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Seinfeld. Late in his career, Stiller earned the part of the short-tempered Frank Costanza, father of George Costanza, on the sitcom Seinfeld. He played the role from 1993 until 1998. [18] Stiller's character as initially envisioned was a "meek" and "Thurberesque" character that required him to wear a bald cap.
Jerry Stiller. Actor: The Heartbreak Kid. As the short, straight-man counterpart of the stellar husband-and-wife comedy team "Stiller & Meara", Jerry Stiller and wife Anne Meara were on top of the comedy game in the 1960s, a steady and hilarious presence on television variety, notably The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), on which they appeared 36 times.
May 11, 2020 · Jerry Stiller, known for his roles on "Seinfeld" and "The King of Queens", passed away from natural causes. He was a longtime comedy partner of his wife Anne Meara and the father of Ben Stiller.
May 11, 2020 · Jerry Stiller, a classically trained actor who became a comedy star twice — in the 1960s in partnership with his wife, Anne Meara, and in the 1990s with a memorable recurring role on...
May 11, 2020 · Jerry Stiller was a multi-talented performer who appeared in an assortment of movies, playing Walter Matthau’s police sidekick in the thriller “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” and...
May 11, 2020 · Jerry Stiller was a character actor who formed a comedy team with Anne Meara and later played Frank Costanza on Seinfeld. He also starred in The King of Queens and had a son and a daughter who followed in his footsteps.
May 11, 2020 · Comedian veteran Jerry Stiller, who launched his career opposite wife Anne Meara in the 1950s and reemerged four decades later as the hysterically high-strung Frank Costanza on the smash television show “Seinfeld,” died at 92, his son Ben Stiller announced Monday. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File) Read More. 5 of 6 |.
