996) almost always played a humble Italian immigrant with a heavy Italian accent (usually playing a waiter, barber, or some similar role).

Like the others mentioned by Sal, Vito Scotti appeared in scores of sitcoms, dramas, and movies from the 1950s until the early 90s.

One of my favorite sitcom episodes featured Mr. Scotti playing the great artist, Picasso (however, it was "Sam" Picasso - not Pablo!)

He also turns up in numerous other sitcoms episodes of Gilligan's Isalnd, Bewitched, Get Smart, Dick Van Dyke, Mad About You, The Golden Girls, and Who's The Boss.

Originally posted by Sal
WILLIAM SCHALLERT
Also appeared on: "Leave It To Beaver"; "The Donna Reed Show"; "The Andy Griffith Show"; "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "Bewitched"; "That Girl"; "The Partridge Family"; "Maude"; "One Day At A Time"; "Archie Bunker's Place".


Mr. Schallert also was on "The Waltons" as Stanley Perkins during the last season.

This is an ancient but terrific thread about the mainstay character actors of TV. Here's another:

RICHARD STAHL

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Born: January 4, 1932 Detroit

Died: June 18, 2006 Los Angeles

Memorable roles: balding, deadpan actor who played the chef Howard on the syndicated version of "It's a Living"; guested in different roles on nine different episodes of "the Odd Couple," including Brother Ralph in the episode "The Odd Monks."

Also appeared on: guested on five episodes of "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart," possibly because he was the one actor who could make Bob look animated; All in the Family; WKRP; Barney Miller; Laverne and Shirley; Night Court.

I don't know about awards for the others but Ellen Corby at least was an Emmy winner on The Waltons. Also, she appeared on Alfred Hitchcock Presents and the Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

Rosemary DeCamp played the role of Peg Riley on the Jackie Gleason version of Life of Riley, Allan Melvin also played the role of Sgt Hacker, Sgt. Carters Nemisis on Gomer Plyle, U.S.M.C. Bert Mustin and Richard Deacon appeared together as father and son on the old Betty White sitcom Date With the Angels, Parley Baer was the voice of Ernie the elf on the Keebler commercials, and was the original Chester on the radio version of Gunsmoke. By the way Ellen Corby and Charles lane both had bit parts on the Classic Christmas movie It's a Wonderful Life.

Rosemary DeCamp played the role of Peg Riley on the Jackie Gleason version of Life of Riley, Allan Melvin also played the role of Sgt Hacker, Sgt. Carters Nemisis on Gomer Plyle, U.S.M.C. Bert Mustin and Richard Deacon appeared together as father and son on the old Betty White sitcom Date With the Angels, Parley Baer was the voice of Ernie the elf on the Keebler commercials, and was the original Chester on the radio version of Gunsmoke. By the way Ellen Corby and Charles lane both had bit parts on the Classic Christmas movie It's a Wonderful Life.

Parley Bear was also the voice of Eb, the farmhand, on the radio series Granby's Green Acres, the radio series which inspired Green Acres.

Ellen Corby also played Martha Washington in a 2-part episode of BEWITCHED in, I think, 1970 (and Will Geer who played her husband on THE WALTONS played George Washington in the episode)

JOHN McGIVER

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Born: 1913 in New York City

Died: 1975 in West Fulton, New York

Memorable roles: usually in charge and decisive, one of those actors you could never be sure if they were American or British; the boss of superhero "Mr. Terrific"; magnificent single scene performance in Dick van Dyke Show episode, "See Rob Write, Write Rob Write"; butterfly catcher Lord Beasley Waterford in Gilligan's Island episode, "Man with a Net."

Also appeared on: Lucy Show; Beverly Hillbillies; Patty Duke Show; Bewitched; movies.

Thanks to everyone for revisiting this topic. I enjoyed writing it and learning about the people that you see below yet it was so long ago I forgot it was still around. Since you brought it up again, I've seen a couple of additions to the list which are always welcome and with people also adding photos to go with the profiles, I thought I would do the same as well with my original list. So now, here they are again, the great character actors of the past, now featuring the faces behind the names:



Here they are in alphabetical order:


MABEL ALBERTSON

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Born: July 24, 1901 Lynn, Mass.

