86, Los Angeles, 15 mei, natuurlijke dood
Amerikaans bijrolacteur en komiek. Vooral televisie, met name als vaste gast van The Tonight Show (sinds 1963) en vele andere talkshows. Filmdebuut in Teenage Mother (Jerry Gross, 1967). Ook in films als Model Shop (in rol van pompbediende; Jacques Demy, 1969), Hustle (Robert Aldrich, 1975), Silver Streak (Arthur Hiller, 1976), Fun with Dick and Jane (Ted Kotcheff, 1977), Americathon (Neal Israel, 1979), First Family (Buck Henry, 1980), This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984), Moving Violations (Israel, 1985), Roxanne (Fred Schepisi, 1987), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Jay Roach, 1999), Best in Show (Christopher Guest, 2000), The Wedding Planner (Adam Shankman, 2001), A Mighty Wind (Guest, 2003), American Wedding (Jesse Dylan, 2003), Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (Danny Leiner, 2004), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Adam McKay, 2004), Date Movie (Aaron Seltzer, 2006), For Your Consideration (Guest, 2006), Epic Movie (Jason Friedberg en Seltzer, 2007), I Could Never Be Your Woman (Amy Heckerling, 2007), Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008), The Magic of Belle Isle (Reiner, 2012), Dealin’ with Idiots (Jeff Garlin, 2013), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (McKay, 2013), Russell Madness (Robert Vince, 2015), Fifty Shades of Black (Michael Tiddes, 2016) en Mascots (Guest, 2016). Op tv in series als Fernwood 2 Night (1977), Salem’s Lot (Tobe Hooper, 1979), The Love Boat (1981-86), Roseanne (1995-97), King of the Hill (2001-08), Everybody Loves Raymond (2003-05), Saturday Night Live (2004-05), Modern Family (2009-20) en The Bold and the Beautiful (2014-15).