Did Larry Storch find it hard to find any roles after F-Troop?

[um]

I know Larry Storch did some TV shows after F-Troop was cancelled, but it seemed that he made some minor guest appearances in the context of being a former well-known actor.
The one most significant one I can recall is when he guest starred in All In The Family as one of Archie's friends who was hiring young women to date him and at first Archie thought that his friend attracted women out of nowhere, but when one of the women talks to Archie in a bar and tells him that his friend is paying her to date him, Archie realizes that the women surrounding his friend are really "call girls" and Archie gets mad at his friend for being some kind of "pimp."
It seemed that Larry Storch at this time could not really find roles to get into.
BTW, I recall another episode in which (it seemed)Ray Walston of "My Favorite Martian" made a very small appearance as a desk receptionist on AITF and it was such a meager cameo role and it must have been after AITF was on the air for a few years and "My Favorite Martian" was an old TV show that was mostly forgotten, and it seemed as if Ray Walston could not really find other roles.

[Babalu]

Almost every other 60's sitcom star that forever played in reruns career suffered. He was no different.

I remember that episode of All in the Family. The call girl was played by sitcom guest star veteran Arlene Golonka.

[Torgo]

Ray Walston had a decent film career appearing in everything from The Sting to The Happy Hooker Goes To Washington. His most iconic role was as the teacher Mr Hand in Fast Times At Ridgemont High. He also played Judge Bone on the 90s series Picket Fences.

[D-Dey]

Hmm, maybe I need to remind some of you of another "big" project he was involved in after F Troop;

http://www.70slivekidvid.com/ghost.htm


As for Ray Walston, the guy obviously had other roles after My Favorite Martian, but we can all agree that "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" was his comeback role.


http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=17872

[SitcomsHeydayfan]

Regardless, he was hilarious in F Troop! F Troop should've lasted longer than 2 seasons.

[Jim Clark]

He does play an obnoxious reporter in “Airport 1975”, a man who tests Lt Columbo’s driving ability in “Negative Reaction” (Dick van Dyke did it) and a guru in Blake Edwards’s “S.O.B”. Of course he appeared on “Married with Children “ when Kelly went to the Larry Storch School of Acting-never understood how Al and Peg didn’t know who he was.

[um]

Originally Posted by D-Dey

Hmm, maybe I need to remind some of you of another "big" project he was involved in after F Troop;

http://www.70slivekidvid.com/ghost.htm

I remember that Saturday-morning kid's show. It did not seem like a "big" move as far the show's "significance" or regarding Mr. Storch's show business career. Saturday morning kid's shows at that time seemed like (mostly) a graveyard for some established actors or comedians. I think Arte Johnson did some kind of voice-over for a kid's cartoon and so did Ruth Buzzi. I also think that some of the cast of Gilligan's Island did voice overs for a cartoon version of Gilligan's Island. (The odd thing about that is that it had to be mostly aimed at people who remembered the original Gilligan's Island and those people must have been too old to care for cartoons).

I did not pay much attention to "Ghost Busters" as a lot of kid's shows over-utilize old un-funny jokes and skits (and I do think it is strange that later on there was a movie with the same name that made it big) but I think it did not last longer than two seasons. I am not sure.

[Screwy Wabbit]

Originally Posted by D-Dey

Hmm, maybe I need to remind some of you of another "big" project he was involved in after F Troop;

http://www.70slivekidvid.com/ghost.htm

That doesn't qualify as "big." It tried to ride the coattails of his F Troop role by reuniting him with Forrest Tucker in much the same relationship and with worse gags. And they made only 15 episodes.

Larry did try to show that he was more than a comedic actor. In the McCloud episode, "Return to the Alamo," he had a completely serious role as a vicious hit man.

[GentlemanJim]

Originally Posted by Babalu

I remember that episode of All in the Family. The call girl was played by sitcom guest star veteran Arlene Golonka.

I was truly shocked when only recently discovering that dear sweet Millie was one of the madams in the Eastwood flick "Hang'em High"

She seems to have been able to portray both ends of the spectrum pretty well.

[GentlemanJim]

Originally Posted by um

I know Larry Storch did some TV shows after F-Troop was cancelled, but it seemed that he made some minor guest appearances in the context of being a former well-known actor.

Storch, IMO, had a grating personality, Which limited his utility. He was too goofy to play a heavy, and too irritating to be a comedian in a "long term exposure" . Similar to John Ratzenberger, I suppose. You remember him as part of the group, but you really don't fret much if you don't have an opportuity to invite him to your party.

[Screwy Wabbit]

Originally Posted by GentlemanJim

He was too goofy to play a heavy,

He got a serious role playing a mob henchman in McCloud in '75. Not so much as a smirk. Just scowled all through it. But he done blowed up real good.