Died: Sept. 28, 1982 Santa Monica, Cal.

---Sister of Jack Albertson ("Chico and the Man")

Memorable roles: TV's most distraught mother figure, as Darrin Stephens' mother on "Bewitched", Donald Hollinger's mother on "That Girl", and Howard Sprague's mother on the "Andy Griifith Show".

Also appeared on: "The Munsters", "Gomer Pyle", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".


ELVIA ALLMAN

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Born: Sept. 19, 1904 Enochville, North Carolina

Died: March 6, 1993 Santa Monica, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Lucy's boss at the candy factory who gave the order to "Speed it up!"

---Selma Plout "Petticoat Junction"

---Elverna Bradshaw "Beverly Hillbillies"

Also appeared on: "The Andy Griffith Show"; "Mr. Ed"; "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "The Addams Family"; "Green Acres"; "Bewitched"; "The Munsters"; "My Three Sons"; "The Odd Couple".

PARLEY BAER

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Born: Aug. 5, 1914 Salt Lake City, Utah


Memorable roles:

---Mayor Stoner "The Andy Griffith Show"

---A personal favorite: as a bigoted client of Darrin's in the "Bewitched" Christmas episode "Sisters at Heart"


Also appeared on: "I Love Lucy"; "Petticoat Junction"; "The Addams Family"; "Green Acres"; "Hogan's Heroes"; "Gomer Pyle"; "I Dream Of Jeannie"; "Here's Lucy".


MADGE BLAKE

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Born: May 31, 1899 Kinsley, Kansas

Died: Feb. 19, 1969 Pasadena, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Mrs. Margaret Mondello, Larry's mom "Leave It To Beaver"

---Aunt Harriet Cooper "Batman"

Also appeared on: "I Love Lucy"; "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "The Addams Family"; "Bewitched"; "Gomer Pyle".


FRED CLARK

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Born: May 9, 1914 Lincoln, Cal.

Died: Dec. 5, 1968 Santa Monica, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Harry Morton "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"

---Dr. Roy Clyburn, Granny's nemesis "The Beverly Hillbillies"


Also appeared on: "Petticoat Junction"; "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "I Dream Of Jeannie".


ELLEN CORBY

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Born: June 3, 1911 Racine, Wisc.

Died: April 14, 1999 Woodland Hills, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Grandma Esther Walton "The Waltons"

---An elderly con artist who tries to sell Barney Fife a real lemon in the "Andy Griffith" episode "Barney's First Car".


Also appeared on: "I Love Lucy"; "The Beverly Hillbillies"; "Gomer Pyle"; "The Addams Family" ( as Lurch's mother! ) ; "Get Smart"; "The Odd Couple".


RICHARD DEACON

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Born: May 14, 1921 Philadelphia, Pa.

Died: Aug. 8, 1984 Los Angeles, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Fred Rutherford, Lumpy's father "Leave It To Beaver"

---Mel Cooley, Alan Brady's brother-in-law "The Dick Van Dyke Show"

Also appeared on: "The Donna Reed Show"; "My Three Sons"; "Mr. Ed"; "The Addams Family"; "Green Acres"; "The Munsters"; "The Beverly Hillbillies"; "I Dream Of Jeannie"; "Get Smart"; "Here's Lucy".


ROSEMARY DE CAMP

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Born: Nov. 14, 1910 Prescott, Arizona

Died: Feb. 20, 2001 Torrance, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Margaret MacDonald, Bob's sister "Love That Bob/Bob Cummings Show"

---Helen Marie, Ann's mother "That Girl"

---Aunt Helen "Petticoat Junction" (filling in after Bea Benaderet's death)

---Grandma Renfrew, Shirley's mom "The Partridge Family"

Also appeared on: "The Beverly Hillbillies".


KATHLEEN FREEMAN

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Born: Feb. 17, 1919 Chicago, Ill.

