Stubby Kaye
Born: 1918-11-11 in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: 1997-12-14
Known For: Acting
Biography
Bernard Shalom Kotzin (November 11, 1918 – December 14, 1997), known professionally as Stubby Kaye, was an American actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and singer, known for his appearances on Broadway and in film musicals. Kaye originated the roles of Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls and Marryin' Sam in Li'l Abner, introducing two show-stopping numbers of the era: "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" and "Jubilation T. Cornpone". He reprised these roles in the movie versions of the shows. His other well-known roles include Herman in Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity, Sam the Shade in Cat Ballou, and Marvin Acme in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stubby Kaye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2009
- Waking Sleeping Beauty as Marvin Acme (archive footage)
1988
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Marvin Acme
1987
- Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen as Weismuller
1984
- Ellis Island as Abe Shulman
1982
- American Playhouse as Nat Danziger
1981
1978
1976
1975
- Sixpack Annie as Mr. Bates
- Timber Tramps as Parker
1970
- The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Bartender
- Cool It, Carol! as Rod Strangeways
1969
- Love, American Style as Harry
- Sweet Charity as Herman
- Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? as Fat Writer
- The Monitors as Cameo
1968
- Adam-12 as Bernie Goodman
1967
- The Way West as Sam Fairman
1966
- The Monkees as Wolfgang
1965
- Cat Ballou as Shouter - Sam the Shade
1964
- Sex and the Single Girl as Helen's Cabbie
1963
- Doctor Who as Weismuller
- Burke's Law as Joey Carson
- The Cool Mikado as Judge Herbert Mikado / Charlie Hotfleisch
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as George Cassidy
- Ensign O'Toole as Tubby Mason
- 40 Pounds of Trouble as Cranston
1959
- Startime as Joe
- Love and Marriage as Stubby Wilson
- Li'l Abner as Marryin' Sam
1958
- Hansel and Gretel as Town Crier
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- DuPont Show of the Month as Self
- Pinocchio as Town Crier
1956
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- You Can't Run Away from It as Fred Toten
1955
- The Millionaire as Uncle George
- Guys and Dolls as Nicely-Nicely Johnson
- The Julius Larosa Show
1954
1953
- Taxi as Morris (uncredited)
1950
- What's My Line? as Self