Posted on 07/08/2022 8:17:16 AM PDT by Borges
Veteran comedian Larry Storch, best remembered for starring on 1960’s F Troop, has passed away at 99. The death was officially announced on his Facebook page this morning.
Storch was born in 1923 in New York. As a teenager, he started doing stand-up earning $12 a week. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he was discovered at Ciro’s (now The Comedy Store) in Los Angeles by none other than Lucille Ball. A big staple of his act was his impressions that included Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Frank Morgan, and Basil Rathbone.
As an actor, Storch is best remember for his role in F Troop, where he played Corporal Randolph Agarn. He also starred on the 1975 children’s show The Ghostbusters, which pre-dates the Ivan Reitman movie by almost a decade.
If you had a television show in the 1960’s or 1970’s, there’s a good chance Storch made an appearance on it. Other credits include Gilligan’s Island, The Love Boat, Car 54, Where Are You?, Get Smart, Married with Children, That Girl, I Dream of Jeanie, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Gomer Pyle, Fantasy Island, and even as the voice of The Joker in Batman, among countless others.
Storch had a career that spanned from the 1940’s all the way until his last public appearance last July. Check out some highlights from his long career below.
Dang
RIP Corporal Egarn
Great, great impersonator. He and Rich Little were on a talk show, and I thought that Storch was better, at least on that day. Funny guy.....
Those were the days.
“Welcome to Barracho, honey!”
Goodness he was 99 I feel really old right now!!!
Not bad. RIP
That’s 2. Who will be next? Celebrity deaths come in 3’s
from a time 10-year olds could watch television by themselves and their parents didn’t have to worry about it...
Ninety-nine is a good run. RIP Larry Storch.
From Married with Children. The Larry Storch School of Acting. LOL!!!
RIP
...F-Troop was a gas.
Godspeed Larry!
Not bad. RIP
Not bad? That sounds almost ideal.
RIP
RIP Larry
F-Troop was great
RIP, Larry. Thanks for the laughs!
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