Died: Aug. 23, 2001 New York, NY

Most memorable roles:

---Jerry Lewis' mom "The Nutty Professor" one of many of his movies that she appeared in

---Flo Shafer "The Beverly Hillbillies"

Also appeared in: "Mr. Ed" (in the episode "Clint Eastwood Meets Mr. Ed", a real TV landmark if there ever was one); "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "Hogan's Heroes"; "I Dream Of Jeannie".


CHARLES LANE

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Born: Jan. 26, 1905 San Francisco, Cal.

---The undisputed king of all the character actors. He's been everywhere!

Memorable roles:


---Homer Bedloe "Petticoat Junction"

(The inspiration for Homer Simpson, perhaps?)

---Mr. Barnsdahl, Lucy's banker, first season of "The Lucy Show"

---Harvey Purvis, Grandpa's egg business partner, "The Real McCoys"

Also appeared on: just about everywhere, including "I Love Lucy"; "Mr. Ed"; "The Beverly Hillbillies"; "The Andy Griffith Show"; "Gomer Pyle"; "Get Smart"; "Bewitched"; "The Munsters"; "Green Acres".


SID MELTON

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Born: May 23, 1920 Brooklyn, NY

Memorable roles:

---Uncle Charley Halper "Make Room For Daddy/Danny Thomas"

---Alf Monroe "Green Acres"

---Salvatore Petrillo, Sophia's husband, "The Golden Girls"

Also appeared on: "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "The Munsters"; "The Andy Griffith Show"; "Gomer Pyle"; "Petticoat Junction"; "I Dream Of Jeannie".


ALLAN MELVIN

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Born: Feb. 18, 1922 Kansas City, Missouri


Memorable roles:

---Cpl. Henshaw "The Phil Silvers Show"

---Sam Franklin, the butcher "The Brady Bunch"

---Barney Hefner "All In The Family"; "Archie Bunker's Place"

---Believe it or not, he is also the cartoon voice of "Magilla Gorilla"

Also appeared on: "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "The Andy Griffith Show"; "McHale's Navy"; "Green Acres".

BURT MUSTIN

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Born: Feb. 8, 1884 Pittsburgh, PA

Died: Jan. 28, 1977 Glendale, Cal.


---Another charter member of the Character Actor Hall Of Fame, you can't turn on your set without finding him somewhere.


Memorable roles:

---Gus the fireman "Leave It To Beaver"

---Jud "The Andy Griffith Show"


Also appeared on: nearly everything in sight, including "The Andy Griffith Show"; "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "The Beverly Hillbillies"; "Get Smart"; "My Three Sons"; "Bewitched"; "The Lucy Show"; "Batman"; "The Monkees"; "Gomer Pyle"; "Petticoat Junction"; "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"; "All In The Family"; "The Brady Bunch"; "Here's Lucy".



WILLIAM SCHALLERT

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Born: July 6, 1922 Los Angeles, Cal.


Memorable roles:

---Mr. Leander Pomfritt "Dobie Gillis"

---Martin Lane, Patty and Cathy's father "The Patty Duke Show"

---CONTROL AGENT The Admiral "Get Smart"

---Russ Lawrence, Gidget's father "The New Gidget"


Also appeared on: "Leave It To Beaver"; "The Donna Reed Show"; "The Andy Griffith Show"; "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; "Bewitched"; "That Girl"; "The Partridge Family"; "Maude"; "One Day At A Time"; "Archie Bunker's Place".


MARY WICKES

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Born: June 13, 1916 St. Louis, Missouri

Died: Oct. 22, 1995 Los Angeles, Cal.


Memorable roles:

----Lucy's ballet teacher "I Love Lucy"

----Miss Cathcart, Dennis' neighbor "Dennis The Menace"


Also appeared on: "My Three Sons"; "The Lucy Show"; "The Beverly Hillbillies"; "Here's Lucy"; "Sanford and Son"; "MASH".

