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Comedian Larry Storch, star of “F Troop,” dead at 99
The Laugh Button ^ | 7/8/22 | Andrew Buss

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.


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KEYWORDS: hollywood; storch
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To: Borges
Motorcycle Cop in Sex and the Single Girl (1964) and Texas Jack The Great Race (1965), both with Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood.
61 posted on 07/08/2022 9:13:09 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: null and void

He’s a lousy after.😖


62 posted on 07/08/2022 10:11:24 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Borges

Good long run. RIP.


63 posted on 07/08/2022 11:24:14 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: BiteYourSelf

He wasn’t much of a before, either!


64 posted on 07/09/2022 5:40:38 AM PDT by null and void (If I had a buck for every girl that found me unattractive, they would eventually find me attractive!)
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To: null and void

That was supposed to be actor not after.😖


65 posted on 07/09/2022 6:29:45 AM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: BiteYourSelf

I know...

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66 posted on 07/09/2022 6:47:14 AM PDT by null and void (If I had a buck for every girl that found me unattractive, they would eventually find me attractive!)
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To: Borges

Who says I am dumb!!


67 posted on 07/10/2022 1:13:18 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: crusty old prospector

You have seen him in many westerns and other tv shows.

Character actor L.Q. Jones who featured as the ‘heavy’ in westerns and directed A Boy And His Dog dies at 94 surrounded by family
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10998787/Character-actor-L-Q-Jones-featured-heavy-westerns-dies-94-surrounded-family.html

L.Q. Jones (1927-2022) Tells Why He Left CHEYENNE! Plus recalls THE VIRGINIAN...and a dog. AWOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeVfdEsq2uM

LQ Jones (1927-2022) remembers Ben Johnson! Annie Oakley! James Coburn! Westerns!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lNsjbUWki4


68 posted on 07/10/2022 1:13:38 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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Our local paper carried the New York Times’ obituary... main theme if which was his wife had a half-black daughter who she gave up. Not even his daughter... R.I.P. Mr.Storch.


69 posted on 07/16/2022 10:27:56 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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