Arnold Stang
Known for Acting · 79 credits
- Born
- 1918-09-28
- Died
- 2009-12-20
- Place of birth
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
TV Shows (29)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Bonanza
1959
as Jake 'the Weasel'
Batman
1966
as Gun Shop Owner (uncredited)
Wagon Train
1957
as Ah Chong
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Cosby Show
1984
as Man in Waiting Room
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Emergency!
1972
as Dick (uncredited)
Courage the Cowardly Dog
1999
Tales from the Darkside
1984
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Pink Panther
1993
Chico and the Man
1974
as Gus-delivery man
December Bride
1954
as Marvin
Top Cat
1961
as Top Cat (voice)
Mr. Men and Little Miss
1995
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
1985
as Top Cat (voice)
Wake, Rattle, and Roll
1990
Fender Bender 500
1990
as Top Cat (voice)
Hollywood Preview
1955
as Self
The Name's the Same
1951
as Self
Texaco Star Theater
1948
Misterjaw
1976
as Catfish (voice)
Doc Corkle
1952
as Winfield Dill
The Broad Side
2001
Movies (50)
Dennis the Menace
1993
as Photographer
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Ray
Hercules in New York
1970
as Pretzie
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
as Sparrow
Ghost Dad
1990
as Mr. Cohen
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as Rumpelstiltskin
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Skidoo
1968
as Harry
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
as Self
Hello Down There
1969
as Jonah
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977
as Queasy (voice)
Dondi
1961
as Peewee
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
1988
as Top Cat (voice)
My Sister Eileen
1942
as Jimmy (uncredited)
So This Is New York
1948
as Western Union Clerk
Cheese Burglar
1946
as Herman (voice)
Moving Aweigh
1944
as Shorty (voice) (uncredited)
Seven Days' Leave
1942
as Bitsy Slater
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
1987
as Bird (voice)
No Man's Valley
1981
as Fred Firmwing (voice)
Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon
1972
as The Delicate Dinosaur (voice)
Norman's Corner
1988
as Harv
I Go Pogo
1980
as Churchy LaFemme (voice)
Let's Go Steady
1945
as Chet Carson
Pinocchio in Outer Space
1965
as Nurtle the Turtle (voice)
Two Gals and a Guy
1951
as Bernard
The Marry-Go-Round
1943
as Shorty (voice)
Kooky Loopy
1961
as Wolf (voice)
Naughty But Mice
1947
as Herman (voice)
Land of Lost Watches
1951
as Turtle (voice)
The Fourth King
1977
as The turtle (voice)
A Bicep Built for Two
1955
as Herman
Quack-a Doodle-Doo
1950
as Katie Bunny The Sailor
Wrong Way Kid
1983
as (voice)
Cat In The Act
1957
as Herman
Beau Ties
1945
as Fatso
Herman the Catoonist
1953
as Herman (voice) (uncredited)
From Mad to Worse
1957
as Herman
Three Men on a Horse
1957
as Frankie
No Mutton fer Nuttin'
1943
as Blackie
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1995
The Voice of the Turkey
1950
The Mini-Munsters
1973
It's Only Muscle
1950
Slippery Slippers
1962
as Prince Charming (voice)
Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
1966
as Jubal A. Bristol
Mousieur Herman
1955
as Herman
A Lamb in a Jam
1945
as Blackie, Wolfie
Saved by the Bell
1950
as Herman (voice) (uncredited)
Owly to Bed
1959
as Herman (voice) (uncredited)
About Arnold Stang
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, ha… With 79 credits spanning from 1942 to 2001, Arnold Stang has appeared in 50 films and 29 TV shows.
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- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — as Ray
- Hercules in New York (1970) — as Pretzie
- The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) — as Sparrow
- Ghost Dad (1990) — as Mr. Cohen
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