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Sal: Thanks for starting this thread! It was great to run across it among the older material. One thing that's pretty amazing is that all the retro over-the-air channels didn't even exist then, so now these people are everywhere.

Kathleen Freeman also played a maid on THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES once and she played Dom Deluies (I think that's his name) mother in the short-lived series LOTSA LUCK from, I think, 1973

JESSE WHITE

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Born: 1917 in Buffalo

Died: 1997 in Los Angeles

Memorable roles: usually a plain-speaking, slightly cynical "operator"; most famous as the classic "Maytag Repairman" of washing machine commercials; board member of Del Boca Vista on Seinfeld; hospital orderly in the movie and teleplay of "Harvey."

Also appeared on: Make Room for Daddy; Andy Griffith Show; Dick van Dyke Show; Green Acres; Beverly Hillbillies; That Girl.

JESSE WHITE

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Born: 1917 in Buffalo

Died: 1997 in Los Angeles

Memorable roles: usually a plain-speaking, slightly cynical "operator"; most famous as the classic "Maytag Repairman" of washing machine commercials; board member of Del Boca Vista on Seinfeld; hospital orderly in the movie and teleplay of "Harvey."

Also appeared on: Make Room for Daddy; Andy Griffith Show; Dick van Dyke Show; Green Acres; Beverly Hillbillies; That Girl.
ironically ME TV tonight showed an episode of TAGS that he did.

ironically ME TV tonight showed an episode of TAGS that he did.

Not a mere coincidence!

