Marvin Kaplan

<p>ISN’T THAT WHAT’S-HIS-NAME?!</p><p> </p><p>Maybe you remember him as a regular on two of the longest running sitcoms on</p><p>television. On ALICE he played Henry Beesmeyer the telephone repairman who</p><p>hung out at Mel’s Diner. And before that as Alfred Prinzmetal an aspiring poet on the sitcom MEET MILLIE.</p><p> </p><p>Or more recently as Mr. Gordon the long-suffering patient on the sitcom BECKER starring Ted Danson.</p><p> </p><p>And who can forget that voice of the flamboyant Choo Choo on the primetime cartoon series TOP CAT.</p><p> </p><p>Maybe you saw Jonathan Winters throw him out of a window in MAD MAD</p><p>MAD MAD WORLD. Or laughed at his character in THE GREAT RACE starring</p><p>Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. Or A NEW KIND OF LOVE as Paul Newman’s sidekick.</p><p> </p><p>He was called a scene-stealer in his first movie ADAM’S RIB playing a court stenographer opposite Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.</p><p> </p><p>His filmography (included in this book) comprises dozens of television theater and film credits.</p><p> </p><p>You know who I’m talking about. Had a distinctive whining deadpan Brooklyn accent wore thick round eyeglasses with those bushy eyebrows.</p><p> </p><p>What’s-his-name?! Marvin Kaplan. Undeniably the most beloved character actor in all of Hollywood. This is his story.</p>