Arnold Stang

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

79

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

  • Courage the Cowardly Dog

    Courage the Cowardly Dog

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • The Pink Panther

    The Pink Panther

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Tales from the Darkside

    Tales from the Darkside

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace

  • Top Cat

    Top Cat

  • Reading Rainbow

    Reading Rainbow

  • December Bride

    December Bride

  • December Bride

    December Bride

  • Saved by the Bell

    Saved by the Bell

  • Chico and the Man

    Chico and the Man

  • Skidoo

    Skidoo

  • Dondi

    Dondi

  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

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

  • Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure!

    Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure!

  • Moving Aweigh

    Moving Aweigh

  • Mr. Men and Little Miss

    Mr. Men and Little Miss

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

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

  • Beau Ties

    Beau Ties

  • 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'

  • Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

    Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

  • The Fourth King

    The Fourth King

  • Pinocchio in Outer Space

    Pinocchio in Outer Space

  • Hercules in New York

    Hercules in New York

  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

  • Fender Bender 500

    Fender Bender 500

  • Yogi's Treasure Hunt

    Yogi's Treasure Hunt

  • The Mini-Munsters

    The Mini-Munsters

  • The Man with the Golden Arm

    The Man with the Golden Arm

  • I Go Pogo

    I Go Pogo

  • A Bicep Built for Two

    A Bicep Built for Two

  • George Romero's Golden Tales 3

    George Romero's Golden Tales 3

  • Wake, Rattle, and Roll

    Wake, Rattle, and Roll

  • Seven Days' Leave

    Seven Days' Leave

  • Hello Down There

    Hello Down There

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • So This Is New York

    So This Is New York

  • Quack-a Doodle-Doo

    Quack-a Doodle-Doo

  • Wrong Way Kid

    Wrong Way Kid

  • Land of Lost Watches

    Land of Lost Watches

  • Herman the Catoonist

    Herman the Catoonist

  • The Marry-Go-Round

    The Marry-Go-Round

  • Texaco Star Theater

    Texaco Star Theater

  • No Man's Valley

    No Man's Valley

  • From Mad to Worse

    From Mad to Worse

  • Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar

    Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar

  • The Name's the Same

    The Name's the Same

  • Ghost Dad

    Ghost Dad

  • My Sister Eileen

    My Sister Eileen

  • Owly to Bed

    Owly to Bed

  • Three Men on a Horse

    Three Men on a Horse

  • Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon

    Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon

  • Misterjaw

    Misterjaw

  • The Voice of the Turkey

    The Voice of the Turkey

  • Cat In The Act

    Cat In The Act

  • Hollywood Preview

    Hollywood Preview

  • Two Gals and a Guy

    Two Gals and a Guy

  • The Broad Side

    The Broad Side

  • Let's Go Steady

    Let's Go Steady

  • Doc Corkle

    Doc Corkle

  • Mousieur Herman

    Mousieur Herman

  • It's Only Muscle

    It's Only Muscle

  • Naughty But Mice

    Naughty But Mice

  • Kooky Loopy

    Kooky Loopy

  • Cheese Burglar

    Cheese Burglar

  • Norman's Corner

    Norman's Corner

  • Slippery Slippers

    Slippery Slippers