Props to:
Dick Wilson (I) (1916–2007)
Actor
Dick Wilson was born on July 30, 1916 in Preston, Lancashire, England as Riccardo DiGuglielmo. He was an actor, known for Bewitched (1964), Get Out of My Room (1985) and The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968). He was married to Meg. He died on November 19, 2007 in Woodland Hills, California, USA. Famous for the Charmin commercials.
Born:
Riccardo DiGuglielmo
July 30, 1916 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
Died:
November 19, 2007 (age 91) in Woodland Hills, California, USA
I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series)
Dockweiler / Mr. Wimple
- Djinn Djinn, the Pied Piper (1969) ... Dockweiler
- What's New, Poodle Dog? (1966) ... Mr. Wimple
1969 Room 222 (TV Series)
PTA member
- Richie's Story (1969) ... PTA member
1969 The Queen and I (TV Series)
Man
- Duffy's Cruise (1969) ... Man
1968 Mayberry R.F.D. (TV Series)
Ralph Carr
- Miss Farmerette (1968) ... Ralph Carr
1966-1968 Get Smart (TV Series)
Jeweler / Creevley
- Diamonds Are a Spy's Best Friend (1968) ... Jeweler
- Perils in a Pet Shop (1966) ... Creevley
1967-1968 That Girl (TV Series)
Alex Franklin / Desk Clerk
- Eleven Angry Men and That Girl (1968) ... Alex Franklin
- The Honeymoon Apartment (1967) ... Desk Clerk
1968 The Shakiest Gun in the West
Black Eagle (Indian chief)
1968 Stay Away, Joe
Car Salesman (uncredited)
1967 The Flying Nun (TV Series)
Joe / Man #1
- Young Man with a Cornette (1967) ... Joe / Man #1
1967 Petticoat Junction (TV Series)
Airline Clerk
- Kate's Birthday (1967) ... Airline Clerk
1967 My Three Sons (TV Series)
Club Employee
- My Wife, the Waitress (1967) ... Club Employee
1967 The Second Hundred Years (TV Series)
Government Agent
- A Simple Son of the Soil (1967) ... Government Agent
1967 Caprice
Headwaiter (uncredited)
1967 Captain Nice (TV Series)
The Drunk
- Whatever Lola Wants (1967) ... The Drunk
1966-1967 Mr. Terrific (TV Series)
Chef / Russian Agent
- Fly, Ballerina, Fly (1967) ... Chef
- Unaired Pilot (1966) ... Russian Agent (uncredited)
1967 Occasional Wife (TV Series)
Waiter
- One Plus One Equals Too Many (1967) ... Waiter
1966 The Hero (TV Series)
- The Day They Shot Sam Garrett (1966)
1966 The Jean Arthur Show (TV Series)
Angelo Liguori
- Blackstone, Italian Style (1966) ... Angelo Liguori
1965-1966 McHale's Navy (TV Series)
Dino Baroni / Dino Barone / The 4th Italian
- Binghamton at 20 Paces (1966) ... Dino Barone
- An Ensign's Best Friend (1966) ... Dino Barone
- Little Red Riding Doctor (1966) ... Dino Baroni
- Fire in the Liquor Locker (1966) ... The 4th Italian
- Vino, Vino, Who's Got the Vino? (1965) ... Dino Baroni
Show all 7 episodes
1966 My Mother the Car (TV Series)
Jenkins
- Over the Hill to the Junkyard (1966) ... Jenkins
1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Bandmaster (uncredited)
1966 Our Man Flint
Supervisor of Pleasure Units Conditioning (uncredited)
1965 The Munsters (TV Series)
Al
- A Man for Marilyn (1965) ... Al
1965 Gidget (TV Series)
Mr. Lefferts
- All the Best Diseases Are Taken (1965) ... Mr. Lefferts
1965 The Loner (TV Series)
Bartender
- The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne's (1965) ... Bartender
1965 The Fugitive (TV Series)
Berger
- Conspiracy of Silence (1965) ... Berger
1960-1965 The Donna Reed Show (TV Series)
Mr. Hodges / Mr. Carothers / Mr. Drucker / ...
- Think Mink (1965) ... Mr. Hodges
- Rebel with a Cause (1962) ... Mr. Carothers
- Mrs. Stone and Dr. Hyde (1962) ... Mr. Drucker
- Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (1960) ... Waiter
1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Frobish (Whitepaper's Assistant) (as Richard Wilson)
1964 Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV Series)
Clerk #3
- The Case of the Marine Bandit (1964) ... Clerk #3
1963-1964 My Favorite Martian (TV Series)
Davey / Charlie / Patrolman #2
- Night Life of Uncle Martin (1964) ... Davey
- Uncle Martin's Broadcast (1964) ... Charlie
- How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying (1963) ... Patrolman #2
1964 My Living Doll (TV Series)
Salesman
- Beauty Contest (1964) ... Salesman
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series)
- The Turncoat (1964)
1964 What a Way to Go!
Driscoll (uncredited)
1964 The Great Adventure (TV Series)
- The Testing of Sam Houston (1964)
1964 Arrest and Trial (TV Series)
Dave Alperson
- Onward and Upward (1964) ... Dave Alperson
1964 Hazel (TV Series)
Policeman Murphy

MADGE BLAKE also had a recurring role on The Real McCoys, as Flora MacMichael, George's sister. George was played by Andy Clyde.

SID MELTON was also the sidekick Ichabod Mudd on the Saturday morning adventure series Captain Midnight.

KATHLEEN FREEMAN was a faculty member at the college, not Jerry Lewis's mom, in the movie "The Nutty Professor." She also played Dom DeLuise's mother on the short-lived sitcom Lotsa Luck.

JOHN McGIVER was also a regular on The Jimmy Stewart Show, as Dr. Quince; and he was the mayor's voice in the Rankin/Bass TV special "''Twas the Night Before Christmas."

BERNARD FOX

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Born: 1927 in Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales

Memorable roles: classic stiff-upper lip Britisher; Malcolm Merriweather, The Andy Griffith Show; Dr. Bombay, Bewitched and Tabitha; Colonel Crittendon, Hogan's Heroes.

Also appeared on: Dick van Dyke Show; MASH; Make Room for Daddy; movie, The Longest Day.

