Arnold Stang

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

78

Gender

Male

Birthday

1918-09-28

Day of death

2009-12-20 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Arnold Stang

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

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Batman

    Batman

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

  • December Bride

    December Bride

  • December Bride

    December Bride

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Courage the Cowardly Dog

    Courage the Cowardly Dog

  • Reading Rainbow

    Reading Rainbow

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Tales from the Darkside

    Tales from the Darkside

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Pink Panther

    The Pink Panther

  • Top Cat

    Top Cat

  • Chico and the Man

    Chico and the Man

  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

  • Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace

  • Quack-a Doodle-Doo

    Quack-a Doodle-Doo

  • Mr. Men and Little Miss

    Mr. Men and Little Miss

  • The Fourth King

    The Fourth King

  • Owly to Bed

    Owly to Bed

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

    Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

  • Seven Days' Leave

    Seven Days' Leave

  • Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon

    Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon

  • Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

    Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

  • A Bicep Built for Two

    A Bicep Built for Two

  • Pinocchio in Outer Space

    Pinocchio in Outer Space

  • Herman the Catoonist

    Herman the Catoonist

  • George Romero's Golden Tales 3

    George Romero's Golden Tales 3

  • Cheese Burglar

    Cheese Burglar

  • Skidoo

    Skidoo

  • Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure!

    Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure!

  • The Marry-Go-Round

    The Marry-Go-Round

  • Hercules in New York

    Hercules in New York

  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

  • Yogi's Treasure Hunt

    Yogi's Treasure Hunt

  • Wake, Rattle, and Roll

    Wake, Rattle, and Roll

  • Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street

    Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street

  • Three Men on a Horse

    Three Men on a Horse

  • Fender Bender 500

    Fender Bender 500

  • Wrong Way Kid

    Wrong Way Kid

  • Dondi

    Dondi

  • The Man with the Golden Arm

    The Man with the Golden Arm

  • No Man's Valley

    No Man's Valley

  • Hello Down There

    Hello Down There

  • Misterjaw

    Misterjaw

  • The Name's the Same

    The Name's the Same

  • Hollywood Preview

    Hollywood Preview

  • Moving Aweigh

    Moving Aweigh

  • From Mad to Worse

    From Mad to Worse

  • Texaco Star Theater

    Texaco Star Theater

  • Slippery Slippers

    Slippery Slippers

  • My Sister Eileen

    My Sister Eileen

  • Beau Ties

    Beau Ties

  • Ghost Dad

    Ghost Dad

  • The Mini-Munsters

    The Mini-Munsters

  • The Voice of the Turkey

    The Voice of the Turkey

  • Land of Lost Watches

    Land of Lost Watches

  • I Go Pogo

    I Go Pogo

  • Saved by the Bell

    Saved by the Bell

  • Cat In The Act

    Cat In The Act

  • Let's Go Steady

    Let's Go Steady

  • So This Is New York

    So This Is New York

  • Doc Corkle

    Doc Corkle

  • It's Only Muscle

    It's Only Muscle

  • The Broad Side

    The Broad Side

  • Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar

    Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar

  • Two Gals and a Guy

    Two Gals and a Guy

  • Mousieur Herman

    Mousieur Herman

  • Kooky Loopy

    Kooky Loopy

  • Norman's Corner

    Norman's Corner

  • Naughty But Mice

    Naughty But Mice