Arnold Stang, actor known for nerdy roles, dies

Yahoo News ^ | December 22, 2009 | Yahoo News

[AU72]

NEWTON, Mass. – Arnold Stang, a radio, theater, film and television actor famous for his nerdy looks and demeanor, has died. His son says Stang died of pneumonia Sunday at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts. He was 91. The New York City native started his career on the radio as a teenager. He played alongside Milton Berle in the 1950s, starred as Frank Sinatra's sidekick in the 1955 movie "The Man with the Golden Arm," and was a member of the ensemble comedic cast of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" in 1963. He voiced the lead character in the 1960s cartoon "Top Cat," and continued comedy and drama roles into his 80s. Stang, who had lived in the Boston suburb of Needham for the past decade, is survived by his wife of 60 years, JoAnne; son, David; and daughter, Deborah.

[AU72]

I loved Top Cat.

[ClearCase_guy]

One of the great ones.

RIP

[DemforBush]

[massgopguy]

Close friends get to call him TC.

[facedown]

[tet68]

He was great with Milty.
He was “pre-nerd”.
Rest in Peace Arnold.

[TChris]

His son says Stang died of pneumonia Sunday at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts.

I've been hospitalized for pneumonia before. That has to be a frightening way to die.

RIP

[mason-dixon]

CHUNKY what a CHUNK of CHOCOLATES

Arnold Stang

PS A BOOMER Thing N-E_S-T-L-E-S!

[Wiggins]

I recently saw him in a repeat episode of the old Emergency show. I didn’t think he was still around. Great actor. RIP.

[ronnieb]

N-E-S-T-L-E-S Nestles spells the very best....C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E !!!

[ronnieb]

N-E-S-T-L-E-S Nestles spells the very best....C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E !!!

[ronnieb]

N-E-S-T-L-E-S Nestles spells the very best....C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E !!!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Funny guy. He was great in “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” in the scene where Jonathan Winters demolishes the service station. RIP.

[MHGinTN]

‘That’s nuts!’

[Graybeard58]

I've been hospitalized for pneumonia before. That has to be a frightening way to die.

We could ask Bernie Mack but he's not around any more.

[kidd]

IMHO, his part was one of the funniest ones in “Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World”

He played the co-owner of a new gas station. When Jonathan Winters starts destroying their new gas station, this little nerdy guy (Stang) shouts out “We’re going to have to kill him!”

[mak5]

One of the favorites of my youth...he now joins Officer Dibble and Benny the Ball in that alley in the sky.

As if Schwarzenegger needed anyone to make him look bigger, casting Stang alongside him in “Hercules in New York” did the trick quite well.

[Buckeye McFrog]

wow, had no idea he was still hanging in there at 91.

Last I heard Frank Cady (Mr. Drucker from Green Acres and Petticoat Junction) was still around at ninety-something

[kidd]

[KosmicKitty]

Me too. Top Cat was one of my favorites!!! I haven't though about it in years!!