Props to:
Dick Wilson (I) (1916–2007)
Actor
Dick Wilson was born on July 30, 1916 in Preston, Lancashire, England as Riccardo DiGuglielmo. He was an actor, known for Bewitched (1964), Get Out of My Room (1985) and The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968). He was married to Meg. He died on November 19, 2007 in Woodland Hills, California, USA. Famous for the Charmin commercials.
Born:
Riccardo DiGuglielmo
July 30, 1916 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
Died:
November 19, 2007 (age 91) in Woodland Hills, California, USA
I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series)
Dockweiler / Mr. Wimple
- Djinn Djinn, the Pied Piper (1969) ... Dockweiler
- What's New, Poodle Dog? (1966) ... Mr. Wimple
1969 Room 222 (TV Series)
PTA member
- Richie's Story (1969) ... PTA member
1969 The Queen and I (TV Series)
Man
- Duffy's Cruise (1969) ... Man
1968 Mayberry R.F.D. (TV Series)
Ralph Carr
- Miss Farmerette (1968) ... Ralph Carr
1966-1968 Get Smart (TV Series)
Jeweler / Creevley
- Diamonds Are a Spy's Best Friend (1968) ... Jeweler
- Perils in a Pet Shop (1966) ... Creevley
1967-1968 That Girl (TV Series)
Alex Franklin / Desk Clerk
- Eleven Angry Men and That Girl (1968) ... Alex Franklin
- The Honeymoon Apartment (1967) ... Desk Clerk
1968 The Shakiest Gun in the West
Black Eagle (Indian chief)
1968 Stay Away, Joe
Car Salesman (uncredited)
1967 The Flying Nun (TV Series)
Joe / Man #1
- Young Man with a Cornette (1967) ... Joe / Man #1
1967 Petticoat Junction (TV Series)
Airline Clerk
- Kate's Birthday (1967) ... Airline Clerk
1967 My Three Sons (TV Series)
Club Employee
- My Wife, the Waitress (1967) ... Club Employee
1967 The Second Hundred Years (TV Series)
Government Agent
- A Simple Son of the Soil (1967) ... Government Agent
1967 Caprice
Headwaiter (uncredited)
1967 Captain Nice (TV Series)
The Drunk
- Whatever Lola Wants (1967) ... The Drunk
1966-1967 Mr. Terrific (TV Series)
Chef / Russian Agent
- Fly, Ballerina, Fly (1967) ... Chef
- Unaired Pilot (1966) ... Russian Agent (uncredited)
1967 Occasional Wife (TV Series)
Waiter
- One Plus One Equals Too Many (1967) ... Waiter
1966 The Hero (TV Series)
- The Day They Shot Sam Garrett (1966)
1966 The Jean Arthur Show (TV Series)
Angelo Liguori
- Blackstone, Italian Style (1966) ... Angelo Liguori
1965-1966 McHale's Navy (TV Series)
Dino Baroni / Dino Barone / The 4th Italian
- Binghamton at 20 Paces (1966) ... Dino Barone
- An Ensign's Best Friend (1966) ... Dino Barone
- Little Red Riding Doctor (1966) ... Dino Baroni
- Fire in the Liquor Locker (1966) ... The 4th Italian
- Vino, Vino, Who's Got the Vino? (1965) ... Dino Baroni
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1966 My Mother the Car (TV Series)
Jenkins
- Over the Hill to the Junkyard (1966) ... Jenkins
1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Bandmaster (uncredited)
1966 Our Man Flint
Supervisor of Pleasure Units Conditioning (uncredited)
1965 The Munsters (TV Series)
Al
- A Man for Marilyn (1965) ... Al
1965 Gidget (TV Series)
Mr. Lefferts
- All the Best Diseases Are Taken (1965) ... Mr. Lefferts
1965 The Loner (TV Series)
Bartender
- The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne's (1965) ... Bartender
1965 The Fugitive (TV Series)
Berger
- Conspiracy of Silence (1965) ... Berger
1960-1965 The Donna Reed Show (TV Series)
Mr. Hodges / Mr. Carothers / Mr. Drucker / ...
- Think Mink (1965) ... Mr. Hodges
- Rebel with a Cause (1962) ... Mr. Carothers
- Mrs. Stone and Dr. Hyde (1962) ... Mr. Drucker
- Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (1960) ... Waiter
1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Frobish (Whitepaper's Assistant) (as Richard Wilson)
1964 Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV Series)
Clerk #3
- The Case of the Marine Bandit (1964) ... Clerk #3
1963-1964 My Favorite Martian (TV Series)
Davey / Charlie / Patrolman #2
- Night Life of Uncle Martin (1964) ... Davey
- Uncle Martin's Broadcast (1964) ... Charlie
- How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying (1963) ... Patrolman #2
1964 My Living Doll (TV Series)
Salesman
- Beauty Contest (1964) ... Salesman
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series)
- The Turncoat (1964)
1964 What a Way to Go!
Driscoll (uncredited)
1964 The Great Adventure (TV Series)
- The Testing of Sam Houston (1964)
1964 Arrest and Trial (TV Series)
Dave Alperson
- Onward and Upward (1964) ... Dave Alperson
1964 Hazel (TV Series)
Policeman Murphy

Dick played a bar drunk in several episodes of "Bewitched."

Jane Dulo was another notable TV supporting actress. Among other roles, she played 99's mother on "Get Smart."

BERNARD FOX

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Born: 1927 in Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales

Memorable roles: classic stiff-upper lip Britisher; Malcolm Merriweather, The Andy Griffith Show; Dr. Bombay, Bewitched and Tabitha; Colonel Crittendon, Hogan's Heroes.

Also appeared on: Dick van Dyke Show; MASH; Make Room for Daddy; movie, The Longest Day.
he also had a small role in the movie TITANIC.

Jane Dulo was another notable TV supporting actress. Among other roles, she played 99's mother on "Get Smart."
also she was a nurse in the 1st season of McHALES NAVY

Dick played a bar drunk in several episodes of "Bewitched."
He was also in an episode of Tabitha playing a drunk.:lol: And how could I ever forget the man that was in everything during the 60's.

Bernie Kopell
Biography
Date of Birth 21 June 1933, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name Bernard Morton Kopell
Height 6' (1.83 m)
Mini Bio (1)

Bernie Kopell was born on June 21, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA as Bernard Morton Kopell. He is an actor and writer, known for The Love Boat (1977), Get Smart (2008) and That Girl (1966) and Bewitched. He has been married to Catrina Honadle since October 31, 1997. They have two children. He was previously married to Yolanda Veloz and Celia Whitney.

Bernie Kopell


Another guy who was Puerto Rican for a day on the Flying Nun.

JACKIE JOSEPH

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Born: 1933 in Los Angeles

Memorable roles: one of many comic actresses whose character was short on book learning but often long on street smarts; Jackie Parker, Doris Day Show; Ramona/Romeena, Andy Griffith Show; Melody, Josie and the Pussycats; Audrey in original film, Little Shop of Horrors.

Also appeared on: Dick van Dyke Show ("The quality of mercy is not strained!"); McHale's Navy; Hogan's Heroes; Gomer Pyle; movies, Who's Minding the Mint? and Cheyenne Social Club.

He was also in an episode of Tabitha playing a drunk.:lol: And how could I ever forget the man that was in everything during the 60's.

Bernie Kopell
Biography
Date of Birth 21 June 1933, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name Bernard Morton Kopell
Height 6' (1.83 m)
Mini Bio (1)

Bernie Kopell was born on June 21, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA as Bernard Morton Kopell. He is an actor and writer, known for The Love Boat (1977), Get Smart (2008) and That Girl (1966) and Bewitched. He has been married to Catrina Honadle since October 31, 1997. They have two children. He was previously married to Yolanda Veloz and Celia Whitney.
ah yes, good ol' Siegfried! How could any GET SMART fan forget him!!!

"ZIS IS KAOS! Ve do not _____ here!"

Reta Shaw

Date of Birth 13 September 1912, South Paris, Maine, USA
Date of Death 8 January 1982, Encino, California, USA (emphysema)
Mini Bio (1)

Reta Shaw is best known to television audiences as Hope Lange's housekeeper in the TV series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968). Disney fans will remember her as one of the singing domestics in the Oscar-winning masterpiece Mary Poppins (1964). While she never achieved stardom as a leading lady, she earned her place as a solid supporting player in a variety of popular, much-loved cinematic classics. She created the comic part of Mabel when the musical "The Pajama Game" opened on Broadway in 1954, a role she repeated in the film version.
1968-1973 Here's Lucy (TV Series)
Mrs. Witherspoon / Rita Forrester / Mabel Ryker
- Lucy's Tenant (1973) ... Mrs. Witherspoon
- Lucy and the Group Encounter (1972) ... Rita Forrester
- Lucy, the Process Server (1968) ... Mabel Ryker
1973 Barnaby Jones (TV Series)
Flo
- Death Leap (1973) ... Flo
1973 The Toy Game (TV Movie)
Adelle
1973 The Brian Keith Show (TV Series)
Miss Gormley
- Honest Sean Drives Again (1973) ... Miss Gormley
1972 Call Holme (TV Movie)
Woman
1964-1972 Bewitched (TV Series)
Aunt Hagatha / Bertha
- Sam's Witchcraft Blows a Fuse (1972) ... Aunt Hagatha
- Witches and Warlocks Are My Favorite Things (1966) ... Aunt Hagatha
- There's No Witch Like an Old Witch (1965) ... Bertha
- The Witches Are Out (1964) ... Bertha
1972 The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)
Nurse
- The Birth (1972) ... Nurse
- Annie Get Your Bike (1972) ... Nurse
1972 Me and the Chimp (TV Series)
- Mike's Day with Buttons (1972)
1971 Murder Once Removed (TV Movie)
Nurse Regis
1971 Arnie (TV Series)
- The Maid (1971)
1970 Matt Lincoln (TV Series)
Mrs. Tweed
- Lia (1970)
- Angie (1970) ... Mrs. Tweed
1968-1970 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV Series)
Martha Grant
- Wedding Day????? (1970) ... Martha Grant
- Curious Cousin (1970) ... Martha Grant
- Amateur Night (1970) ... Martha Grant
- Martha Meets the Captain (1970) ... Martha Grant
- Pardon My Ghost (1970) ... Martha Grant

HAROLD J. STONE

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Born: 1913 in New York City

Died: 2005 in Los Angeles

Memorable roles: usually a gangster or other very tough guy who happens to be in a particularly bad mood that day; regular on one-season wonders Bridget Loves Bernie and My World and Welcome to It; eccentric painter Dubov on Gilligan's Island; airline inspector in Twilight Zone episode "The Arrival"; nightclub owner in Elvis Presley's "Girl Happy."

Also appeared on: Get Smart; Hogan's Heroes; Barney Miller; Welcome Back Kotter; Three's Company; multitude of roles in nearly every dramatic genre.

NITA TALBOT

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Born: 1930 in New York City

Memorable roles: career ranged from sexpot to sarcastic parent and beyond; regular on one-season wonders Jim Backus Show, Here We Go Again, and Starting from Scratch; eccentric Russian spy Marya on Hogan's Heroes; young Rickey's angry mother on The Partridge Family; exotic dancer in Elvis Presley's "Girl Happy."

Also appeared on: The Monkees; Gomer Pyle; Bewitched; All in the Family; Soap; multitude of roles in dramatic series.

KEN LYNCH

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Born: 1910 in Cleveland

Died: 1990 in Burbank, California

Memorable roles: usually a cop or other tough guy; prison guard for Archie Bunker and warden for Rob Petrie; father of young Flamenco dancer in Dick van Dyke Show; state police officer who underestimates Sheriff Andy Taylor; cop who helps Gomer Pyle find the Sergeant's car.

Also appeared on: Sheldon Leonard's shows - Make Room for Daddy, Andy Giffith Show, Bill Dana Show, Dick van Dyke Show; Patty Duke Show; Honey West; McCloud; ubiquitous in Westerns.

he also played a refrigerator repairman on ALL IN THE FAMILY once and a detective on THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW once.